first-generation

After a two‑year hiatus due to COVID‑19, the program is sending more than 35 students to Rome and Seville this May, the program’s largest cohort ever.

By Steve Nakata, Administrative Services PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University will serve as a key contributing partner for a new center created to support the success of first-generation college students.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University student Loundyne “L.D.” Hare has received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State to study abroad in Spain this summer.

By Jeffrey Dennison, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities recently received a $25 million seven-year GEAR UP grant to prepare students in low-income schools to enter and succeed in post-secondary education.

By Gail Siegel, WSU Performing Arts PULLMAN, Wash. – High school students from central Washington will present “Las Memorias,” a free evening of original theater based on their life experiences, at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 17, 18 and 19 in Daggy Hall’s Jones Theatre at Washington State University.

By Steve Nakata, Administrative Services PULLMAN, Wash. – As far as Eva Navarijo knows, Washington State University’s First Generation Abroad Program is the only one like it in the nation.

By Steve Nakata, Administrative Services PULLMAN, Wash. – Over 100 students have signed up to attend Washington State University’s inaugural uFirst! Conference on Saturday, April 2, on the Pullman campus.

By Richard Miller, Academic Outreach & Innovation PULLMAN, Wash. – Two of every five students at Washington State University are the first in their families to attend college. Half of those first-generation students are ethnic minorities.

By Brenda Alling, WSU Vancouver VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver is among 44 institutions nationwide invited to participate in the “Re-Imagining the First Year of College” project of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

By Beverly Makhani, Undergraduate Education PULLMAN, Wash. – Faculty and staff will gain strategies for helping first-generation students succeed at a professional development presentation at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, in CUE 202, Washington State University.