Lorissa Roepke

  By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – Lorissa Roepke spent her freshman year at the University of Nebraska at Kearney consumed by her heart. It was during her first semester at UNK that the elementary education major experienced shortness of breath, lightheadedness and a rapid heart rate as she walked across campus to her job at the UNK Child Development Center. “I knew myself well enough to know something was wrong,” she said. The 19-year old … [Read more...] about Roepke finds support at UNK after heart disease diagnosis