Project First-Gen shares the stories of first-generation students at Seattle U and offers tips and advice to help create a rich college experience for them. The podcast serves as a resource guide both for these students to find moments of inspiration, support, and community, as well as for faculty, staff, and admin to understand and help overcome the diverse challenges that these students face.
Project First-Gen
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Project First-Gen shares the stories of first-generation students at Seattle U and offers tips and advice to help create a rich college experience for them. The podcast serves as a resource guide both for these students to find moments of inspiration, support, and community, as well as for faculty, staff, and admin to understand and help overcome the diverse challenges that these students face.
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March 11, 2020
A Future Journeyman!
<p>In this episode, you'll hear from Nghĩa "Justin" Bùi, a 13th Year Promise Scholar and a recent first-generation college graduate from South Seattle College where he majored in Welding. Because of his low grades in high school, Justin didn't feel ready to go to college. He worked a full-time job for a year to provide for his family. His mom's comment, "So you're not going to school, huh?" and his aunt who has always been "there to support me in what I want to do" motivated him to pursue higher education. He experimented with the Welding program at his college, and he loved it! Justin shares how he was required to take English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, despite his fluency in English and Vietnamese. However, the continued support from his professors and friends kept him going. Welding can be dangerous, and it's like "learning how to write for the first time." But that didn't stop Justin, who only became better with practice. He even helped out those new in this field. During his college journey, he was also recognized on the Dean's List. His dream job is to work as a journeyman (a certified apprentice) like his professor. His home is in the presence of his family, whether it's in the hot weather of Arizona or in the ice-covered Antarctica. </p> <p>Additional resources: </p> <p>13th Year Promise Scholarship: <a href="https://southseattle.edu/seattle-promise">https://southseattle.edu/seattle-promise</a></p> <p>Welding Fabrication Technology: <a href="https://southseattle.edu/programs/welding">https://southseattle.edu/programs/welding</a></p>
March 6, 2020
Her Entrepreneurial Mode is On
<p>In this episode, you'll hear from Dr. Kimberly Harden, Founder and CEO of Harden Consulting Group, who gives us a sneak peek into her entrepreneurial journey. She is a diversity, equity, and belonging consultant, a profession partly inspired through her experience navigating corporate jobs as the only female and person of color. She has worked on diversity and equity initiatives in different capacities for over 15 years and believes that communication is really important "because you have to communicate in order to really build your team and to have an inclusive team." The core values of her business are care and transformation. Dr. Harden has recently launched a new training program that guides organizations through five distinct steps to implement and evaluate change. She is as resilient as a silicone spatula, and success for her looks like a person or an organization that has completely turned their life around and is now growing and thriving. Her current self-care practice includes napping, but most importantly "doing nothing and being okay with it." Her advice for college graduates who want to be entrepreneurs is to choose something you're passionate about and to forge your own path. </p> <p>Additional resources:</p> <p>Contact Dr. Kimberly Harden: kimberly@hardenconsultinggroup.com</p> <p>Harden Consulting Group: <a href="https://www.hardenconsultinggroup.com/">https://www.hardenconsultinggroup.com/</a></p>
March 5, 2020
I Want To Do More!
<p>In this episode, you'll hear from Elizabeth (Liz) Vargas, a first-generation college student, an Alfie Scholar, and a Social Work major at Seattle University. She was born and raised in Aguascalientes, a city in Central Mexico and grew up with four other siblings. Most kids in her neighborhood dropped out of high school due to the high cost of education and lack of transportation. She feels lucky to come to the U.S. and recalls how she was particularly drawn to the Hollywood image of bigger classrooms and more books unlike the "tiny section in the corner of probably 10 or 20 books, and they were all so worn out." One of the biggest challenges she initially faced in the U.S. was the language barrier and how to navigate the ignorant comments that she'd received from her professors about her identity. In 2018, she received her associate's degree from Highline College and chose to come to Seattle University because she "fell in love" with the small campus community and the one-on-one connection with her professors. She hopes to use her Spanish-speaking skills to encourage young children to go to college. </p> <p>Additional resources:</p> <p>2019 La Unidad Latina Foundation Scholarship: <a href="https://www.lulf.org/">https://www.lulf.org/</a></p>
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