While the students are away, the UNK Facilities Management team gets to work prepping residence halls and Greek housing for the fall semester. There's no summer break for these university employees, who are busy repairing damage, repainting walls and replacing furniture so everything looks perfect when the next group of Lopers settle into their home away from home. Those floors need a good buffing, too. Photos by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK … [Read more...] about PHOTO STORY: Preparing for fall semester
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Mattresses from UNK are ‘blessing’ for Kearney, Norfolk groups helping people in need
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Don Wellensiek and Dave White were busy Tuesday methodically stacking mattresses inside a semitrailer parked near the Nebraskan Student Union at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. It was time-consuming work for the UNK Facilities Management employees, but far better than the alternative of chucking the beds in a roll-off dumpster headed for the landfill. The semitrailer they loaded ended up at Orphan Grain Train, a … [Read more...] about Mattresses from UNK are ‘blessing’ for Kearney, Norfolk groups helping people in need