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Hype music and large glow sticks pounded the air in the Kiva as Nov. 8’s I AM FIRST celebration marked the middle of I AM FIRST Week at ��������. The weeklong series of events honors first-generation college students, those students who are or will be the first in their family to complete a bachelor’s degree.

While it can be difficult to navigate college as a first-generation college student, attendees like Ivory Kendrick, a first-generation sophomore public health major from Ravenna, look at it in a positive way.

“Use it as a way to embrace where you came from instead of just being like ‘oh, it’s a downside’ because if anything, it’s not. It empowers you to do more,” Kendrick said.

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