INTERNATIONAL EELPOUT FESTIVAL
WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 22nd
FEBRUARY 22nd THROUGH THE
25th.
>> DENNIS: IT WAS A CELEBRATORY
DAY AT CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE
THIS WEEK AS THE SCHOOL
RECOGNIZED ITS FIRST GENERATION
STUDENTS.
A FIRST GENERATION STUDENT IS A
STUDENT WHO WAS THE FIRST IN
THEIR FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE
AND PURSUE A DEGREE.
FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS
ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY 70% OF CLC
STUDENTS, AND MANY ARE FINDING
SUCCESS, INCLUDING THE CURRENT
STUDENT SENATE PRESIDENT.
>> TO BE A FIRST GENERATION
MEANS A LOT TO ME.
COMING WHERE I COME FROM, I'M
NOT EXPECTED TO BE HERE.
I USE IT AS A CHALLENGE KIND OF,
AND I TRY TO OVERCOME THAT.
IT MEANS A LOT TO MY FAMILY,
TOO, SO I REALLY TAKE PRIDE IN
THAT.
MY MOM OR MY DAD, THEY DIDN'T
EVEN GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO FOR ME TO COME TO COLLEGE AND
NOW BECOME STUDENT CENTER
PRESIDENT, IT JUST MAKES MY
PARENTS PROUD AND THAT MEANS
SOMETHING TO ME.
>> DENNIS: MANY FIRST GENERATION
STUDENTS AT CLC TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF RESOURCES SUCH AS THE TRIO
