![\"portraits](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/first-generation-students-review.jpg\")
(University of Rochester photos \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The David T. Kearns Center<\/a>, the University\u2019s academic home for first-generation students, was a game changer for Idris. She met regularly with an advisor who made sure her studies were on track. She was introduced to the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and learned better study skills.<\/p>\n \u201cI went from feeling isolated to knowing there were people on campus dedicated to the success of students like me,\u201d Idris says. \u201cI finally felt I belonged.\u201d<\/p>\n Last August, she received an Edmund A. Hajim Endowed Scholarship. Established by board chair emeritus Ed Hajim \u201958, the scholarship is awarded to two engineering students per class who exhibit \u201cacademic strength, intellectual promise and innovative thinking.\u201d She\u2019s set to graduate in May and has a job offer in hand as a software engineer for Raytheon.<\/p>\n SHARING THEIR STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n Two months before Michael Lin \u201921 was born, his family moved from China to Queens. When Lin was in the sixth grade, his father died, leaving his mother to support the family with a factory job. Lin was determined to enroll in college, but worried about the cost.<\/p>\n The Alan and Jane Handler Endowed Scholarship<\/a>, established by University Board Chair Richard Handler \u201983 and his wife, Martha, erased those fears. The University\u2019s leading award, its benefits include financial support, individual mentorship, and access to previous Handler Scholars. \u201cIt was a blessing,\u201d Lin says. He struggled his first year but befriended fellow students in Tiernan Hall and resident advisors who became mentors. He joined Sigma Chi fraternity and UR Photography.<\/p>\n He also is helping future first-generation students apply to college\u2014a process he found \u201cconfusing and stressful.\u201d He proposed a mentoring program involving Handler Scholars at East High School<\/a>\u2014part of the Rochester City School District, but managed in partnership with the University. Superintendent Shaun Nelms \u201913W (EdD), who also teaches at the Warner School, accepted the idea, and the Handler Scholars are now part of East\u2019s Step to College program, offering advice and hosting students on the River Campus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Idris\u2019s story is striking, but not unusual at Rochester, where about 20 percent of undergraduates are first-generation, or \u201cfirst-gen\u201d students\u2014those whose parents didn\u2019t attend college. Several departments provide resources to help such students transition into college life, and a student organization offering peer-to-peer support to first-generation students was created last spring. Many students are aided by scholarships that lift the financial barriers that would otherwise prevent them from attending college.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are committed to the success of our first-generation student population,\u201d says Jeffrey Runner, dean of the College.<\/p>\n SHARING THEIR STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n When Marines Espinal \u201921 moved from the Dominican Republic to New York City at age 10, she realized she had \u201cthe opportunity of a lifetime\u201d awaiting her. \u201cI became really passionate about education,\u201d she says. \u201cI wanted to make my mom proud and be able to provide for her in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Espinal enrolled in Rochester\u2019s Early Connection Opportunity<\/a>, a summer program that prepares first-year students for the academic and social challenges of college. \u201cEntering college as a first-generation student was really intimidating,\u201d she says. \u201cECO helped me get to know the campus and the resources I could use.\u201d<\/p>\n She joined the dance group Ma\u2019Frisah and found her \u201chome on campus\u201d at the Office of Minority Student Affairs<\/a>. \u201cWhenever I\u2019m down, I know I can go there and see faces that will brighten my day and give me hope and motivation,\u201d she says. Espinal plans to pursue a master\u2019s degree leading to work that will better the environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n According to Maureen Hoyler, president of the Council for Opportunity in Education in Washington, D.C., Rochester has a distinguished record among elite private universities in supporting low-income and first-generation students. In 1965, passage of the landmark Higher Education Act led to the creation of the federal TRIO programs\u2014outreach and student services programs funded by the US Department of Education to provide help for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Rochester has played \u201ca critical leadership role\u201d in TRIO, says Hoyler.<\/p>\n \u201cThe University has long recognized the need to provide comprehensive services to low-income and first-generation students. Its graduation rates are exceptional, and its record in preparing students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) may be unmatched.\u201d<\/p>\n Jonathan Burdick, vice provost for enrollment initiatives and dean of Admissions and Financial Aid<\/a>, has a message for first-generation students.