Incoming UNK students can apply for the Nebraska Career Scholarship here. The application deadline is Feb. 28. By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Like many states across the country, Nebraska continues to face workforce shortages, with critical needs in STEM and health care. Nebraska will have more than 34,000 annual openings in high-skill, high-demand, high-wage jobs in the next five years, according to the state’s Department of Labor, with most of those … [Read more...] about Nebraska STEM, health care careers get boost from state scholarship funds
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UNK receives grant to promote STEM education in preschool
LINCOLN – The University of Nebraska at Kearney College of Education recently received an $86,375 grant from Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN) to promote science, technology, engineering and math education in Head Start programs. Presented Tuesday during WIN’s annual awards ceremony in Lincoln, the grant supports a collaboration between the UNK College of Education and Nebraska Head Start that focuses on early STEM concept development by giving preschool teachers an … [Read more...] about UNK receives grant to promote STEM education in preschool
High-Tech Health: Adkins-Bollwitt uses technology to motivate, involve PE students
VIEW THE 2021 NEW FRONTIERS RESEARCH MAGAZINE By JAN TREFFER THOMPSON When they walk in the gym for PE class, students’ first stop is a projection screen. “Shoot baskets or walk the track,” it tells them; some head toward the hoops, while others set a brisk pace around the room. Later, students will visit a series of movement stations, recording their cartwheels and somersaults on mobile devices and reviewing the videos to see how well they did. At the end of … [Read more...] about High-Tech Health: Adkins-Bollwitt uses technology to motivate, involve PE students
UNK celebrates ‘future of higher education’ at Discovery Hall grand opening
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Discovery Hall is much more than a fancy, new addition to the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus. The state-of-the-art STEM facility will revolutionize higher education and workforce development in Nebraska. “This building is the future of higher education. It’s not just experiential. It’s immersive. It’s interactive. It brings a whole new definition to hybrid education,” University of Nebraska President Ted … [Read more...] about UNK celebrates ‘future of higher education’ at Discovery Hall grand opening
UNK celebrating grand opening of Discovery Hall with Oct. 5 ribbon-cutting
KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney is celebrating the grand opening of Discovery Hall with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Monday (Oct. 5). The event kicks off homecoming week on campus, and will be led by UNK Chancellor Doug Kristensen, with special guest University of Nebraska President Ted Carter. The ceremony will take place outdoors east of Discovery Hall. It will also be livestreamed at unk.edu/eventdashboard. Attendees should park in Lot 27 … [Read more...] about UNK celebrating grand opening of Discovery Hall with Oct. 5 ribbon-cutting
