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Faculty and Staff First-Generation Yearbook

Thank you for participating in the Yearbook!

Highlighting your experience as first-gen provides an incredible visibility to our community, and allows students to see how many of the professors, role models, and leaders on campus were able to navigate college successfully.

As a reminder of our definition: “A first-generation student is broadly defined as neither parent nor guardian having graduated with a bachelor’s degree from a 4-year college/university in the US.”

You can see the current yearbook here: 2026 Faculty & Staff First-Gen Yearbook

For any questions, please contact us at firstgen@salemstate.edu

Thank you for your support, and thank you for helping us being first-gen forward!
1.Preferred First Name
2.Last Name
3.Email address
4.Position / Title
5.Department
6.What was your undergraduate institution, and what made you choose it?
7.What was your graduate institution (if applicable)?
8.Optional information:
Preferred pronouns, Masters/Doctoral institution, were you part of a student organization? Part of a group/company you wish to highlight? Did an internship you wish to highlight?
9.Looking back, what advice would you give yourself as a new student entering college?
10.What three questions do you wish you had asked during your first 4 weeks of college/university?
11.How did you deal with the fear of failure or imposter syndrome as a first-gen student?
12.Who mentored you through your experience OR who inspired you to keep going
13.What do you believe there is to get out of an ideal "Salem State Experience"?
14.What was one thing that you are proud to have done as a student, that contributed to your success?
15.What is one thing that made you feel comfortable in your college experience, if any?
16.What is your hidden talent that students might not know about?
17.Please also include a photo that we can use in the yearbook - this can be a formal headshot OR a fun photo that shows your personality, whatever you prefer!
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Thank you for your support of the first-generation community at Salem State! The First-Generation Student Success Center will be putting together this information for the new Yearbook, and provide you with a draft to review before it is published on issuu! We truly appreciate your wisdom and time!