The first-generation experience: graduating students reflect on their collegiate experience
Turning the tassel is a significant moment for everyone, especially for those first in their family to ever do so. First-generation stu…
Turning the tassel is a significant moment for everyone, especially for those first in their family to ever do so. First-generation stu…
As a first-generation college student coming from a low-income family, Derek Moore wasn’t sure he would ever attend college. Now, Moore serves as the first Black vice president in Ohio State’s Undergraduate Student Government since Eric Seabrook held the position in 1983.
University President Kristina M. Johnson and her wife, Veronica Meinhard, donated $1 million to Ohio State in an effort to fund two scholarships for student athletes and first-generation students.
Ohio State honored its spring 2021 graduates Sunday, recognizing the challenging circumstances students weathered to earn their diplomas during a rainy ceremony at the ‘Shoe.
Ohio State’s new First Generation College Student Community Connections Mentorship Program at the Student Life Multicultural Center matches new first-generation students with other first-generation student and graduate mentors to help them navigate college and provide support.
For students from underrepresented backgrounds, getting to college isn’t the first barrier they’ve overcome.
A nonprofit organization and social movement started by Ohio State students seeks to share stories of students who come from underrepresented commu…