{"id":53342,"date":"2018-11-02T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=53342"},"modified":"2018-11-02T10:15:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:15:33","slug":"first-generation-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/first-generation-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"#CelebrateFirstGen with NAU&#8217;s 1st &#8216;Jacks on Thursday (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that one in three students at Northern Arizona University\u2019s Flagstaff campus is the first in their family to attend college? In this year\u2019s freshman class, it\u2019s even higher.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 8, Northern Arizona University is recognizing these students as part of a national First-Generation College Celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/first-gen\/\">Office of First-Generation Programs<\/a> will be in front of the Hot Spot at the University Union from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday. There will be giveaways for first-generation students as well as faculty, staff and advocates, who are collectively known as 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2018Jacks. Students can share their experiences and learn about programs they can access through the Office of First-Generation Programs.<\/p>\n<p>NAU-TV profiled one of those programs, the\u00a0STAR Program, which helps freshmen find the support, community and resources they need to be successful in college.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"STAR\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0BZQCZP6InY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>People are invited to attend Thursday&#8217;s event and join in the online discussion with #CelebrateFirstGen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Nov_8_Celebration2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-uncropped-large wp-image-53344\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Nov_8_Celebration2018-465x600.jpg\" alt=\"First-Gen Celebration flier\" width=\"465\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2018\/11\/Nov_8_Celebration2018-465x600.jpg 465w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2018\/11\/Nov_8_Celebration2018-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2018\/11\/Nov_8_Celebration2018.jpg 713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/first-generation-celebration\/\">Did you know that one in three students at Northern Arizona University\u2019s Flagstaff campus is the first in their family to attend college? In this year\u2019s freshman class, it\u2019s even higher. On Nov. 8, Northern Arizona University is recognizing these students as part of a national First-Generation College Celebration. The Office of First-Generation Programs will&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}