by Gail Gibson | Jun 11, 2024 | News
(June 11 | Ann Arbor, MI) A unique partnership designed to provide access to research opportunities and professional development for undergraduate students who are part of the Kessler Scholars Collaborative network of first-generation college students gets underway...
by Gail Gibson | May 2, 2024 | Scholars
Finding community and a passion for music as part of the Kessler Scholars at Queens College What does the Kessler Scholars Program mean to you? The Kessler Scholars Program, especially at Queens College, is a community for me. Queens College is great, but being a...
by Gail Gibson | May 15, 2023 | News
(May 15, 2023 | Ann Arbor, MI) When he started college at the University of Michigan in fall 2019, Herik Garcia was among the more than a third of undergraduate students who are the first in their family each year to enter college. However, students like Herik too...
by Gail Gibson | May 15, 2023 | Scholars
Herick Garcia from the Kessler Scholars on his path to the University of Michigan and peer mentorship Sometimes a snap decision, born from a brief window of free time, can change the trajectory of one’s life. For Kessler Scholar and 2023 University of Michigan...
by Gail Gibson | May 15, 2023 | Scholars
Olivia Gurfinkiel from Cornell University on establishing connections within and outside of the Kessler Scholars Progam In fall 2019, Argentinian native Olivia Gurfinkiel entered Cornell University as a first-year, first-generation college student, uncertain of...
by Gail Gibson | May 15, 2023 | Scholars
Lubna Azmi from the Kessler Scholars at Johns Hopkins University gives back to her community as a scholar and activist When she joined the first cohort of Kessler Scholars at Johns Hopkins University in 2020, Lubna Azmi did not foresee the breadth of impact...
