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News Releases
Apr 28, 2015 – Center for Student Opportunity Wins Good Neighbor Grant from Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Apr 16, 2015 – Miss New York USA 2015 Aims to Empower First-Generation College Students
Sept 10, 2014 – First-Generation College Students Win Scholarship; Share Their Remarkable College Journeys
Feb 6, 2014 – New Michelle Obama Video Encourages First-Gen College Students
Nov 5, 2013 – First Generation College Students Win Scholarship; Share Their Remarkable College Journeys
Oct 2, 2013 – I’m First Project Launches to Celebrate and Support First-Generation College Students
In the News
Dec 11, 2015 – Getting In: When You’re the First in Your Family to Apply to College, Slate
Aug 10, 2015 – These Groups Are Hoping To Help First-Generation College Students Make It To Graduation, The Huffington Post
Jun 15, 2015 – Nonprofits step in to support college students who need it most, PBS News Hour
Dec 31, 2014 – First-Generation College-Goers: Unprepared and Behind, The Atlantic
Dec 23, 2014 – Top 10 AVID Blogs from 2014, AVID: Adventures in College & Career Readiness
Oct 31, 2014 – A Commitment to Making College Accessible to First-Generation College Students, The Huffington Post
Oct 27, 2014 – Bridging the First-Generation Student’s Digital Divide, Ed Tech
Oct 23, 2014 – Advice for First-Generation Students Applying to College this Fall, USA Today College
Oct 16, 2014 – Scholarship Winner Relishing BC Experience, The Boston College Chronicle
Oct 8, 2014 – “I’m First,” el orgullo de ser el primero, Univision Noticias
Oct 7, 2014 – Over 100 Colleges Nationwide Join Forces in Free Hispanic College Fair, Univision Corporate Press Release
Aug 18, 2014 – How Funders Build “College Knowledge” for First-Generation College Students, Inside Philanthropy
Feb 5, 2014 – 10 Best College Planning Websites and Apps, Social Driver
Nov 21, 2013 – First Generation College Students Go Viral, National Public Radio‘s Marketplace Morning Report