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Community spotlight: 2023 First Generation Celebration Week

11/10/2023 by : Staff , Student & Campus Life

First-generation students - the first in their family to attend college - bring a unique perspective the Cornell campus. These students are trailblazers, overcomers, achievers, dreamers and fighters. And they're no small group; 19.9% of the students in the incoming class of 2026 identified as first-generation college students. To kick off the 2023 First Generation Celebration Week, we…