Finding the right community and supports at a school before you get there can make all the difference to your experience and success. Here is a list to get a head start.
Once you know what school you will be attending, find the resources available and connect with them before your first day of class.
Once you know what school you will be attending, find the resources available and connect with them before your first day of class.
General Resource for first-generation college students
I’m First!
I’m First! Is an online community providing first-generation college students—and those who advise them—with inspiration, information, and support on the road to and through college.
http://www.imfirst.org/#
I’m First! Is an online community providing first-generation college students—and those who advise them—with inspiration, information, and support on the road to and through college.
http://www.imfirst.org/#
Public Universities
University Of Oregon
Pathway Oregon
Pays tuition for qualified Oregon residents from low income families.
http://pathwayoregon.uoregon.edu/
UO Connects
UO Connections is a half-day college advocacy program designed for first-generation, ethnically diverse, or economically disadvantaged high school students in ninth through twelfth grades.
https://visit.uoregon.edu/connections
Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence
The Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence (CMAE) is a place where students are empowered, engaged and nurtured for success.
https://inclusion.uoregon.edu/content/center-multicultural-academic-excellence-cmae
Center for Student Involvement (EMU)
The Center for Student Involvement (CSI) has all the resources you’ll need to start a student organization or host activities.
https://emu.uoregon.edu/csi
Oregon State University
Black Cultural Center
This center is to help enrich the on-campus experience for students of color.
http://dce.oregonstate.edu/bcc
Student Experience Center
The center helps students take their learning outside of the classroom and apply it as tomorrow's emerging leaders.
http://sli.oregonstate.edu/sec
Women’s Center
The Women's Center (WC) serves as a campus focal point for projects directed at addressing women's issues on campus, in the community-at-large, and globally.
http://dce.oregonstate.edu/wc
Western Oregon University
Student Success and Advising Office
The Student Success and Advising Office engages students in identifying and pursuing their educational, career, and life goals through personalized learning experiences.
http://www.wou.edu/advising/
Cultural Connection’s
This free program coordinated through the Multicultural Student Services & Programs Office is designed to provide an orientation for first generation, ethnic and/or culturally diverse students.
http://www.wou.edu/multicultural/mcrs/cultural-connections/
Multicultural Student Union
MSU gives students, faculty and staff an opportunity to share their cultural background while learning about others.
http://www.wou.edu/msu/
Portland State University
Advising and Career Services
Advising & Career Services (ACS) offers both academic advising and career counseling on a drop-in or appointment basis.
https://www.pdx.edu/advising-career-services/appointments-drop-in
Multicultural Student Center
Their mission is to develop cultural competency through student engagement, programming, and meaningful dialogue.
https://www.pdx.edu/cultural-resource-centers/multicultural-student-center-0
Southern Oregon University
Student Life
Student Life complements and enriches students’ experiences by providing social, cultural, and educational programs advancing diversity and inclusion, leadership development, and student involvement.
https://inside.sou.edu/studentlife/index.html
Multicultural Student Center
The Southern Oregon University Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) endeavors to create an inclusive community that recognizes, celebrates, and supports the diverse life experiences of the SOU community.
https://inside.sou.edu/mrc/index.html
Pathway Oregon
Pays tuition for qualified Oregon residents from low income families.
http://pathwayoregon.uoregon.edu/
UO Connects
UO Connections is a half-day college advocacy program designed for first-generation, ethnically diverse, or economically disadvantaged high school students in ninth through twelfth grades.
https://visit.uoregon.edu/connections
Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence
The Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence (CMAE) is a place where students are empowered, engaged and nurtured for success.
https://inclusion.uoregon.edu/content/center-multicultural-academic-excellence-cmae
Center for Student Involvement (EMU)
The Center for Student Involvement (CSI) has all the resources you’ll need to start a student organization or host activities.
https://emu.uoregon.edu/csi
Oregon State University
Black Cultural Center
This center is to help enrich the on-campus experience for students of color.
