KEARNEY – Some 100 fans, alumni, students, faculty and staff of University of Nebraska at Kearney have put in applications for specially designed Loper license plates, and to prompt others to act soon, a May 1 action date is being implemented. New online credit-card payments are also being accepted. The university began on Sept. 1 an effort to gather 250 signups for a UNK/Loper specialty plate. In six months, 100 have applied for the plates. There is a minimum order of 250 required by the … [Read more...]
Video, panel featuring past presidents highlights Kearney State-UNK evolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDFH4VWzB1k&feature=youtu.be KEARNEY – Twenty-five years ago: students and faculty, administrators and alumni of Kearney State College were getting used to the idea that in a few short months, they would be part of the University of Nebraska. The preceding months weren’t without conflict, when in 1989 Nebraska state senator Jerome Warner introduced LB 160 to make Kearney State – then the largest of the four state colleges – part of the University of … [Read more...]
UNK administration: Student surveys show preferences; on to next phase
KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney administration today announced it is moving forward with student-identified restaurants and beginning preliminary negotiations with those interested in locating in the Nebraskan Student Union. Those moving forward will be Chick-fil-A, Raising Canes, Panda Express, IHOP, A&W, sbarro, and Johnny Rockets. These restaurants are allowed in the Union under the university’s agreement with its food services contractor Chartwells, and were preferred by … [Read more...]
UNK WEB UPDATE – New landing pages about storytelling, navigation
This week in our web design project we began the process of developing more than a dozen new pages on our content management system. Last week, we received the completed design programmed in our new CMS, and webmaster Thane Webb is evaluating the new design and our system. We are about five weeks away from the launch of the new design, and last week had a productive update meeting with about 45 web content editors from across campus who heard and saw more specifics on the new design. The new … [Read more...]
UNK Web Update: Redesign to improve look, usability of unk.edu
In October, Chancellor Kristensen set his sights on unk.edu and tasked a small group to set a course for improving the look and usability of our website. With an investment of one-time money from his office and from interim President Linder, the chancellor asked for immediate improvement for the website and a plan to sustain the changes. UNK’s webmaster Thane Webb, dean John La Duke, admissions director Dusty Newton, assistant vice chancellor Jane Sheldon and I represented the primary audiences … [Read more...]
