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Knox College honors first-generation college graduates in the Class of 2016

Knox Honors "First-Generation" Graduates from Class of 2016

"When we called to tell them about a difficulty at school, an uncertainty as to what to do, what we heard back was their own uncertainty, also mixed with their love," Raley said. "‘I don't know what to tell you,' they would say. ‘But I know you're going to figure it out. You're so smart. I know you can do it.' We did do it."

Dean Laura Behling praised the comments from Raley and Sasaki, whom she called "remarkably inspirational people, as I think are all of you graduating seniors here."

Behling also thanked Knox staff members Laura Bush, Risa Lopez, and Stephanie Kennedy for organizing the reception. Lopez is director of the TRIO Achievement Program, and Kennedy is its assistant director. Bush is the Center for Teaching & Learning's student success coordinator, a new position funded by a Mellon Foundation grant.