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First-Generation College Students

If you are the first in your family to attend »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ or grad school, St. Thomas provides resources to support you, including our First-Gen Tommies program. From navigating the application process and scholarship opportunities to the transition to »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ and your academic success, St. Thomas has a team here to help you along the way. We are proud to have many first-generation students at St. Thomas as part of our campus »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ.

St. Thomas is recognized as a First-Gen Forward Institution by the Center for First-Generation Student Success. One of only 200 institutions with this designation, it recognizes our commitment to first-generation student success.

Resources Supporting First-Generation College Students

Dougherty Family College

Opened in 2017, Dougherty Family College is a two-year »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ program for inspired students who want to obtain a four-year »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ degree and face financial or social obstacles on the way to their goal. (Best for: undergrads)

Ciresi Walburn Leadership Fellows

This is a cohort program for students with financial need who are committed to leadership, service and social Justice. A preference is given to first-generation »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ students. (Best for: undergrads)

More about the Ciresi Walburn Leadership Fellows

First-Generation Law Student Association

The First-Generation Law Student Association's mission is simple yet incredibly important: Be a conduit for communicating the specific needs of first-generation law students at St. Thomas; and provide programming to address those needs. (Best for: Law »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ students)

First-Gen Tommies

St. Thomas program designed to help our first-generation students in their transition to »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ. (Best for: undergrads)

First-Gen Tommies

Linkages Mentor Program

Peer Mentoring program designed to support the retention of first-generation students and students demonstrating significant financial need. (Best for: undergrads)

Linkages Mentor Program

Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Provides leadership for building a more diverse, welcoming and inclusive »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ at St. Thomas. (Best for: undergrads, grad students, faculty, staff)

Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

REAL Program

Provides a five-week summer academic and co-curricular orientation for incoming first-year students who are first generation or demonstrate high financial need. (Best for: undergrads)

REAL Program

ThreeSixty Journalism

Inspires and teaches Minnesota high school students to use multimedia storytelling to share the stores of their lives and communities. (Best for: high school students)