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re not here based on some quota,\u201d he says. \u201cWe turned thousands of applicants down. You\u2019re here because you deserve to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n SHARING THEIR STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n Pech Chhun \u201919 didn\u2019t speak English when he left Cambodia for Rochester with his mother and sister at age eight\u2014but college was part of the plan, if the financial resources were there. He enrolled in an International Baccalaureate program in high school and was named a Brady Scholar in recognition of his engagement in the Early Connection Opportunity<\/a> program.<\/p>\n \u201cI struggled my first year at Rochester,\u201d he says. \u201cThe traits I had learned, being independent and self-sufficient, had to be unlearned so that I could use campus resources that could help me. It took about two years.\u201d<\/p>\n Chhun became a resident advisor, a D\u2019Lion<\/a>, and a member of Debate Union<\/a>. He also founded the student organization First Gen Society<\/a> and serves as president. \u201cI\u2019m so proud of it,\u201d he says. \u201cI hope it serves students well for many years after I\u2019m gone from the University.\u201d Chhun will graduate in May. His sister, Pechrasmey, received her degree from the School of Nursing<\/a> in December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Last fall, 22 percent of the members of the incoming class were first-generation students, the highest percentage in years. Burdick sees attracting and graduating first-generation students as a central part of the College\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not here to be a final line on a student\u2019s glowing resume,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019re here to be an engine of transformation for society. First-generation students need that more than anybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n Few first-generation students can enroll at Rochester without financial support. According to a 2017 report from Insider Higher Ed<\/em>, 27 percent of first-generation college students come from households making $20,000 or less. The University provides around $65 million annually in grants and scholarship to low-income undergraduates in Arts, Sciences & Engineering<\/a>, opening doors that otherwise would remain closed.<\/p>\n SHARING THEIR STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n In some respects, Dulce Martinez Alarcon \u201922 had a typical first day of college.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t know anyone,\u201d says the Mexico native, who moved to Arizona with her family at age three. \u201cI realized how far from home I was. It was a tough day.\u201d But as the first person in her family to go to college, Martinez, whose academic interests include business, psychology, and philosophy, felt she had to carry an extra burden. \u201cI had to figure everything out for myself,\u201d she says. It got better as she \u201cstarted finding people I could relate to and made friends. And I saw all of the help available on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n She became a Kearns Scholar<\/a>, joined SALSITA (Spanish and Latino Students in Training for Awareness)<\/a>, and signed up for the First Gen Society<\/a> club. \u201cThose clubs gave me an opportunity to meet people like me,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n The Kirschenbaum Scholarship, established by Robert \u201970 and Ellen Kirschenbaum, supports undergraduates in the School of Arts &Sciences<\/a>, with a preference for need-based students from Arizona. \u201cIt\u2019s the reason I\u2019m here,\u201d she says. Martinez aspires to a career in law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n At the same time, financial support alone is often not enough for first-generation students to make the most of their potential. In an age when affluent parents are increasingly tapping into their means and experience to help their children prepare for and navigate higher education, colleges and universities must have resources to offer similar support for students without those benefits.<\/p>\n In 2018, a $5 million gift from Kenneth French \u201978S (MBA), \u201983S (PhD) and his wife, Vickie, came out of a recognition of the importance of academic, as well as financial, support. The couple established the KRFrench Family Scholars Program<\/a> to provide financial aid and a robust network of academic support for College undergraduates with high academic potential and financial need.<\/p>\n Although French wasn\u2019t a first-generation student himself, he calls his time at Rochester \u201ctransformative.\u201d \u201cI was an engineer at Eastman Kodak after receiving my bachelor\u2019s degree. I went to Rochester to get my MBA, and because of the excellent teaching I received, I discovered the excitement and vibrancy of economics and finance and decided to get my PhD. It\u2019s been my life ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n SHARING THEIR STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n When Alejandro Vera \u201922 moved across the country last August to begin college, he felt \u201ca combination of excitement and pure fear and anxiety.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLost doesn\u2019t begin to describe how I felt,\u201d he says. \u201cEverybody seemed to know where to go and how to get there.\u201d His worries dissipated when he joined the First Gen Society<\/a>, a student organization offering peer support to first-generation students. He was introduced to the Office of Minority Student Affairs<\/a> and the David T. Kearns Center<\/a> and went from feeling like an outsider to a member of the community.<\/p>\n \u201cUR has quickly felt more and more like my home,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019ve found the right people to surround myself with and have become more comfortable with the campus and the city.