Offers community-building events, supportive workshops, one-on-one appointments, and recognition celebrations for first generation Carolina students.

Offers peer mentoring, support for first-generation college students, resources for transfer students, and more - all hoping to help students develop skills and strategies to be successful at UNC-CH.

The First in the Family group is a safe and nurturing environment that centers the needs of Carolina’s first-generation college students to discuss the challenges of being the first in the family to attend college with others who “get it.”  The group will be a place to give and receive support and will touch on topics such as financial stressors, maintaining boundaries, networking, and family conflicts, in order to help students to be successful academically, professionally, and personally.