By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – When Deb Schroeder talks to high schoolers about careers in information technology, she tells them they’ll likely be training for jobs that don’t exist yet – that’s how quickly the industry changes. Someone could’ve had the same conversation with her when she enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Kearney nearly five decades ago. “When I was a college student, you could never say I aspired to be a chief … [Read more...] about Deb Schroeder saw many changes in her 41 years with UNK Information Technology
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No more password expiration dates; University IT simplifying login policy
KEARNEY – Information technology services is simplifying the password policy for UNK students and employees. Beginning Sunday (March 24), ITS is eliminating password expiration dates and synchronizing TrueYou and campus accounts so users have only a single password to remember. The change doesn’t immediately impact existing account passwords. Your TrueYou (Firefly, SAP, MyBlue and MyRecords) and campus (UNK email, Canvas and Box) passwords will sync the next time you … [Read more...] about No more password expiration dates; University IT simplifying login policy
CoderDojo movement returns to UNK for three youth sessions; First event Feb. 18
KEARNEY – The CoderDojo movement is returning to the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where youth will learn about computer coding, building websites, creating apps and exploring technology. Hosted by Kearney Area Coder Dojos, the events include separate sessions at UNK and include a partnership with UNK’s Computer Science and Information Technology Department. CoderDojos are from 6 to 8 p.m. at UNK’s Otto Olsen Building room 110 on Feb. 18, March 18 and April … [Read more...] about CoderDojo movement returns to UNK for three youth sessions; First event Feb. 18
Forget California, retiring professor Ron Tuttle found his home at University of Nebraska at Kearney
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Ron Tuttle had his sights set on sunny California. It was the “Beach Boys era,” as he called it, and the West Coast was the place to be for 20-somethings. At least that’s what Tuttle thought before he arrived in Kearney in 1974. The industrial technology professor with a passion for motorcycles and rebuilding cars planned to stay at the University of Nebraska at Kearney for three years before heading west to the … [Read more...] about Forget California, retiring professor Ron Tuttle found his home at University of Nebraska at Kearney
UNK’s Kearney Bound program lands Bryan Escobar IT job in cattle industry
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – The Kearney Bound program changed Bryan Escobar’s life. The University of Nebraska at Kearney senior grew up in Lexington, where his parents worked at the Tyson meatpacking plant. They made enough money to get by, but paying for a university education would have been a stretch. “They were always pushing for me to get a higher education,” said Escobar, whose parents emigrated to the United States from Central America … [Read more...] about UNK’s Kearney Bound program lands Bryan Escobar IT job in cattle industry
