The UTM First Gen Imitative aims to empower and support first-generation college students through a collaborative effort between the Offices of Multicultural Affairs and the Student Success Center. Our mission is to connect, cultivate, and celebrate first-generation students by promoting academic excellence, personal growth, and professional development.
UTM First Gen strives to create a thriving environment where first-generation students can connect, cultivate their potential, and celebrate their successes, contributing to a diverse and vibrant campus community.
Upcoming Programing
First Generation Welcome Reception – September 9, 2024
Lunch and Learn Series
Now that You’re Here.....what do you need? – September 12, 2024
It’s Time to Apply for Financial Aid and Scholarships …. Again! - October 8, 2024
Registration 101 – November 5, 2024
First Generation Celebration Week – November 4 – 8, 2024
Campus Resource Scavenger Hunt – November 4, 2024
Tri-Alpha Induction and Motivational Speaker – November 5, 2024
Game Night – November 6, 2024
First-Generation Support Dinner: Sponsored by SGA – November 7, 2024
National First-Generation Day Block Party – November 8, 2024
More information and RSVP links can be found on Runway
Tri-Alpha
Tri-Alpha, also known as Alpha Alpha Alpha, is a national honor society for first-generation scholars. This honor society is a way to celebrate the academic achievements of our first-generation students and is open to undergraduate, graduate, professional, medical, and pharmacy students. Faculty and staff may also be inducted. We hope that you will join! To learn more about the Tri-Alpha Honors society, visit their official website.
Learn more here: https://www.1stgenhonors.org/
Students qualify for induction into Tri-Alpha if they meet the following criteria:
- The student has earned at least 30 credit/semester hours (or 45 quarter hours) towards an associate's degree or baccalaureate degree (including half-time) AND
- The undergraduate student has achieved an overall undergraduate GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale. (For schools using a pass, high pass, etc. system, a "high pass" average is required.)
- Neither of the student's parents, nor step-parents, nor legal guardians, completed a bachelor's degree (or, for students at a community college, the parents did not complete an associate's degree)
- Graduate students who are first-generation students can be admitted if they have completed the equivalent of at least one term of study (9 or more graduate credits) and have a GPA in their graduate program of at least 3.5. (NOTE: The executive board voted to change the GPA requirement to 3.5, but now allows for part-time students in graduate programs to be admitted.). (For schools using a pass, high pass, etc. system, a "high pass" average is required.)
Faculty and staff may be inducted as well. To qualify, they must have met the definition of a first-generation student listed above at the time they completed their bachelor's degree. Faculty and staff must be willing to serve as mentors for first-generation students.