Exploring the Possibilities is an annual high school career exposure event. The goals of the event were (1) to expose students to a variety of industries (“possibilities”) that are available with a college degree, (2) to help students understand the educational background, skills, and experience necessary to pursue a career, and (3) to catch a
By Jose Luis, Freshman at Wesleyan University One of the best parts about working in Social Media is the fast-paced and highly social environment that surrounds the whole atmosphere around communication. I enjoy the vitality and zest that it brings to many companies. Social Media allows so many people from different walks of life to communicate from around the world in
At this year’s First Graduate® Summer Opportunities Fair, we invited 28 local organizations to set up tables and chat with 100 of our high school students about different summer internships, jobs, and learning opportunities available to them. The fair is the definition of a win-win situation. It’s a great way for our partner organizations to
A big “thank you” to Manali Patel and all the folks at Funding Circle for hosting a special advisory session with our high school students. Manali reached out to First Graduate® and asked for ways to get more involved with our students (we love it when that happens!) and we were thrilled to link them up with
First Graduate® piloted a new college program earlier this week that we’re calling “Coach 3.0.” What is Coach 3.0? Coach 3.0 is a new approach we’ve devised to help our college students get the assistance they need from volunteers with the ultimate goal of keeping their grade point average above a 3.0. How does it work? A select group
This week our Emerging Scholars Team headed to Everett Middle School to introduce the 6th grade students there to First Graduate. The 166 students in attendance listened intently as our Program Director Amph! outlined how students can apply and what they can expect at each step of our 10-year program to help them become the first in
When did you first get involved with First Graduate? I got involved with First Graduate® when I selected the organization as my charity to raise money for when I ran the San Francisco Marathon in June 2013. What inspired you to get involved? I chose First Graduate® because I was the first in my family
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
It is never too early to start planning and searching for summer internships. With that in mind, First Graduate® college students attended an Internship/Job Search Kickoff event this week. The goals of the workshop was (1) to learn strategies that will help increase their chances of landing an internship or job and (2) to inspire
“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
