Terri Forman

Terri Forman is the Executive Director here at First Graduate. See Terri's full profile.

First Generation Summit 2019

[fullwidth_text alt_background=”alt-ten” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] Convening the first collaborative First Generation College Summit—a partnership between First Graduate, SEO Scholars, and the University of San Francisco. This joint effort took six months in to plan. 150 high school freshmen and sophomores and their parents visited USF on Saturday, May 25, to learn what the college experience […]

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Thank You – Cap & Gown 2019!

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FG Student Updates: March Edition!!

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8th Grade Update: Summer Opportunities Workshop!

[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] HUGE shoutout to Karina, Marcel, and Sha’Kuana for organizing an awesome Summer Opportunities Workshop for our 8th grade students! Volunteers and college advisors helped students identify types of activities they’d be interested in and then worked with them to find specific camps that worked for the students and their

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2018 End of the Year Campaign – Thank You from FG!

[spb_single_image image=”12257″ image_size=”full” frame=”noframe” intro_animation=”none” full_width=”yes” lightbox=”no” link_target=”_self” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [blank_spacer height=”30px” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [fullwidth_text alt_background=”alt-ten” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] Here is what you will make happen in 2019 You put us over the top! We surpassed our goal of $190,000 and because of you raised $322,000 including the generous challenge grant from our

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FG: Sophomore’s November Advisory with Nesley

[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] This month, Michael and I focused on 2 things: How to handle and cope with stress as sophomores and in general, and also How to navigate a college website. We did this in two separate groups, which gave the students a chance to meet and talk to other students

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First Graduate’s “All Access Admissions Fair” – 2018!

[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/2″ el_position=”first”] Each year the First Graduate® high school program hosts the All Access Admissions Fair. What use to be a program that took place in our small office, has evolved to a large resource event for students and families held at a partner school. The goal for this year’s fair was

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From College to Career Success: The Jayda Edition

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AmazonSmile is Here!

[blank_spacer height=”30px” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] We aren’t encouraging you to go shopping, but if you are, and you use Amazon, here’s a way to make your Amazon Smile gift to First Graduate® be multiplied 10x! [/spb_text_block] [blank_spacer height=”30px” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_column width=”1/4″ el_position=”first”] [blank_spacer height=”70px” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”]

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College Application Retreat

[spb_row wrap_type=”content-width” row_bg_type=”image” row_bg_color=”#00b0ff” color_row_height=”content-height” bg_type=”cover” parallax_image_height=”content-height” parallax_image_movement=”fixed” parallax_image_speed=”0.5″ parallax_video_height=”window-height” parallax_video_overlay=”none” row_overlay_opacity=”0″ row_padding_vertical=”0″ row_padding_horizontal=”0″ row_margin_vertical=”0″ remove_element_spacing=”no” inner_column_height=”col-natural” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [blank_spacer height=”30px” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/2″ el_position=”first”] First Graduate® seniors had a blast at their Senior Application Retreat! Thank you to Marriah, Aileen, and Tammy for leading such amazing workshops for our

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