Session schedule
Use the filters below to explore sessions developed for varying skill levels and interests. All sessions and activities will take place at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina.
Format for the week
Registration check-in opens on Monday, with pre-conference sessions running throughout the day and the Welcome Mixer in the evening. Opening Session is Tuesday morning and over 60 concurrent sessions will run Tuesday through Thursday. The Evening Reception with Dinner will take place Wednesday night. The conference ends on Thursday afternoon.
More information
Complete event details can be found at collegesource.com/2025, including an at-a-glance agenda, hotel & travel information, details on pre-conference training, and more.
Time | Name | Description | Product focus | Skill level | Speakers |
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Monday, June 16, 2025 | |||||
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM | uAchieve Degree Audit Encoding Primer, Part 1 & 2 | This includes two 3-hour pre-conference sessions and lunch on Monday, June 16, 2025. Degree Audit encoding and processing is often challenging to explain to those who do not work with it daily. However, there are core concepts and basic knowledge that anyone who works with encoders or is beginning their own encoding journey needs to know. This session will provide an overview of the most relevant functionality and terminology of uAchieve Degree Audit encoding that anyone who interacts with it on a regular basis needs to know. It is intended for brand-new encoders who need an introduction to encoding, transfer articulation staff who need to understand how their work may impact degree audit encoding, those who manage degree audit encoders, and technical staff who do not encode but need to be aware of how encoding and degree audit processing function. | uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Chris DuVal, CollegeSource |
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Getting Started with the TES Evaluation Tracker Workflow | Session runs from 9am - 11am on Monday, June 16, 2025. Please note, lunch is not included with this pre-conference session. This session is designed for TES Administrators and college or university administration or staff at institutions exploring or planning to implement the Evaluation Tracker workflow in TES. It will provide an in-depth overview of the Evaluation Tracker workflow and how it can route course descriptions (and course outlines) to faculty and staff for review. We will discuss the key components of the Evaluation Tracker workflow, the user rights and configurations needed to get started, and how to initiate evaluation tasks for courses, standardized exams, military credit, and prior learning assessments. Significant time will be devoted to helping institutions understand how their policies and practices will influence business processes around the use of the TES Evaluation Tracker workflow. Current use of or prior knowledge of TES is not required. | TES | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Sarah Hatfield, CollegeSource |
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | TES Administrator Certification, Part 1 & 2 | This includes two 2-hour pre-conference sessions and lunch on Monday, June 16, 2025. This two-part certification class will cover the Why of TES, the Transfer Evaluation System. To complete your certification, you must attend both pre-conference sessions and four required sessions offered throughout the conference week covering additional functional areas within TES. Areas covered in the pre-conference sessions: -Implementation strategy: Sample events and elements that may need to be considered -TES Architecture: How TES is structured and how some of the features are organized -TES Feature Summary: What's under the hood -The Evaluation Tracker: Understanding the workflow in TES -TES Configuration: What can you customize -The Public View: Why and how should you deploy a public view of your stored equivalencies -TES Connections: What support is available -Thoughts on Data Management and Integration -Additional resources architecture | TES | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | John Panzica, CollegeSource |
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Transferology Administrator Certification, Part 1 & 2 | This includes two 2-hour pre-conference sessions and lunch on Monday, June 16, 2025. This two-part certification class will cover how to use and leverage the tools within the Transferology Lab to make one's job more efficient and more productive. The Transferology Administrator Certification will provide individuals with a high-level understanding of the product and strategies for implementation. To complete your certification, you must attend both pre-conference sessions and attend two required sessions offered throughout the conference week covering additional functional areas within Transferology. Areas covered in the pre-conference sessions: •The history and future of Transferology. •The components of Transferology within the Lab and student application. •Advanced features like the TES integration, Program Pathways, Course Bundles, and more. •Reports and statistics. •Five steps to take for successful implementation (including promoting your school and creating landing pages). •What School Administrators can do to maximize their use of Transferology and make the most of its features. •Training others and finding help. | Transferology | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Aleta Carlberg, CollegeSource Scott Johns, CollegeSource |
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Client Advisory Board Meeting Lunch | This is a closed meeting of the Client Advisory Board. | |||
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Pre-Conference Attendee Lunch | Lunch will be provided for those attending the TES and Transferology Administrator Certification Tracks. | General | ||
