Being the first in your family to attend college can be rewarding and challenging. As a first-generation student, you have many unique strengths, qualities, and skills to help you on your career journey. Our career advisors are here to help you articulate those skills and experiences in a way that can help you achieve your goals. Please take a look at the content curated just for you on this page.
Do you know what your plans are for after graduation (employment, grad school, etc)? We want to know! Please take a few minutes to provide us with valuable information on our 2021-2022 baccalaureate graduates by completing the First Destination Survey.
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Read the Harvard Business Review’s article on how employers can recruit and support First Gen students:
Being a diverse individual is something to be celebrated! But the reality of a workplace can sometimes be at times jarring when one faces micro-aggressions or being in a lagging-behind-the-times work culture. In this article from the Harvard Business Review, …
Find out ways to advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion at work.
See the full article below.
https://www.themuse.com/advice/early-career-entry-level-advocate-diversity-equity-inclusion
First-generation college and university students in the United States are defined as those whose parents did not attend college. According to Wikipedia, first-generation college students tend to be older, come from families with lower incomes, attend college part-time, live off-campus, …
