First-Generation College Celebration Day 2024
October 29, 2024
First-Generation College Celebration Day is Friday, November 8, 2024. The day is an annual opportunity to raise awareness of the first-generation college student identity by advancing a national narrative of these students’ experiences and outcomes.
The First Gen Forward Coalition at Ohio State, led by the offices of Student Life, Diversity and Inclusion and Undergraduate Education, invites all Buckeyes to participate in celebrating the unique experiences of members of the Ohio State community who Identify as First-Generation.
President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. has recorded a message in support of First-Generation College Celebration Day.
On November 8, stop by the Center for Belonging and Social Change, Hale Hall or the Student Academic Services Building Lobby to be pick up First-Gen swag and treats between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Then head to the South Oval at 1:15 p.m. for a First-Gen celebratory photo. (Rain location: Ohio Union, Keith B. Key Center)
Post on social media using the hashtags #CelebrateFirstGen, #OhioStateFirstGenForward, #FirstGenAdvocate. Posts might include your first-gen students and staff, how you support first-gen initiatives, your celebration events and your own first-gen stories.
Here are some of the other events taking place on Ohio State’s campuses throughout the week:
Mon., Nov. 4
- Tri-Alpha Fall Induction Ceremony, 7-8:30 p.m., Ohio Union Great Hall Meeting Room #1, Columbus campus
- Tri-Alpha will be conducting their Fall Induction Ceremony, where we shall celebrate the accolades and welcome several first-generation students as official, long-standing members of our society.
- Contact: Mackenzie Cascaden.1
- Tri-Alpha will be conducting their Fall Induction Ceremony, where we shall celebrate the accolades and welcome several first-generation students as official, long-standing members of our society.
- Wear Your Button Day, CFAES Wooster campus
- First-Gen students, staff, faculty are encouraged to wear First-Gen buttons all day
- Contact: Dee Dee Snyder.426
- First-Gen students, staff, faculty are encouraged to wear First-Gen buttons all day
Wed., Nov. 6
- First Thoughts as a First-Gen Buckeye (Student Success Workshop), 3-3:45 p.m., Warner Center 201 (MCA Commons), Newark campus
- Casual conversation for students to share stories, ask questions and gain helpful resources on being a first-gen student at Ohio State facilitated by first-gen faculty and staff.
- Contact: Stefanie Negron.13
- Casual conversation for students to share stories, ask questions and gain helpful resources on being a first-gen student at Ohio State facilitated by first-gen faculty and staff.
- First-Gen is Sweet, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Skou Hall Student Lounge, CFAES Wooster campus
- Stop by the Student Lounge to get some treats and share stories
- Contact: Dee Dee Snyder.426
- Stop by the Student Lounge to get some treats and share stories
Thur., Nov 7
- First-Generation Celebration Breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m., Eisenhower Marketplace, Mansfield campus
- RSVP at go.osu.edu/firstgen24
- Contact: Donna Hight.6
- RSVP at go.osu.edu/firstgen24
- First-Gen Celebratory Photo, 12:45 p.m., Ovalwood Steps or, in case of rain, Campus Recreation Center, Mansfield campus
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- Contact: Donna Hight.6
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- First-Gen is Sweet Dinner, 6 p.m., Café Carmen, CFAES Wooster campus
- Dinner and speed friending
- Contact: Dee Dee Snyder.426
- Dinner and speed friending
Fri., Nov. 8
- Education and Human Ecology’s First-Gen Celebration Bagel Breakfast, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., PAES A100 Lobby, Columbus campus.
- A time to have some breakfast and celebrate being First- Gen.
- Contact: Brandon Hines.383
- A time to have some breakfast and celebrate being First- Gen.
- National First-Gen College Celebration Day, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., photo at 1:15 p.m., Warner Center 126 Platform, Newark campus
- Celebration event to bring awareness to the strengths as well as promote visibility of first gen students, faculty and staff on campus. Food, great conversations, hear from our first gen campus leaders, first-gen activities, swag 11 a.m.-1 p.m. with campus first-gen photo at 1:15pm. COTC students and faculty will also participate.
- Contact: Ashley Moore.3541
- Celebration event to bring awareness to the strengths as well as promote visibility of first gen students, faculty and staff on campus. Food, great conversations, hear from our first gen campus leaders, first-gen activities, swag 11 a.m.-1 p.m. with campus first-gen photo at 1:15pm. COTC students and faculty will also participate.
- Fisher Celebrating First-Generation College Student Day, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Mason Hall Lobby, Columbus campus
- More information is online.
- Contact: Marlena Harper.1076
- More information is online.
- National First-Gen College Celebration Day, Lima campus
- Celebrating the unique experiences of members of the Ohio State community who identify as first-gen; Buckeyes First sponsored. Perry Webb Student Life Building