I AM FIRST Week of Celebration
Below are events that will take place at the Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Trumbull, and Salem campuses to celebrate First-generation students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
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                              Monday, November 3rd, 2025
                          Cheers to You, First Gen! Description: Giveaways in Campus Center - 黑料网 at Stark cups for First Gen students. Campus Life staff will be there to CELEBRATE our students! 
 Time: 12pm-1pm
 Location: Stark Campus - Campus Center Lounge
 Contacts: Kathy Spicer, Rachael Wayts and Deanna Egan
 Audience: Undergraduate StudentsFirst Gen BINGO Description: Join us for an hour of fun as we play a couple rounds of BINGO! Hosted by first gen staff and advocates, we鈥檒l have fun prizes and snacks for students. 
 Time: 12pm-1pm
 Location: East Liverpool Campus - Library
 Contacts: Ashley Dunlope and Maegan Richards
 Audience: Undergraduate StudentsI AM INSPIRED Wall Description: There will be a large write-on wall in Campus Center where First Gen faculty, staff, and students can write what inspires them or the campus community can share what is inspiring about our First Generation students, faculty, staff. 
 Time: All day
 Location: Stark Campus - Campus Center main floor
 Contacts: Kathy Spicer, Rachael Wayts and Deanna Egan
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Encouragement Board Description: See pictures of first-generation staff and faculty. Sign the encouragement board to show support for first generation students, staff, and faculty! 
 Time: All day
 Location: East Liverpool Campus - Purinton Hall, Second Floor
 Contacts: Ashley Dunlope and Maegan Richards
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Encouragement Board Description: See pictures of first-generation staff and faculty. Sign the encouragement board to show support for first generation students, staff, and faculty! 
 Time: All day
 Location: Salem Campus - Student Lounge
 Contacts: Ashley Dunlope and Maegan Richards
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Reflections Description: Kent State Stark faculty and staff will be asked to provide advice or encouragement to our First-Generation students, or can, if First Gen themselves offer what it means to them to be proudly First Gen. These reflections will run on the digital screens throughout campus. 
 Time: All day
 Location: Stark Campus - Digital Screens
 Contacts: Kathy Spicer, Rachael Wayts and Deanna Egan
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/Faculty
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                              Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
                          First Generation Stories: Lunch with Faculty and Staff Description: Kent State Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center invite you to 鈥淔irst-Generation Stories: Lunch with Faculty & Staff,鈥 where faculty and staff will share their experiences as first-generation students. Join us on Tuesday, November 4 at the Twinsburg Academic Center Flash Bistro or Thursday, November 6 at the Geauga Campus Clark Commons from 12:15鈥1:00 p.m. 
 Time: 12:15pm-1pm
 Location: Geauga Campus - Clark Commons; Twinsburg Academic Center, - Flash Bistr0
 Contacts: Valerie Trenn
 Audience: Undergraduate students and staff/facultyI AM INSPIRED Wall Description: There will be a large write-on wall in Campus Center where First Gen faculty, staff, and students can write what inspires them or the campus community can share what is inspiring about our First Generation students, faculty, staff. 
 Time: All day
 Location: Stark Campus - Campus Center main floor
 Contacts: Kathy Spicer, Rachael Wayts and Deanna Egan
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Encouragement Board Description: See pictures of first-generation staff and faculty. Sign the encouragement board to show support for first generation students, staff, and faculty! 
 Time: All day
 Location: East Liverpool Campus - Purinton Hall, Second Floor
 Contacts: Ashley Dunlope and Maegan Richards
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Encouragement Board Description: See pictures of first-generation staff and faculty. Sign the encouragement board to show support for first generation students, staff, and faculty! 
 Time: All day
 Location: Salem Campus - Student Lounge
 Contacts: Ashley Dunlope and Maegan Richards
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Reflections Description: Kent State Stark faculty and staff will be asked to provide advice or encouragement to our First-Generation students, or can, if First Gen themselves offer what it means to them to be proudly First Gen. These reflections will run on the digital screens throughout campus. 
 Time: All day
 Location: Stark Campus - Digital Screens
 Contacts: Kathy Spicer, Rachael Wayts and Deanna Egan
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/Faculty
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                              Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
                          Overcoming the Odds for Academic Success as a First-Generation Student Description: Join us for a panel discussion featuring faculty, staff, and regional undergraduate students as they share their journeys, both past and present, toward academic success. The event will also highlight the unlikely path of a first-generation student who overcame obstacles to achieve academic success. 
 Time: 11am-1pm
 Location: Tuscarawas Campus - Founders Hall D106
 Contacts: Jean Engohang-Ndong
 Audience: Undergraduate StudentsIT'S SWEET TO BE FIRST GEN! Description: Candy and encouraging notes will be handed out to highlight how sweet it is to be First Gen! 
 Time: 12pm-1pm
 Location: Stark Campus - Campus Center Lounge
 Contacts: Kathy Spicer, Rachael Wayts and Deanna Egan
 Audience: Undergraduate StudentsFirst Gen BINGO Description: Join us for an hour of fun as we play a couple rounds of BINGO! Hosted by first gen staff and advocates, we鈥檒l have fun prizes and snacks for students. 
