🎓 Calling all Illinois First Gen Alumni 🎓
The First Generation Student Initiatives team would like to invite you to join our newly expanded First Generation Week at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign!
This Thursday's virtual alumni event (11/7) is dedicated to celebrating you, your path to graduation, and all the wonderful milestones that you have achieved since joining the Illinois alumni family. We hope you'll consider participating in this event as it also supports current First Generation Illini in reminding them that: if you can see it, you can be it!
Here are a few sample prompts & hashtags to start the conversation:
"I am Proud to be First-Generation because..."
"Being First-Gen. has shaped my college/professional experience by..."
"One piece of advice I would offer to current First-Gen students is..."
#IllinoisFirstGen
#ProudtobeFirstGen
#CelebrateFirstGeneration
#JeffriesCenterFirstGen
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The University of Illinois Urbana Champaign defines first-generation as “neither parent nor guardian have earned at least a bachelor degree” (Source: Campus Profile Glossary, Division of Management Information).