Sat, Nov 05
|Georgia Gwinnett College
4th Annual Leadership Summit
The theme of this year's conference centers around the perseverance, integrity, and adaptability of first-generation students and how when we RISE, we achieve more, learn more, and do more.
Time & Location
Nov 05, 2022, 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Georgia Gwinnett College, 1000 University Center Ln, Lawrenceville, GA 30043, USA
About the event
View our full event page: https://www.georgiafirstgen.org/2022-leadership-summit
Keynote Speaker
Augustine Jimenez, Program Associate, Achieve Atlanta Augustine Jimenez was born in Los Angeles, grew up in Mexico, and is now a proud Atlanta resident. He is the son of Mexican immigrants who came to the U.S. in search of a better life, and in 2020 he graduated from Boston University as a Posse Scholar and a first-generation, low-income student. In 2019, he was selected as the Harry S. Truman Scholar from Georgia. Augustine currently works as a Program Associate at Achieve Atlanta, a higher education non-profit that also funded his college studies. He also serves in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Augustine hopes to pursue a career that gives back to the communities that have uplifted him.
Conference Schedule
8:30 AM Check In 9:00 AM Opening Ceremony
9:30 AM Keynote Address
1:30 PM FirstGen Student Panel 2:30 PM Closing Ceremony
10:00 AM College Sessions
- STEM Session
- Education Session
- ITEC Session
- Psychology & Human Sciences Session
- Health Sciences Session
11:00 AM College Tour & Lunch 12:30 PM Career Sessions
- Health Sciences Session
- Business Session
- Information Technology Session
- Engineering Session
1:30 PM FirstGen Student Panel
2:30 PM Closing Ceremony