Montana State opened the Forge hub for first-generation students
Montana State opened Forge in Strand Union 102 as a single stop for advising, scholarships, and workshops during National Nontraditional Student Week. Student Aidan Walker says Forge scholarships kept him enrolled.
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Montana State University opened Forge in Strand Union room 102 during National Nontraditional Student Week, KULR8 reported. The hub is meant as a single stop, a place with no wrong door, for advising, scholarships, and workshops aimed at first-generation and nontraditional students.
Student Aidan Walker credits Forge scholarships with keeping him enrolled. The opening is a new front door for that help, not a claim that every student who walks in will get the same award.
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Montana State University in Bozeman opened a room called Forge inside the Strand Union Building, room 102. It is a place for students who are the first in their family to go to college, and for students who did not take a straight path from high school. Staff there can help with advising, scholarships, and workshops. The university calls it a door where you will not be sent away for asking the wrong question. Student Aidan Walker says scholarships through Forge helped him stay in school. The hub opened during National Nontraditional Student Week.
- What does first-generation student mean?
- Why would one campus office for questions be easier than many offices?
- How can a scholarship change whether someone stays in school?
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