Student Events

Students Present on Social Media Strategy

Alumni Events, Cassy Huang, College Students, Student Events / By

Over the course of the past semester two First Graduate® students, Derrick Ly (FG5, Chapman University) and Jose Luis Sanchez (FG8, Wesleyan University) participated in a social media bootcamp internship with LinkedIn. Derrick and Jose Luis spent 5-weeks learning from social media experts about how to best leverage the LinkedIn platform to connect with other professionals, students, volunteer, and […]

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Freshmen Advisory @ Kabam

High School Students, Michael Paz, Student Events, Volunteer Events / By

“Cutlery! I learned a word for forks, spoons, and knives! Cutlery!” cried Millen, a 9th grader at Lincoln High School, who couldn’t hold back her excitement over a new word shared with her by a volunteer at her monthly advisory meeting. Last week the walls at Kabam reverberated with a tornado of a dozen such inquiring teenage voices as employees at the San

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Video: What is First Graduate?

College Students, High School Students, Middle School Students, Student Events, Video / By

A HUGE thank you to all the folks at DigitasLBi who worked tirelessly to create this video about First Graduate® and the inspiring students we have the pleasure to work with. Thank you also to Marmoset for donating the music which really ties it all together. It’s an amazing piece of work and we are so proud to show it

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First Graduate® Holiday Celebration

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Our annual Winter Celebration is an opportunity for the entire First Graduate® family (staff, students, parents, and volunteers) to get together and celebrate the achievements of the year. This year’s event took place at Everett Middle School (where our current after school programming takes place) and the turnout and energy was unbelievable! We had over 180

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Personal Statement Coaching with Lyft

Ashley Serra, Student Events / By

This week First Graduate® was excited to partner with Lyft, a San Francisco-based rideshare company, for a volunteer event to help our middle school students prepare their high school applications and personal statements. Lyft volunteers worked one-on-one with students, giving them personal application advice. Students walked away from the event feeling more confident about the high school

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Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

Cassy Huang, High School Students, Student Events / By

On November 19th, First Graduate® held it’s annual “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” career speed networking event in the offices of AppDynamics in San Francisco. The goals of this high school career exposure event were (1) to practice their public speaking and informational interview skills with professionals, (2) to expand their network of supportive professionals

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Find Your College Fit – Our Sophomores Visit Rauxa

Ann Schnuer, High School Students, Student Events / By

Our sophomore high school students recently participated in a workshop with Rauxa employees and First Graduate® volunteers called “Find Your Fit”. During this workshop, students took the first concrete step in selecting the colleges they will be applying to. By working one-on-one with a volunteer, students talked through an activity about their greatest priorities in a

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Our Newest College Freshman Have Landed on Campus!

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Congratulations to the 25 First Graduate® students who headed off to colleges and universities across the country this fall. We are so proud of all the hard work these students put in throughout the years to make this moment possible. Their college journey may have just begun, but we already can’t wait to see what great things

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