September 30, 2020 NHI now recruiting ninth graders for GDx and NHI Student Club
September 25, 2020 LDZ: A Legacy of Preparing Students for Success
September 21, 2020 NHI unveils report showing impact of summer program ‘X-periences’
August 20, 2020 Orientation Coordinators: Paving the way for this summer’s NHI students
August 17, 2020 Ernesto Nieto and Gloria de Leon featured in Houston Chronicle story on AOC’s “second home”
NHI now recruiting ninth graders for GDx and NHI Student Club
LDZ: A Legacy of Preparing Students for Success
NHI unveils report showing impact of summer program ‘X-periences’
Orientation Coordinators: Paving the way for this summer’s NHI students
Ernesto Nieto and Gloria de Leon featured in Houston Chronicle story on AOC’s “second home”
GDx Tournament Director Maya Navar lauds potential in NHI’s digital space
NHI now recruiting ninth graders for GDx and NHI Student Club
As is customary for the National Hispanic Institute at the start of each school year, the organization is reaching out to ninth and tenth graders who are great candidates for its initial summer leadership program. But in 2020, it’s different in a few key ways. For starters, this fall’s recruiting is for the GDx program, […]
LDZ: A Legacy of Preparing Students for Success
The National Hispanic Institute is in the midst of preparing an online version of its Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session for 2021, to be offered along with classic in-person versions of the program. As NHI embarks on this exciting new phase of creating digital programming for students, it’s gotten us to reflect on how […]
NHI unveils report showing impact of summer program ‘X-periences’
This summer was unprecedented for the National Hispanic Institute. After past years of growing its summer programming to a slate of 17 university-hosted live programs — which is how NHI anticipated 2020 would look — the organization had to pivot to online programs due to the ongoing pandemic. NHI was able to deliver online leadership […]
NHI now recruiting ninth graders for GDx and NHI Student Club
As is customary for the National Hispanic Institute at the start of each school year, the organization is reaching out to ninth and tenth graders who are great candidates for its initial summer leadership program. But in 2020, it’s different in a few key ways. For starters, this fall’s recruiting is for the GDx program, […]
LDZ: A Legacy of Preparing Students for Success
The National Hispanic Institute is in the midst of preparing an online version of its Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session for 2021, to be offered along with classic in-person versions of the program. As NHI embarks on this exciting new phase of creating digital programming for students, it’s gotten us to reflect on how […]
NHI unveils report showing impact of summer program ‘X-periences’
This summer was unprecedented for the National Hispanic Institute. After past years of growing its summer programming to a slate of 17 university-hosted live programs — which is how NHI anticipated 2020 would look — the organization had to pivot to online programs due to the ongoing pandemic. NHI was able to deliver online leadership […]
Orientation Coordinators: Paving the way for this summer’s NHI students
This article is by Tomas Miriti Pacheco. Throughout the National Hispanic Institute’s transition of the Collegiate World Series and Great Debate to a digital platform, one of the greatest struggles has been ensuring that participants are prepared to embark on the rigorous journey that both the shift and the programs themselves present. To ease that […]
Ernesto Nieto and Gloria de Leon featured in Houston Chronicle story on AOC’s “second home”
National Hispanic Institute president and founder Ernesto Nieto, and executive vice president and co-founder Gloria de Leon, were prominently featured in a Houston Chronicle story about U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that ran Monday. The article, from Chronicle staff writer Jeremy Wallace, explores a number of connections the famous Congressional freshman has to the state, including […]
GDx Tournament Director Maya Navar lauds potential in NHI’s digital space
This story is by Tomas Miriti Pacheco. Maya Navar’s relationship with NHI runs deep. It started in 2015, when she represented her hometown of El Paso in the Texas Great Debate. She then went on to attend the 2016 California LDZ and the 2017 Northeast CWS. Upon her graduation, she returned to NHI as a […]
Orientation Coordinators: Paving the way for this summer’s NHI students
This article is by Tomas Miriti Pacheco. Throughout the National Hispanic Institute’s transition of the Collegiate World Series and Great Debate to a digital platform, one of the greatest struggles has been ensuring that participants are prepared to embark on the rigorous journey that both the shift and the programs themselves present. To ease that […]
Ernesto Nieto and Gloria de Leon featured in Houston Chronicle story on AOC’s “second home”
National Hispanic Institute president and founder Ernesto Nieto, and executive vice president and co-founder Gloria de Leon, were prominently featured in a Houston Chronicle story about U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that ran Monday. The article, from Chronicle staff writer Jeremy Wallace, explores a number of connections the famous Congressional freshman has to the state, including […]
GDx Tournament Director Maya Navar lauds potential in NHI’s digital space
This story is by Tomas Miriti Pacheco. Maya Navar’s relationship with NHI runs deep. It started in 2015, when she represented her hometown of El Paso in the Texas Great Debate. She then went on to attend the 2016 California LDZ and the 2017 Northeast CWS. Upon her graduation, she returned to NHI as a […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Transforming the DNA of Congressional Battles
For the upcoming issue of the annual print edition of NHI Magazine, we interviewed New York City native, Congressional candidate, 2017 NHI Person of the Year, and 2018 Northeast CWS co-Education Director Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. An excerpted version of this interview will appear in the magazine, but we thought this valuable enough to share the entire […]
Humberto Saenz named NHI Person of the Year
From the very beginnings of NHI, Humberto Saenz was there, and he’s been helping to shape NHI history since his first involvement with NHI 32 years ago. Now, he’s making history by become NHI’s first ever Person of the Year. The NHI Person of the Year is a new designation honoring a person in the […]
Kerr Foundation awards NHI $65k in support of Lake County students
The Roy G. Kerr Foundation, continuing its history of generous grants to the National Hispanic Institute, has awarded the organization $65,000 in support of Lake County students who will participate in NHI’s 2017 summer programs. The foundation was launched in 1994 with the purpose of supporting the Latino community in Lake County over a 25-year […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Transforming the DNA of Congressional Battles
For the upcoming issue of the annual print edition of NHI Magazine, we interviewed New York City native, Congressional candidate, 2017 NHI Person of the Year, and 2018 Northeast CWS co-Education Director Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. An excerpted version of this interview will appear in the magazine, but we thought this valuable enough to share the entire […]
Humberto Saenz named NHI Person of the Year
From the very beginnings of NHI, Humberto Saenz was there, and he’s been helping to shape NHI history since his first involvement with NHI 32 years ago. Now, he’s making history by become NHI’s first ever Person of the Year. The NHI Person of the Year is a new designation honoring a person in the […]
Kerr Foundation awards NHI $65k in support of Lake County students
The Roy G. Kerr Foundation, continuing its history of generous grants to the National Hispanic Institute, has awarded the organization $65,000 in support of Lake County students who will participate in NHI’s 2017 summer programs. The foundation was launched in 1994 with the purpose of supporting the Latino community in Lake County over a 25-year […]
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July 20, 2020 at 9:18 amNHI honors more graduating seniors with NHI Decision Day Instagram posts - NHI Magazine on NHI celebrates run up to NHI Decision Day on Instagram
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