Emotional goodbye: UNK professor hosts virtual graduation for student By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications Apr 21, 2020 Apr 21, 2020 Updated Apr 24, 2020 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save KEARNEY – College commencement is one of the greatest moments in a person’s life.kAmxE’D 2 E:>6 E@ C64@8?:K6 8C25F2E6D’ 92C5 H@C< 2?5 46=63C2E6 E96:C 244@>A=:D9>6?ED H:E9 72>:=J[ 7C:6?5D 2?5 4=2DD>2E6D]k^AmkAmu@C &?:G6CD:EJ @7 }63C2D<2 2E z62C?6J DEF56?E #J@ z2H2>@E@[ E92E DA64:2= >@>6?E H2D DFAA@D65 E@ @44FC |2J g]k^AmkAm“w6 H2D C62==J 6I4:E65 E@ 6IA6C:6?46 2? p>6C:42? 8C25F2E:@?[ E96? 2 H@C=5H:56 A2?56>:4 92AA6?65[” D2:5 p>J }636D?:2<[ 2? 2DD@4:2E6 AC@76DD@C :? &}z’D s6A2CE>6?E @7 |2E9 2?5 $E2E:DE:4D]k^Am kAm}636D?:2<[ H9@ >6E z2H2>@E@ 7:G6 J62CD 28@ E9C@F89 &}z’D x?E6C?2E:@?2= uC:6?5D9:A !C@8C2>[ A=2??65 E@ E9C@H 9:> 2 3:8 A2CEJ 367@C6 6G6CJE9:?8 492?865]k^Am People are also reading… 33 Lexington High School students receive Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy award Lexington's Oakley Burson. 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'Lives over memories': Schools find ways to celebrate Class of 2020 from a distance The empty stadiums glowed like beacons in the darkness.
