Bemidji State University hosted its Inaugural First Generation College Student Celebration on Nov. 8, offering free apple crisp and ice cream in the Hobson Union’s Lakeside Lounge to recognize the university’s first-generation college students, faculty and staff.

The celebration was a national initiative of the Council for Opportunity in Education in partnership with the National Association of Student Affairs Administrators to recognize the 52nd anniversary of the Higher Education Act of 1965.