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UNK, University of Nebraska students offer more help with flood recovery
By MELISSA LEE University of Nebraska Communications LINCOLN - From documenting damage to roads and bridges to organizing a thank-you event for volunteers who cleaned up local fairgrounds. From developing multi-lingual disaster recovery materials to assisting with landscape design and GPS mapping, University of Nebraska students are working in communities across the state through a new summer serviceship program created in the wake of this year’s devastating … [Read more...] about UNK, University of Nebraska students offer more help with flood recovery
‘We’re all united’: UNK students help with flood recovery effort as part of The Big Event
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications GIBBON – Mike Montgomery wiped a tear from his eye as he described the devastation. He’s lived in Gibbon since 1969 and never seen anything like last month’s historic flooding. “It’s just an overwhelming ordeal,” Montgomery said. “It happened so fast you really couldn’t think about it.” When the nearby Wood River left its banks, residents had little time to react before entire neighborhoods were inundated. The fast-rising … [Read more...] about ‘We’re all united’: UNK students help with flood recovery effort as part of The Big Event
New emergency assistance fund to support NU students, employees facing sudden hardship
A new fund at the University of Nebraska Foundation will support NU students and employees on all campuses facing sudden financial hardship from emergency situations like the recent flooding that has impacted people and communities across the state. Contributions to the University of Nebraska Emergency Assistance Fund are being accepted now. Gifts from individuals, companies and organizations will help currently enrolled students and current employees who are in crisis … [Read more...] about New emergency assistance fund to support NU students, employees facing sudden hardship