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | uAchieve Degree Audit Encoding Primer Lunch | Lunch will be provided for those registered for the uAchieve Degree Audit Encoding Primer pre-conference sessions. | uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | ||
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Advanced String Table Rules | Session runs from 12:30pm - 3:30pm on Monday, June 16, 2025. Please note, lunch is not included with this pre-conference session. The String table houses sets of courses with simple and complex relationships to one another and is used to deal with course equivalencies, limiting credit, prerequisite management, and course time-sequencing. This session will cover String table concepts, the use and function of control rules, types of String relationships, and how String table rules can be used for curriculum scenarios. A brief review of the basic equivalency string types will be followed by lessons on the advanced string rule types of credit-limiting, prerequisite checking, and time sequencing. Additional advanced topics, such as multiple string rule effect and exceptions, will also be discussed. This session, part of the uAchieve Advanced Topics Workshop series, counts towards the training requirement for the uAchieve Degree Audit Encoder certification. | uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Kristen Patrick, CollegeSource |
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM | uAchieve Degree Audit Encoding Primer, Part 2 | This is the second part of the two-part pre-conference course. See uAchieve Degree Audit Encoding Primer, Part 1, for the full description. | uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Chris DuVal, CollegeSource |
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | TES Administrator Certification, Part 2 | This is the second part of the two-part pre-conference course. See TES Administrator Certification, Part 1, for a description. | TES | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | John Panzica, CollegeSource |
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Transferology Administrator Certification, Part 2 | This is the second part of the two-part pre-conference course. See Transferology Administrator Certification, Part 1, for a description. | Transferology | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Aleta Carlberg, CollegeSource Scott Johns, CollegeSource |
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | First-time Attendee Meet & Greet | Welcome all first-time attendees! Come mix and mingle with CollegeSource staff and fellow newbies before the conference officially begins. We'll help you get the most out of the conference, and be available to answer your questions. | General | Beginner | |
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Welcome Mixer | Kick off the conference on Monday night and say hello to friends, new and old! Wear your school spirit and bring school swag to share with peers at the Swag Swap table. Bites and drinks will be provided, including this year’s craft batch of beers made by the CollegeSource Brew Crew.
| General | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | |||||
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | General | |||
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Introducing TES: An Overview for Beginners | This session will provide an overview of the Transfer Evaluation System (TES). TES provides access to the most comprehensive collection of college and university catalogs available, giving you the means to quickly and efficiently evaluate transfer credit. Join us as we look at TES's main features, including its research, evaluation, and equivalency maintenance tools and reports. See how to get started using TES today! | TES | Beginner | |
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Transferology 101: Navigating Your Quest | Whether your institution is already subscribed to Transferology, thinking about it, or you've never seen a demo, this session is your quest for all things Transferology. We’ll explore the two student pathways in Transferology and then switch to the Transferology Lab, where staff can use tools to ensure no credits are left behind. Grab your pickaxe - it's time to mine all the benefits and level up your institution’s transfer game! | Transferology | Beginner | |
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | uAchieve Audit & Transfer Articulation: Can Your Audit & Transfer Processing Do This??? | Meet the uAchieve degree audit and see how using uAchieve as your system of record for transfer processing can help you improve success for all students (current and transfer). uAchieve has the most sophisticated and accurate audit on the market—you can monitor and track multiple credentials, course reuse, non-curricular milestones, and special compliances (financial, athletic, and veteran’s aid) at a glance—and inform degree clearance with ease. uAchieve transfer articulation allows you to automate and speed transfer processing to help staff and students speed ahead. | uAchieve Degree Audit | Beginner | |
