First-Generation at UMD

Join First Gen Club THIS Monday, February 27th @7 pm in Kirby Garden Room 🎉 All are welcome to this financial aid workshop!

Resume Workshop TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 1st 🎉

Join us for FREE pizza and community on October 4th @ 6 pm in the Kirby Gichigami Room! 🎉

Tabling today in Kirby Center! Join us to learn more about the First Generation Club 🥳

*Meet the Executive Board*

Name: Madison Suess
Current Club Position: Secretary
Year in School: First Year Medical Student
Hometown: New Ulm, MN
Other Clubs: Family Medicine Interest Group and HOPE Clinic Board
Favorite Thing about the Club: I'm excited to help provide opportunities and mentorship to other First-Gen students that were not provided to me!
Favorite Quote: "Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are" - Noah Porter
Favorite Food: Pasta
Favorite Movie: Cool Runnings
Favorite Tv show: Grey's Anatomy

*Meet the Executive Board*

Name: Lanae Sieben
Club Position: Vice President
Year: First Year Medical Student
Hometown: Royalton, MN
Other Clubs: Intramural Volleyball, Softball and Broom-ball, Family Medicine Interest Group, Surgery Interest Group, Catholic Medical Association, Christian Medical Dental Association
Favorite thing about this club: Finding a community to share this unique path with
Favorite Quote: First, Do No Harm
Favorite Food: Anything Italian
Favorite Music: Taylor Swift
Fav movie/Tv show: Friends

*Meet the Executive Board*

Name: Melinda Kassandra Lopez
Current club position: Treasurer
Year in school: First year medical student
Hometown: Truman, MN
Other Clubs: Latino Medical Student Association, Hands-on Advocacy, Women in Surgery, Medical Spanish Interest Group, Christian Medical and Dental Association, Pediatric Interest Group, Broom-ball Intramural
Favorite thing about this club: Supporting the growth and networking of fellow first-generation students while cultivating success and friendships!
Fav quote: “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them,” - Walt Disney
Fav Food: Bunuelos
Fav music: Disney classical music
Fav movie/tv show: Aladdin and all Marvel movies!

*Meet the Executive Board*

Name: Erin Steinke
Current club position: President
Year in school: First Year Medical Student
Hometown: Stephen, MN
Other Clubs: Christian Medical and Dental Association
Favorite thing about this club: spending time with other group members, building friendships and making memories
Fav quote: “Its not what someone is born, but what they grow to be”- Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and The Goblet Fire
Fav Food: spaghetti
Fav music: 70s classic rock
Fav movie/tv show: Jane the Virgin and Marvel movies

Our first tabling event TODAY at Kirby Ballroom from 11 am - 2 pm :)

Are you first-generation?


First-generation college students are students whose parents did not complete a four-year college or university degree.

Come visit us TODAY! We have snacks and information! :)

Welcome to the University of Minnesota First-Generation Student Club Page!


The mission of this club will be to provide first-generation students with opportunity, networking, mentorship, and application building to promote academic success.