By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Kelly Kathleen Ferguson quit her job, bought a prairie dress and visited every “Little House” from the popular Laura Ingalls Wilder series. Then she wrote her own book about the journey – “My Life as Laura: How I Searched for Laura Ingalls Wilder and Found Myself.” Ferguson, an assistant English professor at Southern Utah University, will talk about the experience and read from her work 7 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Museum of Nebraska Art, … [Read more...]
Don Welch remembered for poetry, inspiring UNK students
KEARNEY – Don Welch, an award-winning Nebraska poet and longtime English professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, died Saturday at his Kearney home. He was 84. Welch, who had a bronze sculpture dedicated to him on the UNK campus in 2001, taught at UNK from 1959-97 and authored several published poetry collections. He was a regular contributor to literary magazines. He was the Martin Distinguished Professor of English and Reynolds Chair of Poetry at UNK. His many national honors … [Read more...]
Reynolds Chair Robert Fernandez finds home at UNK
By ADRIANNA TARIN UNK Communications KEARNEY – Robert Fernandez is making himself at home at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. As the new Reynolds Chairperson in the English department at UNK, Fernandez will spend the next five years enhancing his writing, improving his teaching and becoming part of the community. Although Fernandez grew up on the east coast, he finds the pace of life in Kearney more suitable for him. “Before I came to Nebraska, I didn’t know much about it … [Read more...]
