The Bakersfield College and Cal State University Bakersfield Title V programs collaborated on an on-site admissions seminar that took place Feb. 21-22.
Representatives from BC and CSUB Title V programs, federally funded organization designed to provide assistance to minority and low-income college students, aided BC students of all creeds with registering for admissions online.
When the students finished the electronic portion of admissions, they were given conditional admissions letters to CSUB.
BC Title V director Angela Guadian and CSUB Title V director Maria Escobedo coordinated the second-annual event, which took place in the assessment center.
The event started last year as part of a collaboration by the California State University system and the California Community College system to facilitate the transfer from two-year schools to four-year schools.
According to Maria Escobedo, “The whole idea [behind on-site admissions day] is to make admissions accessible to students on campus.”
CSUB’s Title V has what is called the OASIS Center, or One Stop Academic Success & Integrated Services Center. The OASIS offers students “tutoring support, computer competency training, workshops and career counseling,” according to the CSUB Title V website.
Title V was created by the Department of Education. One of its purposes, according to the Education Code, is “to meet the educational needs of all students, including at-risk youth.”
To transfer to any CSU, BC students need to have completed 60 semester units of general education classes under specific criteria, along with the required classes for their specific major.