By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – A quote from American philosopher and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson best describes Maha Younes’ mission as an educator, researcher and advocate. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” Younes, a professor in the department of social work, has definitely been a difference maker during her 27-year career … [Read more...] about Maha Younes – a ‘progressive leader’ and ‘first-rate teacher’ – receives Holdt Distinguished Faculty Award
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UNK public hearing on College Arts and Sciences bylaws is Nov. 29
KEARNEY –The University of Nebraska at Kearney will host a public hearing from 3-4 p.m. Nov. 29 to discuss the constitution and bylaws for the university’s new College of Arts and Sciences. The meeting is in Copeland Hall room 142 on the UNK campus. An electronic vote for all full-time College of Arts and Sciences faculty to adopt the constitution and bylaws will occur Dec. 3. UNK’s colleges of Fine Arts and Humanities and Natural and Social Sciences merged to form a new … [Read more...] about UNK public hearing on College Arts and Sciences bylaws is Nov. 29
Three UNK Faculty Join Inaugural Class Of Rural Futures Institute Fellows
Three faculty researchers from UNK are in the inaugural class of Rural Futures Institute Fellows assembled to think strategically about opportunities in rural business, health care, education, technology and more. Todd Bartee, Bree Dority and Peter Longo are among 15 faculty from University of Nebraska and other institutions selected to the group, which also includes 10 community practitioners from across Nebraska. Bartee is professor of Kinesiology and … [Read more...] about Three UNK Faculty Join Inaugural Class Of Rural Futures Institute Fellows
UNK celebrates Nebraska’s 150th with three guest speakers March 1
KEARNEY – The UNK History Department will celebrate Nebraska’s 150th birthday on March 1 by hosting three guest speakers in Kearney. Peter Longo and Anthony Schutz will present “The Nebraska Constitution” at 3:30 p.m. in the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Copeland Hall, room 142. Longo is a political science professor at UNK, and Schutz is associate professor of Law at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Paul Johnsgard, UNL professor of biological sciences … [Read more...] about UNK celebrates Nebraska’s 150th with three guest speakers March 1
La Duke relieved as UNK dean, Peter Longo in as interim
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story and headline was edited on Nov. 11, 2016, to reflect that John La Duke was relieved of his appointment as dean of the College of Natural and Social Sciences and then elected to resign rather than return to a teaching assignment in the Department of Biology KEARNEY – The College of Natural and Social Sciences at the University of Nebraska at Kearney will now be led by political science professor Peter Longo, who takes over as interim dean July … [Read more...] about La Duke relieved as UNK dean, Peter Longo in as interim
