Information for Summer Transfers

Brand new summer transfer students for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will have a “New Student Registration” hold on their account that prevents summer course registration. Transfer students need to contact their department advisors to discuss summer classes and get assistance with summer course registration. If you have any questions or concerns, or need additional information on who your advisor is, please email the Director of Advising, Ms. Jennifer Carr, for assistance.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences advisors are assigned as follows:

• Agricultural Science (AGSC):  Ginger Dempsey - gbdempsey@vt.edu
• Agricultural and Applied Economics (AAEC):  Normand Adams - nadams10@vt.edu for the majors Agribusiness, Community Economic Development, Environmental Economics Management and Policy, Food and Health Systems Economics, International Trade and Development
• Biochemistry (BCHM):  Amy Rasor arasor@vt.edu or Jen Stewart jen2@vt.edu
• Food Science and Technology (FST):  Herbert Bruce brucehr@vt.edu
• Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise (HNFE):  Stephanie Nelson  sthollan@vt.edu
• School of Animal Sciences (SES):  Morgan Brokken - ansci@vt.edu for the majors Animal & Poultry Sciences and Dairy Science
• School of Plant and Environmental Sciences (SPES):  Karen Drake-Whitney - kdrake@vt.edu for the majors Crop and Soil Sciences, Ecological Restoration, Environmental Horticulture, Environmental Science, Integrated Agriculture Technologies, Landscape Design and Turfgrass Science, and Plant Science

Brand new summer transfer students majoring in the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design will be enrolled in required summer classes by their department. If you have questions or need assistance please email the Director of Advising, Mr. Rob Jacks, for assistance.

Brand new summer transfer students will have a hold on your account. Your new academic advisor can remove the hold after you have connected with them to discuss summer courses. If you are unsure who your academic advisor is, please email the Director of Advising, Jessica Black, for assistance.

Our advising team registers you ahead of time for your summer courses. You can make changes after you meet with your academic advisor. Not sure who is your academic advisor? You will receive an email from your assigned advisor in early June introducing themselves and with instructions on how to connect with them to receive academic advising. If you have questions or are not sure who your academic advisor is, you can email cnre_students@vt.edu.

Please complete the Transfer Student Pre-Orientation Form on the Engineering Orientation Checklist to indicate to us if you want to enroll in summer classes at Virginia Tech. If you selected yes, we will reach out to you to discuss summer courses and assist you with summer registration. If you have questions or need assistance, please review the Engineering Orientation Website and email the Director of Advising, Dr. Marlena Lester, for assistance.

Brand new summer transfer students will have a “New Student Registration” hold on their account that prevents summer course registration. Transfer students need to contact their department advisors to discuss summer classes and get assistance with summer course registration. If you have questions, please email cosadvising@vt.edu.

College of Science advisors are assigned as follows:

• Biological Sciences (BIOL): bioadvising@vt.edu
• Chemistry (CHEM), Polymer Chemistry (POLY), Medicinal Chemistry (MDCH): Paul Deck
• Computational Modeling and Data Analytics (CMDA): cmda-advising@vt.edu
• Nanoscience/Nanomedicine (NANO/NMED): aisadvising@vt.edu
• Systems Biology (SYSB): aisadvising@vt.edu
• Economics - College of Science (ECAS): Erika Perdue
• Geosciences (GEOS): April Newcomer
• Mathematics (MATH): Jessica Hurdus and Eric Ufferman
  
• Neuroscience (NEUR): neuroadvising@vt.edu
• Physics (PHYS): Diane Walker-Green
• Psychology (PSYC): Christina Minford
  
• Statistics (STAT): Brandy Respess

If your entry term has been changed to summer by the Office of Admissions, please email busadvising@vt.edu, so we can assign you to an academic advisor. You can then work with that academic advisor to determine appropriate summer classes.

If you are a brand new transfer student planning to enroll in summer classes please email phadvising@vt.edu to be assigned an academic advisor. You will then work with your assigned academic advisor to determine appropriate summer classes. 

Students should ensure that their term of entry has been changed, by The Office of  Admissions, to summer 2023. Students will be unable to register for summer classes until their entry term has been updated to Summer 23.