Convention displays Lasallian values
First Generation convention highlights diversity of college, research opportunities for anthropology, sociology department
Casey O'Brien
Issue date: 5/1/07 Section: News
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Benmayor then gave insight into these identities. One of her interviewees explained that she was accustomed to, "seeing [her] father wake up at three or four in the morning every day to go to work, and come home late, like around nine or ten." Another problem that first generation students may have is fitting in. "First generation students sometimes have trouble integrating themselves onto the college community, making connections, and forming relationships," she said.
Benmayor continued her keynote address which explained resistance and cultural citizenship. According to Benmayor, "Cultural citizenship refers to the way people organize their values, their beliefs about their rights, and their practices based on their sense of cultural belonging rather than on formal status as a citizen of a nation."
The anthropology and sociology departments will continue the First Generation Project in order to maximize the benefits of college for these students. "The First Generation Project expresses the Lasallian Mission: to enter to learn, and leave to serve," said Gallagher.
Benmayor continued her keynote address which explained resistance and cultural citizenship. According to Benmayor, "Cultural citizenship refers to the way people organize their values, their beliefs about their rights, and their practices based on their sense of cultural belonging rather than on formal status as a citizen of a nation."
The anthropology and sociology departments will continue the First Generation Project in order to maximize the benefits of college for these students. "The First Generation Project expresses the Lasallian Mission: to enter to learn, and leave to serve," said Gallagher.