Your college campus resource guide: San Francisco State University
Whether you’re looking for academic help, mental health services, career guidance, or a sense of community, SFSU offers so much more than you might realize! SFSU student Trinity Brown made this guide to help you find what you need and remind you that you don’t have to navigate college life alone.
Waves of Change: Stories of Men of Color in Higher Education
Education should be a bridge to opportunities rather than a barrier. We hope this conversation helps current and future college students feel understood, connected, and inspired.
A future professor, lawyer, and medical assistant share about their internship experiences
For many young people, an internship can change their career and life trajectory. Yet, 70+% of first-generation college students are missing out on internships. Making Waves has a created a new fund to support students to say “yes” to opportunities they might otherwise have to turn down due to financial barriers. Here are some of their stories.
Planning to Be a Nurse? Here is Your Nursing Program Admission Guide
From completing the correct nursing program prerequisites to earning competitive grades, there are many potential pitfalls along the way to getting admitted into a nursing program. Here are four steps to apply to a nursing program.
My Grad School Journey: Financial and Career Considerations for a Master’s Degree
Danielle Hall joins the Making Waves podcast to discuss her journey through graduate school and what financial and career considerations she made to obtain her master’s degree.
Staying Healthy in College: Five Must-Know Wellness Resources for Students
When you first start college, you don’t always know the resources around you. These tips and resources are here to help you take care of your overall wellness. Taking care of yourself allows you to have better connections, better study habits, and overall impacts your mental and physical wellbeing in a positive manner.
Financial journey as a first-gen student: from first-gen college grad to chief operating officer
Erick Roa, COO at Making Waves, discusses the challenges like financial challenges and social pressures that come with being a first-gen college student as well as the benefits to pursuing higher education like increased economic mobility, earning potential, and expanded career opportunities.
My journey embracing a college almost 3,000 miles away from my hometown
Attending college away from your hometown or home state isn’t always easy. But you can become more independent, confident, and open minded. Second year USC student Naaji Joseph breaks down resources to navigate attending a college far from home.
Navigating career fairs: your top questions answered
Let’s be real: career fairs can be intimidating. This Q&A between Wave-Maker Giovanna Barragan and Career Development Manager Kaitlyn Endo answers common questions on how to prep for and make the most of your campus’ career fair this spring.
Unlocking the financial value of internships: long-term and short-term gains
Here is how to evaluate the financial value of internships. Should you be thinking long-term gains or focusing on short-term perks? Let’s break it down!
Five reasons why enrolling full-time in college is a game-changer
Why enroll full-time in college courses? More financial aid, faster graduation time, earlier start to your career, less stress, and more connections.
Uniting science, accessibility, and community in academia
“Sometimes lab research can feel very impersonal, but I really enjoy the interpersonal interactions and the community aspect of science,” shared Ysabel David (she/her), a first-gen college student and graduating senior at Scripps who is sharing about her path finding community and pursuing her passions for science, dance, and DEIB.