Navigating Uncertainty: UNK Student’s Journey Into Medicine
October 3, 2024
Isabel Zaruba, a student at UNK, found her path through volunteering and scholarships, showing it’s okay to take your time finding your passion.
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Isabel Zaruba, a student at UNK, found her path through volunteering and scholarships, showing it’s okay to take your time finding your passion.
UNK chemistry student Caleb Sund knew he wanted to make a difference in the scientific world. The only thing standing in his way was his ability to pay for higher education. Sund is pursuing his dreams with help from the Donald E. Fox Endowed Scholarship.
During his 22-year tenure as UNK chancellor, Doug Kristensen, J.D., has been a dedicated advocate of bringing health care education to the Kearney campus and creating jobs where they’re needed most.
Dana Falter and his brothers are honoring their hometown of Creighton, Nebraska, with a scholarship fund for business and technology students who attend UNK.
The UNK Department of Cyber Systems offers a wide range of majors for students interested in tech careers as job opportunities grow exponentially.
For the first time, future physicians will complete their medical training in Kearney.
UNK and UNMC have teamed up to construct the Rural Health Education Building, which will not only increase capacity to enroll more health care students but will also significantly expand nursing programs and bring the UNMC College of Medicine to Kearney.
Janet Wendland, a Burnett Society member, established a planned gift to provide study abroad opportunities for UNK students. Read on for a Q&A about Janet’s global education that inspired her to give.
UNK holds such a special spot in Jen and Chad Rutar’s history that when they began to endow a scholarship, they named it the Bleeding Blue Heart Scholarship.
Marisa Macy accepted her job at UNK last fall — sight unseen. She interviewed during a surge in the COVID-19 pandemic, so the process was conducted virtually. She knew nearly nothing about Nebraska, but the job was so perfect, she jumped at the opportunity.