History of the First-Generation Student Center

Timeline of the history of First-Generation Student Center

2018: Members of the Minority Faculty Staff Association (MFSA) began discussions on expanding support for first-generation students.

2019: The First-Generation Action Team was created to identify the needs of first-generation college students and establish support systems across campus, hosting a First-Generation College Celebration in November.

2022:

• The College approved the First-Generation Student Center as part of the College’s 2021-2022 Strategic Planning Process, more specifically the Priority Needs Proposal (PNP) process.
• Ramapo received the First-Generation College Celebration grant from the Center for First-generation Student Success and Council for Opportunity in Education (COE).
• Ramapo hired the inaugural Assistant Director for the First-Generation Student Center in November, which led to the First-Generation Proclamation, where the President declared November as First-Generation College Celebration Month at Ramapo College.

2023:

• Ramapo launched the Zetu Nu Chapter of Tri- Alpha, a first-generation honor society, inducting its first class of 93 students, faculty, staff, and honorary members.
• Ramapo facilitated its inaugural Legacies in the Making first-generation summer pre-college program with 43 student participants.
• Ramapo joined the FirstGen Forward Network through NASPA, The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

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