The Career Transfer Center hosted the annual Transfer Social, a celebration that included live music, frozen yogurt and an opportunity for students to meet their prospective colleges’ representatives.

The event, which occurred outside of Fountain Hall on Thursday, was a lively gathering. Students chatted and socialized with each other, as well as representatives from the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of California, Berkeley, California State University, Northridge and others that were in attendance.

“The event is a way for the students going to similar schools to connect,” said Judi Gould, the Career Transfer Center coordinator. “We want to celebrate the culture of transfer at the college.”

This is the seventh year the Transfer Social has been celebrated, according to Gould.

“We didn’t do anything to recognize transfer students,” Gould said. “This idea seemed to have been the most successful.”

Although primarily for transferring students, the Social was open to all. As the event went on, hundreds of students came and went. They were able to enjoy free frozen yogurt, socialize and talk to college representatives.

Matthew Bohm, a Gender Studies student transferring to UCLA this fall, expressed gratitude to the Career Transfer Center.

“They were there whenever I had questions,” Bohm said. “And ice cream is great.”

Yakub Akhmerov, a Math major transferring to University of California, Berkeley this fall, was glad the Career Transfer Center was there to help him with financial aid issues.

“Great school, plain and simple,” Akhmerov said.

Gould encourages transfer students to tell the Center where they’re going, so their names can be on the transfer wall of fame.

“This will encourage other students and they can go find their friends’ names,” Gould said.

Gould, who is retiring at the end of this year, said she will miss the students the most.

“I’m gonna have to get my student fix somehow,” she said, laughing, before bustling off to help coordinate the event.