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Unlocking Support & Training: Enhancing Your CollegeSource Experience | Do you know all the ways CollegeSource supports your success? Whether you interactive webinars, mentorship, or hands-on guidance, we offer training and support options to fit your style, budget, and goals. From in-depth documentation and on-demand videos to live community events and personalized (human) support, our resources are designed to help you stay informed and connected. Join us to explore our training philosophy, recent updates, and what’s ahead—ensuring you can access the right tools at the right time to maximize your experience and be successful in your role. | TES, Transferology, uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | How Illinois Schools Are Making the Most Out of Transferology | Join Gina Modica from Illinois MyCreditsTransfer and Aleta Carlberg from CollegeSource as we discuss how Illinois schools are using Course Bundles, Customized Landing Pages, Programs, and Pathways Links in Transferology. The team will discuss specific examples from individual institutions, as well as demonstrate how some of these features could be utilized by your school. Join our session to learn how to ‘level up’ your transfer recruitment with Transferology. | Transferology | Beginner, Intermediate | |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Sub-Requirement Types | Requirements make up the core of the degree audit, but the sub-requirements define the requirements and can be used to perform many other duties needed in the degree program. In the first half of a two-part series, this session will demonstrate the use of special settings to expand sub-requirement encoding with Text, Optional, Required, and Negative sub-requirement types. | uAchieve Degree Audit | Beginner, Intermediate | |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | TES: What's New, What's Next | Join us as we take a look at what's new in TES since the last user conference. We will showcase the latest features and provide an update on our next planned release - TES 5.0. | TES | Beginner | |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | What to Expect When Coming to uAchieve Cloud | There are many benefits associated with uAchieve Cloud, and we want to help you prepare to migrate. In this session, we will discuss considerations in migrating, the benefits of moving to and being in uAchieve Cloud, and addressing common concerns schools have. This is geared to the technical, functional, and leadership staff of our partner schools. | uAchieve Schedule Builder, uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner | Beginner | |
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Recharge Break | General | |||
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM | CollegeSource Keynote | Please join us for this session, featuring our CEO, Kerry Cooper, and our President, Troy Holaday, to review our progress over the last year and get a glimpse of what's to come. | TES, Transferology, uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM | CollegeSource Keynote | Please join us for this session, featuring our CEO, Kerry Cooper, and our President, Troy Holaday, to review our progress over the last year and get a glimpse of what's to come. | TES, Transferology, uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Alanna Fenton-Esquinas, CollegeSource Kerry Cooper, CollegeSource Troy Holaday, CollegeSource | |
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | General | |||
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Leveraging Systemness Around Learning Mobility with Shared Technology | Minnesota State, the fourth-largest system of state colleges and universities in the U.S., with 26 colleges and 7 universities, serves 270,000 students annually, including a significant number of Black, Indigenous, and students of color. This session covers the systemwide Transfer Accountability Framework and recent changes to system procedures to improve transfer processes. Approved changes include using the TES Evaluation Tracker workflow and evaluating transfer courses within 30 days. | TES | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | The NCAA Transfer Portal and uAchieve: A Creative Solution to Certifying Athlete Benchmarks for Prospective Athletes | With the advent of the NCAA transfer portal, USC has developed tools that leverage uAchieve, the NSC SPEEDE server, and a self-reported data utility, to evaluate and certify prospective athletes for transfer benchmarks. These certifications precede the students’ application for admission to USC, and required a creative solution in course evaluation and workflow processing. | uAchieve Degree Audit | Intermediate, Advanced | |
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Transferology Guild: Share Tips, Build Strategies | Join fellow Transferology adventurers in this interactive session as we mine valuable insights, craft strategies, and share best practices for navigating Transferology and the Transferology Lab. Collaborate with your peers, unlocking the collective wisdom of the Transferology Guild to level up your skills and master the platform. Don't miss your chance to power up your Transferology experience! | Transferology | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | uAchieve Power-Up: Exploring 5.2, 5.2.1, and Beyond | Join us for an in-depth look at the latest updates in uAchieve 5.2 and 5.2.1, including key enhancements and bug fixes designed to improve your experience. We'll also give you a sneak peek at our future plans for uAchieve, so you can stay ahead of what's coming next! | uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Intuitive Course Planning & Scheduling with uAchieve Gets Students to the Ultimate Level | The uAchieve Planner meets students wherever they are in their educational journey and shepherds them along the most efficient, personalized path to graduation. Our planner creates suggested plans based on each student’s chosen program requirements and taken coursework; validates student choices against prereqs and availability; provides real-time feedback and alerts; and adapts to change over time—vastly simplifying advising time and showing students the best route to graduation. uAchieve Schedule Builder takes planned courses with the click of a button and allows students to create their own schedule or offers autogenerated options built with their personalized filter choices. Planner plus Schedule Builder streamlines the plan-register-enroll cycle and quickly delivers your students to the finish line (Also learn how uAchieve integrates with TES and informs Transferology to help you better recruit prospects.) | uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Streamlining Course Evaluations With CollegeSource’s TES: Efficient Tracking and Access to GE & Course Substitution Decisions | This presentation will show how to use CollegeSource's TES Evaluation Tracker workflow to store transfer GE patterns, local GE patterns, and course substitution decisions. Centralizing these records eliminates the need to review the same courses repeatedly, saving time for counselors, evaluators, and students. Attendees will learn how to streamline evaluations and improve access to critical information for faster decision-making and greater transparency. | TES | Beginner | |
