By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Charlie Bicak, senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs, uses the proverbial phrase to describe the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. As COVID-19 continues to impact higher education, you have to look for ways to take advantage of a difficult situation. That’s exactly what UNK was able to do through its January … [Read more...] about UNK students show strong interest in January intersession, generating 1,500 credit hours
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‘Everyone gave more’: UNK community works together to complete challenging semester
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Fall 2020 was a semester unlike any other. Smiling faces were covered by cloth face masks. On-campus activities and athletic events were disrupted. And classes were modified to ensure learning continued during a global pandemic. It wasn’t a great semester, John Falconer admits, acknowledging the stressful situations University of Nebraska at Kearney students, staff and faculty faced. “But given the context, I … [Read more...] about ‘Everyone gave more’: UNK community works together to complete challenging semester
An inspiring teacher and mentor, Kate Heelan receives UNK’s Distinguished Faculty Award
KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney exercise science professor Kate Heelan was honored Friday with the Leland Holdt/Security Mutual Life Distinguished Faculty Award. Presented each year during winter commencement, UNK’s most prestigious faculty award recognizes an outstanding teacher-scholar for their achievements in education, research and service. The award, which also honors UNK alumnus Leland Holdt and commemorates his many years of leadership at Security … [Read more...] about An inspiring teacher and mentor, Kate Heelan receives UNK’s Distinguished Faculty Award
University of Nebraska extending emergency leave policy through June 30
The University of Nebraska system is extending through June 30, 2021, an emergency leave policy that offers additional flexibility to employees who need to be absent for reasons related to COVID-19. Created in March as part of the university’s pandemic response, the policy grants up to 160 hours of paid emergency administrative leave for employees to use in cases of self-quarantine, quarantine or care of a family member, child care resulting from school closures, or other … [Read more...] about University of Nebraska extending emergency leave policy through June 30
Sight unseen, Jessica Peterson finds everything she was looking for at UNK
Title: Assistant professor, Department of Criminal Justice Education: Bachelor of Science, criminal justice and psychology, Texas Christian University, 2013; Master of Arts, criminal justice, Indiana University, 2017; Doctorate, criminal justice, Indiana University, projected 2021. Professional Associations: International Society for the Study of Rural Crime; American Society of Criminology; American Society of Criminology Division of Rural Criminology; American Society of … [Read more...] about Sight unseen, Jessica Peterson finds everything she was looking for at UNK
