About Us

How do we support our mission?

Navigating higher education

Some of our initiatives that support this are:

• Ignatian Leaders
• Spring Clothing Swap
• Facilitation of the emergency fund for First-Gen and Veteran students
• Coordination of the Family and First Year Experience
• Money Smart Week
• Free ORCA passes
• Take a Break and De-Stress with Bunnies event series
• Academic and career-focused drop-in hours
• College access visits in collaboration with OMA
• Reidy Professional Closet
• Veterans Advisory Council
• First-Gen and Veterans Guidebook
• Graduating Student Resources
• TextX
• McGoldrick Lending Library
• Imprint
• First 2 Soar Mentor Program

Recognizing and removing barriers to success for marginalized populations

Some of our initiatives that support this are:

• Women Vet Lunch
• We Are First online database
• Transfer Advocate Campaign
• Reidy, Set, Go
• Ignite Mentor Program
• Outreach Eats
• First-Gen Fridays
• Pancake Mondays and portable snacks
• SU Veterans Community (SUVC)
• "I Am First" placards
• First-Gen Partners
• Veteran Peer Mentors
• Community Advisors
• "I Served" placards
• First-Gen Alumni Group

Utilizing efficient technologies and research

Some of our initiatives that support this are: 

• Researching alternative forms of communication for the Redhawk Resource Hub Desk
• Increasing our social media presence across spaces to build community
• Creating an online Lending Library catalog
• Creating a robust database of involvement entries through event/participation swiping
• Moving all forms to ConnectSU
• Staff and faculty First-Gen support training
• Staff and faculty Military Cultural Competence training
• Partnering with Strive for College
• Campus-wide communication via ConnectSU
• Assisting with the Common Text program, choosing texts that align with SU values

Celebrating student accomplishments and holistic development

Some of our initiatives that support this are: 

• Veteran and Military Graduation
• First-Gen Celebration
• Tau Sigma Honor Society (transfer students)
• Salute Honor Society (veterans)
• Transfer Week
• Celebrate First-Gen Day
• Veterans and Memorial Week
• First-Gen Week