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Transferology Is Levels Up | We've been hard at work behind the scenes, upgrading Transferology to make your epic transfer journey more rewarding. Join us to see how we've enhanced accessibility, added more power-ups (features), and stomped some frustrating bugs. We’ll examine how the player base has grown (usage statistics) and give you a look at the upcoming levels and items we're building for you this year. Prepare to unlock new achievements! | Transferology | Beginner, Intermediate | |
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | uAchieve Audit Logs - Part I | The log can be used for investigating many things that are not obvious from looking at the degree audit report or your encoding. In this session, we’ll cover how to run a log, what different log levels are, and what happens up through the Match phase of processing. | uAchieve Degree Audit | Beginner, Intermediate | |
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Recharge Break | General | |||
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | Templates with SEO | This session will cover how to get the most out of Transferology's Institution and State/System templates, and the new SEO features added in order to help promote your school to students. | Transferology | Beginner, Intermediate | |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | TES, Transferology, and uAchieve: Which Button Do I Push? | CollegeSource solutions help college and university staff create a better experience for students as they plan their academic careers. Join us for this session in which we will highlight the key purposes of TES, Transferology, and uAchieve, and help you determine at which point in the student's journey to use each to recruit, admit, and guide them. | TES, Transferology, uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | uAchieve Audit Logs - Part II | Discover how to use a log to track what happens during the Adjust and Limit phases of processing. | uAchieve Degree Audit | Beginner, Intermediate | |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | Using Group Reports to Create Articulation Agreements and Transfer Guides | Group Reports can be used to create and display articulation agreements and transfer guides. Within this session, you'll learn how to create Groups and Group Reports and how to customize them using HTML. We'll introduce you to new functionality that lets you clone existing Groups and Group Reports to reuse equivalencies, text, and HTML and speed up the creation process! Join us and see how Group Reports can help you reach prospective transfer students, improve advisement, and facilitate a clearer path to graduation. | TES | Beginner | |
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | |||||
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | General | |||
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | No Need to Reinvent the (pixelated) Wheel! | Is your institution in the process of reviewing or creating new policies? Is an accreditation review coming up? Is your institution doing a self-study or just interested in exploring what kinds of policies other institutions have made? If so, CollegeSource's Higher Ed Policy Central is the resource you need. This powerful database can help you refine and apply best practices to your institutions' policies and craft new policies to keep up with the technological and geopolitical changes affecting the higher education landscape. Containing more than 220,000 policies from over 3,000 institutions, this repository provides you with the insight needed to make policy review and creation a breeze. | Higher Education Policy Central | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Reimagining uAchieve: Goals and Approaches for Student Impact | Virginia Tech first implemented uAchieve over 30 years ago. While it has served us well, our use of it has become stagnant over time. This year, we launched a project to reimagine the uAchieve suite to better impact student outcomes. This session will outline our goals, considerations, and approach to achieving these outcomes. | uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner | |
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Turtle Through Transfer | Discover how UNC embraced the 'Turtle Mentality' to transform transfer practices! Join us to explore our journey with CollegeSource’s TES Evaluation Tracker workflow—implementation insights, staff and faculty feedback, and leveraging TES for daily tasks and international student evaluations. | TES | Beginner, Intermediate | |
