Earlier this month, the First Graduate® board of directors gathered here at our office to participate in our annual board retreat. It is perhaps the most important meeting of the year for our board because they get to spend an entire day together having expansive conversations about our future. The retreat also provides an invaluable opportunity for board members
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
Deloitte Career Connections is a year-long mentorship and leadership development opportunity for First Graduate® college students. Each student is paired with a Deloitte consultant for regular 1:1 mentoring sessions. Additionally, students attend career development workshops led by Deloitte mentors. On October 17, we launched the 3rd year of this mentoring program. Mentors and mentees met
The High School Choice Workshop is an annual event here at First Graduate® where our 8th grade students and their families hear from a variety of public, parochial, charter and private schools in San Francisco. One of the goals of the 8th grade year is to learn how to make an informed decision about high
16 students from FG12 and FG13 attended the Giants v. Dodgers baseball game at AT&T Park here in San Francisco on September 14. Youth Opportunity Scholarships (YOS), which offers up to $500 of scholarship for middle school students to pursue an extracurricular activity, sponsored the event and hosted a tailgate before the game. First Graduate®
When did you first get involved with First Graduate? I’ve been volunteering with First Graduate for about 6 months now. What inspired you to get involved? I am retired teacher, having taught everything from phonics to physics. It has been almost a year since I moved from to the Bay Area from Maine. I was in search
This week, our own Cassy Huang was profiled on the AfterCollege blog about what it’s like to work at a non-profit, what her role is here at First Graduate, and how she channels her inner Tim Gunn every day at work. AfterCollege is the largest career network for college students and recent graduates. They are working to eliminate unemployment among
In his 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama said “higher education can’t be a luxury—it’s an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.” But the hard truth is that it’s not. And it won’t be until we make some changes and view higher education as an investment in
Over 250 people attended to celebrate our First In Family awardee, Sara Martinez Tucker, former CEO of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and Under Secretary of Education, our third class of students to graduate from high school and enter college, and our eight years of work to help more students become the first in their families
