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.
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.
During your internship or job search, you may be asked to provide a potential employer with a list of references. “Reference checks” usually happen at the end of an interview process, to which employers typically refer to the references you provided to carry out a “professional background check”. It’s a way for employers to fact-check information gathered from your resume and interview answers, and gain additional context about your work performance, skills, and fit for the role.
Starting in the 2025-26 academic year, we’re restructuring our Making Waves coaching model to better support your path to economic mobility – earning your degree, gaining work experience, and building long-term financial stability. You’ll now have a college coach, career coach, and financial coach.
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.
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.
Are you ready to take control of your financial future but are unsure where to start? Join us for an insightful webinar with Richard Amaechi, a Financial Consultant at Fidelity Investments, a Certified Financial Planner, and a Wave-Maker alum.
Every summer is a chance to grow outside of school. It doesn’t have to be a huge time commitment – a few hours a week is better than no time dedicated at all. Here are three ideas to make the most of your summer through networking, internships, and career exploration.
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.
In hopes of helping students navigate a competitive internship market and convincing more employers to start internship programs to meet the demand, here are practical ways to make internships work for you – whether you are applying or hiring.
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.
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.
