UNC Greensboro: UNCG Celebrates Its First-Generation Students

Press release from UNC Greensboro:

November 8, 2021

51% of first-year Spartans are first-generation college students, meaning they are the first in their families to attend a four-year institution.

To celebrate this community on campus, “First G at the G” is a week-long series of events that takes place Nov. 8-12, with programming designed to help first-generation students connect with each other, faculty, and staff, as well as learn about campus resources.

First-generation students are more likely to live off-campus, attend college close to home, attend school part-time, and work full-time while in college. Many first-generation students are nontraditional (commuter, transfer, returning, married, etc.) and therefore have a peripheral identity due to responsibilities outside of school. Some students – particularly from immigrant backgrounds – may serve as cultural brokers or translators. Many have high expectations placed on them as the first to attend college.

Below is the full “First G at the G” schedule:

See the event schedule and details at sa.uncg.edu/firstg/.

Photography by Jiyoung Park, University Communications, taken in 2019

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This press release was produced by UNC Greensboro. The views expressed here are the author’s own.