http://dce.oregonstate.edu/bcc
Student Experience Center
The center helps students take their learning outside of the classroom and apply it as tomorrow's emerging leaders.
http://sli.oregonstate.edu/sec
Women’s Center
The Women's Center (WC) serves as a campus focal point for projects directed at addressing women's issues on campus, in the community-at-large, and globally.
http://dce.oregonstate.edu/wc
Western Oregon University
Student Success and Advising Office
The Student Success and Advising Office engages students in identifying and pursuing their educational, career, and life goals through personalized learning experiences.
http://www.wou.edu/advising/
Cultural Connection’s
This free program coordinated through the Multicultural Student Services & Programs Office is designed to provide an orientation for first generation, ethnic and/or culturally diverse students.
http://www.wou.edu/multicultural/mcrs/cultural-connections/
Multicultural Student Union
MSU gives students, faculty and staff an opportunity to share their cultural background while learning about others.
http://www.wou.edu/msu/
Portland State University
Advising and Career Services
Advising & Career Services (ACS) offers both academic advising and career counseling on a drop-in or appointment basis.
https://www.pdx.edu/advising-career-services/appointments-drop-in
Multicultural Student Center
Their mission is to develop cultural competency through student engagement, programming, and meaningful dialogue.
https://www.pdx.edu/cultural-resource-centers/multicultural-student-center-0
Southern Oregon University
Student Life
Student Life complements and enriches students’ experiences by providing social, cultural, and educational programs advancing diversity and inclusion, leadership development, and student involvement.
https://inside.sou.edu/studentlife/index.html
Multicultural Student Center
The Southern Oregon University Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) endeavors to create an inclusive community that recognizes, celebrates, and supports the diverse life experiences of the SOU community.
https://inside.sou.edu/mrc/index.html
Private Universities
University of Portland
Shepard Academic Resource Center
The Shepard Academic Resource Center is a resource and partner for academic needs beyond the classroom.
https://www.up.edu/sarc/index.html
UP Connections
UP Connections is a peer-mentorship program designed to support first generation and multicultural students adjust to their first year in college
https://www.up.edu/activities/diversity-and-inclusion-programs/up-connections.html
Reed College
Office for inclusive Community
Throughout the year, we coordinate and sponsor a wide variety of programs and events such as guest authors and speakers, films, lectures, artistic performances, conferences, courses, and workshops that enhance leadership skills, enrich the academic experience, explore social and cultural issues, and celebrate cultural traditions.
https://www.reed.edu/inclusive-community/mrc/index.html
First Gen Resource Guide
https://www.reed.edu/inclusive-community/assets/downloads/LowSES.FirstGenResource%20Guide.pdf
SEEDS
This Program connects students to our wider community in an effort to complement Reed's academic program, inform students’ personal and career development, and to create and sustain a positive impact within the communities served.
http://www.reed.edu/seeds/index.html
Willamette University
Multicultural Affairs
This Office promote multiculturalism throughout the campus community by delivering a variety of educational programs and services advocating for social justice and diversity.
http://willamette.edu/offices/oma/index.html
Mosaics Mentoring
Mosaics Peer Mentoring Program offers first year students the opportunity to connect and engage with a mentor who is an older Willamette student.
http://willamette.edu/offices/oma/mosaic/index.html
Concordia University
Office of Multicultural Services
The Office of Multicultural Services provides a variety of resources to support the holistic development, persistence, and achievement of students
http://www.cu-portland.edu/campus-life/student-engagement/office-multicultural-services/student-success-resources
CU Mentoring Program
Through our Peer Mentoring Program, we pair upperclassmen with first-year students to serve as a guide to the ins and outs of life in college.
