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MESSAGE FROM CHANCELLOR: NU collaboration helps students succeed, meet Nebraska’s workforce needs

March 15, 2019 by gottulatm

Chancellor Doug Kristensen

By DOUG KRISTENSEN UNK Chancellor KEARNEY – There is no greater return on investment to Nebraskans than to assure affordable access to students in quality University of Nebraska programs that are delivering graduates prepared to excel in the state’s workforce – in classrooms, laboratories, offices, fields, factories and studios. This transformational investment is especially important for Nebraska’s low-income and first-generation students, who are succeeding in … [Read more...] about MESSAGE FROM CHANCELLOR: NU collaboration helps students succeed, meet Nebraska’s workforce needs

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, Business & Technology, College of Education, News Tagged With: Central Community College, Chancellor, Column, Doug Kristensen, Kearney Bound, Teachers Scholars Academy, Thompson Scholar's, University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK, workforce

UNK’s Brittany Zimmerman uses difficult past to create better future

January 24, 2019 by gottulatm

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Brittany Zimmerman’s life could have gone down a different path. She could have used her tough childhood and unstable home life as an excuse to fail. She could have folded under the pressures that weighed heavily on her throughout her teenage years. Nobody would have blamed her. But anyone who has met the 20-year-old University of Nebraska at Kearney student knows that’s not the kind of person she is. Instead of … [Read more...] about UNK’s Brittany Zimmerman uses difficult past to create better future

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, News Tagged With: Brittany Zimmerman, Buffett Foundation, Chris Exstrom, Health Sciences, Josh Pierce, Kearney Bound, New Life Church, Nursing

CHANCELLOR COLUMN: UNK mission is helping first-generation students succeed

November 8, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Higher education is transformational, and affordable access is critical. While this is true for everyone, it is especially true for Nebraska’s many Pell-eligible/low income students and first-generation students (students who are the first in their families to attend college). The University of Nebraska at Kearney is proud to provide affordable access to high quality educational experiences. It is an effort driven by an entire team – the University of Nebraska Board of … [Read more...] about CHANCELLOR COLUMN: UNK mission is helping first-generation students succeed

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, Business & Technology, College of Education, News Tagged With: Board of Regents, Buffett Foundation, Chancellor, Column, Doug Kristensen, First Generation, Kearney Bound, Pell Grant, Thompson Scholar's, University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK

UNK’s Kearney Bound program lands Bryan Escobar IT job in cattle industry

April 13, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Bryan Escobar of Lexington came to UNK through its Kearney Bound program, which is for first-generation college students. He has an internship with Turnkey Computer Systems, a Texas company that provides management and accounting systems for the cattle feeding industry. (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications)

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – The Kearney Bound program changed Bryan Escobar’s life. The University of Nebraska at Kearney senior grew up in Lexington, where his parents worked at the Tyson meatpacking plant. They made enough money to get by, but paying for a university education would have been a stretch. “They were always pushing for me to get a higher education,” said Escobar, whose parents emigrated to the United States from Central America … [Read more...] about UNK’s Kearney Bound program lands Bryan Escobar IT job in cattle industry

Filed Under: Business & Technology, News Tagged With: Bryan Escobar, internship, IT, Kearney Bound, Lexington, Sigma Lambda Beta, Turnkey Computer Systems, University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK

Lexington’s Noemi Murillo overcomes shyness, language barrier to succeed at UNK

May 12, 2014 by admin 1 Comment

By AUSTIN KOELLER UNK Communications KEARNEY – Noemi Murillo’s path to nursing school has not been easy. She moved to the United States at age 3 from Michoachán, Mexico, where she was born and her parents had lived their whole lives. Her struggles began when she started elementary school. “I was not learning at the same speed as my other classmates because I did not understand the English language,” said the University of Nebraska at Kearney senior from Lexington. … [Read more...] about Lexington’s Noemi Murillo overcomes shyness, language barrier to succeed at UNK

Filed Under: News Tagged With: College of Nursing, Jen Harvey, Josh Pierce, Kearney Bound, Noemi Murillo, Scott Seeba, Thompson Scholar's

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