| May 2 | WTVQ, Lexington, KY A Kentucky family first |
| April 29 | University of Kentucky News, Lexington, KY A celebration of “firsts” and new beginnings |
| February 6 | Kentucky Kernel, Lexington, KY Program helps students achieve major milestone |
| January 26 | Kentucky Kernel, Lexington, KY First in the family, first-generation students find starting college more difficult |
| September 20 | The Chronicle of Higher Education An entrepreneur backs first-generation college students Reproduced by permission from The Chronicle of Higher Education. Link to original article (subscribers-only): http://chronicle.com/article/An-Entrepreneur-Promotes-a-/124521/ |
| August 18 | Business Lexington, Lexington, KY Changing the family tree |
| July 29 | The Crimson White, Tuscaloosa, AL UA chosen for First Scholars program |
| July 22 | The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY UK effort aids first-generation college students PDF (Web page no longer available on newspaper’s site) |
| July 7 | The Southern, Carbondale, IL First-generation students focus of $1M grant at SIUC |
| July 28 | The Daily Utah Chronicle, Salt Lake City, UT Grants aid first-generation students |
| March 8 | 92% of First Scholars freshmen stay in school, have 23% higher GPA compared to first-generation peers |
| December 4 | First Scholars announces expansion of affliate university network |
| May 31 | The Suder Foundation announces First Scholars 2.0 |
| August 15 | The Suder Foundation announces The University of Memphis and Washington State University as affiliates in its First Scholars network |
| April 11 | Suder Foundation hires National Program Manager |
