Within the confines of my small hometown, I had never viewed my first generation identity as anything particularly special. It wasn’t until I applied to the University of Alabama that I realized that...

Nick and Terry Saban; Mark Nelson, dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences; and roughly 20 percent of the UA student population have one thing in common: They are all the first generation...

The University of Alabama celebrates tradition. In many families, football Saturdays and all-nighters in Gorgas are passed from one generation to the next, and some students know the ropes years before...