Due to the recent enthusiasm from the UP community and FGEN (First Generation students), Matt Daily has been able to purchase additional FGEN webinar sessions and is now offering them to faculty and staff. Daily proposes to use Fridays as a time to virtually gather as a community, learn together, and possibly debrief or brainstorm […]
FGEN students
National First Generation Student Day, Nov. 8
Friday, November 8 is National First Generation Day, and the Shepard Academic Resource Center invites the entire UP community to join in recognizing all students and families, faculty, and staff that are the first in their family to pursue a 4-year college degree. First generation students currently make up 20 percent of the UP student […]
Are You First to Go to College in Your Family?
A first-generation (FGEN) college student is defined as an individual who attends college when neither their mother nor father earned a four-year college degree. The Shepard Academic Resource Center is continuing to develop programming specifically for FGEN students, and can use your help. They would love to update their master roster of current UP faculty […]
Are You First to Go to College in Your Family?
A first-generation (or FGEN) college student is defined as an individual who attends college when neither that person’s mother or father attended college on their own. The Shepard Academic Resource Center is developing programming specifically for the University’s FGEN students, and is seeking faculty and staff who were FGEN students students themselves. If you were an FGEN […]