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From LA to UNK: Perla Navarro finds peace in central Nebraska

October 29, 2021 by Tyler Ellyson

SENIOR DAY The UNK women's soccer team plays its final match of the season 1 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 31), when the Lopers host Emporia State at Cope Stadium. Tickets are available here. By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Perla Navarro’s personality is a lot like life in central Nebraska – calm and quiet. That’s something the University of Nebraska at Kearney soccer player has learned to appreciate, although it was startling at first. When she moved to … [Read more...] about From LA to UNK: Perla Navarro finds peace in central Nebraska

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, Athletics, News Tagged With: David Farias, East Los Angeles College, Kearney, Lopers, MIAA, Perla Navarro, Soccer, social work, Sociology, University of Nebraska, UNK

Loughrin’s background benefits women’s, gender and ethnic studies program

July 8, 2021 by Tyler Ellyson

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Diversity. Equality. Inclusion. Empathy. Those are some of the words associate sociology professor Sandra Loughrin uses to describe the women’s, gender and ethnic studies program at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. As both an instructor and the program’s director, Loughrin wants students to examine the world from a different perspective, one that challenges preconceived notions and creates a better understanding … [Read more...] about Loughrin’s background benefits women’s, gender and ethnic studies program

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, Faculty, News Tagged With: College of Arts and Sciences, gender and ethnic studies, Kearney, Sandra Loughrin, Sociology, University of Nebraska, UNK, women's

Climate change expert Dunlap featured at Sociological Symposium hosted by UNK

October 25, 2017 by admin

By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – Oklahoma State University sociology professor Riley E. Dunlap is the featured speaker at the upcoming Nebraska Undergraduate Sociological Symposium hosted by the University of Nebraska at Kearney. One of the founders of environmental sociology, Dunlap’s recent work has focused on socio-political controversies surrounding climate change. He chaired the American Sociological Association’s Task Force on Sociology and Global … [Read more...] about Climate change expert Dunlap featured at Sociological Symposium hosted by UNK

Filed Under: Natural & Social Sciences, News Tagged With: Environmental Sociology, Global Climate Change, Riley Dunlap, Sociological Theory, Sociology, Suzanne Maughan, Symposium

Valerie Vierk retiring after 33 years; ‘I love the spirit of UNK’

April 17, 2017 by admin

Name: Valerie Lee Vierk Job Title: Office associate, Sociology Years at UNK: Will be 33 on June 4, 2017. Hired June 4, 1984. Career Path: I’ve always worked as an office associate. I worked for psychology, criminal justice, sociology and geography departments. Family:  Fiance, Don Behrendt. We will be married on June 3, my late mother’s birthday. Son, Edward, a lawyer, and his wife, Frauke Hachtmann, professor of journalism and mass communication at University of … [Read more...] about Valerie Vierk retiring after 33 years; ‘I love the spirit of UNK’

Filed Under: Natural & Social Sciences, News Tagged With: retire, Retirement, Sociology, Valerie Vierk

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