How to NOT Handle Finals Week: Lessons from a First-Gen

by Leobardo Espinoza | December 10, 2013

This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. With finals, papers and a litany of other assignments due just around the corner, it’s almost unreal just how fast this first semester of college has flown by. And, at...

How I Was Shaped By the Challenges of Being a First-Generation Student

by Dr. DeRionne Pollard | December 5, 2013

This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Considering what it means to be a first-generation college student transports me instantly to my childhood home in the South Side of Chicago, to the moment when my father...

My Adventures as a First-Generation College Student

by John Mikaelian | December 3, 2013

This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. I remember it like it was yesterday: my father had an open-heart surgery when I was just 12 years young. Right then and there, I knew my life had changed and there was no...

Yes, You CAN Study Abroad as a First-Generation Student!

by Robin Ragan | November 26, 2013

This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Study abroad is on the rise in the U.S. and around the world. Yet, studying abroad is not one of the first opportunities that most first-generation students think about when...