Elkhart Co. hoping to inspire Latinos with new entrepreneurship program
Elkhart County hopes to boost business by empowering the Latino community with its brand new Latino Entrepreneurship Program.
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Esther’s Beauty Salon: A Story of Growth and Perseverance
Entrepreneurship can be a hard and lonely journey if you let it. Like with many things in life, however, it is all about perspective and one's personal outlook along the way. This is what we learned from Esther Santiago, proud of owner of Esther's Beauty Salon located in Elkhart, IN.
Gilberto Perez, Jr., named dean of students
Gilberto Perez, Jr., former senior director of intercultural development and educational partnerships, has been named the new dean of students at Goshen College.
Goshen College given $50,000 for scholarships from Mexican Consulate
The Mexican consulate in Chicago has awarded Goshen College $50,000 for scholarships from its Institute for Mexicans Abroad (IME) Becas fund to provide financial assistance to students of Mexican heritage.
Perez, Aguirre given 2017 Liberty Bell Award from Elkhart City Bar Association
Gilberto Perez, Jr., and Richard R. Aguirre, received the Elkhart City Bar Association’s 2017 Liberty Bell Award for their leadership and numerous outreach activities to provide resources, education and support within the local immigrant, Latino and wider communities.
Goshen College to co-sponsor Indiana Latino Higher Education Conference
Goshen College is co-sponsoring a conference titled “Shared Opportunity, Shared Success: Latinos, Higher Education, Indiana’s Future,” in conjunction with Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI), at the University of Notre Dame on April 13, 2017.
Community partnership helps make college possible for more first-generation students
When Marlette Gomez graduated from Goshen College in 2013 with a degree in social work, she knew she wanted to focus her career on giving back to the immigrant or Latino communities. She now works as the college prep coach at Goshen High School, helping first-generation students make their college dreams a reality.
Minority Ministries Council reconvenes for conference in Goshen
Mennonite leaders will pick up the work of the Minority Ministries Council from the 1960s and 1970s during a conference titled “Black, Brown, and Mennonite: Lessons from the Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Black Freedom Movements for the Mennonite Church,” March 30 through April 1, 2017.
At a crossroads: Goshen College’s journey to becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution – The Mennonite
The dramatic growth of Latinos in the United States is no longer seen as reaching a tipping point; it is a seismic, demographic shift. Long immune to the increase of people moving northward, colleges and universities far away from the U.S.-Mexico border are welcoming Latinos to their college campuses. Goshen (Ind.) College has welcomed Latinos to its campus for decades.
Agutu wins state journalism award
Achieng Agutu, a junior public relations major, was one of 15 Indiana students to be recognized for excellence in journalism at the Hoosier State Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest and Newsroom Seminar on Dec. 3 in Indianapolis.