“I have hearing aids to help in the classroom. It makes the classroom a little harder because I have to make sure I’m really paying attention.” By DAN ZIELINSKI Hub Sports Writer University of Nebraska at Kearney women’s golf member Maaika Mestl is the definition of a student-athlete. Besides holding a career stroke average of 85.24, which ranks 12th all-time in program history, Mestl boasts a 4.0 cumulative GPA as an elementary education K-6 major in her first three years at … [Read more...]
UNK announces unprecedented budget cuts to meet $3.4 million budget gap
KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Doug Kristensen today outlined proposed budget cuts that exceed $3.4 million, and affect 38 positions across nearly every campus unit. Men’s baseball, golf and tennis will be eliminated. Position eliminations comprise 16 faculty, 2.5 administrative, and 16.5 staff positions. Three affected staff positions will shift to the University of Nebraska system as part of the budget response team process. “The magnitude of these cuts is … [Read more...]
UNK baseball, men’s golf, men’s tennis to be eliminated in budget-reduction plan
KEARNEY – Facing a $3.4 million budget gap, University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Doug Kristensen today announced unprecedented campus reductions that include eliminating Loper baseball, men’s tennis and men’s golf programs. The athletics news was discussed today at a campuswide budget forum that also includes personnel and operational reductions in UNK administration and support staff ($837,000), faculty ($1.52 million), and business and facilities personnel ($829,475). The sport … [Read more...]
PHOTO GALLERY: 2017 Blue Gold Golf Tournament
Robots and golf; UNK artificial intelligence class on par with others
KEARNEY – Robotics and golf. That is the platform for an upcoming competition among students in the Artificial Intelligence class at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The competition is at 2 p.m. Tuesday (April 19) in Otto Olsen building, room 224. Eleven students on three teams will use robots they’ve built and programmed, and go up against each other in a golf competition. The objective of the contest is to design an autonomous robot that can play miniature golf after “looking … [Read more...]