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Winning the Game with The CollegeSource Solution:Marquette & UW Take the Student Journey to the Next Level | Learn how your peers from Marquette University and University of Wisconsin campuses are better at recruiting, retaining, and graduating students by implementing transfer and degree achievement products from CollegeSource. The CollegeSource Solution includes stackable recruiting, transfer, degree audit, and academic planning tools (TES, Transferology, and uAchieve) designed to work together so you can meet students wherever they fall in the education life cycle and shepherd them to graduation…and beyond. Our panelists will include: • Ryan Bench (Associate Registrar, University of Wisconsin—River Falls) on the use of all three CollegeSource products (covering the entire educational lifecycle) and specifically the role of uAchieve in student scheduling/enrollment, degree clearance, and identifying unrealized credentials • Ritu Sachdev (Associate Registrar, Marquette University) on how TES and Transferology have helped the Office of the Registrar and Admissions & Academics at MU partner to optimize their transfer processes and effectively decode external credit for new and current undergraduates • Wyl Schuth (Policy & Planning Analyst, University of Wisconsin—Madison) on the use of uAchieve data to inform degree clearance for graduation and other invaluable analysis of programs and student outcomes • Chris Starkey (CollegeSource) on the high-level overview of the handshake between the three products that make up The CollegeSource Solution | TES, Transferology, uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate | |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Crafting a Co-Branded Custom Landing Page in Transferology | Join us for an engaging session on how to build and publish a co-branded custom landing page in the Transferology Lab. This session will guide you through creating a customized branded Transferology landing page to help promote your college or university to prospective students. We will equip you with the tools and knowledge to enhance your Transferology presence and create a dynamic and engaging student experience. | Transferology | Beginner, Intermediate | |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Exploring Planner Encoding Fields | If you are thinking about moving to Planner, come take a look at an exploration of encoding fields associated with it. We will look at best practices and discuss some of the conversations you may find yourself having with your community so you are prepared to move to the next level. | uAchieve Planner | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Syallbi! What Are They Good For?! (Good Grief, Y'all) | A look at how course syllabi are used in transfer evaluation, an honest analysis of their value, and a look at the pros and cons of open syllabi sharing in TES. | TES | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | The No Fear Zone: Transfer Articulation Encoding in Self-Service | Join us as we break down the mental barrier of transitioning from Transfer Articulation (TA) encoding in the uAchieve Client to Self-Service! We’ll take the plunge into the benefits of TA encoding in Self-Service by demonstrating how to articulate transfer courses and also supply tips and tricks to make transfer credit processing easier. | uAchieve Degree Audit | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Recharge Break | General | |||
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | 3 Ts of Recruitment...Transfer Tracks, Transfer Pathways, Transferology | Join me for a look at how CU Boulder is using Transferology to meet prospective students where they are in the recruitment process. From Transfer Tracks Appointments to Pre-Transfer Advising I will be talking about the programs we are offering and how we are getting the most out of Transferology functions for recruitment. | Transferology | Beginner, Intermediate | |
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Advanced Sub-Requirement Types | Requirements make up the core of the degree audit, but the sub-requirements define the requirements and can be used to perform many other duties needed in the degree program. In the second half of a two-part series, this session will demonstrate the use of special settings to expand sub-requirement encoding with Increment Required Sub-req Count, Evaluation, and Calculation advanced sub-requirement types. | uAchieve Degree Audit | Intermediate, Advanced | |
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Annual Equivalency Maintenance in TES | This session will overview the steps needed to keep your institutions' equivalencies up-to-date and in line with changing curricula. Included in the discussion will be how to use the Health Check reports and Course Change Explorer to find and update equivalencies containing dropped and changed courses, and how to update equivalencies en masse using the Equivalency Batch Editor. We'll review how to find and evaluate new courses from top partner schools. Follow these tips to keep your equivalencies healthy without a master potion-maker on staff. | TES | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Leveling Up User Experience: Accessibility at CollegeSource | Ready to power-up with CollegeSource? In this session, we’ll show you how we’re using our own "game development" skills to make our products more accessible than ever before. From unlocking new accessibility features to leveling up user experience, we’re on a mission to ensure everyone can easily navigate and interact with our products. Think of it as upgrading from 8-bit to 3D graphics—everything’s clearer, smoother, and more inclusive. Join us as we embark on this journey to ensure that CollegeSource products are games everyone can play! | TES, Transferology, uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder, Higher Education Policy Central | Beginner, Intermediate | |
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Networking Lunch | General | |||
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | Wizards | General | |||
