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First class of Kessler Scholars at Cornell succeeded with community and support.
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First to the Finish Line: Leading Program for First-Generation College Student Success Shows Promise with New Graduates
(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...
Graduate Profile: Herik Garcia
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,...
Graduate Profile: Olivia Gurfinkiel
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...