College Lingo
The common term for professors, lecturers, and instructors who teach and/or conduct research.
What is Faculty?
Someone who provides guidance on course enrollment, academic progress and graduation. All students receive at least one of these once they are a student at UNK.
What is an academic advisor?
UNK's Official Mascot
What is the Louie the Loper?
A list of all the courses and majors/minors/pre-professional programs offered by UNK, as well as various academic policies and regulations.
What is the Course Catalog?
The common term for the week before final exams are given. Most students use this time to prepare for finals week.
What is Dead Week?
Courses that are not required for your major or minor.
What are electives?
This park has an 80-foot-tall observation tower
What is Yanney Park?
The minimum number of credits a student must complete to graduate with a degree from UNK.
What is 120 credits?
30 credits of general studies + credits required for major/minor + elective courses.
The leader of an academic college within the university.
What is a Dean?
The office that can help if you are considering changing your major or having difficulties with advising
What is Academic Advising and Career Development?
What is the oldest building on UNK's campus?
The minimum cumulative GPA requirement to graduate from UNK
What is a 2.0?
This person leads UNK
What is a Chancellor? (Bonus, Chancellor Schnoor)
An official list of classes and grades received from a high school, community college, college or university.
What is a transcript?
Each Spring people come from all over the world to see this in Kearney
What is a Sandhill Crane?
This type of Bachelor's Degree requires students to take an additional science, math, or statistics course.
What is Bachelor of Science?
Platform where students can see on-campus, Kearney community, and work-study jobs
What is Handshake?
Required courses that all students must take to graduate and provide a foundation and well-rounded education.
What are general studies courses?
This major international clothing retailer was founded in Kearney
What is The Buckle?
This type of Bachelor's Degree requires students to take Foreign Language classes
What is Bachelor of Arts?