James Madison University is celebrating the graduation of the first ever cohort from its Valley Scholars program. 17 students from around the Valley graduated from JMU this spring becoming the first college graduates in their families.
First-generation college students face unique challenges and programs that ease their transition helps ensure their success, recent JMU graduate Xaiver Williams and JMU President Jonathan R. Alger write in a guest column.
Seventeen graduates from James Madison University and the Shenandoah Valley have earned college degrees – and are the first in their families to achieve the honor.
FAYETTEVILLE More than 4,000 students will walk during this spring s commencement for the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and several notable speakers will address graduates, including an Olympic gold medalist who won a national championship while running for the Razorbacks.
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