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Knowing what it’s like to navigate college on her own, Wesener Michael encourages students to self-advocate Talking college options, Kelly Wesener Michael told her high school counselor she’d like to be Julie on the classic ’80s television show, “The Love Boat.” Her mother had encouraged the career aspiration, telling her daughter she’d be a good...
Joanne Chamberlain Krakora graduated high school in a class with 27 classmates she’d known since kindergarten in the small town of Toulon, Ill. Neither of her parents had attended college. When she arrived on NIU’s campus, she wasn’t quite sure which way to turn. “It was a bit overwhelming,” she remembered. “I’ve never been someone...
If you’re a first-generation student at NIU, we’ve got your back. Efforts are underway to create a culture of first-generation awareness at NIU. More than half of NIU’s undergraduate students are among the first generation in their family to attend a four-year college. But national statistics show at least 75 percent of first-generation college students...
“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the program, we’re telling just some of the many first-generation stories here at NIU....
“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the program, we’re telling just some of the many first-generation stories here at NIU....
“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the program, we’re telling just some of the many first-generation stories here at NIU....
“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the program, we’re telling just some of the many first-generation stories here at NIU....
“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the program, we’re telling just some of the many first-generation stories here at NIU....
“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the program, we’re telling just some of the many first-generation stories here at NIU....
“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the program, we’re telling just some of the many first-generation stories here at NIU....
“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the program, we’re telling just some of the many first-generation stories here at NIU....
First-generation students will have a sense of place and a place to go for resources at NIU this fall. The new “I’m a First-Generation College Student” program will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept....