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 Regents and … [Read more...]
UNK’s Kearney Bound program lands Bryan Escobar IT job in cattle industry
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 more than two decades … [Read more...]
Lexington’s Noemi Murillo overcomes shyness, language barrier to succeed at UNK
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. “I was always afraid … [Read more...]
