Adult and Transfer Center

Heather Davis, Director

Location: Whitlock Building

Phone: 859-622-2106

The Adult and Transfer Center (ATC) is designed for on-campus transfer, and on-campus non-traditional students seeking first time admission. The ATC provides comprehensive support to students from initial inquiry through registration for their first semester of classes, serving as an advocate to promote their needs along the way. Prospective students receive individualized advising services in the areas of admissions, degree audits, major selection, academic fresh start, credit transfer process, and course registration prior to their first semester. This office also provides students with answers to basic questions regarding filing for financial aid, financial aid appeals, and scholarships. 

For Transfer Admission standards, please refer to the Admissions Standards section of this catalog.

For further information regarding transfer equivalencies or advising, contact the Transfer Center by visiting the website at https://www.eku.edu/transfer/ or emailing them at transfer@eku.edu. 

The Office of Articulation and Transfer Systems (OATS)

Ms. Lisa Cox, Director
Whitlock Building
Phone: (859) 622-8340

The Office of Articulation and Transfer Systems (OATS) is responsible for recording transcripts for students enrolling in undergraduate on-campus degree programs and facilitates articulation of all undergraduate transfer credits. The office supports visiting, non-degree seeking and re-entry students through individualized consulting services in the areas of admissions, degree audits, major selection, academic fresh start, credit transfer process and course registration prior to their first semester. Students can also get assistance answers to basic questions regarding Academic Fresh Start, financial aid appeals, and receiving credit for prior learning. 

OATS also supports the maintenance of transfer pathways KCTCS students can use to help select KCTCS courses which will transfer to their EKU degree.  

Reverse Transfer

KCTCS students who transfer to EKU prior to earning their Associate of Arts or Associate Science degree can opt to have their EKU records sent back to KCTCS to be reviewed for degree conferral once they meet the following:

• Have earned at least 15 credit hours at a single KCTCS college.

• Earned at least 60 hours of combined hours between KCTCS and EKU.

• Have earned at least three semester credit hours from EKU.

• Have at least a 2.0 GPA at both EKU and KCTCS.

Colonel Connection Program

The Colonel Connection Program facilitates the transfer process from other colleges to EKU, and eases students’ transition to and timely graduation from EKU. The joint admission program is available to students who are currently enrolled at KCTCS and intend to transfer to EKU to complete a baccalaureate degree. 

Upon admission to the Colonel Connection program, participating students are granted continuous access to EKU’s degree audit system, Degree Works, allowing them to view their individualized degree plan and progress towards an EKU baccalaureate degree. The degree audit is kept current through regular submission of transcripts to EKU for credit evaluation, which OATS facilitates on the student’s behalf,  free of charge.  

Jointly admitted students are eligible to concurrently enroll in up to 12 hours of EKU courses at the KCTCS price.  Students who are receiving FAFSA must complete a consortium agreement, verifying that the EKU courses can be transferred back to KCTCS 

When ready to transfer to EKU, the student notifies the OATS office of their intent to enroll as a degree-seeking student and locks in any transfer scholarship for which the student might be eligible.

To maintain enrollment in the Colonel Connection program, a student must:

• maintain a minimum 2.0 grade-point average (GPA) on all college-level work completed to date;

• complete, with a grade of C or better, no fewer than six (6) credits in the most recent fall/spring semester; and

• meet with an assigned EKU advisor at least twice per academic year to discuss their progress and plans for transfer and graduation.

Students who fail to meet any of the above standards will be given one fall or spring semester to comply, after which they will be disenrolled from the Colonel Connection program.

Upon enrollment in the Colonel Connection program, participants will have a catalog year associated with their student record designating the academic year for their degree program as well as General Education and University graduation requirements. Should graduation requirements subsequently change, students may request a move to the current Catalog through the Registrar’s Office. The catalog year may be found on the student’s Degree Works degree audit.

Students who fail to maintain their enrollment in the Colonel Connection program may apply for readmission to the program; however, their catalog year will be based on the date of re-enrollment.

For further information regarding the Colonel Connection program, contact the Office of Articulation and Transfer Systems via email at (OATS@eku.edu).