{"id":1902,"date":"2019-08-26T11:06:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T18:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/diversity\/?page_id=1902"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:33:00","slug":"first-gen-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/diversity\/programming\/first-gen-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a First Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-right-sidebar right-sidebar\" id=\"right-sidebar\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further Reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/equityinlearning.act.org\/equity-in-action\/its-ok-to-ask-for-help\/\">It\u2019s Okay to Ask For Help<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/living\/story\/michelle-obamas-advice-1st-gen-college-students-faster-64508282\">Michelle Obama\u2019s advice to 1st-gen college students: \u2018You are faster, quicker, smarter, sharper\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office of Institutional Diversity defines First-Generation as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are an HMC student, faculty, or staff member for whom:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Neither parent\/guardian graduated from a four-year college. This means that you are part of the first generation in your family to attend a four-year college\/university to attain a bachelor&#8217;s degree.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neither parent\/guardian completed a four-year college degree in the United States.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only one parent\/guardian completed a four-year college degree in the United States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The goals of this initiative are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To create awareness of first-generation students, staff and faculty on campus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To provide a sense of connection, access and encouragement for first-gen students by sharing faculty and staff stories and first-generation resources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To foster connection and community among first-generation faculty and staff through online resources and gatherings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To provide resources including research literature, current articles and educational opportunities for campus departments and organizations to build on these connections for outreach and student success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Programs Include<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First Gen+ Conversations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dinner conversations to build community; with purposeful topics and guided reflection to help develop personal tools to work through issues and barriers that First-Gen+ scholars may encounter in college. Conversations are led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calatheawellness.com\/\">Dr. Lisette Sanchez<\/a>, (she\/her\/ella), a bilingual and bicultural psychologist, insightful writer, and dynamic speaker. Workshop topics include navigating family expectations and guilt associated with being away at college, imposter phenomenon and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First-Gen+ Socials and Study Hours<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In collaboration with FLISHMC, socials and study hours are held to support the First-Gen+ community with a space to connect, decompress, discuss issues related to college and personal development and support each other as scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First-Gen+ Support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First Gen+ Scholars can meet with OID Associate Dean, Veronica Clairmont to discuss concerns, questions or barriers that they may be experiencing in college. A personal development plan may be created and could involve being connected to other campus and TCCS resources to help students reach their personal, professional and academic goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schedule a <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/vclairmont26\/first-gen-support\">First-Gen Support appointment<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Institutional Diversity defines First-Generation as: If you are an HMC student, faculty, or staff member for whom: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1222,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1902","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1902\/revisions\/2588"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}