{"id":26087,"date":"2025-09-21T22:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T02:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=26087"},"modified":"2025-09-21T22:21:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T02:21:00","slug":"first-year-first-gen-students-connect-with-a-mentor-who-gets-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/first-year-first-gen-students-connect-with-a-mentor-who-gets-it\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Year, First-Gen Students: Connect With a Mentor Who Gets It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a first-year, first-generation college student? First-gen means that your parents\/guardians did not complete a four-year degree, and being first is something to celebrate! The <strong>First at Wilkes<\/strong> mentorship program pairs first-gen students with faculty, staff, or upper-level student mentors to help you thrive during your first year. Sign up here: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/1TxK1ddYJejdrVpj6\">First at Wilkes Mentee Interest Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Faculty &amp; Staff: Please encourage the first-year, first-gen students you work with to get involved &#8211; it\u2019s a great way for them to build connections and feel supported!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a first-year, first-generation college student? First-gen means that your parents\/guardians did not complete a four-year degree, and being first is something to celebrate! The First at Wilkes mentorship program pairs first-gen students with faculty, staff, or upper-level student mentors to help you thrive during your first year. Sign up here: First at Wilkes&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/first-year-first-gen-students-connect-with-a-mentor-who-gets-it\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First-Year, First-Gen Students: Connect With a Mentor Who Gets It<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26106,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26087\/revisions\/26106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}