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Most first-generation initiatives can be found within the Student Success Initiatives (SSI) office.

Join in celebrating the 14,000+ students on campus who identify as being first-generation college students and celebrating the many faculty and staff on campus who were first-generation college students themselves.

Student Success Initiatives’s Summer Bridge Scholars are students who are awarded a scholarship to attend the Freshman Edge Summer Program, a 6-week program designed to provide incoming UC Irvine students an opportunity to make the best possible academic and social transition to UC Irvine. Students earn UC Irvine credit and get a head start working towards their degree while meeting other new students, staff and faculty. After the summer, Scholars receive additional benefits including personalized guidance from a professional staff member, peer mentoring, priority enrollment, tutoring scholarships, skill-building workshops, and community-building opportunities.

Housed within Student Success Initiatives in the Division of Undergraduate Education, the TRIO Scholars Program offers approximately 140 participants academic, social, personal, and career advising and support from orientation until graduation. The TRIO Scholars Program is a federally funded program, awarded by the U.S Department of Education, that was established in 2015. Funded under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, Student Success Initiatives provides opportunities aimed at enhancing students’ academic development, assisting students with their academic progress, and motivating students towards the successful completion of their post-secondary education. Participation is based on eligibility requirements.

We Are UCI: Redefining Student Success is a podcast where the students can share their stories of strength and resilience. Episodes feature candid conversations with students about the personal, social and educational experiences that have shaped their pursuit of success at UC Irvine. We Are UCI: Redefining Student Success is available to stream and download at iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and wherever else you listen to your podcasts.

The Gateway Initiative is a set of services designed to provide low-income, first-generation students with the necessary resources, academic skills, and appropriate referrals that will allow them to reach their maximum personal, academic, and career potential.

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