First Generation Institute announces microgrant recipients

The First Generation Institute recently announced the grant recipients of its first microgrant competition. The grants are an opportunity for members of the Twin Cities campus community to be awarded funding to support and advocate for the success and persistence of first-generation students. Ten projects will be funded for this inaugural year. They include:

  • Carlson School of Management Survey and Focus Group Project
    The Carlson School’s Undergraduate Program Office (Ablavi Handziak, Donna Kulakowski, Allyson Tróchez, Chinh Truong, Kari Wilson, and Sarah Wojnicki)
  • CEHD FirstGen Friday’s and Alumni Networking
    CEHD Student Services (Kayla Cory, Kania Johnson, Anna Mraz, Minerva Munoz, Shanel Perez, Darron Sherrill, Jessica Thompson, and Tasia Tigue)
  • CIS Orientation Video for First-Generation Students
    College in the Schools (Stephanie Davison)
  • EPSY’s First-Generation Awareness, Success, and Career Trajectories
    Department of Educational Psychology (Faith Miller, Thuy Nguyen, Joseph Rios, Amanda Sullivan, Sherri Turner, and Mollie Weeks)
  • Examining First-Generation Students of Color and Disenfranchised Grief: Tools for Student Affairs Practitioners
    Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, Higher Education research team
    (Tabatha Cruz, Michael Stebleton, and Jessica Thompson)
  • First-Generation Dialogue Circles
    University Honors Program (Rebecca Aylesworth, Kifaya Bishop, Kristin Farrell, Julie Goepferd, and Amanda Niskode-Dossett)
  • First-Generation Health Profession Action Planning
    Pre-Health Student Resource Center (Fatima Omar and Pre-Health Student Resource Center Staff)
  • HMSA Spring Retreat
    Hmong Minnesota Student Association (Allison Perales)
  • “Next Gen Writing” Workshop Series
    Center for Writing’s Student Writing Support (Kirsten Jamsen, Katie Levin, Caty Taborda, and Jasmine Kar Tang)
  • Women to Womxn | How to Navigate College as a Womxn of Color
    Sigma Lambda Gamma National Incorporated (Yadira Damazo)

The First Generation Institute is hosted by CEHD. Sponsors include the College of Biological Sciences; the College of Design; the College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences; the College of Liberal Arts; the College of Science and Engineering; the Office for Student Affairs; the Office of Undergraduate Education; and the School of Nursing.

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