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By Marty Hershock Finally, the application was ready to submit. I was really applying to the History PhD program at the University of Michigan in… Read More »Professor Of History

By Zahraa Rida Origin Story: The Wisdom Weaver, also known as “Mama,” was once a humble but fierce advocate for her children’s education, always helping… Read More »Superhero Name: The Wisdom Weaver

By William DeGenaro and Michael T. MacDonald Professors of Composition and Rhetoric at UM-Dearborn There is no single articulation of what we talk about when we… Read More »Keyword First Gen

By Jorge Gonzalez del PozoProfessor of Spanish Soy estudiante de primera generación, mis padres no pudieron terminar ni siquiera la primaria. Hace unos años vinieron… Read More »Primera Generación de España….? Aprovecha la oportunidad!( …seize the opportunity!)

By Mazen Zeidan I remember a time when I was younger when college education was seen as almost being essential to finding a great job.… Read More »Was Higher Education Worth It?

By Latresa Rice     The elderly woman burst into tears, then embraced Helen and said, “Thank you. What are you here in the hospital for?”  … Read More »Excerpt from the book “Burning the Help”

By Valeria Garcia-Lopez Valeria Garcia-Lopez is a first-generation student who created this piece of artwork for her ART 210 course which tasked her to create… Read More »Power Within

By Autumm Caines I had no idea that I was a “first generation college student”. Or, for that matter, that there was such a term… Read More »What does it mean to be first gen

By Rayyan Ateequi I decided to create the education hero Brainstormer. The Brainstormer is a high school teacher who teaches students the importance of their… Read More »The Brainstormer