{"id":131784,"date":"2026-08-25T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=131784"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:24:28","slug":"are-you-a-first-gen-faculty-or-staff-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/are-you-a-first-gen-faculty-or-staff-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You a First-Gen Faculty or Staff Member?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back! I&#8217;m working to better understand and connect with the first-generation community at OWU \u2014 including the faculty and staff who bring their own first-gen experiences to our campus. If you identify as a first-generation college graduate, I invite you to complete this brief form. The information collected will help us better understand who our first-gen faculty and staff are and explore opportunities to connect, engage, and support our First-Gen OWU community. Please contact me at <a href=\"mailto:tjsmekens@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tjsmekens@owu.edu<\/a>\u00a0with any questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/oUs79pUxBU94LWEf6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/forms.gle\/oUs79pUxBU94LWEf6&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787667716499000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1heaBWtW4hGJUQsY6fku7r\">Complete the First-Gen Faculty &amp; Staff Form<\/a>\u00a0Link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/oUs79pUxBU94LWEf6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/forms.gle\/oUs79pUxBU94LWEf6&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787667716499000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1heaBWtW4hGJUQsY6fku7r\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/<wbr \/>oUs79pUxBU94LWEf6<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for helping us build a stronger picture of our first-gen community at OWU!<\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: The Palmer Center for First-Generation Student Success<br \/>\nContact: Thea Smekens at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tjsmekens@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tjsmekens@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back! I&#8217;m working to better understand and connect with the first-generation community at OWU \u2014 including the faculty and staff who bring their own first-gen experiences to our campus. If you identify as a first-generation college graduate, I invite you to complete this brief form. The information collected will help us better understand who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facultystaff-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131785,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131784\/revisions\/131785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}