FLI @ Barnard

First-Generation Student Initiatives (FLI) at Barnard

Barnard College’s First-Generation Student Initiatives, a part of the Access Barnard's Office, provides support, training, and programming to the College’s highly diverse student body, working with students, faculty, and other campus offices to create a positive experience for underrepresented students. Access Barnard is invested in your development both inside and outside of the classroom. We provide ongoing workshops and panels on various topics, professional development workshops, networking opportunities with faculty and administrators, and much more!

Through Access Barnard, the First-Generation Student Initiatives  (FLI) at Barnard is committed to providing resources and support to all students who identify with the first-generation and/or low-income college experience. Our goal in executing the FLI program is for students to use our office resources to find the support and enrichment they need to achieve academic success and discover their own capabilities in accordance with the College’s mission statement.

2 bear paws cross in a circle showing Barnard FLI partnership library

FLI Partnership Library

The Barnard FLI Partnership Library provides textbooks and other course materials for first-generation and/or low-income students.

Jemma Gedeon

Jemima Gedeon

Meet the Director of First-Generation Student Initiatives 

Barnard runner statue on campus in summer

FLI Student Advisory Board

We have named seven student representatives to our First-Generation/Low-Income Student Advisory Board.

Several Barnard students posed in a group

Peer Academic Leader (PAL) Program

PALs seek to assist first-year, first-generation students with the transition to college through weekly meetings and “advising” sessions.