Submitted by Jose Pepe Lopez, Ph.D. Director of Clinical Training, CMHC Professor Going to college was a profoundly confusing and formative period in my life. Throughout high school and beyond, I constantly heard the same message from teachers, counselors, and peers: you had to go to college, and not just any college, but the most “prestigious” one you could get into. That narrative made the process feeling overwhelming and, at times, disconnected from my own reality and valu

Submitted by Heather Jones, MLIS First Year Experience & Student Success Librarian I am a First Gen graduate student. At The Chicago School a First Gen graduate student is defined as a student whose parent(s)/legal guardian(s) have not completed a master’s or higher degree in the United States. My mother completed her bachelor’s degree in teaching from Northwest Missouri State University, and my father attended one semester of college in Rolla, Missouri, but did not complete

Submitted by Delaney Whynot Sydney J Harris once stated, "The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows." This is a...

Submitted by Annice Allen As an African-American woman hailing from the inner-city neighborhood of Jersey City, NJ, being a...

Submitted by Jamie Love My life embodies the essence of persistence, epitomized by the quote, "A river cuts through rock, not because of...

The Chicago School provided numerous events in celebration of National First Gen Day across all campuses both virtually and in person. On...

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An Interview with Elke Hardt, Assistant Director, Career Services

An Interview with Joey Rosado, Student Support Counselor

An Interview with Dr. Kito Barrow, Faculty, College of Nursing

By Kara Rice, Student Support Counselor, Washington DC Campus, TCSPP My journey as a first-generation college student was an enlightening...

By Dr. Lauren Friedman, Director for Student Success, TCSPP I started my college journey in Fall of 2007. Like many freshmen, it was my...