Tag: first generation

Mason’s Newest Support Resource for First-Generation Students

A freshly tailored and expansive website looks to cater to first-generation students and their allies BY ANGELIQUE ARINTOK, STAFF WRITER A 2015 research study showed that 33 percent of Mason undergraduate students were first-generation, according to the homepage of firstgen.gmu.edu….

Student Debt ‘Infects’ Universities

Savannah Norton, Lifestyle Editor In celebration of Halloween—but more importantly, to raise awareness about a critical issue impacting college students—Mason’s Student Power student organization held a Walking-Debt march at the Bernie Sanders National Student Town Hall October 28 at the Recreation and Athletic…