By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – A new program gives University of Nebraska at Kearney students an opportunity to connect with the community while developing leadership and business skills. UNK’s College of Business and Technology Career Center partnered with Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce to launch NEXT, a business leadership program that focuses on professional and personal development. Through the program, which started this semester, UNK students will tour … [Read more...]
UNK’s Conference on World Affairs addresses global issues, call to activism
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Climate change, immigration, human rights, public health, national security and foreign relations. These topics make headlines almost daily. The organizers of the James E. Smith Midwest Conference on World Affairs don’t want people to simply read about these issues. They want you to take action. This year’s conference, scheduled for Oct. 22-23 at the Ponderosa Room inside the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Nebraskan … [Read more...]
World Affairs Conference Preview: UNK alumnus Roy Machamire making difference in Zimbabwe
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications Roy Machamire was frustrated by the stories coming from his home country. The poverty, famine and mass unemployment caused by former President Robert Mugabe’s political strategies didn’t reflect the Zimbabwe he remembered from his childhood. Corruption, a failed land redistribution plan and international sanctions had crippled the African nation’s economy, creating instability and forcing many people onto the streets. “Everything just went south,” … [Read more...]
Pitch your business idea during Big Idea Kearney; Entries due Oct. 18
KEARNEY – Multi-directional skateboard wheels, television mounts for residence hall rooms, a foster care app and online music school. These inventions all have something in common. Those four products and many others won cash through Big Idea Kearney, an annual contest hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurship and Rural Development in the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s College of Business and Technology. The competition, in its eighth year, is looking for the next batch of new … [Read more...]
Our University: UNK changing the lives of young people and Nebraskans across the state
By PAUL KENNEY University of Nebraska Board of Regents, District 6 As I often do, I spent time last week on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus, touring the facilities with my fellow Regents, hearing from a panel of outstanding students and taking in a volleyball match. The excitement at UNK is everywhere – and it’s not just because the Lopers are ranked No. 4 in the country. It’s because UNK is a growing force for change in the lives of young people and Nebraskans across … [Read more...]
