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UNK sorority sending 451 holiday care packages to US service members

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By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Christmas came early on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus. Festive music filled the Nebraskan Student Union Ponderosa Room on Tuesday evening as UNK’s Alpha Omicron Pi sorority hosted an event that spreads holiday cheer to U.S. military members stationed overseas. In its eighth year, Sisters for Soldiers gives the sorority, as well as campus and community members, an opportunity to thank service members for … [Read more...] about UNK sorority sending 451 holiday care packages to US service members

Alpha Omicron Pi sorority sending holiday care packages to service members

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UNK’s Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is bringing holiday cheer to U.S. military members serving overseas through its annual Sisters for Soldiers project. For the seventh year, the sorority collected donations to send care packages to service men and women who will spend the holidays away from their families. This year’s project raised nearly $5,000 and created 392 care packages that will be shipped this week. Each package includes items such as playing cards, puzzle books, … [Read more...] about Alpha Omicron Pi sorority sending holiday care packages to service members

ROTC cadets leave UNK as leaders, Army officers

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By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – More than 500 students participated in Friday’s spring commencement at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Three of them received standing ovations from the capacity crowd inside the Health and Sports Center. Cannon Marchand, Jeysel Olmos and Armando Chavez celebrated a pair of achievements on graduation day. Shortly after receiving their degrees, the ROTC cadets were commissioned as second lieutenants in the … [Read more...] about ROTC cadets leave UNK as leaders, Army officers

Cadets Marchand, Knights experience new cultures, expand leadership during summer abroad

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By KELLY BARTLING UNK Communications KEARNEY – When Cannon Marchand and James Knights signed up for University of Nebraska at Kearney’s ROTC, they hoped to advance their world knowledge, improve their leadership skills and take part in amazing experiences. Both were able to do that this summer through two special Army Cadet training programs that took one to Bulgaria and the other to Germany. Marchand traveled in June and July to Bulgaria, where he helped teach … [Read more...] about Cadets Marchand, Knights experience new cultures, expand leadership during summer abroad