NEILL AND KATIE...
FOR FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE
STUDENTS...
WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE
REPRESENTS ACCOMPLISHMENT AND
SUCCESS THAT RESONATES
THROUGHOUT AN ENTIRE FAMILY.
DESPITE COVID-19...MANY ARE
FINDING WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST
OUT OF SUCH A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT.
KASIE SANDS
KASIE SANDS DESCRIBES HOW SHE
FELT AFTER FINDING OUT SHE
AND SO MANY OTHER GRADUATES AT
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
WOULD NOT HAVE A TRADITIONAL
GRADUATION CEREMONY
BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
SHE'S A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE
STUDENT SO THIS MOMENT
IN TIME MEANT A GREAT DEAL.
4:04-MY PARENTS DIDNT HAVE MUCH
OF A CHANCE TO GO TO COLLEGE.
MY DAD CAME FROM VERY RURAL
FARMING FAMILY AND SO WE CAME
FROM DIRT POOR AND WEVE WORKED
OUR WAY UP. SO IM SO PROUD AND
SO GRATEFUL FOR MY PARENTS
HELPING ME OUT DURING
THIS JOURNEY.
CHRISTOPHER RAVILLE...ANOTHER
FIRST TIME COLLEGE STUDENT AND
GRAD WILL BE RECEIVING HIS
DEGREE FROM ELON UNIVERSITY.
CHRISTOPHER RAVILLE
NAVIGATING THROUGH HIS COLLEGE
JOURNEY AS A FIRST
GENERATION STUDENT--HE HAD TO DO
A LOT OF THINGS ON HIS
OWN.
1:39-EVERY KIND OF EXPERIENCE
THAT I THINK IS UNIQUE TO THE
COLLEGE EXPERIENCE IS SOMETHING
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT FOR FIRST GENERATION
COLLEGE STUDENTS YOU
KNOW MOVE IN DAY I MOVED MYSELF
IN. AND EVEN THOUGH IT WON'T BE
THE SAME--GRADUATES LIKE KASIE
SANDS STILL PLAN ON CELEBRATING.
AND HAVE THIS MESSAGE TO SHARE
WITH THE ENTIRE CLASS OF 2020.
CR
KS
CHRISTOPHER SHARED WITH ME THAT
ONCE IT'S SAFE
TO TRAVEL AGAIN...HE'S GOING TO
CELEBRATE WITH A NICE
TRIP.
KASIE IS PLANNING A DRIVE-BY
CELEBRATION FOR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
LIVE IN GREENSBORO...D ANIELLE
JACKSON...FOX 8
NEWS.
NEILL
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