Seventeen students were honored at the first ¡MotÃvate! conference Saturday. More than 500 people attended the conference and heard messages from prominent members of the Latino community.
Students honored, who were nominated by their respective departments, were as follows:
Emmanuel Moon, Educational Opportunity Program; Mónica Blancas, Construction Management; José Magallanes, Agricultural Business; Isabel Barraza, Art and Design; Guadalupe GarcÃa-DÃaz, Civil and Geomatics Engineering; Arturo Gasga, Department of Chemistry; Yesenia Rodriguez, Communication; Antonio Vergara, Criminology; Yoly Segura, History; Miguel Castañeda, Literacy and Early Education; Jennifer Rios, Linguistics; Esteban Cortez, Mass Communication and Journalism; MarÃa Zepeda, Modern and Classical Languages; Michael Gutiérrez, Music; Andrea Vega, Nursing; Raúl DomÃnguez, Plant Science; Karina Madera, Political Science.