Graduate student Delonte Goodman finished his fall semester at 91²Ö¿â by successfully defending his master's thesis and receiving his master's degree. When he returns to campus in the spring, he will work as a teaching assistant as he begins his doctoral program.
POV shares insights from the 91²Ö¿â community on important topics. Liz Piatt, interim dean of University College, shares her journey as a first-generation college student and how faculty mentorship helped her discover a career path she didn't know existed — one that now allows her to support other first-generation students as they navigate their own transformative college experiences.
Perhaps the best word to sum up Brianna Benson’s role at 91²Ö¿â is “caretaker.â€
Benson is the assistant director of Community Engaged Learning in University College and oversees the CommUNITY Lab, where students in various scholarship programs, many of whom are first-generation, can find a responsive living-learning community that provides the support they need to succeed at 91²Ö¿â.
Students, faculty, staff and alumni celebrated I AM FIRST Week, a recognition of 91²Ö¿â students’ first-generation identity, by building community and showcasing campus-wide support.
91²Ö¿â’s Academic Success Center continues to grow and evolve with the help of staff, faculty and students, offering a wide range of free services designed to help students succeed.
