Join us in celebrating our first-generation students, faculty, and staff at our annual National First-Gen Celebration. The National First-Gen Celebration highlights the importance of the first-generation college student experience. We honor the resilitance and determination to be the first in the family to receive a bachelor's degree.  We will start off the celebration with some mingling and getting acquainted, followed by the official launch of our UIS 1st Generation Initiative, and an inspiring keynote presentation by Patti Piotrowski, University Librarian and Dean of Library Instructional Services and proud former first-generation college student.