Did you know that 42 percent of Arkansas Tech University students are first-generation college students? As a means of helping that population make the adjustment to a new level of study, Arkansas Tech offers the ATU First Generation Institute to eligible incoming freshmen. We learned about the program by visiting with Loral Shapter of Conway and Austin Jordan of Bryant, two of the participants in this year's institute. This is their ATU First Generation Institute story: arkansastechnews.com/atu-fir…