Approximately 200 graduate degrees were conferred Saturday morning during the spring commencement ceremony at UNK’s Health and Sports Center. Chancellor Doug Kristensen awarded degrees to the graduates. Commencement speakers were Kearney Mayor Stan Clouse and Breanna Redl of McCook, who received a bachelor’s degree in communication disorders from UNK in 2018 and graduated Saturday with a master’s degree in speech-language pathology. PHOTOS BY ERIKA PRITCHARD, UNK … [Read more...] about PHOTOS: Spring 2021 graduate degree commencement
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PHOTOS: Spring 2021 undergraduate commencement ceremony
Nearly 500 undergraduate degrees were conferred Friday morning during the spring commencement ceremony at UNK’s Health and Sports Center. Chancellor Doug Kristensen awarded degrees to the graduates. Commencement speakers were William “Bill” Jackman, chair of the University of Nebraska Foundation Board of Directors and senior vice president of investments for UBS Financial Services in Dallas, Texas, and Trevor Daubert of Omaha, who graduated summa cum laude with a … [Read more...] about PHOTOS: Spring 2021 undergraduate commencement ceremony
‘Biggest moment of my life’: UNK students celebrate graduation day
VIEW COMMENCEMENT PHOTO GALLERY By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Mark Barrientos had quite the cheering section during Friday’s spring commencement ceremony at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Nearly a dozen people came to watch him receive his bachelor’s degree. That’s how important this accomplishment is for Barrientos and his family. “It’s the biggest moment of my life,” he said while posing for photos outside the Health and Sports Center. … [Read more...] about ‘Biggest moment of my life’: UNK students celebrate graduation day
Three years after near-fatal crash, Preston Hall returning to ICU as registered nurse
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Preston Hall already knew he wanted to work in health care when he started classes at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Simply put, he wants to help people. That decision took on greater meaning in summer 2018, when he was the one in need of lifesaving care. Then a junior at UNK, Hall was returning from a weekend trip to Valentine when his southbound Ford Fusion and a northbound motor home collided on U.S. … [Read more...] about Three years after near-fatal crash, Preston Hall returning to ICU as registered nurse
25 years after his first class, former UNK custodian Sonny O’Connor earns degree
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Sonny O’Connor has heard plenty of “Good Will Hunting” jokes during his time at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Honestly, it’s a persona he’s learned to embrace. “I have this self-deprecating sense of humor anyway, so it doesn’t really bother me a whole heck of a lot,” O’Connor says. “Half the time I’m right there making jokes with them, because it’s equally funny and surreal to me.” As a fan of all things … [Read more...] about 25 years after his first class, former UNK custodian Sonny O’Connor earns degree
