我们的使命
The mission of First Tigers is to provide a supportive and welcoming community for first-generation college students and their families, a campus culture that recognizes and celebrates first-generation student identity as an asset. It is a program that intentionally connects first-generation students to faculty, 资源, 信息, and experiences that promote academic and personal success from enrollment through graduation.
前瞻性的计划
Wittenberg was one of the first schools nationwide to bring Alpha Alpha Alpha a National Honors society to campus. 维滕贝格也被选中接受来自 NASPA for support of its First-Generation Student Celebration week activities.
参加第一老虎的原因
- Access to a network of first-generation peers, faculty and staff who offer mentoring and support.
- A series of workshops offered specifically for first generation students on a variety of topics.
- Connection to opportunities, 信息, 资源, and experiences.
第一次老虎过渡-为新学生
在秋季学期的头几个星期, 我们提供COMPASS成功指导, 网络的机会, 并承办了我们的第一届知识问答之夜之类的活动. We have our faculty and staff who are first generation graduates and those who support first generation students come to welcome you to Wittenberg. This is a terrific opportunity to begin to make connections across campus.
第一代导师
These staff and faculty members at Wittenberg University were once in your shoes as first generation students. They understand that you have a lot of questions, and would be happy to help you answer them! Feel free to contact any of these mentors with your university-related questions.
| 拉索耶 I oversee the First Tiger program and am also the first in my family to receive a master’s degree. I know the struggles that come with continuing education as an adult learner and the barriers students encounter along the way. 通过坚持和支持, I was able to accomplish my goal of completing my master’s degree in business psychology. 这让我获得了更多的收入, 高等教育工作, and make an impact on young people and the community that helped shape me. |
| 卡罗尔Nickoson I grew up in southern California and was the first in my immediate and extended family to attend college. I did not do much of a college search; I never went on an admission visit and my only experience on a campus was through camps at two nearby colleges. 我选择上加州大学, Riverside (UCR) because it was affordable and I could commute from home. None of my high school friends were going to UCR so it was important that I got involved to make connections. I joined a sorority, Gamma Phi Beta, and that experience gave me a wealth of opportunities. I was selected to be an orientation counselor at the end of my first year and that role led to employment in the 学生生活 office where I worked with orientation and student organizations until the summer after I graduated. My family and I knew nothing about navigating college, 但我们一路都在学习, a skill that has proved helpful in my graduate education and my career. |
| 艾米·麦高菲博士.D. As a first-generation college student, I was fortunate to have the encouragement of my parents. Although they did not understand the processes associated with college, 他们支持我实现目标. 这意味着我要自学, 但更重要的是, I was changing the course for the next generation of our family. It also provided me with a sense of accomplishment and pride that I was able to earn my undergraduate degree and eventually my Ph.D. Throughout the college process I learned that I could accomplish anything I set my mind to. That has been something that I have taken with me and has helped me in every area of life. I am grateful for the opportunities provided to me through my college experience as I would not be where I am today without them. |
| 杰伊•欧文 My experience as a first generation college student was amazing. 我遇到了我的妻子, 我最好的朋友, 有一位杰出的导师, and it afforded me to have a higher paying job to provide for my family. It was also rewarding now that I am older to see the pride in my parents for being able to provide me. |
| 格温欧文 I am from Maryland, but have lived in Ohio for the past 10 years. I was a first generation college student graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration and I continued on to get my Master’s degree in Education. I am proud to be a first generation college student and feel it has provided me opportunities I would not have had if I decided not to attend college. What I would like to pass on to other first gen students is to get involved with the campus community, 带联合板, 学生参议院, 或者任何你感兴趣的俱乐部或组织. 尝试新事物, 不要总是上实践课, take things that sound interesting or are just something you like, 出国留学, 参加FIRE周，玩得开心吗! |
