Press Release MEDIA CONTACTS: Greg Emmel and Carolyn T. Miller, Executive Directors D2 Center 402-502-8534 info@d2center.org For Immediate Release: July 30, 2025 United Way of the Midlands Awards $40,000 Grant to the D2 Center to Fund Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) /...
MEDIA CONTACTS: Greg Emmel and Carolyn T. Miller, Executive Directors D2 Center 402-502-8534 info@d2center.org For Immediate Release: July 30, 2024 United Way of the Midlands Awards $40,000 Grant to the D2 Center to Fund Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) / Reengagement...
On Thursday, May 4, 2023, D2 Center Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) Evelia Gutiérrez was honored during a special presentation at the Metro Community College (MCC) Cinco de Mayo celebration. After music from Los Nobles, lunch from La Mesa Restaurant, and keynote...
D2 Center Reengagement Supervisor and Youth Academic Navigator Jesi DeWitt attended the 23rd annual National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference in Savannah, Georgia this past March 5-8, 2023. Key takeaways from Jesi: This annual conference is held each year just...
Press Release MEDIA CONTACTS: Greg Emmel and Carolyn T. Miller, Executive Directors D2 Center 402-502-8534 info@d2center.org For Immediate Release: August 1, 2022 United Way of the Midlands Awards $45,000 Grant to the D2 Center to Fund Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) /...
In Fall 2021, the D2 Center participated in a UNO Service Learning Academy (SLA) project, partnering with UNO students in Kersten Borer’s Social Work and Civic Engagement class and Omaha South High students in Amy Cerra’s advanced pottery class. The previous summer,...
Press Release MEDIA CONTACTS: Greg Emmel and Carolyn T. Miller, Executive Directors D2 Center 402-502-8534 info@d2center.org For Immediate Release: August 27, 2021 United Way of the Midlands Awards $30,000 Grant to the D2 Center to Fund Youth Academic Navigator (YAN)...
Our YAN Spotlight series is an extension of our "Meet the Staff" series of posts where we follow up with our Youth Academic Navigators since the last time they were featured on the blog. Our fourth post features Olga Yaneth Mares, who goes by Yaneth, and who started...
Press Release MEDIA CONTACTS: Greg Emmel and Carolyn T. Miller, Executive Directors D2 Center 402-502-8534 info@d2center.org For Immediate Release: August 6, 2020 United Way of the Midlands Awards $15,000 Grant to the D2 Center to Fund Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) /...
Our new YAN Spotlight series is an extension of our "Meet the Staff" series of posts where we follow up with our Youth Academic Navigators since the last time they were featured on the blog. Our second post features Kelsey Hansen, who started at the D2 Center in...
Our new YAN Spotlight series is an extension of our "Meet the Staff" series of posts where we follow up with our Youth Academic Navigators since the last time they were featured on the blog. First up is Netta Prince, who is our longest-tenured YAN; she started at the...
In the latest installment of our “Meet the Staff” series, get to know Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) Evelia Gutiérrez, who joined our staff in October, 2018. You can hear more from Evelia on The Landscape from the Omaha Community Foundation, and learn about other D2...
Press Release MEDIA CONTACTS: Greg Emmel and Carolyn T. Miller, Executive Directors D2 Center 402-502-8534 info@d2center.org For Immediate Release: July 17, 2019 United Way of the Midlands Awards $24,000 Grant to the D2 Center to Fund Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) /...
D2 Center Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) Evelia Gutiérrez shares her story on The Landscape from the Omaha Community Foundation. Below is a brief excerpt; you can listen to Evelia's powerful story in its entirety here. "...I think youth need to be engaged, because if...
Congratulations to D2 Center YAN Jesi DeWitt, who was awarded a certificate of appreciation at the Promiseship quarterly meeting. Jesi was nominated by Amanda Gould, who wrote: Jesi started working with one of my youth as her youth academic navigator through the D2...
Press Release MEDIA CONTACTS: Greg Emmel and Carolyn T. Miller, Executive Directors D2 Center 402-502-8534 info@d2center.org For Immediate Release: July 17, 2018 United Way of the Midlands Awards $24,000 Grant to the D2 Center to Fund Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) /...
We have a couple of new hires at the D2 Center, so our "Meet the Staff" series is back! Please take a moment to get to know Jesi DeWitt, one of our YANs. And you can learn about other D2 Center staff on our Meet the Staff blog page. What’s your role at the D2 Center?...
In the latest installment of our "Meet the Staff" series, get to know our newest hire, Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) Hansel Gonzalez. Learn about other D2 Center staff on our Meet the Staff blog page. Welcome, Hansel! What’s your role at the D2 Center? I am a Youth...
After a long hiatus, our "Meet the Staff" blog series is back. Please meet one of our newest employees, YAN Olga Yaneth López, who goes by Yaneth. Welcome, Yaneth! What’s your role at the D2 Center? I am a Youth Academic Navigator. I work with disengaged students and...
Meet our newest staff member, Kelsey Hansen. Kelsey joined us in September as a Youth Academic Navigator (YAN). You can meet the rest of our staff in the archives. What’s your role at the D2 Center? I am a YAN at the D2 Center. You can say I am like a mentor for the...
Our Meet the Staff Series continues this week with Q & A with Netta Prince, intake specialist and Youth Academic Navigator (YAN). Read previous Meet the Staff posts on the Meet the Staff page. What’s your role at the D2 Center? I am an Intake Specialist and YAN....
One of the most important elements of the D2 Center program is the YAN, short for Youth Academic Navigator. A YAN is an advocate for the student who connects with them frequently to see how they are doing academically, specifically checking in on credit accrual,...
This is the second in our series of "Meet the Staff" posts: this time, Carolyn Miller, one of our directors. Read previous "Meet the Staff" posts on the "Meet the Staff" page. What’s your role at the D2 Center? I am a director. I have a hand in most of the things that...
Today is the first in a series of "Meet the Staff" posts. First up: Greg Emmel, one of our directors. What’s your role at the D2 Center? I’m a director. Basically, that means I’m involved in most everything that happens at the D2 Center. How long have you worked at...