first generation

With scholarship support, first-gen student pursues second passion: performing arts

Gift will aid recruitment, retention, graduation of underrepresented STEM students

Campus is also top choice for first-generation, low-income and minority students

Donor-funded scholarships help first-generation student ‘become a well-rounded individual who can speak from multiple perspectives’

By following her passions, Ph.D. student Leah Sanchez finds her academic niche

First-gen senior majoring in both education sciences and Spanish hopes to become an academic counselor in low-income communities

With fellowship support, Stacy Ann Suarez Cham is pursuing her goal of a Ph.D. in ecology & evolutionary biology

University is first public institution to claim top spot in national rankings

UCI’s new vice chancellor for student affairs grew up in the South, is a first-gen college graduate, believes in the transformative nature of higher education and is ‘a big beach person’

UCI financial literacy program for young teens gave incoming, first-generation freshman Dyandra Magdaleno the confidence, practical skills to pursue higher education