By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – A Hollywood screenwriter couldn’t have scripted it any better. Saturday’s wrestling dual between the University of Nebraska at Kearney, ranked No. 5 in NCAA Division II, and Grand View University, the top-ranked team in NAIA, came down to the final match. With the visiting Vikings ahead 19-15, it was time for a showdown years in the making. Twin brothers Josh and Justin Portillo, who hadn’t faced each other in a … [Read more...] about Portillo brothers settle sibling rivalry on Saturday, focus on bigger goals
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PHOTOS: West Center lobby, lower level updates create new look and feel
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Smart lockers simplify package delivery for campus residents
BY ERIKA PRITCHARD UNK Communications KEARNEY – The Nebraskan Student Union now serves as a centralized location for student-residents to pick up packages delivered through mailing services. UNK’s Office of Residence Life purchased 113 smart lockers of various sizes from Parcel Pending in Irvine, California, and had them installed in the hallway east of the Student Engagement offices. Students living in nine of the 10 residence halls on campus have been utilizing … [Read more...] about Smart lockers simplify package delivery for campus residents
UNK hosting virtual poetry reading, workshop with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
KEARNEY – Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer believes in the power of practice. She’s been writing a poem a day since 2006, drawing inspiration from themes such as parenting, gardening, the natural world, love, science, thriving/failure and daily life. Her work is “wrestled by fear and beauty, sorrow and gratitude.” “Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer makes you glad you are alive. Her poems are thought-provoking and gratitude-provoking, full of both slow wisdom and timeliness,” … [Read more...] about UNK hosting virtual poetry reading, workshop with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
PHOTOS: Otto Olsen demo from start to finish
Demolition of the Otto Olsen building was completed this week. After spending more than two decades on the state’s capital construction replacement list, Otto Olsen was replaced by the LaVonne Kopecky Plambeck Early Childhood Education Center that opened in fall 2019, an addition to the Fine Arts Building and Discovery Hall, a state-of-the-art STEM facility that opened in fall 2020. The former vocational and industrial arts building opened in 1955 and was named after … [Read more...] about PHOTOS: Otto Olsen demo from start to finish
