Greta
Being an immigrant and growing up in an immigrant community impacted my academic and career decisions. As I became aware of how politics and law affected my community, I began advocating for our rights by raising awareness, doing …
For students who identify as First Generation college students in their family, our SBS RISE program and the Center for Multicultural Advancement and Student Success (CMASS) are important programs. Details about SBS RISE, CMASS, and additional resources can be accessed below.
Greta
Being an immigrant and growing up in an immigrant community impacted my academic and career decisions. As I became aware of how politics and law affected my community, I began advocating for our rights by raising awareness, doing …
Organizations can benefit from “change agents”—people who rethink, redesign, and restructure the way things work from within. Whether they reimagine entire programs or introduce new systems and technologies, change agents cultivate bottom-up problem solving and informal leadership at their organizations.
This description of a …
These courses offered by SBS and Linkedin Learning will help you build the skills employers seek.
The central academic support unit for undergraduate students.
We work with undergrad, grad, staff, post-doc, and faculty writers at any stage of the writing process: brainstorming and outlining, …
SBS RISE is designed to create community, and provide specialized academic programs and opportunities for underrepresented students within SBS (those …
Success coaching is a personalized service to promote progression towards your desired outcomes. CMASS Coaches use a holistic, intersectional and …
Student Affairs & Campus Life actively supports student wellbeing and safety.
The Pathways Center has created some useful training and refresher videos to help students explore and register for classes. Below …
Current First Generation UMass students can connect with UMass First Generation alums by logging into Connect UMass and joining the …
Students who are the first in their family to attend a college or university work hard to get there, and …
These texts explore the unique challenges of those students who identify as “first-gen,” i.e., those whose parents do not have …