1. Competition Out, Collaboration In START HERE. STAY HERE. Diem Vo, Assistant for Partnership Programs Ashley Weatherspoon, Director of Student Partnerships and Collaboration Erin Harley, Paj Ntaub Lee Academic Advisor Outreach Coordinator

2. History of partnership? Partnership Center on the Normandale Campus – Opened 2013

3. Structure of our partnership MnSCU Programs MSU Mankato - 7 Metro State - 10 SMSU - 1 Personnel University faculty and staff Assistant for Partnership Programs Share between all partners

4. Creating Successful Pathways for Students

5. Successes, what works Connections Classroom visits Meeting with Normandale advisors Student to Student Faculty to Faculty Staff to Staff Exposure TV Monitors Partnership Website Tabling Normandale Events – Open House Student Resource Fair Transfer Fair Assistant for Partnership Programs Pathway Planning DARS/Transcripts Program Guides Plans events Open House Enrollment Fair Orientation Forms and Resources Partnership Website

6. Consistently partnering to be a cross-functional team

7. Lessons Learned and Moving Forward Adaptability Advising structure at Normandale Different needs when transferring from a 2 year than a traditional freshman Styles vary between community college and university Adjusting to student needs On campus orientation Registration process Access to resources Decision making power New and different ways to do things Side by side, can’t be forced by others Communication Transitioning students Workflow Program guides Back to home campus Within Normandale

8. Working together, not against. Bringing MnSCU options to the Southwest Metro!

9. Questions Ashley.Weatherspoon@metrostate.edu Diem.Vo@normandale.edu Erin.Harley@mnsu.edu Mai.Lee@mnsu.edu