By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – Twenty minutes into Friday night’s VIP party, there was a special kind of excitement in the room. As the season finale of the CBS show “TKO: Total Knock Out” was just getting started, you got the feeling Bryce Abbey just might win this thing. You could see it on his face. Hear it in his voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGZaeHlRePY&feature=youtu.be When Abbey finished the “Battle Royale” obstacle course in 2:08, his 125 … [Read more...]
Nebraska Brass Band joins UNK Wind Ensemble for Sept. 29 concert
KEARNEY – Nebraska's premiere brass band will join the University of Nebraska at Kearney Wind Ensemble for a concert in Kearney. The Nebraska Brass Band, based in Omaha, will perform with UNK musicians at 8 p.m. Sept. 29 in UNK’s Fine Arts Recital Hall. Nebraska Brass Band consists of 34 professional musicians. It includes UNK alumnus and former Kearney resident Paul Niedbalski, as well as UNK low brass professor Robert Benton, who will be a featured soloist. “NEBB performances are … [Read more...]
VIDEO: UNK Athletic Hall of Fame – William Jacome
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 believed he was the only student-athlete, male or female, in the RMAC's 100-year history to be a four-time P.O.Y. Not … [Read more...]
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 work with students on a daily basis. “It’s critical that we develop leaders who can go out and take on that challenge, … [Read more...]
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 NAIA or Division II levels, to earn cross country All-American honors. Mayfield currently ranks in the UNK all-time … [Read more...]