 Time: 12:30-1:30pm
 Location: Salem Campus - Room 134, Lecture Hall
 Contacts: Ashley Dunlope, Maegan Richards, and Louise Steele
 Audience: Undergraduate StudentsI AM INSPIRED Wall Description: There will be a large write-on wall in Campus Center where First Gen faculty, staff, and students can write what inspires them or the campus community can share what is inspiring about our First Generation students, faculty, staff. 
 Time: All day
 Location: Stark Campus - Campus Center main floor
 Contacts: Kathy Spicer, Rachael Wayts and Deanna Egan
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Encouragement Board Description: See pictures of first-generation staff and faculty. Sign the encouragement board to show support for first generation students, staff, and faculty! 
 Time: All day
 Location: East Liverpool Campus - Purinton Hall, Second Floor
 Contacts: Ashley Dunlope and Maegan Richards
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Encouragement Board Description: See pictures of first-generation staff and faculty. Sign the encouragement board to show support for first generation students, staff, and faculty! 
 Time: All day
 Location: Salem Campus - Student Lounge
 Contacts: Ashley Dunlope and Maegan Richards
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Reflections Description: Kent State Stark faculty and staff will be asked to provide advice or encouragement to our First-Generation students, or can, if First Gen themselves offer what it means to them to be proudly First Gen. These reflections will run on the digital screens throughout campus. 
 Time: All day
 Location: Stark Campus - Digital Screens
 Contacts: Kathy Spicer, Rachael Wayts and Deanna Egan
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/Faculty
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                              Thursday, November 6th, 2025
                          First Generation Stories: Lunch with Faculty and Staff Description: Kent State Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center invite you to 鈥淔irst-Generation Stories: Lunch with Faculty & Staff,鈥 where faculty and staff will share their experiences as first-generation students. Join us on Tuesday, November 4 at the Twinsburg Academic Center Flash Bistro or Thursday, November 6 at the Geauga Campus Clark Commons from 12:15鈥1:00 p.m. 
 Time: 12:15pm-1pm
 Location: Geauga Campus - Clark Commons; Twinsburg Academic Center, - Flash Bistr0
 Contacts: Valerie Trenn
 Audience: Undergraduate students and staff/facultyFirst Gen Encouragement Board Description: See pictures of first-generation staff and faculty. Sign the encouragement board to show support for first generation students, staff, and faculty! 
 Time: All day
 Location: East Liverpool Campus - Purinton Hall, Second Floor
 Contacts: Ashley Dunlope and Maegan Richards
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Encouragement Board Description: See pictures of first-generation staff and faculty. Sign the encouragement board to show support for first generation students, staff, and faculty! 
 Time: All day
 Location: Salem Campus - Student Lounge
 Contacts: Ashley Dunlope and Maegan Richards
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyI AM INSPIRED Wall Description: There will be a large write-on wall in Campus Center where First Gen faculty, staff, and students can write what inspires them or the campus community can share what is inspiring about our First Generation students, faculty, staff. 
 Time: All day
 Location: Stark Campus - Campus Center main floor
 Contacts: Kathy Spicer, Rachael Wayts and Deanna Egan
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Reflections Description: Kent State Stark faculty and staff will be asked to provide advice or encouragement to our First-Generation students, or can, if First Gen themselves offer what it means to them to be proudly First Gen. These reflections will run on the digital screens throughout campus. 
 Time: All day
 Location: Stark Campus - Digital Screens
 Contacts: Kathy Spicer, Rachael Wayts and Deanna Egan
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/Faculty
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                              Friday, November 7th, 2025
                          I AM INSPIRED Wall Description: There will be a large write-on wall in Campus Center where First Gen faculty, staff, and students can write what inspires them or the campus community can share what is inspiring about our First Generation students, faculty, staff. 
 Time: All day
 Location: Stark Campus - Campus Center main floor
 Contacts: Kathy Spicer, Rachael Wayts and Deanna Egan
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Encouragement Board Description: See pictures of first-generation staff and faculty. Sign the encouragement board to show support for first generation students, staff, and faculty! 
 Time: All day
 Location: East Liverpool Campus - Purinton Hall, Second Floor
 Contacts: Ashley Dunlope and Maegan Richards
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Encouragement Board Description: See pictures of first-generation staff and faculty. Sign the encouragement board to show support for first generation students, staff, and faculty! 
 Time: All day
 Location: Salem Campus - Student Lounge
 Contacts: Ashley Dunlope and Maegan Richards
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/FacultyFirst Gen Reflections Description: Kent State Stark faculty and staff will be asked to provide advice or encouragement to our First-Generation students, or can, if First Gen themselves offer what it means to them to be proudly First Gen. These reflections will run on the digital screens throughout campus. 
 Time: All day
 Location: Stark Campus - Digital Screens
 Contacts: Kathy Spicer, Rachael Wayts and Deanna Egan
 Audience: Undergraduate Students and Staff/Faculty
