Center for Student Success
Center for Student Success
Welcome to the Center for Student Success
Your Place, Your People
If you are (or are planning to become) a Hopkins undergraduate and you identify as first-generation and/or limited-income (FLI), Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Student Success has your back. Think of our staff as advocates, mentors, signposts, connectors, and guides. We build community among students at JHU and open doors on this campus and beyond.
The FLI Community at Johns Hopkins University
When you arrive at Hopkins, you have an entire community to support you. Lean on your advisors, fellow students, and FLI allies for encouragement, understanding, and the knowledge that you belong here. The FLI Initiatives are a great way in. What you get out of it, above all else, are relationships with people who know where you come from, who understand your day-to-day challenges, and who will be there as you celebrate your accomplishments.
What the FLI Initiatives Have to Offer You
The FLI Initiatives offer holistic support for students with specific interests. What interests you?
- JUMP navigates the pre-health pathways for students and alumni pursuing careers in the medical profession.
- The Cummings Scholars Program is a community of undergraduates who are all alumni from Baltimore City and Washington, DC public high schools.
- SCAA is open to students looking for powerful academic advising and individualized coaching.
- The Kessler Scholars Program, which you can enter either upon admission to Hopkins or after your first year, is designed for students who are highly focused on the humanities and social sciences.
- The FLI Network offers special programming. It’s here whenever you’re ready to find community and make social connections.
- The Life Design Lab has special programming and opportunities for FLI students, and a Life Design Educator committed to the CSS.
Our FLI Community is here for you. To get connected, stop by or reach out to the Center for Student Success. We will let you know about upcoming events, including FLI Day!
Upcoming Events
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May 28, 2025
20-Minute Update: Complying with the July 1, 2025, Start of the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy
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June 5, 2025
Bunting Neighborhood Leadership Program: Information Session with Former Bunting Fellows
News & Announcements
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'We have become Hopkins'
Senior Dalhart Dobbs encourages graduates to carry the spirit of Hopkins with them in whatever they do
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Johns Hopkins engineering doctoral student makes day extra memorable by proposing to longtime girlfriend
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ROTC cadet honored for leadership, patriotism
Jenna Halpin, a member of the Class of 2025, earned the Pallas Athene Award from Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association
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Sal Khan hosts 'Ask Me Anything' for graduating Hopkins students
The Khan Academy founder and CEO, who will speak at JHU's Commencement later this month, answered a variety of questions about his life and career
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Two named Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Sean Lee, a member of the Class of 2025, and alum Toby Mao will receive up to three years of tuition at Stanford University, along with stipends for living costs, academic expenses, and travel
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JHU Shakti wins national dance competition
The classical dance team emerged victorious in Chicago with a performance that critiqued India's caste discrimination