\u201d After graduating, Vera plans to take a gap year to gain experience and work toward getting into medical school. His career goal is to become an OB\/GYN. \u201cI\u2019m fascinated by the idea of helping to bring life into this world,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Roth Family Distinguished Professor of Finance at Dartmouth College\u2019s Tuck School of Business since 2011, French is also a consultant to Dimensional Fund Advisors, a global investment firm, and a member of its board of directors. \u201cFirst-generation students are special to Vickie and me,\u201d French says. \u201cThese are students with great strengths and qualifications. With a little assist, we can put that human capital to work.\u201d<\/p>\n The Frenches will add significantly to a network of resources the College already has in place to serve first-generation students. Those resources lend confidence to other scholarship benefactors that their investment at Rochester will be a good one.<\/p>\n Roger Birnbaum \u201958 attended Rochester with his twin, Robert Birnbaum \u201958, and graduated with a degree in business. Since 1991, he has been president of the Princeton Healthcare Group. Concerns about the rising costs of higher education, combined with income and wealth inequality, prompted him in 2014 to establish the Roger Birnbaum Family Scholarship for the Kearns Center Scholars Program<\/a>, awarded to students who are low-income, first-generation, or underrepresented minorities<\/p>\n SHARING THEIR STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n Anna Gasanova \u201920E began playing the viola at age nine and spent her final two years of high school at the University of North Carolina\u2019s School of the Arts. \u201cIt gave me a pretty good grasp on dorm life, so I wasn\u2019t that nervous about coming to Eastman,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Her parents emigrated from the former Soviet Union, and her father died when she was four. She relied on close family friends, books, and movies to give her a sense of what to expect from college life.<\/p>\n \u201cEastman was my dream school, and I was really excited about coming here,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s incredibly intense as far as academics go. It really teaches you to be a well-rounded musician.\u201d<\/p>\n The Noble Hanson Scholarship Fund for Eastman students was established in 1993 by Karen Noble Hanson \u201970, a life trustee who died last November. The Anne M. Braxton Scholarship Endowment was established in 2010 by her estate. \u201cIt takes away the worry and struggle and makes your dreams come true,\u201d says Gasanova.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe\u2019re losing a whole generation of kids who have all this potential but are being priced out of the higher education market,\u201d he says. \u201cSome of these kids are fortunate enough to get scholarships and financial aid but aren\u2019t prepared socially. They can drown in school. The Kearns Center<\/a> embraces these kids and provides the support that can make the difference between success and failure.\u201d<\/p>\n Prudence Bradley \u201988 (PhD) was a first-generation student who had a successful career in pharmaceutical research and development. She established the Prudence K. Bradley Endowed Scholarship for first-generation Rochester students with financial need with a preference for students pursuing degrees in STEM fields. Bradley recipient Marines Espinal \u201921, an environmental science<\/a> and American Sign Language<\/a> double major who moved from the Dominican Republic to New York City when she was 10, was able to get a head start at Rochester through the Early Connection Opportunity<\/a> program overseen by the College\u2019s Office of Minority Student Affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWithout the Bradley Scholarship, I wouldn\u2019t have been able to attend Rochester,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m grateful and blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n SHARING THEIR STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n Mouhamed Diakhate \u201922 calls the KRFrench Family Scholars Program a \u201cblessing.\u201d Established last year by Kenneth French \u201978S (MBA), \u201983S (PhD) and his wife, Vickie, it benefits students with high academic potential and demonstrated financial need.<\/p>\n \u201cMy parents aren\u2019t US citizens, and I was under 18, so taking out a loan wasn\u2019t an option,\u201d he says. \u201cThe scholarship made everything possible.\u201d<\/p>\n Diakhate moved back to Manhattan three years ago and attended Boys Hope Girls Hope, a college-preparatory program that operates internationally. That helped in his transition to college, but it was still stressful. \u201cI was entering a new chapter in my life,\u201d he says. \u201cMy RA, D\u2019Lion, and resident fellow made sure I was where I needed to be the first few weeks and made me feel welcome here. And I discovered student clubs which made me feel I belonged.\u201d<\/p>\n Diakhate hopes to join the Black Students\u2019 Union<\/a>, Pan-African Students Association<\/a>, and the Minority Male Leadership Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Adjusting to college can be challenging for any student, and to some extent, the growth of services targeted at first-generation students is part of a larger expansion of academic and other types of supports for all students that\u2019s now almost universal in higher education. But at elite private universities such as Rochester, first-generation students are especially vulnerable to feelings of isolation. Sometimes, they feel misunderstood by classmates from more affluent backgrounds.