Career Education Graduate School and Career Preparation Fund

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Wellesley College Career Education is pleased to offer this new opportunity for employer partners to fund diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) programming that support our low-income, first-generation, and BIPOC students while strengthening and further diversifying the employee pipeline. Wellesley is committed to placing inclusive excellence at the center of the College experience and empowering all graduates to be a force for change in the world. We invite employers to join us to ensure that all of our graduates have equal opportunity to excel in graduate school and...

Resources for First Generation College Students

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Wellesley Career Education

Navigating the college experience is complex affair, especially if it is a new context for you and your family. Below you will find resources that illuminate pathways to success during the college experiences, as well as some financial, networking, and career opportunities geared toward first generation college students.

“I’m glad I decided to pursue Fulbright. It gave me an opportunity to share my unique experience as an immigrant and first-generation college student, not only with my Chinese colleagues, but also with other international students at Northwest University, who rarely meet Chinese Americans.“ 

“In a given week, I might be working with our program staff who are based around the US, Canada and the UK to design learning experiences for teachers; meeting with partner organizations to plan collaborative projects; consulting with filmmakers or scholars who want to reach students; or researching and writing about challenging issues for educators.... It’s probably unusual to stay at one place for so long, but I’ve always been able to answer ‘yes’ to a few key questions: Am I learning? Is my world getting bigger? Is my work making a difference?”