{"id":69539,"date":"2021-10-29T03:40:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T07:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=69539"},"modified":"2021-11-01T09:06:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T13:06:02","slug":"utoledos-annual-first-to-launch-first-generation-college-celebration-returns-nov-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/10_29_2021\/utoledos-annual-first-to-launch-first-generation-college-celebration-returns-nov-3","title":{"rendered":"UToledo\u2019s Annual First-to-Launch First-Generation College Celebration Returns Nov. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

In commemoration of the anniversary of the Higher Education Act of 1965, The University of Toledo will hold its fourth-annual celebration of first-generation students on Wednesday, Nov. 3.<\/p>\n

The event begins with a panel discussion from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. in the Thompson Student Union Ingman Room, featuring University faculty and staff who were the first in their family to go to college.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cThe panel discussion is a wonderful opportunity for students to interact with UToledo faculty and staff who come from similar backgrounds as students,\u201d said Dr. Toycee Hague-Palmer, director of TRIO Student Support Services and chair of UToledo\u2019s First-to-Launch First-Generation Celebration Committee.<\/p>\n

Following the discussion will be a meet-and-greet mixer from 7 to 9:30 p.m.\u00a0Also, members of new student organization FirstGen Scholars will discuss what it means to be first-generation college students and why it\u2019s critical to have a space where first-generation students can connect and share experiences.<\/p>\n

And as part of First-generation Week, the Northwest Ohio TRIO Programs Collaborative is hosting its Inaugural FirstGen Student Symposium from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Memorial Field House Room 2100.<\/p>\n

Monday, Nov. 8, marks the 56th anniversary of the signing of the\u00a01965<\/a>\u00a0Higher Education Act<\/a>\u00a0(HEA), which began the start of the first three federal TRIO Programs: Upward Bound, Student Support Services and Talent Search. The HEA has since helped millions of first-generation, low-income students persist to degree completion.\u00a0There are eight federal TRIO programs, and UToledo host three: TRIO Student Support Services, TRIO Upward Bound and TRIO Upward Bound Math and Science.<\/p>\n

On Nov. 8, UToledo, along with college campuses nationwide, will recognize\u00a0its\u00a0first-generation students, faculty and staff throughout the day on social media platforms using\u00a0#CelebrateFirstGen and #First2Launch.<\/p>\n

Designed to increase campus and community awareness of first-generation students enrolled and thriving in higher education, this recognition is led by The\u00a0Council for Opportunity for Education<\/a>, in partnership with\u00a0the\u00a0Center for First-generation Student Success<\/a>, an\u00a0initiative of the\u00a0National Association of Student Personnel Administrators<\/a> and\u00a0The<\/a>\u00a0Suder Foundation,<\/a>\u00a0which\u00a0launched the inaugural\u00a0First-Generation College Celebration<\/a>\u00a0in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>

The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a panel discussion in the Thompson Student Union Ingman Room, featuring University faculty and staff who were the first in their family to go to college, followed by a meet-and-greet mixer at 7 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":878,"featured_media":69540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,5,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/878"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69541,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69539\/revisions\/69541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}