First Generation Initiative Scholarship

The First Generation Initiative Scholarship aims to help a current first generation college student attending WIU. It supports WIU students who have shown dedication to connecting to WIU early in their college career and first in their family to attend a 4 year institution.

-First Generation college student
-Freshman
-2.25 Fall GPA
-Financial Need
-Any major
-Evidence of Connecting to WIU during First Semester of College
_Personal Statement on what being a first-generation college student has meant to the student how being connected to campus has assisted their educational endeavors