First-gen Students at Community & Technical Colleges: A Discussion of Key Findings

Join us January 14, 2021 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET for this live briefing!

Facing COVID-19 at School: First-gen students persisting through college during a Pandemic

The presenters will share mixed-methods data on the extent FGCS are persevering during the pandemic, identify new and existing barriers they are facing, and facilitate a conversation around meaningful support for FGCS during this time.

Traversing New Territory as Low-income, First-generation Students of Color

This briefing examines how institutional values of independence ignore the familial commitments of low-income, first-generation students of color and consequently undermine their well-being and performance, especially during the transition to college.

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Engaging Family to Bolster First-gen Student Well-Being and Success

This briefing is focused on reframing the first-generation student experience from independence from family to interdependence with family in the college-going process and in supporting student well-being.

Institutional Cultures that Celebrate First-generation College Students

This live briefing will highlight the academic year and summer programs that are the foundation of our commitment to programs, resources, and strategies to create a campus climate that embraces first-gen college students.

First-generation Students’ Experiences During COVID-19

In this live briefing, scholars will share data from a multi-institutional survey of over 40,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional first-generation students’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Navigating the First-gen Identity of Mid-Senior Level Professionals

This live briefing will navigate the first-gen identity of mid-senior level professionals surrounding supervision, mentorship, and career trajectory.

Mining First-gen Gaps: Reassessing Campus Infrastructure Amid a National Crisis

This live briefing will demonstrate how two institutions utilized resources and infrastructure assessments to leverage models of student success.

We’re Still First: Navigating the Hidden Curriculum as a First-gen Professional

The first-gen identity remains with you beyond graduation. As new professionals explore their first-gen identity, it may be met with unknowns.

Fall 2020 First-gen Student Enrollment Considerations

In anticipation of continued remote instruction for fall 2020, there is much to consider. This expert panel will focus on the first-gen student experience.

Utilizing Social Platforms to Connect with First-gen Students

This webinar features practitioners from three diverse institutions sharing their experiences utilizing social media to connect with first-gen students.

Creating Support Resources for First-generation Graduate and Professional Students

This presentation will highlight how colleges and universities can improve their support and programming for first-generation, graduate and professional students.

2019 #CelebrateFirstGen

To continue the FGCC conversation COE and the Center will host three institutions to discuss how they participated in #CelebrateFirstGen. Join us in advancing an asset-based national narrative on first-generation student experiences and outcomes.

A Balancing Act: Faculty and First-gen

Presenters will share testimonios and personal narratives about how their intersecting identities, personal backgrounds, and life experiences inform their pedagogy and research practices.

Building a Mentoring Program for First-generation Students

For 25 years, the Corporate Mentor Program has helped first-generation students from the University of South Florida transition into rewarding careers by pairing them with mentors in the Tampa Bay area. This Live Briefing will examine strategies for implementing an intentional mentoring effort at your institution.

A Collaborative Approach: Creating Cross-divisional Partnerships for First-gen Success

First-gen work is often siloed to particular offices on college and university campuses. This OnDemand offering explores how to implement a collaborative approach to first-gen student success at Wichita State University.

Partnering with Parents and Families of First-generation College Students

This Center Live Briefing will provide participants with strategies for identifying and engaging with parents and families of first-generation students and share approaches to implement at your institution.

Validating First-generation Student Experiences Through Transformative Leadership

In this Center Live Briefing, participants will learn how transformative academic advisors in higher education can help implement asset-based frameworks and design transformative experiences.

NASPA: Advancing #FirstgenForward for 100 Years

As NASPA commemorates its 100th anniversary, this recoding will explore NASPA's ongoing commitment to first-generation students.

Finding the Right Connections for First-generation Students with Impostor Syndrome

This Center Live Briefing will review the building blocks of impostor syndrome in first-generation college students as well as identify methods for addressing impostor syndrome and techniques to celebrate and internalize successes.

First-generation Journeys: Confronting, Challenging, & Crossing Academic Borderlands

This Center Live Briefing is well suited for staff and faculty interested in academic border-crossing experiences of first-generation students and the many intersections that inform numerous first-generation journeys.

Starting from the Bottom: Building First-gen Support Offerings with Little to No Resources

Now available On Demand! Dr. La'Tonya Rease Miles and Symone Morales from UCLA share lessons learned as they pioneered campus-wide first-generation student initiatives and worked intentionally with campus colleagues to ignite change.

Becoming an Individual & Institutional Advocate

This virtual professional development event will focus on opportunities for student and academic affairs professionals of all functional areas and levels to become individual and institutional advocates for first-generation student success.

Exploring The Ways Jargon Influences College Access & Success

Utilizing research data and case studies, this on demand event will explore the ways jargon influences college access and success for first-generation college students.

Center for First-generation Student Success Introductory Feature

If you are just learning about the Center or first-generation student success, this video is a great place to start.