First-generation Resources

The campus is filled with resources that can make your academic, social, and financial adjustment a little easier.

This Library Guide for First-Generation and Limited Income Students for current students offers a wealth of knowledge to assist students along their journey to academic and personal success. The guide goes beyond what is offered on campus, and connects students with opportunities available on and off campus.  The guide focuses on resources to help all first generation and/or limited income students nationwide showcasing books, materials and videos of others sharing their journeys and tips. 

This Spiders FLI Flight Plan for incoming students offers tried and true tips for FLI students on financial success and more.

Below are just a few of the key offices and programs that can also offer some useful support. Don't be shy. The campus wants to see you succeed and if you would benefit from assistance, reach out. 

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  • Academic and Career Planning
    • Our Academic Advising Resource Center helps students select their classes, make progress toward their major programs, and navigate any challenges along the way.
    • Weinstein Learning Center provides students with support that will enhance their academic experience and personal development. The Center offers free tutoring, and workshops on time management, stress management, learning styles, and much more.
    • Career Services helps students choose a major, explore different careers through on and off-campus programs, prepare for an internship or job search, and provides graduates with life-long support in developing their careers.

     

  • Financial Concerns

    The Office of Financial Aid has put together a comprehensive list of all the types of financial support that students may be able to access beyond the traditional financial aid package. You are encouraged to review the list and to contact the Deans of Richmond or Westhampton College with any other financial concerns you may have.

    In addition, the Student Center for Equity and Inclusion has created a living document called Being Not Rich at UR. This document is filled with money-saving tips for on-campus and off-campus life, scholarship options, and opportunities to get funding support on-campus. If you have ideas we hadn’t considered, please use the suggestions link at the beginning of the document to add them to the document. We hope this document will grow and change with our students and remain relevant for a long time to come.

  • Emotional and Spiritual Support
    • Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is there to help with emotional transitions and challenges. It’s free and about a third of all students go every year.
    • The Chaplaincy supports students interested in exploring issues of faith and spirituality and answering life’s biggest questions.  

  • Inclusion and Community Building
    • Disability Services removes obstacles to students’ success.
    • The Hub for Student Inclusion and Community supports students interested in contributing to building inclusive communities across campus. The Hub also provides several pathways for students to take to find and build community where they can be their authentic self and thrive. 

  • First-generation Student Career/Internship Programs
    • Career Pathways Initiative (CPI) supports first-generation, low-income (FGLI) college students by bridging the gap in social capital for FGLI students, equipping them with the skills, networks, and confidence to succeed in the workforce. CPI does this by offering Educational Workshops with companies, hybrid skills-building sessions, 1:1 career coaching, and learning conversations with professionals.
    • Sapere Aude Consortium is a research organization that provides internships to first-generation “rising” college juniors and sophomores who are interested in wealth and investment management. They provide research assignments to teams of interns, each on a subject of interest to wealth and investment management firms, as well as the students.