8th Annual First-Generation Graduate Student Symposium
Join the Newbury Center and Co-Sponsors for the 8th Annual First-Generation Graduate Student Symposium When: February 7, 2025 Where: via Zoom Join the Boston University Newbury Center, Duke University First-Generation Graduate Student Network, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS, along with our Cooperating Sponsor, FirstGen Forward, for our […]
Brianna Bourne: Mentor Connections!
First-Gen Graduate Student Featured in Mentorship Spotlight Article Brianna Bourne, a first-gen graduate student earning her MA in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine in the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, was recently featured in the following Boston University Alumni & Friends article. We love to see our first-gen students taking advantage of mentorship […]
Newbury Center Welcome and Orientation – Spring 2025
What is a first-generation undergrad student? A student in the first generation of their family to go to college (i.e., a student whose parents/guardians/caregivers did not earn bachelor’s degrees, although elder siblings and cousins may be attending college already or have earned four-year degrees). What is a first-generation graduate/professional student? A student whose parents/guardians/caregivers did […]
Newbury Center Grand Re-opening & 4th Birthday Celebration
Join us for the Grand Re-Opening of the Newbury Center and our 4th Birthday Party! Festivities begin at 4pm with the creation of a community painting, DJ, games, dinner, and as always, awesome Newbury Center/Terrier F1RSTS swag. A brief formal program will take place at 4:30pm with remarks by President Gilliam with a drop-in dinner […]
BU Today: What It’s Like to Be a First-Generation College Student
In honor of First-generation College Celebration Week, BU Today sat with a few of our Newbury Center student staff to reflect on what it means to be a first-gen college student. Learn more about their experiences and advice here!
Boston University First-Gen College Celebration 2024
Join the Newbury Center and the entire BU community as we celebrate the achievements and experiences of our first-generation undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. While the official date for the National First-Generation College Celebration is November 8th, we’re celebrating for a whole week. The Newbury Center and the entire BU community events: Monday, November 4th: […]
Is Higher Education Ignoring Inequality and Failing Disadvantaged Students?
The new book from our Newbury Center Faculty Director, Dr. Anthony Abraham Jack, says colleges admit students from diverse backgrounds but forget cultural support. As an Amherst College freshman in the early 2000s, Anthony Abraham Jack had to deal with a problem that never blips on affluent students’ radars: the closing of the dining hall during spring […]
Class Dismissed: Book Launch & Discussion with Dr. Anthony Abraham Jack
Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality & Students Pay the Price Book Launch and Discussion Saturday, September 28, 2024 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM George Sherman Union (GSU), 2nd Floor 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Register Here! Join Dr. Anthony Abraham Jack for an engaging discussion on his new book, Class Dismissed: When […]
Introducing BU’s Newest Terriers: Jonathan Galdamez
Recent BU transfer and first-generation college student Jonathan Galdamez sat with BU Today to take readers through his journey to BU. From working at Dunkin Donuts with his mother to creating his own web development company, Galdamez has pioneered his way to becoming one of the newest members of the Questrom Class of 2026. […]
Fellow First-Gen Penny Bishop, Adolescent Development Scholar, Appointed New Dean of Wheelock
On August 1st, leading adolescent development scholar and fellow first-generation graduate Penny Bishop assumed the position of Dean of BU’s Wheelock College. In an interview for BU Today, Bishop shares her experience as a first-generation student and her journey to where she is today. Read the feature here!