Janet Marling, Executive Director of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students and Associate Professor of Education at the University of North Georgia, offers a masterclass in practical ways of being a transfer champion at your institution. Learn about three essential leadership qualities ... and the power of a Chiweenie.

Learn how to make your college's website transfer friendly by using the NISTS Transfer Website Strategy Guide.

Rapid Descent

• Walkout song:  High Hopes by Panic! At The Disco
• Best recent read: Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done by Jon Acuff; Rework by Jason Fried and Davide Heinemeier Hansson
• Eager to read next: From Equity Talk to Equity Walk  by Tia Brown McNair, Estela Mara Bensimon, and Lindsey Malcom-Picqueux
• Podcast: What Works by Tara McMullin and Dr. Crystal Says... by Crystal
• Favorite thing to make in the kitchen: Grilled pizza with her family.  
• What she uses to take and keep notes: Notes app on the iPhone, also an entire ream of copy paper + Ink Joy .05 pen. 
• Memorable bit of advice: "The only failure is failing to try."
• Bucket list: "I’ve focused on what I want to do someday and how can I bring them into today?" And if she can do that, then it's taking her family to the Winter and Summer Olympics.

Theme music arranged by Ryan Anselment.

The ALP is supported by RHB, a division of SIG. Music arranged by Ryan Anselment