Join GCC in our sixth annual celebration of first-generation college students! Stop by the Core Lobby to grab a button or sticker and celebrate your peers. Meet 1st gen staff, faculty and student leaders;, join our scavenger hunt to win prizes and fill out a postcard to show your first-generation pride! A first-generation college student is often described as one whose parents or guardians do not have a four-year degree when the student starts college, but a 1st Gen student could be anyone who self-identifies as the first in their immediate family to attend college.