About Triton Firsts: First Gen Community
As of fall 2017, 39% (11,109) of UC San Diego’s undergraduate students identify as a first-generation college student. UC San Diego recognizes that first-generation college students face unique barriers to success, but we also celebrate and note the strengths and talents they bring to the campus community.
To provide greater support for UC San Diego’s first-generation college students, Triton Firsts is a comprehensive initiative to engage first-generation professors, lecturers, researchers, staff, graduate students, and alumni at UC San Diego to inspire and equip first-generation students to excel during their undergraduate journeys.
This initiative invites faculty who were also the first in their families to graduate from college to support first-generation students through:
- Sharing their stories of resilience, setbacks, and success
- Participating in high-impact faculty-student interactions
- Collaborating with campus departments to provide a culture of support for first-generation college students.
Student Success Programs
Student Success Coaching Program
Coaching provides support to incoming and continuing first-generation college students, helping them to achieve their goals and dreams.
Undocumented Student Services
Undocumented Student Services office is committed to serving our undocumented students through a holistic approach
Transfer Student Success
Transfer Student Success provides resources, services, and programs to empower Triton Transfers to achieve their goals as they navigate UC San Diego's academic and cultural landscape.
Student Veteran Resource Center
The Student Veterans Resource Center (SVRC) is committed to the success of our military-connected students. We serve student veterans, military service members, their family members, and ROTC.
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Email: firstgentritons@ucsd.edu 
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Location: Student Service Center, 5th Floor, Suite 562 Room 572 
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Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:40 pm 
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Mailing Address: Triton Firsts
9500 Gilman Drive, #0048
La Jolla, CA 92093-0048
All programs and initiatives coordinated by the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life and its units are designed and implemented in full compliance with Proposition 209 and the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy.
More information about Proposition 209 can be found here.
More information about the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy can be found here.