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For incoming students, Summer Start is a springboard to the fall semester , articleThe six-week program offers first-year and transfer students a chance to ease into campus life by taking classes and building friendships over the summer.
Date: Aug 29, 2023 -
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'Get a good pair of boots' , articleFive graduates who came to Virginia Tech as transfer students talk about the highlights and challenges of studying fish and wildlife conservation and how growing up in rural Appalachia motivates them as Hokies.
Date: May 18, 2023 -
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Former TRIO Programs Director Tom Wilson leaves a legacy of helping first-gen, low-income students go to college , articleWilson, who died in 2020, dedicated his life and his wealth to helping students overcome obstacles to higher education. His endowment will provide nearly $20,000 in scholarships or other financial aid each year for Upward Bound and Talent Search participants.
Date: May 15, 2023 -
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Class of 2023: Austin Holloway named Outstanding Senior for the College of Natural Resources and Environment , articleHolloway, a first-generation college student, had numerous field and research experiences, including building stream habitats and doing tagging for eastern hellbenders
Date: Apr 18, 2023 -
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Learning to fly: TRIO Programs’ Talent Search helps aspiring college students look beyond high school , articleFrom planes to palm trees, alligators to algae labs, high schoolers from Southwest Virginia spent nearly a week in Florida navigating a world very different from their own while attending a national conference to explore science careers.
Date: Mar 08, 2023 -
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Amanda Leckner finds her voice as an advocate and mentor for other students , articleNow a Virginia Tech junior, this first-generation student has a passion for helping to create a more inclusive and accessible route to college for students of all backgrounds.
Date: Jan 17, 2023 -
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Role models, mentors, and allies are essential to the first-generation student experience , articleFor national First-Generation College Celebration Day 2022 — a time to acknowledge and elevate first-generation college student and alumni identities and contributions — Virginia Tech is also celebrating the role models, mentors, and allies who enrich the first-generation experience.
Date: Nov 09, 2022 -
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CNRE’s Advising Center: A one-stop shop for recruitment, advising, and employment , articleThe College of Natural Resources and Environment’s 8-year-old Advising Center is making a significant impact in setting students up for success in college and future careers.
Date: Oct 03, 2022 -
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Alumna educator's rhymes school first-generation students , articleBathsheba Smithen '06, who built her own company around her educational raps, songs, and poems, used her skills to teach the students of Virginia Tech's College Access Collaborative.
Date: Aug 26, 2022 -
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Upward Bound awarded $5.7 million to support low-income, first-gen students , articleThe federal Department of Education has renewed funding to continue the university’s three Upward Bound programs serving hundreds of high schoolers in Southwest Virginia for another five years.
Date: Jul 08, 2022 -
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Southwest Center provides ‘gateway for opportunity’ to rural Buchanan County girls , articleThe Virginia Tech Southwest Center brought about 70 girls, all high school juniors or seniors, from the rural coalfields of Buchanan County on a tour of the Blacksburg campus to spotlight STEM career opportunities.
Date: Jun 06, 2022 -
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Scholarship makes a ‘beautiful’ education possible for first-generation Virginia Tech student , article“The Beyond Boundaries Scholars program does a great job of giving opportunities to so many students who can’t afford college,” said Nathaly Loyola-Rodriguez. “To come here and study, to have a great education — it’s beautiful.”
Date: Feb 18, 2022 -
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Study abroad scholarships help students gain an international perspective , articleStudents studying this semester at the Steger Center for International Scholarship are finding that living like a local in Switzerland means much more than cheese and chocolate.
Date: Feb 16, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech one of 15 winning institutions for grant challenge to strengthen workforce learning, academic experiences , articleThe university’s winning proposal focuses on expanding the university’s Presidential Scholars scholarship and student support program to reach more students from low-income households.
Date: Jan 25, 2022 -
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Talent Search maps out a path to college for hundreds of first-generation students , articleVirginia Tech's TRIO Programs has been awarded a $1.88 million, five-year extension from the U.S. Department of Education to continue helping first-generation and economically disadvantaged students in Southwest Virginia graduate from high school and pursue higher education.
Date: Oct 19, 2021 -
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Student organization is ‘Closing the Gap’ through civil discussion on controversial topics , articleIt was an ambitious and audacious idea: create a space for candid, meaningful, and productive conversations that include people of differing backgrounds, beliefs, and perspectives. In a time of political polarization and social upheaval, Closing the Gap, the student organization founded by Amaan Raheem and Haseb Alim, is just what is needed.
Date: Sep 20, 2021 -
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First-generation student perseveres, gains research administration experience through internship , articleDana Carhart, a fourth-year student majoring in communication science and social inquiry in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, is the inaugural first-generation intern in the Division of Scholarly Integrity and Research Compliance's first-generation undergraduate research internship program.
Date: Jul 30, 2021 -
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First in the family , articleOn their paths to graduation, many first-generation students must contend with a variety of structural and social barriers. In this two-part series, we look at a slate of Virginia Tech programs that supports them as they strive for success.
Date: Jul 12, 2021 -
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First in the family , articleOn their paths to graduation, many first-generation students must contend with a variety of structural and social barriers. In this first part of a two-part series, we look at a slate of Virginia Tech programs that supports them as they strive for success.
Date: Jul 12, 2021 -
Video ItemFirst-Gen Hokies: Christina Ju '21 , video
Christina Ju '21 tells her story about being a first-generation student, talks about what it means to her and her family to be graduating after three years of hard work, and her advice to incoming and current first-generation students at Virginia Tech. ___________________________________ Learn more about first-generation student resources at Virginia Tech: First-Generation Student Support: https://dos.vt.edu/First-Gen.html Hokies First Peer Mentoring Program: https://dos.vt.edu/First-Gen/first-peer-mentor.html ___________________________________
Date: Jul 07, 2021
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