35 New Faculty Enhance Academic Expertise and Experience at UNK

New faculty were introduced last Friday at UNK's opening convocation and classes began on Monday, officially marking the opening of another school year. In spite of the current budget cutting cycle that is leaving fewer resources for academic administrators, it is worthwhile to reflect for a moment on the variety and quality of the 35 new faculty to join the University this fall.

Most have earned terminal degrees in their respective fields from universities as far ranging as the University of New Mexico, Washington State University, and the University of Albany. Many have their degrees, as well, from universities around the Midwest including the University of Iowa and our sister institution, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Fields of expertise range from military science (UNK re-started ROTC on campus last year), communications disorders to experimental atomic physics and many more. This new crop of faculty brings a huge range of experience including such accomplishments as founding and leading a community music organization, working as part of the management team of The Buckle and American Foods Group, serving as a Materials Manager at Eaton Corporation in Kearney, as an intelligence analyst for the military in Germany, Iraq and Afghanistan, conducting strategic planning for expansion of global education at St. John's University in New York, spending 35 years as an elementary principal, playing in major orchestras, and, of course, many have served as professors at prominent universities around the country. This listing is but a small sampling.

UNK is very proud of the expertise and accomplishments of its new faculty, who join an already sterling faculty who are contributing to the knowledge in their respective fields through scholarship while, at the same time, serving as mentor-teachers to UNK's 6,500-plus students.