Virginia Tech First Generation Unscripted: Recent Episodes
Virginia Tech First Generation
If you're a student whose parents didn't graduate from college, or if you're a parent who didn't graduate from college and wants to help your student out, we're here for you. This series will look at the college experience and offer some tools that might help chart your journey.
In this episode, we talk to Shelby Koninckx and Rommelyn Coffren from the Global Education Office about studying in other countries.
Today, we talk to Jared Logan, Assistant Director Special Populations. The discussion is around making the transition to college and how students and parents can work together to make that happen.
Check out the New Student and Family Programs website for more. And of course, check out the Hokie Track Chats podcast with whom we really don't have a rivalry.
Dr. Kim Smith Assistant Provost of Academic Advising Initiatives, Rick Sparks University Registrar, and Dr. Dannette Gomez Beane Director of Recruitment and Operations for Undergraduate Admissions talk about their journeys as first generation college students and how those differ from the journey of their seniors who are applying this year.
In this episode, we are joined by Joy Capers, Assistant Director of Hokie Mentorship Connect. We'll get into how to think about what comes next (a job?), how to get ready for it, and the resources available while you're at college.
Feeling like you don't belong has a major impact on your life. In this episode, we talk with some friends from the Cook Counseling Center to talk about how this impacts first-generation students.
Picking the major that will chart the course of your college life is an important decision. A lot of students enter college not knowing the direction they want to go. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Zack Underwood about all things undecided, and how to get to the major that's best for you.
Why are we doing this podcast? In this short segment, Alex and Dr. Troy talk about the reason this podcast was created.
We talk to two first-generation students who discuss their experience getting ready for college, the things you need, and the stuff you can leave at home.