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UNK, community shine during state duals wrestling tourney

February 26, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

University of Nebraska at Kearney has hosted the NSAA Dual Wrestling Championships each year since the event launched in 2013. The event brings 3,000 to 4,000 competitors, coaches and fans to Kearney. (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications)

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY, Neb. – Columbus High School head wrestling coach Adam Keiswetter refers to Kearney as the “mecca for wrestling in Nebraska.” On Saturday, the Health and Sports Center at the University of Nebraska at Kearney was certainly the epicenter for the sport as the top high school wrestling teams from across the state traveled here to compete in the NSAA Dual Wrestling Championships. The event, launched in 2013 and hosted all six … [Read more...] about UNK, community shine during state duals wrestling tourney

Filed Under: Athletics, News Tagged With: Adam Keiswetter, Alpha Phi, American Revolution, Kearney Visitors Bureau, Keenan McCurdy, Kyle Means, Lynelle Fritzen, Marketing, NSAA, Ron Higdon, State Duals, Volunteers, Wrestling

Historian, author Dziennik to discuss diversity in British military

February 21, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

KEARNEY – Historian and author Matthew Dziennik will discuss diversity in the British military during the American Revolution at an upcoming University of Nebraska at Kearney talk. “Opposing Revolution: Scotland, Ireland and Revolutionary America,” is at 4 p.m. March 1 at UNK’s Copeland Hall room 142. It is free and open to the public. A question and answer session with Dziennik will follow at 6 p.m. at The Loft inside Cunningham’s Journal, 15 W. 23rd St. The … [Read more...] about Historian, author Dziennik to discuss diversity in British military

Filed Under: Fine Arts & Humanities, Natural & Social Sciences, News Tagged With: ADP, American Democracy Project, American Revolution, British military, Ireland, Matthew Dziennik, Revolutionary War, Scotland

18th Century Appeal. Van Renen integrates his passions: environment, land uses, written word

January 2, 2018 by admin

Denys Van Renen

KEARNEY - Following in the footsteps of the distinguished 18th-century writer, Samuel Johnson, Denys Van Renen has taken his research to Scotland and Wales. Inspired by Johnson’s “A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland,” Van Renen set off on two separate journeys to study Scottish and Welsh representations of the environment in texts from the 18th Century. An associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Van Renen’s research integrates … [Read more...] about 18th Century Appeal. Van Renen integrates his passions: environment, land uses, written word

Filed Under: 2017/2018, Faculty, Fine Arts & Humanities, New Frontiers, News Tagged With: 18th Century, American Revolution, British Literature, capitalism, Cultural Studies, democracy, English Literature, Enlightenment, Gothic Novel, John Milton, Samuel Johnson, Scottish Travel

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