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM | Special Keynote: Mindfulness-Based Stress Management and the Seven (7) Strategies for Well-Being | We can’t avoid stress, but we can transform our relationship to it. This practical and interactive session explores science-based techniques to help us turn stress into strength. The result is not only a greater capacity to meet challenges, but to enhance our overall health, develop a resilient mindset, and to experience more ease in our personal and professional lives. This series is anchored in pioneering stress research and incorporates evidence-based interventions from the fields of mindfulness, positive psychology and neuroscience. Participants will have the opportunity to participate in short reflections, paired discussions, exercises, and short mindfulness practices they can easily apply and experiment with during their daily lives. | TES, Transferology, uAchieve Degree Audit, Higher Education Policy Central | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Guiding Learning Pathways: Using uAchieve Planner and Transferology to Connect Students to Their Transfer College or University | Demonstrate how students and advisors can use uAchieve Degree Audit and Planner with Transferology to create a comprehensive plan across multiple institutions for a student transferring to and from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the fourth-largest system of state colleges and universities in the United States. | Transferology, uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner | Beginner, Intermediate | |
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Introducing the uAchieve Web Services | CollegeSource has been working on improving the way clients access their uAchieve data. Previously, accessing and modifying data was a bit more complicated, requiring point-to-point integration via direct database access. Now, we're introducing the first phase of a new solution with REST-based uAchieve web services, providing a more streamlined approach to data access, with additional enhancements coming soon. | uAchieve Degree Audit | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Level Up Your Projects: Best Practices for a Smooth uAchieve Implementation | Join Amy Payne, Director of Academic Logistics at Ozarks Technical Community College, and Amanda Cox, Project Manager for uAchieve Implementations at CollegeSource, for an engaging session designed to help you “level up” your project implementation skills. This session will provide you with best practices needed to ensure your uAchieve project runs smoothly from start to finish. Throughout the session, we’ll share real-world examples and practical tips that you can apply to help your teams streamline communication, and stay organized and on track for project deadlines. Whether you’re a project sponsor, stakeholder, or team member, you’ll leave with a toolkit of best practices to help you hit the ground running for your next uAchieve project, and manage change on your campus. | uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Transfer and Degree Achievement Craft Fair! | Attendees will be divided into teams and receive a transfer concept to illustrate using a grab bag of random objects. It could get messy, folks! | TES, Transferology, uAchieve Degree Audit, Higher Education Policy Central | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Audit Presentation: Making the Degree Audit Aesthetically Useful | You already know that uAchieve Degree Audit provides the most comprehensive and accurate degree tracking on the market. What you might not know is that uAchieve offers many different ways to represent that information in many useful and aesthetically pleasing formats for the end-users. This session will look at how some simple audience analysis and User Experience (UX) testing can guide your audit presentation through simple encoding techniques or the available templates in Self-Service. | uAchieve Degree Audit | Beginner, Intermediate | |
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Cheat Codes: Achieving Powerful Outcomes with Transferology | Ready to supercharge your transfer strategy? Check out Transferology's incredible tools! We'll cover everything from boosting student recruitment and simplifying equivalency checks to mastering data analysis and getting direct support from CollegeSource. | Transferology | Beginner, Intermediate | |
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Non-Player Character? No! Non-catalog Courses! | Courses and learned experiences can transfer to institutions in a variety of ways. The world of TES User-Added Institutions, Departments, and Courses opens up a way for you to communicate to transfer students that their courses can transfer as subject-level electives, meeting general education requirements, or - in some cases - not transfer. This walkthrough will give you the "cheat codes" on how to easily and effectively create and manage User Added Courses to supplement your official catalog courses and convey transfer decisions. | TES | Intermediate | |
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | The New and Improved Course Data Management Interface | The Course Data Management Interface (CDMI; previously uAchieve Course Management) has improved with the recent uAchieve 5.2 release. This session will provide an overview of how courses are supplied from TES and integrated into the uAchieve applications, such as Planner, Degree Audit and Schedule Builder. Learn how to request access, supplement and override course catalog data, and use User Added Courses with CDMI! | uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Schedule Builder, TES | Intermediate, Advanced | |
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Recharge Break | General | |||
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | Respond and Share: Degree Achievement | The Respond & Share sessions give users a chance to share ideas and discuss any topic they want to related to CollegeSource products. Respond & Share sessions are moderated by members of the Client Advisory Board.
| uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | Respond and Share: Transfer Solutions | The Respond & Share sessions give users a chance to share ideas and discuss any topic they want to related to CollegeSource products. Respond & Share sessions are moderated by members of the Client Advisory Board.
| TES, Transferology | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Evening Event with Dinner | Join us on Wednesday night for great food, music, and fun! More information coming soon. | General | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
Thursday, June 19, 2025 | |||||
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | General | |||
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | How to Get Ahead of the Game for Implementing Planner | Planner is built on the audit's foundation and course catalog in TES. To have a smooth implementation, some housekeeping needs to occur. Is your audit complicated? Are your TES course descriptions complete with accurate pre-requisites and co-requisites? Is your encoding up to date with the most current courses listed in the sub-requirements? What about conditional requirements? Do you use markers to add minors and additional majors to a degree program? These are just some of the questions to consider for your planner to be the high scorer. | uAchieve Planner | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | State of uAchieve Cloud | CollegeSource has been making many enhancements to the uAchieve cloud to make the cloud more flexible to meet client needs. Come see the current state of uAchieve cloud and see what is coming soon. | uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate | |
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Transferology Lab’s TES Integration: Gain Increased Efficiency in Course Evaluation | Transferology is a powerful recruitment tool that provides institutions with a direct channel for students seeking to transfer. It can be used to communicate with and review courses for students interested in transferring to your institution and provides you with reports to help you grow your equivalency database and expand outreach. TES' industry-leading Evaluation Tracker workflow allows you to route evaluation requests to subject matter experts in academic areas. This session will show you how can use TES and Transferology Lab together to speed up the transfer course evaluation process and better facilitate recruitment. Transferology Lab's TES Mode integration allows institutions to send transfer evaluations directly to TES without leaving the Lab. The status of the evaluation is tracked within the Transferology Lab so staff can see where the review is in the process to better advise students. Learn how your institution can level up with TES Mode today! | TES, Transferology | Intermediate, Advanced | |
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | When Transfer isn't Vertical: Support for Students Transferring to Community College | Community colleges are increasingly welcoming students with previous college experience so let’s dive into national and local transfer enrollment trends and discuss approaches for developing a supportive campus environment for new transfer students. Learn about our student outreach initiatives, advising and registration, and technology and transcript evaluation procedures for a seamless onboarding experience. We will conclude with a discussion of strategies for transfer student success. | TES, Transferology | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Harnessing uAchieve Audit Data to Support Your Operational and Analytic Needs | We will demonstrate how we use existing uAchieve audit data as a resource to support the operational and analytic needs of a college with 18,000 undergraduates and how other institutions can do the same. Examples include: 1) Automated degree clearance and early warning system 2) Scholarship eligibility and selection metrics 3) Curricular analysis to support strategic initiatives | uAchieve Degree Audit | Intermediate, Advanced | |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Level Up On-Premises: Mastering uAchieve 5.2.1 – Part 1: Self-Service | uAchieve 5.2.1 is now available for download! If your institution is running uAchieve on-premises and is planning an upgrade, join us for an informative session where we'll guide you through the process of installing and configuring uAchieve Self-Service. We’ll share valuable tips and resources to help ensure your upgrade is seamless and successful! | uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder, uAchieve Degree Audit | Intermediate, Advanced | |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Sandbox Survival: Tools for Crafting Your World in the Transferology Lab | Join us for an exciting and interactive session where we explore the dynamic world of the Transferology Lab. In