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‘We’re all united’: UNK students help with flood recovery effort as part of The Big Event

April 8, 2019 by gottulatm

UNK students Zach Ciborn of Columbus, left, and Riley Mrkvicka of Farwell load Sheetrock off a semitrailer Saturday while helping with flood recovery efforts in Gibbon. They joined 500 other University of Nebraska at Kearney students who volunteered in Kearney and area communities as part of UNK’s The Big Event. (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications)

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

Filed Under: News, Photo Galleries, Student Life Tagged With: Cleanup, Delta Tau Delta, Edgar Almazan, Flood, Gibbon, Humberto Andrade-Goeken, Mike Montgomery, Nebraska Strong, Restore Ministries, Sigma Tau Gamma, The BIg Event, University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK, Volunteer, Wood River, Zach McDuffee

UNK student sustainability group hosting trash cleanups, Frank Museum garden planting

March 22, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Garden Planting Photo

KEARNEY – UNK’s Sustainability Committee is involved with a number of April events meant to educate the community and create awareness about environmental sustainability. The student group is partnering with Locke and Key Society for a trash cleanup from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 7 at Pioneer Park, 700 W. 21st St. in Kearney. The committee will host its annual Garden Planting Day from 1-3 p.m. April 22 at the G.W. Frank Museum of History and Culture, where it will plant … [Read more...] about UNK student sustainability group hosting trash cleanups, Frank Museum garden planting

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Adopt a Highway, Cleanup, Frank Museum, Garden, Litter, Locke and Key, Planting, Sustainability, Trash, Volunteer

The Big Event set for April 2; Job sites, volunteers needed

March 15, 2016 by admin

KEARNEY – The Big Event will bring hundreds of students, faculty and staff from the University of Nebraska at Kearney together to volunteer across the community April 2. The Big Event is the largest, one-day, student-run service project in the nation. The event started at Texas A&M in 1982 and aims to give back to communities through one day of service. It’s a way for students from campuses across the country to say “thank you” to residents in their local … [Read more...] about The Big Event set for April 2; Job sites, volunteers needed

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Big Event, Community Service, Volunteer

The Big Event helps UNK students give back, say thanks to Kearney

April 9, 2015 by admin Leave a Comment

  By AUSTIN KOELLER UNK Communications KEARNEY – More than 700 students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney will give back to the Kearney community Saturday when they participate in the 10th annual The Big Event. Tim Danube, associate director of the Nebraskan Student Union, said the event is a way for students to thank the community through community outreach. Student volunteers will work at one of 43 sites across Kearney doing various types of … [Read more...] about The Big Event helps UNK students give back, say thanks to Kearney

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Cacia Lyon, Cleanup, The BIg Event, Tim Danube, Volunteer

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