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CONVERSATIONS
First Lessons
First-generation students succeed in their first job with strategies
and relationships they gained as students.
by Camille Perlman
A
s a profession, we talk a lot about
supporting first-generation
students. We share plans and ideas
about infusing first-gen communities
with programming, advising, tutoring, and mentoring. With The Placement Exchange upon us, we began to
wonder what the experience of taking
those first steps into their first job
was like. The Talking Stick brought
together members who were first-gen
students themselves to talk about
how their experience as a student
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KNOWLEDGE
DOMAINS
TALKING STICK
in this article
prepared them for the workplace.
Participants in this conversation
are James Smith, director of engagement and development for residential
life at the University of California,
Riverside; Alex Belisario, senior director, college student life for Crown
and Merrill Colleges at the University
of California, Santa Cruz; and Margarita Malagon, director of housing
business services for housing and
residence life at Santa Clara University in California.
Talking Stick: What skills did you
learn as a first-gen student that you
took with you into your first professional position?
James Smith: I'm not sure if it was
learned, or just innate, but I have
always been an independent person
with a knack for just figuring it out.
As a parent of a first-gen student, my
mom had no clue what needed to
happen for class registration, financial aid, or the like. I took to reading
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Talking Stick - March/April 2019
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Talking Stick - March/April 2019
Talking Stick - March/April 2019
Vision
Just In
Calendar
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Facilities
Res Life
ACUHO-I Wall of Honor
Special Focus
Second Journey
Race On Campus
Conversations
First Takes
New Members
Snapshot
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Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - Vision
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Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - Just In
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Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - Calendar
Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - Your ACUHO-I
Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - Transitions
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Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - Facilities
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Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - Res Life
Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - ACUHO-I Wall of Honor
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Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - Special Focus
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Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - Second Journey
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Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - Race On Campus
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Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - Conversations
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Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - First Takes
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Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - New Members
Talking Stick - March/April 2019 - Snapshot
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