Posted: November 30, 2023 10:00:00 AM CST
The University of Nebraska at Kearney has 4,244 students who are currently enrolled in at least one online course. UNK is filled with excellent faculty who have mastered this new form of instruction students are demanding, including Assistant Professor and Composition Coordinator of English Dr. Amanda Sladek, who the Office of Graduate Studies and Academic Innovation is recognizing with the 2023 Outstanding Innovation in Online Teaching Award. The Office...
Posted: November 29, 2023 12:00:00 PM CST
“I would say that my tour is the reason that I'm at UNK, even though I got lost,” Ashton Baxa said. Baxa, an upcoming University of Nebraska at Kearney MBA graduate from Osborne, Kansas physically got lost on campus when she first came for her campus visit. She has since found herself studying abroad in the Czech Republic, expanding her network, and landing a career at Intellicom in Kearney prior to finishing her MBA. She will soon find herself...
Posted: November 28, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
John Behrens, who currently serves as the president of the Cyber Club at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, plans to become a software developer when he graduates in a couple of years. For the time being, his focus is on enjoying college while learning all he can from his professors in the Cyber Systems Department. Thanks to faculty advisor Dr. Ross Taylor, who Behrens describes as “the best,” students involved in UNK’s Cyber Club get the chance to combine learning with...
Posted: November 27, 2023 5:30:00 PM CST
“The History Department absolutely encourages our students to get involved in the field through professional service opportunities,” said University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Associate Professor of History Dr. Will Stoutamire. This service can include serving as a member of a professional association, something that current student Micah Huyser recently had the honor of being elected to do. Huyser is currently pursuing a Public History M.A....
Posted: November 21, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
Students in UNK’s MGT 401 class have been practicing what their instructor, Travis Hollman, has spent most of his adult life doing. While still at UNK himself, Hollman started his own business, one that is still successful two decades later. The entrepreneurial mindset that made him a success as a business owner has carried over into his work as an instructor at UNK’s College of Business and Technology. In 2008, Hollman became an adjunct instructor at UNK and hasn’t looked...
Posted: November 14, 2023 11:50:00 AM CST
Megan Goeke, with her passion for business, is uniquely qualified to serve as the faculty advisor for Cultivate, one of the most exciting clubs offered to students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. In addition to her family entrepreneurial background which goes back for generations, Goeke owns local businesses as well as works as the College of Business and Technology’s Career Center assistant director and online coordinator/academic coach. A strong focus on entrepreneurship is...
Posted: November 10, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
“I don't want to say I was just trying to get the MBA because my board made me get my MBA, but that was the main reason why I got my MBA,” said Troy Bruntz, 2022 University of Nebraska at Kearney MBA alumnus. “I was surprised with what I really didn't know until I started taking all the courses.” Bruntz worked 13 years as the Community Hospital chief financial officer in McCook. He received his bachelor's degree in accounting from UNK and is a Certified...
Posted: November 7, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
Dr. Tim Obermier, who currently serves as the College of Business and Technology’s interim chair for the Cyber Systems Department, has 32 years of experience at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kearney State College as well as his doctorate from Colorado State University. As an Industrial Technology professor, he has had many professional opportunities over his career including the state director for industrial...
Posted: November 6, 2023 3:00:00 PM CST
Video accessibility refers to making videos and multimedia content accessible to individuals with disabilities, ensuring that everyone, regardless of their physical or cognitive abilities, can fully understand and engage with the video. Say Aloud All Visuals and Sounds - Saying aloud visuals and sounds while recording will add all necessary information to the captions/transcript to help people with visual, auditory, and cognitive disabilities. This includes, but is not limited to: Words on...
