https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rySt2JeF8Ls&feature=youtu.be William Jacome is among the most decorated Nebraska-Kearney student-athletes in the NCAA Division II era. Among the top tennis players in school history, he is the only Loper in any sport to be named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Player of the Year four times. At the time of his graduation it was … [Read More...]
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New UNK department chair Mike Teahon focused on developing educational leaders
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Michael Teahon understands as well as anyone the impact school administrators have on education. He’s been one for 25 years, including the past 18 as superintendent at Gothenburg Public Schools. Administrators, he said, establish the culture within a school, serve as instructional leaders and support the teachers who … [Read More...]
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VIDEO: UNK Athletic Hall of Fame – Paula West Mayfield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8TenWmVpH0&feature=youtu.be Paula (West) Mayfield is one of the most accomplished distance runners in school history. She is one of six Loper women to earn at least five track All-American honors in a career, recording each at the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) level. She also is one of seven women, either at the … [Read More...]
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UNK Band Day celebrates 60 years; Saturday parade features 18 area bands
KEARNEY – Eighteen area marching bands will help the University of Nebraska at Kearney celebrate the 60th year of its Band Day Parade at 10 a.m. Saturday. A long-standing Kearney tradition, the parade gives high school and middle school bands across central Nebraska a chance to perform prior to the Oct. 6 Harvest of Harmony Parade and Field Competition in Grand … [Read More...]
Six more honored in UNK’s One Room, One Teacher program
KEARNEY – Six rural school teachers were honored during the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s One Room, One Teacher ceremony Friday at UNK’s College of Education building. The program started in 2012 to honor teachers who taught in one-room schools. More than $235,000 has been raised to help support student scholarships. To date, there have been 68 one-room teachers … [Read More...]
VIDEO: UNK Athletic Hall of Fame – Matt Bruggeman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHu2zIxhfTk&feature=youtu.be Matt Bruggeman is one of the top defensive linemen in Loper history, earning All-American honors in 1995 from two different outlets. To date, he is one of just nine UNK players to be named to the Sports Information Directors (S.I.D.) All-American team and is one of only three d-linemen to be tabbed an NCAA … [Read More...]
PHOTO GALLERY: UNK Athletics Hall of Fame Ceremony
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SISTER ACT: Petersens experiencing sorority life, UNK together
2018 UNK Outstanding Family Award Winner By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – When the Petersen sisters are asked why they live together, they laugh and give the same response. It’s cheaper. “That was the main reason,” Sarah says. “It makes our parents happy.” David and Patti Petersen, whose four daughters attend the University of Nebraska at Kearney, … [Read More...]
VIDEO: UNK Athletic Hall of Fame – Lance Pfeiffer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm7g_vxpbfk&feature=youtu.be Lance Pfeiffer is one of the most decorated throwers in UNK history. Between 2003-07, the Eustis-Farnam High School graduate won two national titles in the shot put, was ta-bed All-American five times, won four individual Rocky Mountain Athletic (RMAC) shot titles and was the first Loper to reach the 60-foot … [Read More...]
PHOTO GALLERY: Loper football vs. Emporia St.
Photos by Corbey R. Dorsey / Todd Gottula, UNK Communications … [Read More...]
