Author: Indiana University. Graduate School
Publisher:
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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Report of the Dean of the Graduate School, Indiana University
Author: Indiana University. Graduate School
Publisher:
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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Publisher:
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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Report of the Dean of the Graduate School, Indiana University
Author: Indiana University. Graduate School
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 133
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 133
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A Cuban Refugee's Journey to the American Dream
Author: Gerardo M. González
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253035570
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 169
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A touching memoir recounting the journey of a young Cuban immigrant to the US who went on to become a professor and university dean. In February 1962, three years into Fidel Castro’s rule of their Cuban homeland, the González family—an auto mechanic, his wife, and two young children—landed in Miami with a few personal possessions and two bottles of Cuban rum. As his parents struggled to find work, eleven-year-old Gerardo struggled to fit in at school, where a teacher intimidated him and school authorities placed him on a vocational track. Inspired by a close friend, Gerardo decided to go to college. He not only graduated but, with hard work and determination, placed himself on a path through higher education that brought him to a deanship at the Indiana University School of Education. In this deeply moving memoir, González recounts his remarkable personal and professional journey. The memoir begins with Gerardo’s childhood in Cuba and recounts the family’s emigration to the United States and struggles to find work and assimilate, and González’s upward track through higher education. It demonstrates the transformative power that access to education can have on one person’s life. Gerardo’s journey came full circle when he returned to Cuba fifty years after he left, no longer the scared, disheartened refugee but rather proud, educated, and determined to speak out against those who wished to silence others. It includes treasured photographs and documents from González’s life in Cuba and the US. His is the story of one immigrant attaining the American Dream, told at a time when the fate of millions of refugees throughout the world, and Hispanics in the United States, especially his fellow Cubans, has never been more uncertain. “Author and educator Gerardo M. González brilliantly illustrates the joys and struggles of the refugee experience, and the inarguable role of education as an open door to opportunity. This is a delightful read, and one that will inspire you to achieve greatness regardless of the odds.” —Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, President, Miami Dade College “There can be no more persuasive testimony to the power of intelligence, commitment, and inspiration than Gerardo M. González’s memoir. The contribution of immigrants to America’s prosperity and national achievements is undeniably impressive. Yet, this transformational story of challenge and achievement, while individually exceptional, is nonetheless emblematic of the experience of countless immigrants who have made America better than it could otherwise have been. No finer antidote to the simplistic sloganeering of the immigration debate exists.” —John V. Lombardi, President Emeritus, University of Florida, and author of How Universities Work
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253035570
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
A touching memoir recounting the journey of a young Cuban immigrant to the US who went on to become a professor and university dean. In February 1962, three years into Fidel Castro’s rule of their Cuban homeland, the González family—an auto mechanic, his wife, and two young children—landed in Miami with a few personal possessions and two bottles of Cuban rum. As his parents struggled to find work, eleven-year-old Gerardo struggled to fit in at school, where a teacher intimidated him and school authorities placed him on a vocational track. Inspired by a close friend, Gerardo decided to go to college. He not only graduated but, with hard work and determination, placed himself on a path through higher education that brought him to a deanship at the Indiana University School of Education. In this deeply moving memoir, González recounts his remarkable personal and professional journey. The memoir begins with Gerardo’s childhood in Cuba and recounts the family’s emigration to the United States and struggles to find work and assimilate, and González’s upward track through higher education. It demonstrates the transformative power that access to education can have on one person’s life. Gerardo’s journey came full circle when he returned to Cuba fifty years after he left, no longer the scared, disheartened refugee but rather proud, educated, and determined to speak out against those who wished to silence others. It includes treasured photographs and documents from González’s life in Cuba and the US. His is the story of one immigrant attaining the American Dream, told at a time when the fate of millions of refugees throughout the world, and Hispanics in the United States, especially his fellow Cubans, has never been more uncertain. “Author and educator Gerardo M. González brilliantly illustrates the joys and struggles of the refugee experience, and the inarguable role of education as an open door to opportunity. This is a delightful read, and one that will inspire you to achieve greatness regardless of the odds.” —Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, President, Miami Dade College “There can be no more persuasive testimony to the power of intelligence, commitment, and inspiration than Gerardo M. González’s memoir. The contribution of immigrants to America’s prosperity and national achievements is undeniably impressive. Yet, this transformational story of challenge and achievement, while individually exceptional, is nonetheless emblematic of the experience of countless immigrants who have made America better than it could otherwise have been. No finer antidote to the simplistic sloganeering of the immigration debate exists.” —John V. Lombardi, President Emeritus, University of Florida, and author of How Universities Work
Annual Report of the Dean, Indiana University, School of Business
Author: Indiana University. School of Business
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Category : Administrative procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Category : Administrative procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Indiana University Studies
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
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Annual Report
Author: United States. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Higher Education Reports
Author: United States. Bureau of Higher Education
Publisher:
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Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Annual Report to the President and the Congress
Author: United States. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
Publisher:
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Category : Information science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
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Publisher:
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Category : Information science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Publisher:
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Category : Labor policy
Languages : en
Pages : 1624
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Publisher:
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Category : Labor policy
Languages : en
Pages : 1624
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