By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – There’s a common phrase in Mexico: “echale ganas.” Loosely translated, it means “put effort into it.” University of Nebraska at Kearney sophomore Adrian Gomez received this advice a lot while growing up in Lexington. “Whenever I was facing any sort of challenge, I would hear my parents’ voices telling me to just put some effort into it,” he said. Gomez, a public administration major and the youngest of three brothers, is a … [Read more...]
UNK multicultural affairs director Juan Guzman guides minorities on what education can do
“Nobody told me I could take the ACT more than once for a better score." - Juan Guzman By MIKE KONZ Hub Enterprise Editor KEARNEY — Not always kind, but enormously efficient, experience has been a good teacher for Juan Guzman. Growing up as a Latino in Grand Island taught him a lot about racism — and how not to handle it. He was in high school in the 1990s when immigration officials raided the Monfort packing plant and arrested hundreds of undocumented workers. He said after the raids … [Read more...]
