First Generation Content

First-Gen Student? You Belong!

Abigail Julianna Loomis — June 13, 2022 - 6:56pm

My name is Olivia-Alexis and I’m a first-generation college student who just graduated with a bachelor’s degree. My parents are second- and first-generation immigrants (my mother from Mexico and my father from the Philippines). They both worked hard so I could have college opportunities they never had.

Ruben Sobreyra

Anonymous — March 09, 2020 - 2:25pm

Ruben Sobreyra ’22

Hollister, California

Kaia Yellowhorse

Anonymous — February 25, 2020 - 1:26pm

Kaia Yellowhorse ’20

Yreka, California
Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Ricky Zapardiel

Anonymous — February 25, 2020 - 1:12pm

Ricky Zapardiel ’19

San Francisco, California
Transferred from Skyline College

Akira Hood

Anonymous — February 25, 2020 - 12:58pm

Maribel Anguiano

Anonymous — February 25, 2020 - 12:47pm

Maribel Anguiano ’19

Lompoc, California
Transferred from Santa Barbara City College

Nouh Tekle

Anonymous — February 25, 2020 - 12:17pm

Nouh Tekle ’19

Oakland, California
Transferred from College of Alameda

Expanding Opportunities for First-Generation Students

Julia Ann Easley — September 25, 2017 - 9:09pm

The Educational Opportunity Program on campus is expanding support for first-generation students through its 1st of Many educational advocacy initiative.

��С�� Faculty Share Own Stories to Mentor First-Generation Students

Julia Ann Easley — September 25, 2017 - 2:47pm

Sons and daughters of parents who never went to or completed college will be in the classrooms and lecture halls when instruction starts this week at the ��С��, Davis. And some of them will be at the front of the class — professors and lecturers sporting T-shirts that identify them as first-generation college graduates.

Nearly 400 ��С�� faculty are sharing their stories to offer encouragement and help to the 40 percent of undergraduates who would be in the first generation of their families to earn four-year university degrees.

HHMI Awards $1 Million Grant for Educational Equity

Andy Fell — June 07, 2017 - 10:29pm

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded a grant of $1 million to the ��С��, Davis, to use software, data and personal networking among faculty and staff professionals to create a more inclusive educational environment engaged in ongoing improvement.