By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – It started with a casual conversation among childhood friends. Juan Guzman, director of the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion, had recently reconnected with an old pal through Facebook and they got to talking about college. “His son wanted to come to a school in the United States and learn the English language,” said Guzman, who grew up in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. Of course, … [Read more...] about UNK offices work together to create new partnerships in Mexico
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Boxes of bounty: UNK students benefit from partner program
KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney students received a truckload of support Monday morning. UNK’s Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion collaborated with Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska and Cash-Wa Distributing to host a food giveaway on campus. More than 340 students, and some faculty and staff, received fresh produce, dairy and meat at the event, which was part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program. … [Read more...] about Boxes of bounty: UNK students benefit from partner program
At Nebraska Cultural Unity Conference, students encouraged to dream big
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Najah Haibe’s parents never attended college. After emigrating from Somalia to the United States, they found jobs at a beef-processing plant to support their family. “My parents really want me to succeed, go to college and get a good-paying job so I don’t struggle as much as they did when they came here,” said Haibe, a junior at Garden City High School in Kansas. The honors student plans to pursue a career in the … [Read more...] about At Nebraska Cultural Unity Conference, students encouraged to dream big
Research program connects UNK with Latin American countries
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney is partnering with academic institutions from four Latin American countries to promote undergraduate research, expand students’ global perspectives and create opportunities for collaboration among faculty. Last year, UNK joined the Inter-Institutional Program for Strengthening of Research and Graduate Studies in the Pacific, better known as DELFIN. Started in 1995, the program … [Read more...] about Research program connects UNK with Latin American countries
State trooper: Attending UNK was ‘turning point in my life’
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – About 200 middle school students, most from minority backgrounds, filled the chairs inside the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Nebraskan Student Union as Gustavo Ramirez took the stage. Dressed in his blue Kansas Highway Patrol uniform, the 29-year-old state trooper was about to share a story you don’t often hear from a law enforcement officer. “My problems began at the age these kids are at right now – in middle … [Read more...] about State trooper: Attending UNK was ‘turning point in my life’
