{"id":27906,"date":"2025-11-04T23:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=27906"},"modified":"2025-11-04T23:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:23:20","slug":"celebrate-first-gen-college-student-pride-week-at-wilkes-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/11\/04\/celebrate-first-gen-college-student-pride-week-at-wilkes-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate First-Gen College Student Pride Week at Wilkes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being a\u00a0<em>first-generation college student<\/em>\u00a0refers to those whose parents or guardians did not complete a bachelor\u2019s degree \u2013 an incredible achievement worth celebrating!<\/p>\n<p>Join us as we recognize First-Gen College Celebration Week with events open to\u00a0<strong>all Wilkes students, faculty, and staff,\u00a0<\/strong>whether you\u2019re first-gen yourself or a proud first-gen friend!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Games, Crafts, &amp; Connections<\/strong><br \/><strong>Wednesday, November 5 | 4 p.m.\u20136 p.m. | JPAC<\/strong><br \/>Take a break, get creative, and connect with others! We\u2019ll be serving donuts and apple cider for a cozy night of games and crafts. Plus \u2013 everyone who attends will receive a\u00a0<strong>free chip<\/strong>\u00a0to use at\u00a0<strong>Casino Night on November 7th,<\/strong>\u00a0hosted by Student Government!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slices of Success First-Gen Panel<\/strong><br \/><strong>Monday, November 10 | 5 p.m.\u20137 p.m. | JPAC<\/strong><br \/>Hear from Wilkes faculty, staff, &amp; students who were the first in their families to go to college, ask questions, and enjoy free pizza! (RSVP\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/PGomvDrQGEvFFwjP9\">here<\/a>\u00a0so we order enough pizza!).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Come celebrate the courage, community, and Colonel pride that make us\u00a0<em>First at Wilkes!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<object width=\"800\" height=\"200\" style=\"height:100vh;\" data=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FG-Celebration-Week-Flyer-19a02c7b11ebc4f06cbaccc670868a8d.pdf\"><\/object><br \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FG-Celebration-Week-Flyer-19a02c7b11ebc4f06cbaccc670868a8d.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">View Document in New Tab<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a\u00a0first-generation college student\u00a0refers to those whose parents or guardians did not complete a bachelor\u2019s degree \u2013 an incredible achievement worth celebrating! Join us as we recognize First-Gen College Celebration Week with events open to\u00a0all Wilkes students, faculty, and staff,\u00a0whether you\u2019re first-gen yourself or a proud first-gen friend! Games, Crafts, &amp; ConnectionsWednesday, November 5 |&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/11\/04\/celebrate-first-gen-college-student-pride-week-at-wilkes-6\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celebrate First-Gen College Student Pride Week at Wilkes!<\/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-27906","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\/27906","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=27906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27937,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27906\/revisions\/27937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}