November 2022 Posts

You Can’t Get This Out of a Textbook

Posted: November 29, 2022 12:00:00 AM CST

You Can’t Get This Out of a Textbook

When Dr. Daniel Chaffin taught MGT400-Entrepreneurship for the first time, he knew exactly what to expect from the textbook and his lesson plans. He was confident that his students would learn what they needed to know at the end of the semester. What he didn’t count on was the lesson that he would learn. Thanks to the feedback from one of his students, his class at the University of Nebraska at Kearney has left the confines of the classroom behind and spilled out all over the campus....

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By: Sandy Brannan

Category: Business and Technology, General, Entrepreneur

Study Abroad Opens Horizons and Offers Benefits to Uriel Anchondo

Posted: November 15, 2022 12:00:00 AM CST

Study Abroad Opens Horizons and Offers Benefits to Uriel Anchondo

It is hard not to notice how Uriel Anchondo’s face lights up when he talks about his Spring 2022 study abroad experience in Olomouc, Czech Republic. A recently graduated computer science major at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, he decided his freshman year that he wanted to take advantage of the study abroad opportunities available to students at UNK.  Planning is advisable. “My advisor and I worked out a plan to make it happen my senior year.”   While there...

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By: Theresa Boedeker

Category: General, Marketing, Business and Technology

UNK programs draw Tuggen Even from Turkey to Nebraska, making him a “Loper forever”

Posted: November 14, 2022 11:30:00 AM CST

UNK programs draw Tuggen Even from Turkey to Nebraska, making him a “Loper forever”

The University of Nebraska was not number one on Tuggen Even’s list, in fact he had never even heard of the university until two weeks prior to his arrival in 2007.   Even is from Antalya, Turkey and his father’s friend’s son, who was a recent UNK graduate, encouraged Even to apply.  “They were in Turkey and asked us to dinner as a graduation celebration,” Even said. “That is when I heard about UNK. It was the same night we called...

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By: Heidi Knake

Category: Graduate Studies, General, UNK Online

Dana Vaux, How an Emerging Thought Leader Shapes the Teacher-Scholar Model at UNK

Posted: November 8, 2022 12:00:00 AM CST

Dana Vaux, How an Emerging Thought Leader Shapes the Teacher-Scholar Model at UNK

Decorating and home shows may have us thinking that interior design is about choosing shower tile, paint colors, and deciding whether to “open up” the floorplan. But to Dana Vaux, University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Interior and Product Design Associate Professor, design is so much more. “When I taught the introductory class, I started out with ‘what is interior design?’ It’s not what we see on HGTV. It’s very much a technical skill.” For...

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By: Theresa Boedeker

Category: General, Business and Technology, Marketing

Sharing YuJa Media

Posted: November 2, 2022 12:00:00 AM CDT

Sharing YuJa Media

Content Creators and Administrators can share their media with users inside and outside of the Video Platform using video Sharing, Publishing and Direct Links. Watch this video to learn. (2 min)

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By: Shahla Alavi

Category: Information Technology Services

The Sky’s the Limit for Aviation Students at UNK

Posted: November 1, 2022 12:00:00 AM CDT

The Sky’s the Limit for Aviation Students at UNK

As Emily Farley begins her final semester as a University of Nebraska at Kearney Loper, she literally has her head in the clouds. Back in 2018 when she started taking business classes, a future career in aviation had never even crossed her mind. But then she “started to talk to some of the faculty” and “slowly got pulled in by the students” which helped her discover all that the aviation program had to offer. By the end of her freshman year, she had switched majors and...

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By: Sandy Brannan

Category: Business and Technology, General, Marketing

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