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s sometimes an assumption that first-generation students are only [members of underrepresented minority groups], or that they\u2019re not bright,\u201d says Dawn Bruner, director of the Office of Parent and Family Relations<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s not true. They\u2019re diverse, intelligent, and engaged students who have worked hard to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n Once a first-generation student herself, Bruner says first-generation students often believe they\u2019re the only ones having difficulty at school. \u201cIn reality,\u201d she says, \u201cevery student struggles at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n SHARING THEIR STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n Majd Ismail \u201921 felt \u201clost\u201d when he started college. \u201cI worried I wouldn\u2019t make friends,\u201d he says. \u201cI worried about balancing everything while being on my own and felt pressure to live up to my parents\u2019 expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n His resident advisor, Garret Gay \u201918 helped put him at ease. \u201cHe reassured me that everything would work out, and I\u2019d eventually feel more comfortable at college,\u201d Ismail says. \u201cAnd he was right.\u201d<\/p>\n Ismail discovered study groups at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning<\/a> which allowed him to manage his workload. He also joined the Sigma Chi fraternity<\/a>. \u201cIt became my home away from home,\u201d he says. \u201cIt surrounded me with friends I knew would do anything to help me.\u201d<\/p>\n Being a Hajim Scholar has allowed him to focus on school, rather than stress about finances. \u201cIt\u2019s allowed me to connect with people I otherwise would never have met,\u201d he says. Ismail wants to continue his education in graduate school and eventually work with prosthetics, in the industrial or research fields.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In spring 2018, Pech Chhun \u201919 created a new student organization, the First Gen Society<\/a>, offering first-generation students peer-to-peer support. \u201cWe thought it was important to have a group where first-generation students could relate to and support each other,\u201d says Chhun, a clinical psychology<\/a> and biology <\/a>double major who moved from Cambodia to Rochester when he was eight. Chhun is a Brady Scholar, a scholarship program established by University Trustee Elizabeth Pungello Bruno \u201989.<\/p>\n Weekly meetings alternate between educational seminars on topics such as how to write a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to social events, such as painting pumpkins and a \u201cFriendsgiving\u201d feast.<\/p>\n Society member Scott Saucier \u201919, an economics and political science double major from Wolcott, Connecticut, says his struggles were more social than academic his first year. \u201cI had trouble making friends,\u201d he says. Saucier, a beneficiary of the Schiff Family Scholarship Fund, established with an estate gift from Hans \u201943 and Merle Schiff, stresses the importance of getting involved. He found a friend group with the Baja SAE team and added roles as an RA, as a first-year fellow, and with orientation. \u201cGradually, I started to find my way here.\u201d<\/p>\n Another member, Allison Morningstar \u201919, was valedictorian at her high school in York, Pennsylvania, but recalls how defeated she felt after her first midterm exams. The neuroscience major found a spot behind the Interfaith Chapel<\/a> and called her mother in tears, telling her, \u201cI shouldn\u2019t be here. If I can\u2019t do well at these things, how will I succeed at anything else?\u201d<\/p>\n SHARING THEIR STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n The first days at Rochester were difficult for Seyvion Scott \u201919, who had no one to guide her. \u201cI was able to meet the academic rigor,\u201d she says, \u201cbut the culture shock took hold of me and made me feel inadequate.\u201d<\/p>\n It was during that challenging first year that she discovered the Frederick Douglass Institute<\/a>, established in 1986 to promote the development of African and African-American studies. \u201cFDI became a safe haven for me,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was a space where I could earn money, chat about my experiences, and feel comfortable in my own skin.\u201d<\/p>\n Scott joined the Black Students\u2019 Union<\/a> and was an Urban Fellow for the Rochester Center for Community Leadership<\/a>. She maintained a local children\u2019s garden and helped register city residents to vote. In 2017, the Susan B. Anthony Center<\/a> awarded her the Dean Ruth A. Merrill Award, given to an undergraduate woman from Rochester who advocates for the region and participates in University and community activities that promote the well-being of Rochester residents.<\/p>\n Scott plans to earn a master\u2019s degree in library science.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The tide turned when she was awarded the Carolyn E. and Jeffrey A. Stone MD Current Use Undergraduate Scholarship, established by Jeffrey Stone \u201987, \u201991M (MD) and Carolyn Stone \u201987. \u201cIt showed me there are people who believe in me,\u201d Morningstar says. She became a Kearns Scholar<\/a>, then a research assistant at the Medical Center. Last spring, she was one of 13 Rochester students elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society as a junior.<\/p>\n Last year, Chhun was speaking to students from the Rochester City School District about the importance of higher education when one of the students expressed his disdain for college. Chhun was taken aback but chatted with the student about the importance of a degree.