2018 UNK Outstanding Family Award Winner By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – When the Petersen sisters are asked why they live together, they laugh and give the same response. It’s cheaper. “That was the main reason,” Sarah says. “It makes our parents happy.” David and Patti Petersen, whose four daughters attend the University of Nebraska at Kearney, won’t dispute that answer. They’re glad triplets Hannah, Rebekah and Emily followed older sister Sarah to UNK after … [Read more...]
Kovandas of Grand Island receive Outstanding Family Award
By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – The Kovanda family can always find a reason to laugh. Even as Katie Kovanda’s father, Tom, became critically ill with a rare lung disease, the family continued to look for humor in everything. “Because of my dad, I’m not afraid to be outspoken,” said Kovanda, a University of Nebraska at Kearney sophomore elementary education major from Grand Island. “He has shown me by example how great it is to be content with being unique and living … [Read more...]
