by Gail Gibson | May 1, 2025 | News
External Evaluation Shows More than 95% of Kessler Scholars Seniors Engaged in High-Impact Practices that Contribute to Degree Completion, Success After Graduation “It would not be possible to have these unique experiences without the Kessler Scholars Program’s...
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
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 commuter school, it doesn’t always give me a sense of belonging. With the Kessler Scholars...
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
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 graduate Herik Garcia, that moment came during his senior year of high school in tiny Hartford, Michigan,...
by Gail Gibson | May 15, 2023 | Scholars
In fall 2019, Argentinian native Olivia Gurfinkiel entered Cornell University as a first-year, first-generation college student, uncertain of where the next four years would lead her. This spring, Olivia and 15 fellow seniors from the first cohort of Kessler Scholars...
by Gail Gibson | May 15, 2023 | Scholars
When she joined the first cohort of Kessler Scholars at Johns Hopkins University in 2020, Lubna Azmi did not foresee the breadth of impact this program would have on her postsecondary experience. She quickly found that the Kessler Scholars program afforded her access...