<\/p>\n \u201cMany students who don\u2019t have a college background in their family see it as a big bill, something completely irrelevant in their life,\u201d he says. \u201cI think it\u2019s a misconception. If a student wants to go to college, there are people who will move mountains for you to go and thrive in college. I\u2019ve seen it here at the University. I\u2019m proof of it.\u201d<\/p>\n STUDENT SUPPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n The Office of Minority Student Affairs<\/a> has supported the needs of underrepresented and first-generation students for 50 years. Through the Higher Education Opportunity Program and the Early Connection Opportunity program, OMSA introduces first-generation students to college through social events, seminars, and introductory courses, and partners with University departments to provide help with writing, study skills, and leadership training.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s critically important that we provide the type of support that helps first-generation students realize their academic and personal goals,\u201d OMSA Director Norman Burnett says.<\/p>\n The David T. Kearns Center<\/a> has worked with first-generation students since 1992, when the University received its first federal funding for the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. The center is also home to other federal initiatives, including Upward Bound programs and the Talent Search, that often serve first-generation students. Melissa Raucci, first-generation coordinator, says 80 percent of the 119 Kearns Scholars enrolled in the fall 2018 semester were first-generation students. In addition to having access to study groups, workshops, and career mentoring, Kearns Scholars enroll in a one-credit course called Navigating the Academy. Three-fourths of Kearns Scholars go on to graduate school.<\/p>\n The Office of Parent and Family Relations<\/a> and the First-Generation Students and Families Committee host an orientation event each summer and created a website for families. In 2018, Parent and Family Relations initiated a program called Family Talk, where students chat in small groups with staff members from Parent and Family Relations and the University Counseling Center about concerns they might not be able to discuss at home.<\/p>\n \u201cWe create a space for students to identify with each other and give them strategies for how they can have those difficult conversations,\u201d says Parent and Family Relations Director Dawn Bruner, who was once a first-generation student herself.<\/p>\n![\"Michael](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/first-generation-michael-lin-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nMichael Lin \u201921<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nMAJOR<\/strong> Creative writing, business
\nSCHOLARSHIP<\/strong> Alan and Jane Handler Endowed Scholarship<\/div>\n![\"Marines](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/first-generation-Marines-Espinal-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nMarines Espinal \u201921<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nMAJORS<\/strong> Environmental science, American Sign Language
\nSCHOLARSHIP<\/strong> Prudence K. Bradley Endowed Scholarship<\/div>\n![\"Pech](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/first-generation-Pech-Chhun.jpg\")
<\/p>\nPech Chhun \u201919<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nMAJORS<\/strong> Clinical psychology, biology
\nSCHOLARSHIP<\/strong> W. H. Brady Student Support Fund<\/div>\n![\"Dulce](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/first-generation-Dulce-Martinez-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nDulce Martinez Alarcon \u201922<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nMAJOR<\/strong> Undecided
\nSCHOLARSHIP<\/strong> Robert and Ellen Kirschenbaum Term Scholarship<\/div>\n![\"Alejandro](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/first-generation-Alejandro-Vera.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAlejandro Vera \u201922<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nMAJOR<\/strong> Biology
\nSCHOLARSHIP<\/strong> Roger Birnbaum Family Scholarship for the Kearns Center Scholars Program<\/div>\n![\"Anna](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/first-generation-Anna-Gasanova-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAnna Gasanova \u201920E<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nMAJOR<\/strong> Viola performance
\nSCHOLARSHIP<\/strong> Karen Noble Hanson Scholarship Fund in Memory of Kathryn Cromwell Noble and Joseph L. Noble, Anne M. Braxton Scholarship Endowment<\/div>\n![\"Mouhamed](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/first-generation-Mouhamed-Diakhate.jpg\")
<\/p>\nMouhamed Diakhate \u201922<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nMAJOR<\/strong> Brain and cognitive sciences
\nSCHOLARSHIP<\/strong> KRFrench Family Scholars Program<\/div>\n![\"Majd](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/first-generation-Majd-Ismail.jpg\")
<\/p>\nMajd Ismail \u201921<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nMajor<\/strong> Biomedical engineering
\nScholarship<\/strong> Edmund A. Hajim Endowed Scholarship<\/div>\n![\"Seyvion](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/first-Seyvion-Scott.jpg\")
<\/p>\nSeyvion Scott \u201919<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nMajor<\/strong> African and African-American studies
\nScholarship<\/strong> Cathy E. Minehan and E. Gerald Corrigan Endowed Scholarship<\/div>\n
\nCampus programs and organizations reach out to first-generation students<\/strong><\/h2>\n