Posted: December 30, 2024 2:00:00 PM CST
As Kearney Public Schools’ orchestra teacher, Jeana Peterson's impact as an educator extends to hundreds of students across multiple schools and grade levels. “When fifth graders start with me, most of the time they’ve never touched an instrument before. They might have played piano, maybe they’ve played recorder, but very, very few of them have ever touched a stringed instrument before,” Peterson said. “I get to watch them progress throughout the year,...
Posted: December 23, 2024 6:00:00 AM CST
“No one ever taught me how to teach Spanish,” said Spanish teacher John Kretlow. That is, until he enrolled in the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s online Spanish Education Master of Arts in Education program. With a Spanish degree from the University of Texas and a teaching certificate from Houston Baptist University, Kretlow is certified to teach Spanish at his technology and business high school, CAST Tech High School in San Antonio, Texas. Still, he felt a...
Posted: December 17, 2024 3:00:00 PM CST
Logan Shaw of Ellis, Kansas, often hears that he’s lucky that his education and connections made at the University of Nebraska at Kearney helped him land a career with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Grand Island. Shaw earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from UNK in May 2023. Now, just a year and a half later, he’s preparing to walk across the stage again – this time to receive his master’s in business administration. With his second...
Posted: December 10, 2024 12:00:00 AM CST
At the College of Business and Technology, the professors are always on the lookout for ways to help their students learn. Classes are exciting places where experiential learning occurs. Students meet with industry leaders inside their classrooms as well as at the companies where they will one day work. Now their academic world has gotten much bigger thanks to the efforts of the College of Business and Technology. In July of 2024, through Coursera Career Academy, many unique courses...
Posted: December 2, 2024 10:05:00 AM CST
Preschool and kindergarten teachers have one of the most important jobs in the world – encouraging the love of learning! They lay the foundation for curiosity, growth, and lifelong learning. The first five years of a child’s life are critical to their development. During this time, 90% of brain development occurs, and children are introduced to structured education through preschool and kindergarten. “It’s so important for the educators of young...
