Jam Bingo For Mocktails & Mingle: First-Gen

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

• Find someone who can recommend a mocktail and try it+
• Find someone who is the oldest sibling and ask how many siblings+
• Find someone who commutes to campus and ask how far+
• Find someone in a different major and guess what it is+
• Find someone who works on campus and ask where+
• Find someone with a study tip and write it down+

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

• Ask a first-gen alumnus what their first year was like+
• Ask a staff member who was first-gen what helped them most+
• Ask someone about their goal for this semester+
• Ask someone who wants to go to grad school what field and why+
• Ask the oldest sibling what they've taught their younger siblings about college+
• Ask someone which campus resource they'd recommend+
• Ask someone how they make time to study with a job+
• Ask someone what they wish they'd known before starting college+
• Ask someone how their family feels about them being first-gen+
• Ask an alumnus what job they have now and how they got it+

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

• Ask a first-gen alumnus about the moment they knew they'd graduate+
• Challenge someone to name one person who made college possible for them+
• Ask a staff member what they'd tell their first-gen student self+
• Ask someone about something they had to figure out alone and how they did it+
• Challenge an alumnus to give a student one step for this semester+
• Ask someone what they want their family to know about college life+
• Ask someone about a time they felt like they didn't belong and what changed+
• Swap one goal with someone and plan a check-in before finals+
• Ask someone what being first-gen has given them that others might not have+
• Ask someone what they'd want the next first-gen student to have+
• Ask a first-gen alumnus what their first year was like+
• Ask a staff member who was first-gen what helped them most+
• Ask someone about their goal for this semester+
• Ask someone who wants to go to grad school what field and why+
• Ask the oldest sibling what they've taught their younger siblings about college+
• Ask someone which campus resource they'd recommend+
• Ask someone how they make time to study with a job+
• Ask someone what they wish they'd known before starting college+
• Ask someone how their family feels about them being first-gen+
• Ask an alumnus what job they have now and how they got it+