. http://www.cu-portland.edu/campus-life/student-engagement/office-multicultural-services/programs-and-services
Pacific University
Academic Advising Center
Pacific University’s Advising Center partners with faculty advisors to provide effective academic advising to both current and future students. https://www.pacificu.edu/academics/academic-support/advising-center/contact-us
Tutoring and Learning Center
The Tutoring and Learning Centers offers peer tutoring to undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the Forest Grove campus.
https://www.pacificu.edu/academics/academic-support/tutoring-and-learning-center
Multicultural Center
The Student Multicultural Center (SMC) is the culmination of advocacy by students, both current and alumni, to establish a location of equitability and inclusion for all students who call Pacific University home.
https://www.pacificu.edu/academics/academic-support/centers-institutes/student-multicultural-center
Lewis and Clark College
Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement
We strive to create a more inclusive, equitable, and empowering community at L&C in collaboration with students, staff, faculty, and other community partners.
http://college.lclark.edu/student_life/multicultural_affairs/
Leap Peer Mentoring Program
Leading to Engage All Pioneers (L.E.A.P.) is designed to help support incoming new students with their transition into Lewis & Clark College.
http://college.lclark.edu/student_life/multicultural_affairs/signature-programs/leap/
Shepard Academic Resource Center
The Shepard Academic Resource Center is a resource and partner for academic needs beyond the classroom.
https://www.up.edu/sarc/index.html
UP Connections
UP Connections is a peer-mentorship program designed to support first generation and multicultural students adjust to their first year in college
https://www.up.edu/activities/diversity-and-inclusion-programs/up-connections.html
Reed College
Office for inclusive Community
Throughout the year, we coordinate and sponsor a wide variety of programs and events such as guest authors and speakers, films, lectures, artistic performances, conferences, courses, and workshops that enhance leadership skills, enrich the academic experience, explore social and cultural issues, and celebrate cultural traditions.
https://www.reed.edu/inclusive-community/mrc/index.html
First Gen Resource Guide
https://www.reed.edu/inclusive-community/assets/downloads/LowSES.FirstGenResource%20Guide.pdf
SEEDS
This Program connects students to our wider community in an effort to complement Reed's academic program, inform students’ personal and career development, and to create and sustain a positive impact within the communities served.
http://www.reed.edu/seeds/index.html
Willamette University
Multicultural Affairs
This Office promote multiculturalism throughout the campus community by delivering a variety of educational programs and services advocating for social justice and diversity.
http://willamette.edu/offices/oma/index.html
Mosaics Mentoring
Mosaics Peer Mentoring Program offers first year students the opportunity to connect and engage with a mentor who is an older Willamette student.
http://willamette.edu/offices/oma/mosaic/index.html
Concordia University
Office of Multicultural Services
The Office of Multicultural Services provides a variety of resources to support the holistic development, persistence, and achievement of students
http://www.cu-portland.edu/campus-life/student-engagement/office-multicultural-services/student-success-resources
CU Mentoring Program
Through our Peer Mentoring Program, we pair upperclassmen with first-year students to serve as a guide to the ins and outs of life in college.
. http://www.cu-portland.edu/campus-life/student-engagement/office-multicultural-services/programs-and-services
Pacific University
Academic Advising Center
Pacific University’s Advising Center partners with faculty advisors to provide effective academic advising to both current and future students. https://www.pacificu.edu/academics/academic-support/advising-center/contact-us
Tutoring and Learning Center
The Tutoring and Learning Centers offers peer tutoring to undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the Forest Grove campus.
https://www.pacificu.edu/academics/academic-support/tutoring-and-learning-center
Multicultural Center
The Student Multicultural Center (SMC) is the culmination of advocacy by students, both current and alumni, to establish a location of equitability and inclusion for all students who call Pacific University home.
https://www.pacificu.edu/academics/academic-support/centers-institutes/student-multicultural-center
Lewis and Clark College
Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement
We strive to create a more inclusive, equitable, and empowering community at L&C in collaboration with students, staff, faculty, and other community partners.
http://college.lclark.edu/student_life/multicultural_affairs/
Leap Peer Mentoring Program
Leading to Engage All Pioneers (L.E.A.P.) is designed to help support incoming new students with their transition into Lewis & Clark College.
