Posted: February 14, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
Feeling prepared is often the hardest part of adjusting to college life for incoming freshmen. In fact, one out of five freshmen don’t return to school for their sophomore year. At the University of Nebraska at Kearney, students are given the opportunity to beat these odds by having the option of living in a creatively designed environment during their first year of college. For Brenda Jochum, who is in charge of making the College of Business and Technology’s Living Learning...
Posted: February 7, 2023 8:15:00 AM CST
Almost everyone loves to hear a good story, but it takes someone special to tell one. Students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s College of Business are treated to the fine art of storytelling when they enter Dr. Karl Borden’s classroom. His stories take them back in time to when he was a little boy learning the nuances of business from his father to his long career as a serial entrepreneur. With this much experience in the world of finance at his disposal, he uses his...
Posted: January 31, 2023 6:00:00 AM CST
The students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney don’t shy away from hard work. Thanks to the generosity of numerous donors, these students are rewarded for their incredible efforts inside and outside of the classroom. Supporters who recognize the importance of investing in the future make scholarships available to deserving UNK students. The perfect chemistry of student effort and donor generosity creates an environment where excellence is given a chance to extend far beyond the...
Posted: January 26, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
ITS has added the “File Upload Question” feature to Qualtrics. The “file upload question” feature allows respondents to upload a file along with their other responses. Using the file upload, you can collect data that may not be available through standard survey questions. How many files can be uploaded to each survey question? Only one file per survey question What is the file upload limit per survey question? 100MB What types of files can...
Posted: January 24, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
Much like the doctors of Nebraska’s State Hospital for Tuberculosis, who for sixty years made their rounds in what is now UNK’s West Center, Steve Klein spends each morning checking in on his colleagues. As a Facilities and Technology Specialist for the College of Business and Technology, his dedication to his work helps UNK run smoothly. Klein, who has worked at the University of Nebraska at Kearney for the past fourteen years, credits his “natural passion for handling...
Posted: January 23, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
Lena Corrado, a winter 2022 Social Work B.S. graduate, has a long history of heroes in her family. She plans to continue the heroic lineage, but in her own way. “My brothers were in the military, my dad was in the military, my mom worked for the military, my grandpa was in the military, my grandma was in the military, my uncles, and my great uncles,” explains Corrado. “They’ve been in every war since WWII.” Corrado was born in Okinawa,...
Posted: January 4, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
Jenn True, Emerson Elementary Principal and University of Nebraska at Kearney graduate was recently awarded the 2022 Outstanding New Principal of the Year Award from the National Association of Elementary School Principals. While this award proves she has led her building with excellence, being a principal wasn’t always the career path True had in mind. “I always had the concern that I wouldn’t want to become a principal because I would miss...
