What is First-Gen Friday's (FGF)?

The First-Gen Friday's workshop series, under the Academic Success Center,  is a collaborative effort to promote the visibility of Stanislaus State staff, faculty, and alumni leaders who were themselves, first-generation college students. First-gen Fridays will be the first Friday of every month during the academic year. The workshop series will include a variety of topics and activities such as: speakers, social interactions, and networking, etc.
 

Our Purpose

The main purpose of this workshop series is to foster a sense of belonging that can boost the engagement, retention, and success rates among Stanislaus State First-Gen students.  

Note: For our program, a “first-generation college student” is identified as a student whose parent/guardian have not received a four-year U.S. bachelor's degree. 

First-Gen / [Furst-jen] / Adjective

See also: trailblazer, resilient, leader, determined

You are the first in your family to attend a 4-year institution.  Your parents did not graduate from a 4-year institution.  You are still considered first-generation even if your siblings attended and graduated from a 4-year institution.
*Stanislaus State serves large numbers of first-generation college students, according to the CSU Analytics Office 73% of our Fall 2018 students are the first in their families to attend college.