http://college.lclark.edu/student_life/multicultural_affairs/signature-programs/leap/
Community Colleges
Portland Community College
TRIO Program
The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are Federal outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
https://www.pcc.edu/resources/trio-student-support-services/what-is-trio.html
Future Connect
Future Connect is a scholarship and support program for students who identify as first-generation or low-income.
https://www.pcc.edu/future-connect/
Mt. Hood Community College
TRIO Student Support Services
TRIO Student Support Services (TRIO-SSS) is a federally-funded college success program designed to assist eligible MHCC students who are pursuing a certificate or associate degree with the intention to transfer to a 4-year college or university to pursue a bachelor’s degree. TRIO-SSS services are free and include advising, tutoring, mentoring, cultural enrichment activities, 4-year college and university field trips, and workshops promoting academic, personal, and financial success.
https://www.mhcc.edu/TRIO-SSS/
AVID
AVID @ MHCC is a program dedicated to helping new students get started on the right track. They teach the “unwritten rules” of college and provide students with the extra support they need to make college manageable.
https://www.mhcc.edu/AVID/
Transitions and Transiciones
Career planning and college preparation programs for those who may find it challenging to begin or continue with their college education.
https://www.mhcc.edu/Transitions/
Lane Community College
Academic Advising
The Academic Advising Referral Center offers students several academic advising services.
https://www.lanecc.edu/advising/academic-advising
Multicultural Center
The Multicultural Center provides a comfortable atmosphere where students from all ethnic backgrounds can get information on admission, registration, course and program planning, and referrals to on-campus and community services.
https://www.lanecc.edu/mcc
Chemeketa Community College
Academic Advising
Our mission is to assist people through academic, career, and life transitions, as well as to empower individuals through knowledge, career preparation and personal effectiveness.
http://www.chemeketa.edu/earncertdegree/advising/academicadvising/
Multicultural Student Services
We are a college community enriched by the diversity of our students and staff.
http://www.chemeketa.edu/aboutchemeketa/collegelife/multicultural/
TRIO Program
The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are Federal outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
https://www.pcc.edu/resources/trio-student-support-services/what-is-trio.html
Future Connect
Future Connect is a scholarship and support program for students who identify as first-generation or low-income.
https://www.pcc.edu/future-connect/
Mt. Hood Community College
TRIO Student Support Services
TRIO Student Support Services (TRIO-SSS) is a federally-funded college success program designed to assist eligible MHCC students who are pursuing a certificate or associate degree with the intention to transfer to a 4-year college or university to pursue a bachelor’s degree. TRIO-SSS services are free and include advising, tutoring, mentoring, cultural enrichment activities, 4-year college and university field trips, and workshops promoting academic, personal, and financial success.
https://www.mhcc.edu/TRIO-SSS/
AVID
AVID @ MHCC is a program dedicated to helping new students get started on the right track. They teach the “unwritten rules” of college and provide students with the extra support they need to make college manageable.
https://www.mhcc.edu/AVID/
Transitions and Transiciones
Career planning and college preparation programs for those who may find it challenging to begin or continue with their college education.
https://www.mhcc.edu/Transitions/
Lane Community College
Academic Advising
The Academic Advising Referral Center offers students several academic advising services.
https://www.lanecc.edu/advising/academic-advising
Multicultural Center
The Multicultural Center provides a comfortable atmosphere where students from all ethnic backgrounds can get information on admission, registration, course and program planning, and referrals to on-campus and community services.
https://www.lanecc.edu/mcc
Chemeketa Community College
Academic Advising
Our mission is to assist people through academic, career, and life transitions, as well as to empower individuals through knowledge, career preparation and personal effectiveness.
http://www.chemeketa.edu/earncertdegree/advising/academicadvising/
Multicultural Student Services
We are a college community enriched by the diversity of our students and staff.
http://www.chemeketa.edu/aboutchemeketa/collegelife/multicultural/
