Matching funds available for gifts to Loper Advantage Scholarship KEARNEY—Helping students who wish to transfer to the University of Nebraska at Kearney from a Nebraska community college is the focus of a new fundraising program called Loper Advantage that’s been started by UNK and the University of Nebraska Foundation. Transfer students make up 6.5 percent of UNK’s current undergraduate population, a percentage that is expected to continue increasing. While some … [Read more...] about Community college transfer students focus of new UNK scholarship
Ed Scantling
Sheryl Feinstein new College of Education dean
KEARNEY – Sheryl Feinstein is the new dean of the College of Education at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Feinstein currently is chair of the Education Department at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., where she is tenured and holds the rank of professor. She has been at Augustana College since 1999. Feinstein currently is on a Fulbright scholarship in Moldova, which will delay her start at UNK until May 2015. She is replacing Ed Scantling, who has been … [Read more...] about Sheryl Feinstein new College of Education dean
Eight rural teachers added to One Room, One Teacher wall
By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – Eight rural school teachers will be honored on the One Room, One Teacher Honor Wall at the University of Nebraska at Kearney Sept. 19. UNK’s One Room, One Teacher effort aims to help preserve the stories and history of rural education. “We felt it was important to memorialize the efforts and pay tribute to the one-room school teachers and the part they played, because they educated generations of Nebraskans under very … [Read more...] about Eight rural teachers added to One Room, One Teacher wall
UNK Fall Enrollment: 6,902
KEARNEY – Fall 2014 enrollment at University of Nebraska at Kearney remains near 7,000 for the fourth straight year, at 6,902. This is down slightly from fall 2013’s 7,052 – a difference of 150. First-time, full-time freshmen decreased by 22 compared to fall 2013. Undergraduate students enrolled at UNK for fall 2014 number 5,274. UNK this fall sees a 5 percent increase over 2013 in graduate students – with a total of 1,628, or 78 graduate students more than last year. … [Read more...] about UNK Fall Enrollment: 6,902
A Loper Legend, Mary Iten retires after 37 years
Mary Iten Years at UNK: 1977-2014 Hometown: St. Paul, Minn. Title: Instructor; Kinesiology and Sport Sciences Department. Professional Organizations: American Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; Phi Kappa Phi; American Association for Health Education. Coaching: Head coach, women’s track and field, 1980-96; head coach, women’s cross country, 1980-94; Interim women’s golf, 1997-98. Education: Bachelor of Science, Winona State (Minn.) … [Read more...] about A Loper Legend, Mary Iten retires after 37 years
