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Holiday music featured at Dec. 7 UNK string concert

By AMANDA ARNOLD UNK Communications KEARNEY – The holiday season is approaching and the University of Nebraska at Kearney aims to get in the spirit of the season with a musical event. The Violin/Viola Studio Recital, directed by associate professor Ting-Lan Chen, will perform a String Winter Concert at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Frank House. The concert is free and open to … [Read More...]

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UNK graduate student Betsy Lewis works with a child in the RiteCare Clinic program, which uses teletherapy to reach adults and children in rural areas across Nebraska who need speech and language therapy. (Photo courtesy UNK News)

UNK teletherapy reaches out to rural Nebraska

By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – Sitting at her computer, a little girl will learn how to say her Ls. Using his computer, a stroke sufferer will work to regain language capabilities. The University of Nebraska at Kearney RiteCare Clinic is reaching rural children and adults in need of speech and language therapy. “Our goal with this program is to reach … [Read More...]

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Jazz Rock Ensemble presents fall concert Dec. 7

KEARNEY – The Jazz Rock Ensemble at the University of Nebraska at Kearney will present its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 7) in the Fine Arts Building Recital Hall on campus. The show is free and open to the public and features big band sounds, with works from the swing era to present big bands. The ensemble will perform several types of swing, samba, rock, jazz … [Read More...]

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Laundry Alert provides convenient notifications to students

By AMANDA ARNOLD UNK Communications KEARNEY – Doing laundry at the University of Nebraska at Kearney is as easy as checking a computer or smart phone. A mobile app in use at UNK lets students check on their laundry and monitor washers and dryers in residence halls. Using a mobile application called Laundry Alert, students can select a particular laundry room on campus … [Read More...]

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Campus Kitchen delivers Thanksgiving meals to less fortunate

By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY –“Happy Thanksgiving,” UNK students Kelsie Musil and Whitney Nelson said in unison as they held out two Styrofoam containers. The contents of those containers – turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, fruit, a dinner roll and piece of pie – were meant to make it feel more like the holidays for those who can’t afford a … [Read More...]