{"id":1509,"date":"2015-04-02T16:05:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2015-04-02T16:28:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T20:28:38","slug":"first-generation-connect-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/2015\/04\/02\/first-generation-connect-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"First Generation Connect Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to BU\u2019s first generation college student* program!<\/h3>\n

The USC is pleased to welcome our trailblazers, students entering BU for 2015-2016 who are\u00a0the first, or among the first generation, in their\u00a0families to attend college.\u00a0 Congratulations on your achievements to date, we are confident these are just the first of many more!<\/p>\n

Through the First Gen(eration) Connect program<\/a>,\u00a0the USC serves as a resource for students to ensure a smooth\u00a0and successful transition from high school to college life and beyond.\u00a0 If you are the first, or among the first in your family to go to college, welcome to our vibrant University community!\u00a0 Be on the lookout this summer for our welcome email, newsletters, and invitations to events.\u00a0 If you have any questions at all, please contact us at usc@bu.edu<\/a>–we are happy to help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\nLike our First Gen Connect page on Facebook <\/a>to stay in touch!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* First generation college students are those in the first generation of their families to go to college\u2013i.e. students whose\u00a0parents did not earn bachelor\u2019s degrees, although elder siblings and cousins\u00a0may be attending college already or have earned four-year degrees.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to BU\u2019s first generation college student* program! The USC is pleased to welcome our trailblazers, students entering BU for 2015-2016 who are\u00a0the first, or among the first generation, in their\u00a0families to attend college.\u00a0 Congratulations on your achievements to date, we are confident these are just the first of many more! Through the First Gen(eration) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1678,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1524,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}