KEARNEY – Residence halls are filling up, professors are preparing their coursework and fall sports are just around the corner. It’s the start of a new school year at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, which is celebrating with its annual Blue Gold Welcome Week. The event, which is actually about two weeks long, serves as the official kickoff to the academic year for new and returning Lopers. Blue Gold Welcome gives incoming freshmen a chance to familiarize themselves with campus … [Read more...]
Kearney High is UNK Band Day’s top parade performer
Kearney Catholic, GINW, Holdrege, Osmond, Lexington win individual classes KEARNEY – Kearney High School won the Sweepstakes Trophy and was named the top band overall at Saturday’s 2017 UNK Band Day Parade competition. Nineteen Nebraska bands marched in the University of Nebraska at Kearney parade. Kearney High won Class AA and also was awarded the trophy for outstanding drum line. Winning the Outstanding Color Guard trophy was Kearney Catholic High School. Other first-place honors … [Read more...]
UNK Band Day parade features 19 area schools Saturday
KEARNEY – Nineteen bands will continue a long-standing Kearney tradition by participating in the annual University of Nebraska at Kearney Band Day Parade. The parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 23). Band Day provides a performance opportunity for high school and middle school bands across central Nebraska and is a preparation tool for the Oct. 7 Harvest of Harmony Parade and Field Competition in Grand Island. The Band Day parade begins in Kearney near Merryman Performing Arts Center … [Read more...]
PHOTO GALLERY: UNK Homecoming Parade 2017
To purchase photos, visit the UNK Photo Store here … [Read more...]
This Week at UNK | Sept. 11-17
Monday, Sept. 11 3 p.m. – Homecoming Lawn Display Judging (Campus Greens) 5 p.m. – Homecoming Loper Feud (Student Union Ponderosa) 7: 30 p.m. – Concerts on the Platte (Fine Arts Recital Hall) Tuesday, Sept. 12 ALL DAY – Hey Day 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - American Red Cross Blood Drive (Student Union) Noon – Loper Luncheon with UNK Athletics (Cunningham’s Journal, Downtown Kearney) 3 p.m. – Homecoming hall and office display competition 7 p.m. – Homecoming Outdoor movie, “Wonder Woman” … [Read more...]
