The Office of Community College Relations is part of the Academic Programming Unit in the Associate Provost's Office. We work collaboratively with the faculty and staff of EMU and community colleges to enhance the educational transition to EMU for community college students. Our purpose is to promote a seamless transfer process, which minimizes the loss of academic credit and time in obtaining a bachelor's degree. Many EMU academic programs have signed articulation agreements with community colleges. Program articulation agreements coordinate the curriculum requirements for both an associate degree and a bachelor's degree in a program area. Students who use an articulation agreement may receive credit for courses or blocks of courses that don't transfer outside of the agreement. The agreement also provides an articulation guide that, if followed, minimizes the possibility of taking courses that don't apply to the academic program. Some of our activities include:

• Facilitating the development of program articulation agreements
• Facilitating collaborative arrangements with community colleges (such as faculty meetings and professional workshops, joint promotion of articulated programs, joint sponsorship of student activities, etc.)
• Maintaining and updating articulation agreements
• Providing Articulation Guides for community college students.
• Providing support to Community College faculty and staff regarding transfer student issues including articulation and transfer equivalency
• Communicating with EMU faculty and staff regarding community college transfer issues
• Working with the Transfer Services to facilitate credit equivalency for transfer students
  Providing articulation information to the EMU Advising Centers
• Collaborating with the Admissions Office and Transfer Services in sponsoring the Community College Day and other events
• Recommending improvements in the admissions process for transfer students