this experience, we will explore tools in the Transferology Lab, a cutting-edge platform designed to help staff recruit and advise students and navigate the world of transferring college credits. Ideal for learners of all ages, this session encourages teamwork and a whole lot of fun! | Transferology | Beginner, Intermediate | |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | User Management Tips & Tricks | In this session, we will review the process for creating user accounts and assigning rights, and share tips for creating a positive user experience in TES. We will also discuss the importance of faculty/evaluator onboarding, setting and managing expectations for course evaluation turnaround times, and handling evaluator transitions. | TES | Intermediate, Advanced | |
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Engaging Reference Value Processing in Financial Aid Calculations and Automations | USC financial aid allows for undergraduate funding up to 144 units of earned credit. Due to program complexities, transfer students require an adjustment in cases where more free electives were accepted in transfer than can be applied to program requirements. This session illustrates how to use advanced REFVAL processing techniques to automate the increase of this unit threshold to allow more funding for additional units. | uAchieve Degree Audit | Intermediate, Advanced | |
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Level Up On-Premises: Mastering uAchieve 5.2.1 – Part 2: uAchieve Server and Course Catalog Indexes | In this session, we will continue to guide on-premises uAchieve installations through the upgrade process. We'll cover the necessary steps to upgrade your uAchieve server to version 5.2.1 and provide an in-depth overview of how to build the new Course Catalog Indexes, enabling seamless transfer of course information from TES to uAchieve. | uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Intermediate, Advanced | |
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Modernizing the Transferology Technology Stack | This session will cover the upgrades we have made to the technology we use to create, build, and host Transferology. | Transferology | Intermediate | |
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | TES Mode is the Best Mode! | Learn how to level up your transfer processes with TES Mode – the integration between uAchieve Self-Service and TES, the Transfer Evaluation System. This session will dive into how to get started using TES Mode, including a demo of how to send evaluation tasks to the TES Evaluation Tracker workflow directly from uAchieve Self-Service. Session attendees will also learn how to build transfer rules directly in uAchieve with pre-populated data from TES. | TES, uAchieve Degree Audit | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Access Unlocked! Exploring User Roles in Transferology Lab | Discover how real users are navigating user roles in Transferology Lab with Access Unlocked! This is an interactive panel session where we'll explore the different user roles, their functionalities, and best practices in the Transferology Lab. Learn how users assign roles effectively and enhance collaboration to ensure your institution makes the most of Transferology Lab’s powerful transfer tools. Level up your Transferology Lab experience today! | Transferology | ||
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Encoding Experts | Join the uAchieve encoding gaming experts for tips and tricks to win at uAchieve. | uAchieve Degree Audit | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Reignite, Restore, and Thrive: Stress Management for Educators | The purpose of this session is to provide academic advisors, student support professionals, and educators with proactive strategies to manage stress, foster fulfillment, and elevate their impact in student success. We will also highlight how fostering a sense of belonging within the workplace and academic settings can mitigate stress, reduce burnout, and create a thriving student-centered environment. | TES, Transferology, uAchieve Degree Audit, uAchieve Planner, uAchieve Schedule Builder | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | |
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | TES API: Connecting the Dots | The TES APIs enable you to connect TES to another system. In this sesssion we will talk about how you can connect TES to other systems around your campus. These include document imaging, customer relationship management, and student information systems. Come hear about how others are leveraging the APIs to streamline their workflows. | TES | Advanced | |
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch and Closing Session | Please join us in wrapping up the eventful week with closing notes from CEO Kerry Cooper during lunch. | General | Kerry Cooper, CollegeSource |