Jam Bingo For First-Gen Celebration

6 prompts. Fast, light-hearted prompts. People find a match, laugh, and move on.

• Find someone who speaks more than one language at home and learn to say hello in it+
• Find a student in their first year and ask which building they got lost in first+
• Find someone who changed majors and guess what they switched from+
• Find a family member who traveled to be here and ask how far they came+
• Find someone who plans to go to grad school and ask which field+
• Find someone who works while going to school and ask about their job+

10 prompts. Each prompt asks for a story, a tip, or an opinion.

• Ask someone in their first year what has surprised them most about college+
• Ask a faculty member who was first-gen what they wish someone had told them+
• Ask a first-gen alumnus what their family said on graduation day+
• Ask someone which campus resource they'd tell every new student about+
• Ask a staff member for one tip first-gen students often miss+
• Ask someone how they balance work and classes in a normal week+
• Ask a family member what they're proudest of about their student+
• Ask someone who changed majors how they knew it was time+
• Ask an alumnus what their first paycheck after college felt like+
• Ask someone what being first-gen means to them in one word+

20 prompts. Ask-and-challenge prompts for longer conversations people remember.

• Ask a first-gen alumnus about a moment they almost quit and what kept them going+
• Challenge someone to name one person who made college possible for them and share why+
• Ask a faculty member how being first-gen shapes the way they teach+
• Ask someone what they had to figure out alone that others already knew+
• Challenge a student and an alumnus to swap one fear and one piece of advice+
• Ask a family member what they'd want other first-gen families to know+
• Ask someone about a tradition from home they brought with them to campus+
• Ask an alumnus how they explained their career to their family the first time+
• Ask someone what they'd tell a first-gen high school student tonight+
• Ask someone what they want the next first-gen student in their family to have that they didn't+
• Ask someone in their first year what has surprised them most about college+
• Ask a faculty member who was first-gen what they wish someone had told them+
• Ask a first-gen alumnus what their family said on graduation day+
• Ask someone which campus resource they'd tell every new student about+
• Ask a staff member for one tip first-gen students often miss+
• Ask someone how they balance work and classes in a normal week+
• Ask a family member what they're proudest of about their student+
• Ask someone who changed majors how they knew it was time+
• Ask an alumnus what their first paycheck after college felt like+
• Ask someone what being first-gen means to them in one word+