The Routh First-Generation Center provides a supportive community, opportunities for leadership, and a path for success for first-generation students at Texas A&M University. The Routh First-Generation Center began in 2019 as an outcome of the Student Success Initiative, a campus-wide project to improve student success at Texas A&M University. The charge given to the Office for Student Success was to hire a group of professionals dedicate to improving the quality of the student experience for first-generation students through implementation of dedicated first-generation programs, coordination of campus-wide first-gen and scholarship programs, and the advocacy for professional development and education on the needs of first-generation students at Texas A&M.