By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Foster Field looked – and sounded – a lot like a carnival Friday afternoon. Elementary students laughed and smiled as they played with a giant parachute, tested their Spikeball skills, ran through an obstacle course and competed in beanbag tic-tac-toe. They were having fun while exercising, which is one of the goals of Nebraska Kids Fitness and Nutrition Day. The 15th annual event brought more than 800 fourth-graders from 10 area … [Read more...]
Rural Futures Institute requests proposals for 2017 Competitive Awards
The Rural Futures Institute (RFI) is accepting proposals for 2017 RFI Competitive Awards. Deadlines are March 1 and March 15. Since 2013 these awards have fostered important discoveries and opportunities for rural people and places thanks to the contributions of 160 University of Nebraska faculty from all four campuses and 200 community, education, government, organization and company partners. “We continue to be impressed by the quality and ongoing impact of the projects from this … [Read more...]
Kids Fitness and Nutrition Day brings 700 fourth graders to UNK campus
By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – More than 700 fourth graders from six Nebraska counties attended the 13th annual Nebraska Kids Fitness and Nutrition Day at the University of Nebraska at Kearney Friday (Sept. 16). Students were divided into two groups – one focusing on physical fitness and the other on nutrition. After lunch, the groups switched. Among the physical activities were step aerobics, team-building exercises, activities with members of the UNK baseball team, an … [Read more...]
Building Healthy Families offers weight loss program in Broken Bow, McCook
By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Building Healthy Families Program is expanding to Broken Bow and McCook. The program recently received a nearly $100,000 grant from the Rural Futures Institute at the University of Nebraska. Building Healthy Families aims to teach families how to incorporate healthy behaviors into their lives. The 12-week program is designed for families of overweight children. Family members are assessed for body … [Read more...]
New BMI app puts UNK student, faculty skills to work
By KELLY BARTLING UNK Communications KEARNEY - Collecting, calculating, reporting, filing and tracking body-mass index data for Kearney’s school children was a tedious task. That is, until a University of Nebraska at Kearney computer science student put his emerging app-development skills to use developing a new mobile application. After a semester of development through a unique industry-university development and internship program, Kearney school administrators and school nurses are … [Read more...]
