The Antelope

Student Health nursing staff navigates cold, flu season

Ally Sedlacek • Dec 6, 2024

sedlaceka@lopers.unk.edu As the weather cools and the semester progresses, UNK is seeing its usual uptick in student illnesses. Cold and flu season, paired with the stress of academics and busy...

Student Health temporarily switches to scheduled-only visits

Antelope Staff • Mar 8, 2024

In recent weeks, classroom attendance has dwindled. Sicknesses are spreading and we all flinch anytime someone around us coughs or sneezes. With sicknesses on the rise, the need for healthcare visits has...

Suicide prevention week: helping students to see the signs

Sixto Sandoval • Sep 22, 2023

delgadosandovals@lopers.unk.edu UNK Counseling hosted a presentation last week on suicide prevention for students to attend. The workshop was held in honor of National Suicide Prevention Week and was...

Monkeypox precautions seem ‘inadequate,’ more guidelines needed

JASON WALTON • Oct 12, 2022

LETTER TO THE EDITOR I looked at the email Student Health sent us, and these precautions seem inadequate. If anything, just sending information about how to avoid monkeypox seems like it should...

Student Health pushes new online community

SHELBY BERGLUND • Sep 28, 2022

berglunds@lopers.unk.edu UNK Student Health and Counseling paid for a new online resource called “Togetherall” where students can post anonymously about mental health struggles. The office...

Don’t make us dig for buried mask mandate updates

Oct 14, 2021

Last week, UNK Communications emailed the weekly COVID-19 update as usual. Aside from the general information copied and pasted onto these emails, some information was buried that pertains to UNK students, faculty and visitors.