Posted: February 13, 2024 12:00:00 AM CST
The Associate Director over Internships at UNK’S CBT Career Center is grateful when she hears “the same message year after year” from the students she works with. Janice Woods, who has worked with more than 1000 college students doing internships during 13 years at UNK, knows that “college degrees are still relevant” for career placement. Woods, as well as everyone at the College of Business and Technology Career Center, understands that students need rich...
Posted: February 6, 2024 12:00:00 AM CST
When the time came for the Kearney Chamber of Commerce to recognize their Young Professional of the Year, they didn’t have to look far. Alyse Pflanz, who not only teaches at the University of Nebraska at Kearney but also serves as the Director of the Center for Economic Education, was an obvious choice. Honored for the hard work she does not only for her students but for the entire Kearney community, Pflanz shares that going to work every day is “a lot of fun.” As a UNK...
Posted: January 30, 2024 12:00:00 AM CST
Dustin Favinger, who serves as the Senior Director of UNK’s Career Development and Graduate Programs, knows how much his students love their home state. He also knows how important it is to help those students prepare for their future professional lives. His responsibilities include being a lecturer in the Management Department of the College of Business and Technology where he teaches incoming freshmen an introductory business course. This class helps to give them a glimpse of what...
Posted: January 25, 2024 12:00:00 AM CST
Being awarded a visiting fellowship with Harvard University is like finding a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, Christy Gordon Baty, a 2023 University of Nebraska at Kearney History M.A. alumna and professional needlework historian, knows a thing or two about needles. Since finding that needle in the haystack, Baty and her business partner Erin Harvey Moody were awarded a visiting fellowship to Harvard’s historical Houghton Library, home of...
Posted: January 23, 2024 12:00:00 AM CST
Industrial Distribution is a big deal at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. After all, how many programs can boast a 100% placement rate? As impressive as this is, it didn’t happen overnight. In fact, one would have to go back many decades to understand how today’s UNK students are being uniquely prepared for the leadership roles over 1000 graduates currently enjoy. It was 1987 when Dr. Don Envick made his way back to his hometown of Kearney, Nebraska. After spending many...
