By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Work will begin soon on a sanitary and storm sewer project that impacts a portion of the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus and includes a new and improved Cope Fountain. The project, which is expected to start in about three weeks and continue into the fall semester, extends from the Nebraskan Student Union south to Thomas Hall along U.S. Highway 30. It’s needed to replace an aging sanitary sewer line that serves the student union … [Read more...]
UNK recognizes Richard and Barbara Bush with highest campus honor
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Richard and Barbara Bush were all but certain their children would attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They both graduated from the school – he in 1953 and she in 1955 – and Barbara was even named homecoming queen. Surely their kids would follow this tradition someday. At least that’s what they thought before settling in Kearney shortly after Richard graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in … [Read more...]
UNK presentation to recognize Ron and Carol Cope’s giving; April 11 at Kearney library
KEARNEY – A discussion outlining the generosity and community support of former Kearney residents Ron and Carol Cope is being hosted by a Nebraska author with a published book on the well-known philanthropists. “The Spaces They Occupied: The Communities of Ron and Carol Cope,” is from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday (April 11) at the Kearney Public Library’s South Platte Room, 2020 First Ave. It is free and open to the public. A UNK Brown Bag series presentation, the event is hosted by the … [Read more...]
