Posted: September 26, 2024 2:20:00 PM CDT
University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Assistant Professor and Art Education Graduate Program Chair Dr. Christopher Strickland has mastered the art of teaching innovative online courses. His creative approach to teaching, particularly through dynamic discussion boards and creative assignments, has earned him the 2024 Outstanding Innovation in Online Teaching award. Last year’s winner Dr. Amanda Sladek presented him the award on behalf of the Office of Graduate Studies and...
Posted: September 24, 2024 12:00:00 AM CDT
Eide Bailly is a top 25 CPA firm in the nation. According to Tony Eitzmann, CPA, his firm is grateful for their partnership with the University of Nebraska at Kearney. This didn’t happen overnight though. In fact, you’d need to go back over a decade to find out how the College of Business and Technology became “a terrific feeder” for Eide Bailly. Back then, Eitzmann was at Seim Johnson, which would later be acquired by Eide Bailly, when he was invited to speak to...
Posted: September 17, 2024 12:00:00 AM CDT
Not all new students on the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s campus are freshmen this year. For Sawyer Bumgarner, who is finishing his last two years of college as a transfer student, the road to UNK wasn’t a traditional path. When he graduated from high school, Bumgarner made the decision to attend Midland University so he could play football. While he admits it was “fun while it lasted,” he can now see how the injury that ended his football career has actually...
Posted: September 10, 2024 12:00:00 AM CDT
A new academic year is starting at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, and for Shucheng Ge, Danielle Kaminski, and Yerim Sim, it’s a chance to make a difference. For the business side of the College of Business and Technology, these three new hires will bring expertise, energy, and excitement to the exciting learning environment UNK is known for. Shucheng Ge, who will be joining the Loper faculty as a professor of management, earned his Ph.D. in Management from Texas Tech...
Posted: September 3, 2024 12:00:00 AM CDT
Excitement’s in the air at UNK’s College of Business and Technology. This year is even more exciting thanks to some new faces on campus. Mai Abdalla, Chidi Agbon, Jaehyun Kim, MaKayla Rutt, and Riley Swedberg are already calling UNK their home away from home and students will soon understand why. Mai Abdalla, who completed her educational journey in Sudan, obtained her bachelor's degree in Information Technology from the University of Khartoum. She later pursued her Master's in...
