We are excited to announce a special week of CCSS and campus partner programming for the National Celebration of First-Generation College Students!
Connect with the FLI community by joining one of our events to show your First-Gen pride and to reflect on and share your experience. FLI Network swag will be raffled at each event. Zoom sign-up links below.
6:30 to 7:15 p.m. CST
Register Here | Open to all members of the University community
The FLI Network is an initiative sponsored by the Center for College Student Success and Student Support Services, connecting students, faculty, administrators, and alumni who identify as first-generation, low-income, or immigrant (regardless of immigration status), and allies with the goal of creating a community of support. The FLI Network creates opportunities for members to learn from one another. It fosters a sense of belonging, inclusion, and resilience in students in order to help them succeed at the University of Chicago. At this First-Gen Week Kickoff, we welcome you to learn more about the opportunities available through the FLI Network and share ideas for what you would like to see on campus for members of the FLI community.
6-7:30 p.m. CST
Register Here | Open to UChicago students only
Keynote with Demetrius Colvin
We Make It Worth It: Building Agency and Resisting Classism
This 90-minute interactive workshop will focus on bringing FGLI students in dialogue with each other to unpack how classism may demotivate them from achieving their own definition of success. While elite PWIs were not made for low-income students of color, the current state of our society (for the good and bad of it) was only achievable through the persistence, activism, and radical imagination of marginalized peoples who came before us. We make these schools prestigious; the school doesn't make us. In order to combat the oppressive narratives in our school environments, we must first confront the demotivating narratives in our minds. No credential, award, job, or status symbol can make our educational journey valuable, only we can make it worth it.
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. CST
Register Here | Open to UChicago undergraduate students only
Let's get real about how FLI students experience campus and how we can support and empower each other.
9-9:30 a.m. CST
Register Here | Open to all members of the UChicago community
Today we are highlighting great resources on campus that work to empower First-Gen students. UChicago Student Wellness offers a weekly mindfulness meditation series which today is focusing on exploring and addressing your inner critic. Learn the power of meditation and the effect in can have on your wellbeing after even just 30 minutes!
Please register by 3 p.m. on November 11.
12:30-1:30 p.m. CST
Register Here | Open to UChicago undergraduate students only
Want to talk to career advisers who were first-generation college students? Drop by and ask us any questions related to exploring careers, navigating the job search as a first-gen, and anything in between!
4-5 p.m. CST
Register Here | Open to UChicago undergraduate students only
Want to meet FLI students from other Ivy+ schools? We are partnering with Princeton, Williams, and Northwestern to offer a unique opportunity for speed and slow friending. Take a break from work this Friday and do something to make you feel good!