We are pleased to present a full day of engaging activities, lunchtime networking round-tables and workshop sessions and a summit wide skillshare for this year’s summit attendees. Since we cannot all go to every session, we strongly encourage cohorts to review the sessions in advance and split up to attend as many sessions as possible to get the most out of the summit.
Summit Schedule
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| 8:30 – 9:15 am | Registration and Breakfast | Hogan Campus Center – Ballroom |
| 9:15 – 9:45 am | Welcome! | Hogan Campus Center – Ballroom |
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | Workshop Session 1 | Hogan Campus Center – Varied |
| 11:10 am – 12:10 pm | Workshop Session 2 | Hogan Campus Center – Varied |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Student – Lunch and Round Table Networking | Hogan Campus Center – Ballroom |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Professionals – Lunch and Panel | Hogan Campus Center – Suite A |
| 1:45 – 2:45 pm | Workshop Session 3 | Hogan Campus Center – Varied |
| 3:00 | Closing Remarks | Hogan Campus Center – Ballroom |
Workshop Session 1 | 10:00am – 11:00am
Moving Along the Time
Presenters: Bridgewater State University
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 320
Towards a More Inclusive College Experience: Discussion with Transfer Students
Presenters: Amherst College
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 304/305
Sharing Class Secrets: Inclusive Awareness Raising and Community Building through Cross-Class Dialogue
Presenters: Bennington College
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Suite B/C
Igniting the Pathway for First Generation College Students
Presenters: College of the Holy Cross
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 401
Balancing College life as a First Gen student: The Residential and Commuter Perspective
Presenter: Saint Peter’s University
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 402/403
The College Bubble and Beyond: Navigating Relationships, Responsibilities, and Transitions
Presenters: Mount Holyoke College and College of the Holy Cross
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 406/407
Family 1st
Presenters: Providence College
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 408/409
Speed Networking: Conversations Among Student Leaders
Presenters: Class Action
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Suite A
Workshop Session 2 | 11:15am – 12:15pm
Perspectives on First Gen Experiences from a STEM Scholarship Program
Presenter: Bridgewater State University
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 320
“Home is Where the Heart Is, but Sometimes Home is Where the Hard Is”
Presenters: Amherst College
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 304/305
Demystifying Graduate School: Key Components of Determining if Graduate School is Right for You and How to Apply!
Presenter: University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Suite B/C
Celebrating Trailblazers
Presenters: Amherst College
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 401
How to Get What You Want
Presenters: Tufts University
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 402/403
Leadership & Self Advocacy
Presenters: Salem State University and Student Transition and Engagement Program (STEP)
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 408/409
Workshop Session 3 | 1:45pm – 2:45pm
Neither One nor the Other – And Both at the Same Time: First Gen Students at School and at Home
Presenters: University Without Walls, UMass Amherst
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 320
Public Higher Education and First Generation to College Students
Presenters: Worcester State University
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 304/305
First Gen Out Loud: Nurturing Community Through Digital Narrative
Presenters: Smith College – The Narratives Project
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Suite B/C
What’s Class Got To Do With It?
Presenters: Class Action and Smith College
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 401
Power, Structure, and Elitism: Your Dot-Connection Game through Self-efficacy
Presenters: Mount Holyoke College
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 402/403
To Code-switch or Not to Code-switch?
Presenters: Bottom Line and College of the Holy Cross
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 406/407
Building and Maintaining a Platform on our Campuses – Professional Staff Networking
Presenters: College of the Holy Cross
Room: Hogan Campus Center – Room 408/409
Poetry Writing and Sharing Session
Presenters: First Gen Summit Committee
Room: Hogan Campus Center Basement – The Hub
Getting Around
All of the workshops are held in the Hogan Campus Center. For a more detailed campus map click here.
