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Celebrating UC Irvine’s First-Gen Community: Highlights from UCI First-Gen Week 2023
The University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) is a proud supporter of first-generation (first-gen) students, faculty, and staff. To honor UC Irvine’s incredible first-gen community of over 14,000, UCI Student Success Initiatives (SSI) hosts an annual celebration...
UC Irvine Student Carolina Llerenas Wins Prestigious Regents Foster Youth Award
The UCI Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, Division of Undergraduate Education, and Student Success Initiatives are excited to announce that University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) student Carolina Llerenas has been selected for this year’s...
The OVPTL Celebrates New Appointments for SSI’s Kevin Huie and Joanna Hernandez
As the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (OVPTL) continues to expand its impact on student success on campus, we are excited to announce two new leadership appointments within our organization. On December 1, 2022, we were thrilled to welcome...
UCI Celebrates First-Gen Day 2022
On November 8, UCI Student Success Initiatives (SSI) partnered with the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), the Center for First-generation Student Success, and other institutions of higher education across the country to celebrate the sixth annual...
First Things First Named CASE 2022 Best of District VII Award Winner
We at the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (OVPTL) are happy to announce that our submission for First Things First: Video Mentorship Project for First-Year, First-Gen Students has been selected as a CASE 2022 Best of CASE District VII Award...
Support UCI Student Success Initiatives, Support Students of Color
Wednesday, May 18 is UCI Giving Day 2022. On this day, we invite you to support UCI Student Success Initiatives (SSI). SSI supports traditionally underrepresented student populations at UCI with some of the best student programs in the nation. This Giving Day, all...
Joanna Hernandez Wins This Year’s LEAD Distinguished Staff Leadership Award
We are thrilled to announce that Joanna Hernandez (Director of the UCI Transfer Student Center & Assistant Director for UCI Student Success Initiatives) has won this year’s Latino Excellence and Achievement Dinner (LEAD) Distinguished Staff Leadership Award!...
Being the Future: New Course Welcomes First-Gen Students to the School of Humanities
Transitioning to life at UCI comes with a steep learning curve. This is especially true for first-gen students, who aren’t always sure what to expect when they walk onto campus for the first time. If you asked, many first-gen students would describe their first...
Introducing the New Director of the First Generation Faculty Initiative!
As we celebrate UCI First-Gen Day on November 8, 2021, we would like to highlight some of the incredible ways that first-gen faculty are supporting UCI’s first-gen community. This article is dedicated to first-gen faculty member Long T. Bui and his plans as the new...
Your Impact at UCI: Supporting SSI
Every year, Student Success Initiatives (SSI) offers programs, services, and resources that support UCI’s diverse student body. As a unit, we are committed to creating equitable and inclusive environments for students of all backgrounds. In addition to helping our...
