2023 Celebration

Are you a first-generation student, faculty, or staff member at Montana State? Come and get your headshot taken and let us know what it means to you to be first-gen. These photos will be utilized in an exhibition in the library from October 16th - November 10th as a First-Gen Celebration Two-Week event!

Can't make it in person? Experience it virtually.

Visit the Renne Library during the month of November to experience what it means to be First-Gen through the thoughts of First-Gen faculty, staff, and students. 

For Future Bobcats -- Join us for our First Generation Students Webinar to learn about the wide network of student services and resources available to help support our growing community of First Generation College Students at MSU!

Join fellow faculty and staff for a discussion on the first two chapters of Rachel Gable's book The Hidden Curriculum: First Generation Students at Legacy Universities. This will be the first of three discussions on this book.

Drop by the ASMSU Office during the month of November to learn about famous First-Gens! All photos will be in the windows of ASMSU.

Let's celebrate First-Generation Day together! Come by between 9am and 11am for snacks on the mall put on by the First-Generation Celebration Committee! There will be easy snacks to grab as well as some hot beverages. 

Please join the First-Gen committee for a discussion about first-gen student experiences from Montana State First-Generation students to celebrate National First-Generation Celebration Day. There will be a couple of structured questions follow by Q&A time for the audience. Discussion on resilience, struggles, and experiences of first-gen students on and off of the MSU campus will occur.

The Speed Networking event will host FGSA members (first-gen undergrads and grads) to share key elements of their identities, their role models and inspirations, as well as their current field of interest, majors and research/engagement in a poster-session-like conversation. Groups of people will hear from each first-gen, connect and get to know them, and will move clockwise to the next one. Join this "Speed-Networking" event and become an ally, a mentor, a friendly face and a welcome hand for these great students! Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Join fellow faculty and staff for a discussion on chapters 3 & 4 of Rachel Gable's book The Hidden Curriculum: First Generation Students at Legacy Universities. 

Join fellow faculty and staff for a discussion on chapters 5, 6, & 7 of Rachel Gable's book The Hidden Curriculum: First Generation Students at Legacy Universities.