{"id":23807,"date":"2016-08-19T11:52:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T17:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=23807"},"modified":"2016-08-19T15:09:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T21:09:49","slug":"buttons-help-create-community-of-first-generation-students-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=23807","title":{"rendered":"Buttons help create community of first-generation students on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Stacy<\/a>
Stacy Carosa, coordinator, Office of Student Retention and First Year Experience.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Were you \u201cFirst2Go?\u201d<\/p>\n

If so, Stacy Carosa has a button for you to wear, and a message she hopes you\u2019ll carry to help first-generation students succeed at UCCS: \u201cThey are not in this journey alone, and that they do belong here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carosa, coordinator, Office of First Year Experience and Transfer Student Connections, recently launched a new program and retention initiative called First2Go for incoming first-generation students (those who are first in their families to attend a four-year university).<\/p>\n

The idea, she said, is to build a community of support for these students. The buttons, to be worn by faculty, staff and other students, or displayed on a backpack or office, offer a quick way for students to identify who on campus was, like them, a first-generation student.<\/p>\n

Kelli Klebe, associate vice chancellor, Research and Faculty Development, is wearing a First2Go button. (She is not, as a few have joked, leaving the university).<\/p>\n

She was the first in her family to attend college, and among only a handful in her large extended family to earn a degree. She said she hopes more faculty and staff will back the program, too, and that students will talk with faculty and staff members they see with a button.<\/p>\n

“I support it because I think all students need support, but first-generation students may not have that at home,” Klebe said.<\/p>\n

\"First2Go<\/a>
First2Go buttons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The First2Go program will host an Aug. 23 meet-up to connect first-generation students, staff and faculty. The event will be 4-6 p.m. at University Center room 303. Learn more and RSVP\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Email Carosa to get a button \u2013 or look for her passing them out at campus events.<\/p>\n

For information on the program, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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