Posted: February 27, 2024 12:00:00 AM CST
UNK seniors Emily Hall and Shayli Wilkinson showcased their leadership at the Cultivating Authentic Leadership Regional BGS Conference in Washington D.C. As members of Beta Gamma Sigma, they honed authentic leadership skills, gained insights into personal success, and participated in impactful activities. Wilkinson's recognition for her leadership solution in a group activity highlights the practical application of their UNK learnings. Both plan to leverage these experiences as they...
Posted: February 20, 2024 12:00:00 AM CST
Connecticut native Juliette Eaton has found a second home at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, particularly through the Living Learning Community. As a freshman, she's formed strong connections with like-minded students, making great friendships and even planning a summer trip to Japan. Thanks to the unique environment, she's thriving both academically and athletically, swimming for UNK and pursuing an aviation degree. Eaton attributes her positive experience to fellow student...
Posted: January 30, 2024 12:00:00 AM CST
Based on the 86.34% response and knowledge rate of these CBT graduates, 85% were able to find jobs in Nebraska. This good news not only affects these newly hired professionals, but the impact on Kearney and beyond is significant.
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: December 5, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
Although what they do is often behind the scenes, everyone at UNK’s College of Business and Technology is grateful for this great team of ladies. During this season of thanksgiving and joy, it seemed like the perfect time to tell each of them what a wonderful job they are doing and how much they mean to UNK.
Posted: November 28, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
A typical weekly meeting with UNK’s Cyber Club often involves students playing games such as chess, Exploding Kittens, or UNO. Around holidays, they indulge in themed potluck dinners where students might engage in foods that are spooky or ones they are encouraged to be thankful for.
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: October 10, 2023 12:00:00 AM CDT
The AG Business Club meets monthly in West Center with no set time to join. Interested students simply need to show up. Like UNK in general, this club has a relaxed, family atmosphere that is guaranteed to make its members feel welcome.
Posted: October 3, 2023 12:00:00 AM CDT
Colton Stuhr explains that the Supply Chain Management program at UNK, which boasts an impressive 100% employment rate for its graduates, listened to the community to learn what was needed and then proceeded to help students grow into workers who have “all the right tools and skill sets” to fill the many opportunities available to them in Kearney. He shares that being a Champion Sponsor for this program speaks to the value Parker Hannifin places on UNK’s results and what it...
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: 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: April 11, 2023 12:00:00 AM CDT
Serving four years in the army from 2014 to 2018, Kwiatkowski was stationed in Hawaii and South Korea. He enrolled at UNK in 2018 and then “I did a deployment after my sophomore year when I volunteered to go to Iraq and Kuwait.” Now back at UNK, he serves in the Army Reserves one weekend a month.
Posted: April 4, 2023 10:00:00 AM CDT
As Burkink stated, “The crux of the course is serving as consultants for actual clients.” With the success of this pilot program, it is his desire that this type of experience will become the norm for all UNK students. The vision of a menu of international opportunities for students to choose from as part of their course offerings, no matter their major, is one that Dr. Burkink hopes to leave behind as part of his UNK legacy.
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: March 21, 2023 12:00:00 AM CDT
Three things, Moore says, have led to his success: 1) “not getting outworked by my competitor,” 2) helping others achieve their financial dreams, and 3) learning to “adapt and figure out ways to do this job in an ever-changing world.”
Posted: March 7, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
Besides joining UNK’s College of Business & Technology Department one semester apart, Borchers Fall 2015 and Yaw Spring 2016, they both spent years working in their industries after college, which allows them to bring earned and learned knowledge to their teaching.
Posted: February 28, 2023 12:00:00 AM CST
In several majors, such as Agribusiness, Construction Management, Cyber Security, Finance, Industrial Distribution, Information Technology & Networking, and Interior & Product Design, there is a 100% placement rate.
