Erica Mosca, who founded the nonprofit Leaders in Training to mentor first-generation and low-income students through high school and college.

Welcome

First to go to college is an honor held by many UNLV students, faculty, staff, and leaders at UNLV. We celebrate our first-generation family as they are an important part of the very fabric that is UNLV!

First generation faculty and students face many of the same challenges including being unfamiliar with the new environment, difficulty accessing resources, and making networking connections for collaborative opportunities. The Intersection helps new faculty and students acclimate to our campus.

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Events

  • Nov 06: First-Generation Celebration Week 2020

    Calling UNLV colleges, departments, and offices to recognize our first-generation students, faculty, and staff. This year we're going campuswide National First Generation Day! Become a part of UNLV History! The 2020 National...
  • Nov 10: First-Gen Connect

    The Academic Success Center is excited to present First-Gen Connect: What is First? on November 10, 2020, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. This event will start with a panel discussion over what it's like to be a first-...
  • Nov 12: First-Generation Students & Student Organizations

    Getting involved with Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) is a great way to add to your collegiate experience! Join us for a panel discussion with first-generation students to talk about their experiences joining RSOs at...
  • Nov 12: Share it Forward: A First Generation Student Event

    College of Liberal Arts invites you to join us for the Share it Forward: A First Generation Student Event. Faculty, staff, students and community members are welcome to join us!

  • Nov 12: First-Generation Transfer Student Virtual Social Event

    Find out for yourself at our first-generation transfer student virtual social event! We know that being the first to pave the way can be overwhelming. However, look at what you have accomplished in the midst of COVID-19....
  • Nov 13: Building a Personal Brand through LinkedIn

    Personal branding is how you promote yourself. It is a unique combination of skills, values, experiences that define you, and how you approach the work you do. Join us to learn more about personal branding, why is it...
  • Nov 13: Intersecting Connections: The Masks We Wear

    This panel comprised of first-generation students and faculty will speak candidly about how they have overcome feelings of isolation, managed ‘imposter syndrome’, and share survival tactics they used to reach their academic...
  • Dec 03: We Need To Talk About What's Next

    We Need To Talk About What's Next: Conversations About Racism For A More Resilient Las Vegas Join the University Libraries and Greenspun College of Urban Affairs for the final episode of the We Need To Talk series. This ...

First-Gen-Connect

First-Gen Connect is a free conference for first-generation college students and their parents or guardians.

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News

Unlike Many Universities Nationwide, UNLV's Fall Enrollment Up Slightly
Oct. 8, 2020
Nevada's undergraduate students are steadfast in pursuing higher education at UNLV despite COVID-19 challenges.
New Scholarship Offers a Soft Landing for First Generation Students
man standing in empty classroom with rows of desks behind
Sep. 22, 2020
Alumnus Geoff Hughes partnered with UNLV Office of Diversity Initiatives to create Stephanie Wolf Hughes First Generation Scholarship for accounting students.
Rebels Make It Happen: Lexie Ignacio
Lexie Ignacio
Sep. 17, 2020
First-generation entertainment engineering and design major embraces the Las Vegas experience.
Wish Fulfillment
A family of four stands together in front of a display of UNLV memorabilia
Aug. 26, 2020
Jorge “Fabian” Trejo-Ibarra began his freshman year as a pre-nursing student this week thanks to a scholarship funded by Rig-Rents through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
New First-Gen Fridays Help Faculty Connect with Each Other, Students
group talking around a table
Feb. 6, 2020
Program at The Intersection gives first-generation faculty, staff a place to share their stories.
Prestigious Foreign Affairs Fellowship Awarded to UNLV Senior
A photo of Akaisha Cook delivering a speech at the 2019 UNLV Foundation Annual Dinner.
Nov. 22, 2019
Honors College student Akaisha Cook one of just 30 nationwide to receive 2020 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship.
Becoming the Mentor He Never Had
Justice Douglas seated in a classroom
Oct. 2, 2019
Nevada Supreme Court justice helps launch a program to ensure first-generation and minority students succeed in law school.
Peer to Peer
Man stands with back to a whiteboard, talking to students
Sep. 27, 2019
Criminal justice mentorship program helps first-generation students navigate college
Paying It Forward as First-Gen Students
Erica Mosca seated at a table
Aug. 7, 2019
Through a nonprofit she founded, alumna Erica Mosca helps low-income high school students get to — and then succeed — in college.