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Year-End Celebration Marks Successful First Generation Project
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Year-End Celebration Marks Successful First Generation Project
The First Generation Project, which helps sustain first-generation
college students and prospective students in their efforts to reach
their academic goals, marked its second...
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Year-End Celebration Marks Successful First Generation Project
The First Generation Project, which helps sustain first-generation
college students and prospective students in their efforts to reach
their academic goals, marked its second year of successful outreach
and academic support with a celebration at the Student Residence
and Conference Centre on March 31.
More than 60 students and college staff came together to
congratulate each other for working through another academic year
that otherwise might have been insurmountable for students with little
support at home.
President Ann Buller was the keynote speaker at
the mixer.
A First Generation student is defined as one whose parent(s) did not
complete college, university or an apprenticeship program in Canada.
There are more than 1,500 self-identified First Generation students
on Centennial s database.
"By self identifying, they have told us they are looking for a mentor
and academic support as they negotiate through an unfamil
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