In 2017, the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) and the Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) and the Suder Foundation, launched the inaugural First-Generation College Celebration. Campuses across the …
Letty Garcia
Career Advisor
The University Career Services Employer Relations Team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is excited to announce its cross-departmental development of employer education opportunities beginning in 2021. Celebrating Diversity is an ongoing series that highlights different marginalized groups each month to talk …
Midwest ACE and Hire Big 10 + are excited to invite you to the first joint Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Virtual Fair this Fall!
The HireBig10+ Career Consortium and the Midwest Association of Colleges and Employers (MWACE) are co-sponsoring a Virtual DEI …
“This program is designed to help build future student leaders, as well as assist students who have Nebraska Promise and scholarships that cover tuition, to also have a way of paying for their housing and dining needs while on campus,” …
As a first-generation student, you may be wondering if anyone else encounters the same challenges and surprises higher education offers. That is why University Career Services will feature stories from first-generation students, alumni, faculty, and staff, from the University of …
Welcome back First Gen Huskers!
Approximately one in four students at the University of Nebraska Lincoln is a First Generation student, being the first in their families to attend a four year institution. For many First Gen students simply attending …
In 2011, journalist Jose Antonio Vargas “outed” himself as an undocumented immigrant in an essay published in The New York Times Magazine. The article stunned media and political circles and attracted worldwide coverage. Vargas has since testified at a United …
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Learn about the story of Guillermina Gutierrez Martinez, a first generation college student from the University of Washington who balances school and job amid the pandemic to fulfill her dreams and her decision of continuing school to become the first …
University Career Services launched the First-Generation Career Readiness Series in the Fall of 2020 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The series was an opportunity to respond to the need to truly prepare Fist-Gen students for the workforce. At total …
