Dr. Nita Unruh
Department of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Studies, 308.865.8626 or unruhnc@unk.edu
Twenty University of Nebraska at Kearney students served as group counselors at the National Youth Sports Camp (NYSP) hosted by UNK this summer.
The five-week camp serves children, ages 10 to 16, with economic need and teaches them a wide variety of activities with emphasis on physical fitness, personal and social skills, nutrition, as well as drug and alcohol education.
According to Dr. Nita Unruh, the NYSP project director at UNK, the group counselors were in charge of check in duties, getting their group to each activity and providing a good role model for the children.
“The UNK students are invaluable,” said Dr. Unruh. “They are the backbone of the program.”
According to Dr. Unruh, most of the UNK students who served as group counselors were education majors. A few counselors had returned to the camp several times, including Maria Hernandez, who attended the camp 13 years (six years as a camper, three years as a high school aide and four years as the camp’s computer specialist).
The federally funded youth camp is one of three hosted within the state of Nebraska.
The UNK students who served as group counselors for the 2004 National Youth Sports Program held at UNK are listed below, alphabetically by their hometowns:
Bennington
Reggie Zaruba
Bertrand
- Dan Carlson
Butte
- Amber Tiefenthaler
Central City
- Sarah Burbach
Grand Island
- Deb Dorsey (graduated from UNK in May 2004)
Holdrege
- Justin Ganser
Kearney
- Luke Estes and Maria Hernandez
Lexington
- Karime Rios
McCook
- Tayler McMinamen
Mitchell
- Hilary French
North Platte
- Rob Hartman and Jacob Mohs
O’Neill
- Marian Carr
St. Libory
- Emily Robinson
Sidney
- Kim Heaton
Wakefield
- Ross Gardner
Wayne
- Dustin Schmeits
Wilcox
Mike Brummer
COLOMBIA
Bogota
Maria Perez
