{"id":7706,"date":"2022-11-03T09:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T14:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=7706"},"modified":"2022-11-03T09:14:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T14:14:59","slug":"celebrating-first-gen-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2022\/11\/03\/celebrating-first-gen-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating First-Gen Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Weiler-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Weiler-1-scaled-e1667482863515-247x300.jpeg\" alt=\"A photo of Brooke Weiler in front of the Capitol in Jefferson City.\" class=\"wp-image-7707\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brooke Weiler after participating in the 2022 Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol in Jefferson City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Nov. 8, many academic units, Social Justice Centers and partners across campus are uniting to mark national First-Generation College Celebration Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This semester, 21.8% of those new to Mizzou are <a href=\"https:\/\/firstgeneration.missouri.edu\">first gen<\/a>. For transfers, the number increases to 35.2%. To address common challenges these students face, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/firstgeneration.missouri.edu\/students\/\">numerous resources<\/a> that offer support and encouragement throughout their college career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brooke Weiler, a senior biochemistry and psychology major, is one of many first-gen students thriving at Mizzou. Her freshmen year, Brooke connected with a faculty mentor who jumpstarted her interest in undergraduate research. Brooke hopes to pay it forward by becoming a biochemistry professor and mentoring others who are first generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our students show the power of Mizzou to change lives and inspire tomorrow\u2019s leaders. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/firstgeneration.missouri.edu\/events\/\">the First Gen at Mizzou site for a full list<\/a> of the day\u2019s events. Additionally, all week anyone can pick up first-gen stickers and buttons in the <a href=\"https:\/\/success.missouri.edu\/\">Student Success Center<\/a> and the Center for Student Involvement located on the second floor of the MU Student Center.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov. 8, many academic units, Social Justice Centers and partners across campus are uniting to mark national First-Generation College Celebration Day. This semester, 21.8% of those new to Mizzou are first gen. For transfers, the number increases to 35.2%. To address common challenges these students face, we have numerous resources that offer support and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}