
Empowering First
The Empowering First Community for sophomores is located Woodruff; juniors and seniors are housed in the Clairmont Residential Center (CRC). Students selected to be a part of this community will help to strengthen first-gen students’ self-affirmation, sense of belonging, social capital, and community. While living together, these students will serve as student ambassadors, student advocates, peer mentors and programmers for the Emory first-gen community. Participants will be supported by leadership development activities, community building events, and regular direct engagement with Dr. Ana Catarina Teixeira, a faculty member in the Spanish and Portuguese Department, who is herself a first-gen graduate.
The Empowering First Community aims to provide an intentional residential and learning experience for first-generation college students, that builds on current resources and opportunities and works in tandem with offices, faculty, and staff who are committed to the success of Emory’s diverse first-gen undergraduate student population.
Students selected to be a part of this community, will help to strengthen first-gen students’ self-affirmation, sense of belonging, social capital, and community. Selected students will serve as student ambassadors, student advocates, peer mentors and programmers for the Emory first-gen community. Participants will be supported by leadership development activities, community building events, and regular direct engagement with a Faculty Director, who is herself a first-gen graduate.
For more information about participation in the program from other residential spaces, please contact Dr. Linda Bachman, Director of Residence Education, linda.page.bachman@emory.edu.