--- title: Parents are starting to play a bigger role in the college experience at UNK description: When Kali Herbolsheimer started classes at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, her parents, Jason and Sarah, thought they’d see their daughter almost ev --- [Skip to content](https://blog.growbuffalocounty.com/development-council-for-buffalo-county-blog/news-center/p/item/49039/parents-are-starting-to-play-a-bigger-role-in-the-college-experience-at-unk#main-content) [![Development Council for Buffalo County logo](https://blog.growbuffalocounty.com/hubfs/Development%20Council%20Logo_1-23-23_V1.png)](https://growbuffalocounty.com) - About Buffalo County - [Communities](https://growbuffalocounty.com/communities) - [Livability](https://growbuffalocounty.com/live) - [Labor](https://growbuffalocounty.com/work) - Site Selectors - [Sites & Buildings](https://growbuffalocounty.com/sites-buildings) - [Target Industries](https://growbuffalocounty.com/target-industries) - [Regional Data](https://growbuffalocounty.com/regional-data) - [Location Advantages](https://growbuffalocounty.com/location-advantages) - Strategic Initiatives - [Build Buffalo County](https://growbuffalocounty.com/build-buffalo-county) - Business Support - [Incentives](https://growbuffalocounty.com/incentives) - [Resources](https://growbuffalocounty.com/resources) - [Entrepreneurs](https://growbuffalocounty.com/big-idea-buffalo-county) - About DCBC - [Services](https://growbuffalocounty.com/services-1) - [Staff](https://growbuffalocounty.com/staff) - [Board](https://growbuffalocounty.com/board) - [Investors](https://growbuffalocounty.com/membership) - [News](https://growbuffalocounty.com/news) - [Contact Us](https://growbuffalocounty.com/contact-us) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # Parents are starting to play a bigger role in the college experience at UNK [Admin](https://blog.growbuffalocounty.com/development-council-for-buffalo-county-blog/author/admin) Published Dec 12, 2022 Reading Time 1 min read When Kali Herbolsheimer started classes at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, her parents, Jason and Sarah, thought they’d see their daughter almost every weekend. Surely she’d miss the big city and all the activities back in Omaha. “We were almost afraid that she would go to college and be bored,” Sarah said. It turns out that the complete opposite occurred. Kali loves spending time in Kearney, where she’s found a second home at UNK, making those trips to her parents’ place far less frequent than they imagined. 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