KEARNEY, Neb., April 20 -- The University of Nebraska Kearney issued the following news release:

By TYLER ELLYSON

UNK Communications

KEARNEY - Before she ever attended a college class, Godiva Kekeh was already getting involved at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

During New Student Enrollment, the Bennington native connected with a student leader who encouraged her to join the Black Student Union. What started as a conversation quickly turned into action, with Kekeh stepping into an executive role and helping plan events that summer.

"That's what first got me involved, then it just grew from there," she explained.

Now a junior studying criminal justice with minors in entrepreneurship and public law, Kekeh has since built a campus...