What is After College Transition?
After College Transition helps practitioners (student affairs professionals, college ministers, church leaders, and others) get what they need to successfully equip students to thrive in their transition out of college and beyond.
This website will be helpful to you if you’re looking for:
- Training, coaching, or speaking services related to equipping college students for the transition
- Content, advice, and encouragement related to equipping students for the transition
- Books and other resources
About Erica
I bring 20 years of experience working with college students, and I’ve helped dozens of organizational leaders across the nation successfully equip graduating students who are now thriving after college and eagerly giving back.
For over a dozen years, I—along with a team of co-laborers—have guided college seniors through a program called Senior EXIT. We’ve helped seniors “pack their bags” with the tools and perspective they need to navigate the changes, challenges and choices ahead – because there are lots of them!
My passion led me to write, After College: Navigating Transitions, Relationship and Faith (InterVarsity Press). After College is a “one-stop resource” for seniors and recent alumni who want to know what to expect from the transition out of college and how to thrive in all areas of life beyond graduation.
There are few things that encourage me more than knowing how After College or its companion curriculum are making a difference in the lives of students or recent graduates. I also love hearing about initiatives you’re working on to help prepare students for this crucial transition and thrive within it. Let me know how I can help you get a new project started or take your current efforts to the next level!
It’s always a privilege and joy to speak to audiences of students and twenty-somethings as well as with practitioners who work with them (student affairs professionals, church leaders, college ministers and others). This work matters.
Author Bio
Erica Young Reitz is the founder of After College Transition – an organization that helps practitioners (higher education professionals, church leaders, and college ministers) get the proven resources they need for equipping students to thrive after college. She brings 20 years of experience working with college students, which includes a 14 year tenure with the CCO, directing Senior EXIT. Her graduate research focus on the senior year transition (MA in higher education from Geneva College) fueled her first book, After College: Navigating Transitions, Relationship and Faith (IVP, 2016), and her writing on the topic of the senior year transition has appeared in numerous publications, including Christianity Today, Relevant Magazine, and The Gospel Coalition.
Erica works as a Leadership Development Specialist for Bartell & Bartell, helping individuals and teams uplevel their leadership and unleash their organizational potential. She also serves as part-time teaching faculty for Geneva College’s master’s in higher education program.
She lives in State College, PA with her husband, Craig, two children (Hannah and Aaron), and an energetic miniature Schnauzer (Boaz). In her free time, Erica enjoys exploring the outdoors with her family, cooking and eating new foods, or curling up with a good novel.