Selected for inclusion in the FirstGen Forward Network
by Eastern Mennonite University
FirstGen Forward recently announced Eastern Mennonite University as one of 80 new members of the FirstGen Forward Network for 2024-25. To be selected as a network member, EMU displayed a demonstrated commitment to improving experiences and advancing success for first-generation college students.
“We are extremely honored to be selected as a member of the FirstGen Forward Network,” said Shannon Dycus, vice president for student affairs, equity, and belonging at EMU. “We know at least 35% of our current undergraduate students are the first in their family to complete college. We have missed wonderful opportunities to celebrate the personal, familial and communal successes in all of these accomplishments. Our hope in defining this community of learners is to be attentive to students and families who do not arrive to campus with existing knowledge of higher education, financial aid and all the other places where jargon and processes create barriers instead of support.” […]
