{"id":1034,"date":"2020-11-09T11:57:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T16:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2020-11-09T13:38:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T18:38:32","slug":"first-generation-celebration-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/first-generation-celebration-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy First-Generation Celebration Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2020\/11\/first-generation-celebration-day-blog-post-1024x538.png\" alt=\"happy first-generation celebration day!\" class=\"wp-image-1042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2020\/11\/first-generation-celebration-day-blog-post-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2020\/11\/first-generation-celebration-day-blog-post-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2020\/11\/first-generation-celebration-day-blog-post-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2020\/11\/first-generation-celebration-day-blog-post-500x263.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2020\/11\/first-generation-celebration-day-blog-post.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, colleges and universities across the country celebrate the accomplishments of first-generation college students. If you\u2019re the first person in your family to attend college, this day is to celebrate you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"This year, we\u2019re celebrating in style! (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/News\/package\/First-Gen-Students.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">This year, we\u2019re celebrating in style!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making college education accessible is\ntop-of-mind here at UMass Lowell. We were proud to receive recognition as a First-Gen Forward Advisory\nInstitution by the Center for First-Generation Student Success this past\nsummer. And even though this honor reminds us of how far we\u2019ve come, we know\nthat there is still more to do and more voices to hear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why we\u2019re constantly striving to\ndevelop supports and services to help students succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Here are some more ways we\u2019re supporting our\nfirst-generation students at UMass Lowell:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The River Hawk Scholars Academy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/Academics\/Provost-office\/Student-Success\/Scholars-Academy\/\" target=\"_blank\">The River Hawk Scholars Academy<\/a><strong> <\/strong>promotes academic success and fosters active campus engagement for full-time, first-year students who identify as first-generation college students<\/li><li>UMass Lowell has a rich tradition of welcoming and supporting first-generation college students. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/Academics\/Provost-office\/Student-Success\/Scholars-Academy\/first-gen\/advocates.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"A number of faculty and staff (opens in a new tab)\">A number of faculty and staff<\/a> on campus were first-generation students themselves and advocate for their success<\/li><li>The<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Launch! Summer Program (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/Academics\/launch\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Launch! Summer Program<\/a> provides incoming first-year students with a choose your own adventure approach to transitioning to university life<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s just a sampling of many ways we\u2019re helping our students achieve their goals in college. You should know that we\u2019re here to help you before you\u2019re even <em>admitted<\/em> to UMass Lowell. Join us at our regular community discussions with high school students, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Empower Hour: Supporting Access, Inclusion, Diversity &amp; Equity (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/uml.secure.force.com\/events#\/calendar?type=Empower%20Hour&amp;keyword=first%20year%20student\" target=\"_blank\">Empower Hour: Supporting Access, Inclusion, Diversity &amp; Equity<\/a>. We cannot stress how much we want to help students succeed in college. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/what-happens-after-you-click-submit-on-your-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Check this out: What happens to your application after you click &quot;submit&quot;? (opens in a new tab)\">Check this out: What happens to your application after you click &#8220;submit&#8221;?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, colleges and universities across the country celebrate the accomplishments of first-generation college students. If you\u2019re the first person in your family to attend college, this day is to celebrate you. This year, we\u2019re celebrating in style! Making college &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/first-generation-celebration-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":754,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[84],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/754"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1045,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions\/1045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}