Trial by fire: The experience of navigating college as a first-gen
Kaysea Suzana | Assistant Entertainment Director FIU defines a “first-gen” as a student whose parents had not earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. I fall…
Kaysea Suzana | Assistant Entertainment Director FIU defines a “first-gen” as a student whose parents had not earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. I fall…
Bernardo Mandalho / Contributing Writer Moving to the U.S. from Brazil was a drastic change but experiencing new cultures gave me a fresh perspective on…
Sergey Podlesnykh/Staff Writer For most of my Russian friends, I am “Sergey from America”. For most of my American ones, I am “Sergey, the Russian”….
Belen Sassone/Staff Writer Immigrating to the United States is not an easy feat. No one wakes up one morning and decides to leave the life…
Americans may feel threatened by the mass influx of immigrants, creating this idea that there will be less jobs available for them, but that is not the case. Many immigrants come here, running from fear of persecution, with no means of income, searching for a healthier environment for themselves, and their families.
The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 is a Senate bill that, if passed, would be responsible for the strengthening of border security alongside the legalization of approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants.
An editorial on FIU offering a tuition waiver for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
Beginning fall 2013, FIU will be the first public college to offer a non-resident tuition waiver to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students, allowing them to pay in-state tuition that is one-third the cost of out-of-state tuition.
University leadership, faculty, staff, students and community members gathered to aid the nearly 40 percent students that will be the first generation in their families to graduate from college.