Friday Faculty Focus: Dr. Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado

By Brandon McDermott
Friday Faculty Focus with Brandon McDermott airs each Friday at 7 a.m. and noon on KVNO. In this week’s episode of Friday Faculty Focus, Brandon sits down with Dr. Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Read MoreNebraska DACA ‘Dreamers’ get shot at drivers licenses’ with LB 623

By Brandon McDermott
Omaha, NE – Nebraska is the only state in the United States, that doesn’t allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to be eligible for driver’s licenses. A bill proposed by Omaha Sen. Jeremy Nordquist designed to permit DACA recipient’s drivers licenses just succeeded committee approval and now heads to the Nebraska legislature floor for debate.
Read MoreNew Community Engagement Center set to open this spring

By Brandon McDermott
Omaha, NE – UNO’s new Community Engagement Center (CEC) will open to its new members and the public in April. What will it mean to UNO and the Omaha community.
Read MoreLatina woman’s struggles reflect recent report

By Brandon McDermott
Omaha, NE – In part two of “Invisible and Voiceless: Latinos in Council Bluffsâ€, we take a closer look at employment and commerce in Council Bluffs for Latinos. We also speak with a Latina mother living and working in Council Bluffs who talks about her struggles.
Read MoreReport shows lack of opportunities, services for Latinos in Council Bluffs

By Brandon McDermott
Omaha, NE – A recent report by the Office of Latino/Latin American Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha analyzes the lack of services and opportunities for Latinos in Council Bluffs. Numerous concerns were addressed from the inaccessibility of bilingual services to a shortage of opportunities in managerial positions.
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