REVEALING STUDENT VOICES BY RE-ENVISIONING FIRST YEAR WRITING [LINFIELD IS AN EMERGING HISPANIC-SERVING, COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY THAT SERVES OVER 1700 STUDENTS. 64% ARE NEW MAJORITY STUDENTS (1ST GEN, PELL, BIPOC, OR TRANSFER). AS LINFIELD?S DEMOGRAPHICS SHIFT, ITS FACULTY ARE REVISING THE GENERAL EDUCATION (GE) FIRST-YEAR REQUIREMENTS TO FOCUS ON THE KEY HUMANISTIC QUESTIONS OF "WHO AM I" AND "WHO ARE WE?" THAT ALLOWS EACH STUDENT TO REVEAL THEIR UNIQUE VOICE THROUGH INQUIRY-BASED WRITING/RHETORIC. THIS GE REVISION WILL GIVE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS A ROBUST INTRODUCTION TO WRITING AND INQUIRY WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF BELONGING THAT USES JUSTICE-BASED PEDAGOGIES, SO THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN EXPLORE THE HUMANITIES AS A PLATFORM FOR MAKING THEIR DIVERSE VOICES HEARD. THE NEH SPOTLIGHT GRANT WILL FUND THE CREATION AND PILOT OF INQUIRY SEMINAR (INQS) 101 AS A NEWLY REQUIRED HUMANITIES COURSE AT THE HEART OF THE GE CORE. THE NEW COURSE EMBRACES LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY BY CENTERING STUDENT VOICES IN A PROFOUND WAY THAT WILL GROUND AND INFORM ALL OTHER COURSEWORK.]