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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 values. Ultimately,...

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 his degree due to...

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