North Central Cardinal First, Naperville, IL Videos
Videos by North Central Cardinal First in Naperville. Cardinal First is North Central College's program for first-generation college students.
This week’s Alumni Spotlight shines on Erick Flores ‘22. Erick earned a bachelor’s degree in Music. Now he’s a substitute teacher in district Aurora 131.
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This week’s Alumni Spotlight shines on Erick Flores ‘22. Erick earned a bachelor’s degree in Music. Now he’s a substitute teacher in district Aurora 131.
The First-gen team was so happy to welcome our 900+ #firstgen students today for the first day of classes at North Central College. #celebratefirstgen
This week’s Alumni Spotlight shines on Allison Hillman ’08. She earned a bachelor’s degree in K-12 Art Education. Since her time at North Central she taught from kindergarten to students at the college level in the public school, private school, and even home school.
This week's Alumni Spotlight shines on Oscar Casas M'23 who earned a master’s in Organizational Leadership. Oscar works as a Sr. Financial Institution & Supervisory Policy Analyst at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and he was a presenter at last weeks' Cardinal First Alumni Academy. Thank you, Oscar, for sharing your wisdom and helping us move #firstgenforward.
This week’s Alumni Spotlight shines on Kim Wilson '16|M '18, who majored in sociology and criminal justice, and earned her masters North Central College in professional leadership. Kim is an eCommerce Senior Manager for Kraft Heinz, managing the U.S. supply chain business for Amazon in downtown Chicago. Her advice for first-gen students is, "Never underestimate the impact of making meanigful connections with people. Your network is your net worth. Who you know, and learn from, will take you a long way." #FirstgenForward #cardinalfirst #NCAlumni
Halfway There - our Cardinal First 2025s (sophomores) celebrating being halfway to their goal of earning a college degree North Central College. #FirstgenForward #celebrationfirst
The Importance of Seizing Opportunities; My Journey to a Career in Major League Baseball
The Importance of Seizing Opportunities: My Journey to A Career in Major League Baseball with Jorge Guzman, Sport Management major, Class of 2018 North Central College. This event part of our Cardinal First Alumni Academy + virtual series. #FirstgenForward
Navigating A Career in Journalism as a First-gen Professional
Navigating a Career in Journalism as a First-gen Professional with Eduardo Sanchez '16 - proud first-gen alumnus of North Central College.
The Life of A First-gen PhD Student
The Life of A PhD Student - Cardinal First Alumni Academy + event featuring five first-gen North Central College and Cardinal First alums now PhD candidates.
Tanner Cassidy '18 | Music Theory at UC Santa Barbara
Melanie Garcia '21 | Neurobiology at Clemson University
Piilani Noguchi '21 | Quantitative & Chemical Biology at Vanderbilt Univ.
Brandi Pessman '19 | Biological Sciences at Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
Carlos Daniel Santamaria '21 | Biomedical Science at Mayo Clinic
Empowering Informed Career Decisions
First-gen alumnus Carli Franks '05 presents "Empowering Informed Career Decisions with Research, Data and Self-Awareness". #FirstgenForward
Health Science Graduate Program Planning with 2 first-gen OT Students
Health Science Graduation Programs Planning with Cardinal First alumni NIkki Novak '20/MOT'22 and Cilla Prato '20/MOT'22 and first-gen professor Kelly Frystak (MOT). #FirstgenForward
Air Force Brig. Gen. Stacy Jo Huser '94
Today's First-gen Alumni Spotlight shines on Air Force Brigadier General Stacy Jo Huser '96 (Psychology), who currently serves as the Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator for Military Application with the Office of Defense Programs. She has sage advice for our first-gen students and alumni. #FirstgenForward #CelebrateFirstGen #nccardinalpride #airforce North Central College Department of Psychology
First-gen Story Project Launch
First-gen Story Project Launch featuring the stories of Grace Watson '23 and Te'anna Jones '22 and facilitated by first-gen professors Sophie Hand (French) and John Stanley (Communication). #FirstgenForward