We are developing a First Generation Student Success Program on campus to provide a centralized contact/advocate for first generation students on campus. This program will provide group personal and professional development opportunities, mentorship, and community social activities to best serve this population of students.
We have begun surveying and discussing the structure of this program with students to develop a program that is truly geared to them and what they need here at ACU. We will have an interest meeting for students later this semester, and the plan is to launch this program officially with current students in the spring, and this summer with the 2020 freshman class.
For faculty and staff interested in being involved in this program as a mentor, or serving on an advisory board that meets a couple times each semester to discuss issues and challenges faced by first generation students here at ACU, please complete this survey, or email Jordan Jones at jwj16a@acu.edu. We would really like as much campus involvement as possible to make this program a success for our students.