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.
Posted: November 21, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
The idea was formed to create new drinks “named after the faces you see every day” at UNK. This gave the class the “sense of team” that Hollman was hoping for. Since the decision was made to use Brewed Awakening as part of this class project, Hollman explains that it’s “gotten quite a bit of steam.”
Posted: November 14, 2023 11:50:00 AM CST
Entrepreneurship students from all over the world are encouraged to get involved with Cultivate via the Canvas page that the club is creating to expand their membership. Online students as well as international students will be able to join this organization through Canvas.
Posted: October 24, 2023 12:00:00 AM CDT
The club usually meets in West Center once a month, but it’s not unusual for them to decide to hang out in a more casual atmosphere such as Brewed Awakenings. A typical meeting might consist of discussing club business, listening to a guest speaker who is a local business leader, or taking a tour of one of the many businesses around Kearney.
Posted: September 26, 2023 12:00:00 AM CDT
In addition to his speaking engagements at UNK, Birge is also open to the idea of having interns work at Fast Forward. He recently had an extremely qualified intern reach out to him. As the student shared that he wanted to work at Fast Forward because he felt that the company solved real problems, Birge knew he had succeeded at creating “an environment around something more than just money.”
Posted: September 12, 2023 12:00:00 AM CDT
According to Layne Hudson, the current Vice-President of Communications for IDO, “the professors are great” and “very involved with IDO.” Hudson works hard “to make sure ID students are informed about all upcoming events and opportunities” available to them through this club.
Posted: September 5, 2023 12:00:00 AM CDT
True to the experiential learning that has long been the hallmark of classes at UNK, Brockmeier explains that he and Armagost prepare lessons that require the students to “do activities” that have a “real world” aspect. One example is when students are first asked to contemplate where they spend their money before beginning a project which, according to Brockmeier, requires them to “track every dollar” they spend.
Posted: May 2, 2023 12:00:00 AM CDT
For Novacek, who was able to participate in internships as well as work in the industry before graduation, he feels thankful that the opportunities he received at UNK helped him graduate without feeling a ‘huge shock” when he entered “the real world” of business.
Posted: March 28, 2023 12:00:00 AM CDT
Chloe Dakan, a senior business student who is majoring in marketing, states that making a fake business plan for a fleet of electrical cars for this competition “solidified what (she’s been) doing” in her classes. She stated that her team has “realized that choosing UNK was the best option for us” because they were not afraid to put to use, at this competition, the type of hands-on learning they experience in their college classes.
Posted: January 24, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
Klein starts each day traveling throughout the building where he gets to do what he enjoys the most, interacting with his colleagues. He eventually ends up at UNK’s student-run coffee shop Brewed Awakenings, the first major renovation project he worked on.
Posted: November 29, 2022 12:00:00 AM CST
He read the feedback where the student “cut right to the heart of it” which ended up being a powerful experience for him as a teacher.
Posted: September 6, 2022 12:00:00 AM CDT
Dr. Envick needs to get to know each of her students before she can successfully facilitate their learning. To do this, she first determines their strengths and weaknesses.
