{"id":3513,"date":"2025-12-10T15:49:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/?page_id=3513"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:28:35","slug":"first-generation-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/first-generation-students\/","title":{"rendered":"First Generation Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rhody F1rst<\/h1>

Supporting, empowering, and celebrating first-generation college students<\/p>A LOOK AT WHAT WE DO<\/a><\/div><\/div>

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“My advice to current and future first-generation students would be to remain curious, believe in yourself, try new things, take care of yourself, and don\u2019t forget to have fun along the way”<\/blockquote>Julia Al-Amir, Coordinator, Office of New Student Transitions<\/cite><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Run by students for students, Rhody F1rst assists those who are the first in their families to pursue a degree<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Mentor program<\/h2>

Providing\u00a0personalized academic guidance, career development, networking, and personal support<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Advisory Council<\/h2>

Learn more about our history supporting first-generation students and building a community at URI<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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What it means to be first-gen<\/h1>

A first-generation student is defined as someone whose parent or legal guardian has not completed a four-year college degree. <\/p>

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1 in 3<\/span>full-time, first-year URI students classify as first-generation<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
33%<\/span>of students nationwide are the first in their family to go to college<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
3 in 4<\/span>transfer students at URI qualify as first-generation<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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At the University of Rhode Island, we have many resources<\/a> available in and out of the classroom to help our ever-growing population of first-generation students adapt and adjust to college life, gain confidence, pursue their degree, and establish themselves as hard-working, dedicated members of our campus community. Here’s a guide to what you need to succeed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Help when you need it At the University of Rhode Island, we have many resources available in and out of the classroom to help our ever-growing population of first-generation students adapt and adjust to college life, gain confidence, pursue their degree, and establish themselves as hard-working, dedicated members of our campus community. Here’s a guide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5297,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3513"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3987,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3513\/revisions\/3987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}