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 KellyBartling 
Kelly H. Bartling
Assistant Vice Chancellor
Communications & Community Relations
(308) 865-8455
bartlingkh@unk.edu 

Kelly Bartling was appointed to the position of UNK Assistant Vice Chancellor for Communications and Community Relations in  February of 2013.  She previously worked in the Office of Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as News Director (2005-2013) and Senior News Writer and National News Editor (1999-2005).  She also served as Director of National News Media for the Office of the Vice President for External Affairs from 2003-2005.  Before joining the staff at UNL, she was managing editor for the York News-Times, news editor for the Kearney Hub, Deputy Director for the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, and a reporter for the Lincoln Star and Beatrice Daily Sun. A native of York, Nebraska, Mrs. Bartling attended Kearney State College before completing a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She also holds an M.A. in Marketing, Communication, and Advertising from the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications and has taught courses at UNL and Nebraska Wesleyan University in public relations, social media, media relations, and crisis communication.