2025 First-Gen Student Support Summit

Save the date for the 2025 First-Gen Student Support Summit on Thursday, March 27, 2025! The Summit, will engage the community through a flipped-classroom approach with asynchronous, pre-recorded "lightning" sessions, an in-person and live-streamed keynote speaker, and zoom and in-person roundtable discussions. 

Theme & Agenda

The 2025 Summit Theme, "From Insights to Action," builds upon the past summits' insights to emphasize actionable, ready-to-implement strategies for professionals; addressing the growing demand for tangible tools to improve first-gen student success across Penn State. 

Staff and faculty with promising practices to share are encouraged to propose a lightning session. The call for proposals opens on December 2, 2024 and a link to the proposal form will be posted here at that time.