First-Gen Week

Rescheduled from November 8th, please join the First-Generation community in celebrating YOU!

Join the FIRST@DU office for a study lunch break in CCOM 1800. We will have a food truck and music to keep the celebrations going.

Open to students, faculty, staff, and families!

• RSVP
• Parking Pass for Families/Supporters (only 1 pass per student)

Join FIRST@DU for a day of workshops led by offices on campus!

10:30-11:15 AM | CCOM 1700
Discuss educational access through a disability lens and understand ADA accommodation tools that provides equal access to instruction & assessment.
10:30-11:15 AM | CCOM 2600
Adventures in Fellowships | Scholar Development & Fellowship Advising     
This workshop introduces students to external fellowships, the fellowship application process, and how to find a "good-fit" competition for their goals and impact that they want to make.

11:20-12:05 PM | CCOM 2600
SNAP! How to Apply & Help Doing So | Student Outreach Services     
Get information about SNAP and receive a reusable snack bag with goodies!

12:10-1:00 PM | CCOM 1700
The First-Gen Experience | FIRST@DU
Join us with us for a first-gen student panel to talk about the college experience through a first-gen lens.

1:05-1:50 PM | CCOM 1700
Study Abroad During Your Time at DU | Office of International Education    
This workshop will highlight early planning tools when it comes to studying abroad to consider academic and financial planning and next steps to make study abroad happen for you.  

1:05-1:50 PM | CCOM 2600
Finding Your People & Cultivating Mentors | 4D Experience    
Developing a constellation of relationships and mentor mapping for your university experience.
  

1:55-2:40 PM | CCOM 1700
How to Build Your Resume: Tips, Tricks, and Tailoring | Career & Professional Development   
This workshop will be a guide for students on how to either create a first-draft of their resume or, enhance their current resume. 

1:55-2:40 PM | CCOM 2600
Authentic Masculinities | Health Promotion     
This workshop will provide space for participants to reflect and discuss the unique hurdles that men/masc identifying first- generation students navigate in college.

2:45-3:30 PM | CCOM 1700
Interested in Working with Communities & Social Justice? Check out CCESL! | Center for Community Engagement to Advance Scholarship & Learning
In this workshop, students will explore community engagement opportunities through CCESL and see how first generation students experience community and make contributions  based on their knowledge and lived experiences. 

2:45-3:30 PM | CCOM 2600
Building Relationships with Professors | 4D Experience 
This workshop will guide you through the process of identifying potential faculty mentors, approaching potential mentors, and sustaining and leveraging faculty relationships.

3:35-4:20 PM | CCOM 1600
Showing Up Authentically as First-Generation, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ Students | The Cultural Center
In this workshop we will explore how Race/Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality impact your first-generation experience. We'll consider how to show up authentically, how to be agents of your own success, and how to overcome challenges.

4:30-6:00 PM | CCOM 1700
Side Hustling | Mini Money
Get hustling with mini money! An entrepreneurship workshop for financial literacy.

• Adventures in Fellowships (10:30-11:15 AM | CCOM 2600)
• SNAP! How to Apply & Help Doing So (11:20-12:05 PM | CCOM 2600)
• The First-Gen Experience (12:10-1:00 PM | CCOM 1700)
• (CANCELLED) Study Abroad During Your Time at DU (1:05-1:50 PM | CCOM 1700)
• Finding Your People & Cultivating Mentors (1:05-1:50 PM | CCOM 2600)
• (CANCELLED) How to Build Your Resume: Tips, Tricks, and Tailoring (1:55-2:40 PM | CCOM 1700)
• Authentic Masculinities (1:55-2:40 PM | CCOM 2600)
• Interested in Working with Communities & Social Justice? Check out CCESL! (2:45-3:30 PM | CCOM 1700)
• Building Relationships with Professors (2:45-3:30 PM | CCOM 2600)
• Showing Up Authentically as First-Generation, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ Students (3:35-4:20 PM | CCOM 1600)
• (CANCELLED) Side Hustling (4:30-6:00 PM | CCOM 1700)
• Accessing your Education!(10:30am - 11:15 AM) | CCOM 1700)

Connect with offices on campus to learn how they can support you!

Start the celebration with First-Gen pins, add your name to the First-Gen tree, and more! Open to all students, staff, and faculty!