Twenty first-generation students at UW–Madison are on the brink of a transformative experience. These undergraduate scholars from the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA) will attend the National Conference on Undergraduate Research from …
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Navigating College without a Map: First-Generation Students’ Hurdles to Success
Being a first-generation student is an identity that can have many interpretations. The formal definition of a first-generation college student is a student whose parents did not complete a four-year college degree. According to 2020 …
Celebrating our First-Generation Badgers
Tuesday, Nov. 8, is national First-Generation College Student Day, when we salute all of the Badgers who are the first in their families to attend college.
Summer Collegiate Experience sets up first-gen and underrepresented students for success
UW-Madison can seem intimidating for many students who are the first in their families to attend college or who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups. The L&S Summer Collegiate Experience (SCE) prepares these new …