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Campus Bound Scholars 8th Annual Celebration

Meet Ruby

Meet Ruby Acquah, a scholar who is currently a freshman at SUNY Buffalo majoring in Biomedical engineering. "My goal is to work at a...

Bedford Magazine Features CBS

We love being called “Guiding Lights” by Bedford Magazine. Check out the full, very sweet article: http://www.townvibe.com/Bedford/Novemb...

Adopting a Growth Mindset

I’m a freshman at Rochester Institute of Technology. A couple of weeks ago I took my first test for my DC Circuits class. I had prepared...

Welcome 2018 Campus Bound Scholars!

We are proud to introduce our outstanding first gen college freshmen and their mentors! Our students will attend Barnard College, Harvard...

Jennifer Niola's Keynote Speech | June 2018

My name is Jennifer Niola, I am a 2017 Campus Bound Scholar and I am a proud Ecuadorian, first generation college student. For my family...

Google Helps First-Gen Students Build a Network!

If you’re reading this and you have a family and a college education, chances are good that at some point, you’ll help your kids with...

Congratulations to Our 2017 Campus Bound Scholars!

We are thrilled to introduce you to our 2017 Campus Bound Scholars. Their perseverance, determination, brains and heart will take them...

Getting Your Textbooks - Should You Buy, Rent, Borrow, or What?

Tips for getting your textbooks from MARIA CARRASCO, one of our Campus Bound Scholar Peer Mentors who is a junior at SUNY Albany. Here...

A Mentor's Thoughts

To me the greatest gift we have is the potential to help the next generation succeed. As parents that comes naturally, but how do we...

Peer Financial Advice

Hi guys! My name is Nikki, I’m a sophomore at Binghamton University, and I’m a Campus Bound Scholar. One of the biggest struggles first...

Student Spotlight: Luis

Meet Luis, one of our Campus Bound Scholars who is headed to Cornell University for the 2017 fall semester. Luis immigrated to America...

Advice from a Campus Bound Scholar

Say hello to Denisse and her mom! Denisse, a Campus Bound Scholar ’14, just finished her freshman year at Cornell University and has this...

Meet Michelle!

Being the first generation to go to college is pretty scary. Not just for me but for my parents as well. A mentor is supposed to be a...

Meet Our Campus Bound Scholars!

Pictured here are some of our outstanding scholars and their mentors gathered at our June 2016 reception. We’re so proud of all the...

Embrace Your Mistakes!

Andres Castillo, Princeton University sophomore, Campus Bound Scholar 2014 – 2015 As the first in my family to go college, I completely...

Hillary Clinton Supports Campus Bound Scholars

Campus Bound Scholars held a private farm table dinner benefit early in 2015 with very special guest of honor, Hillary Rodham Clinton!...

First Days

First Days can be filled with excitement and optimism. The first day of school. The first day of a new year. The first day of summer...

Laura Jaffe, Mentor