“I think we have some work to do to make sure the public understands the role of public education in this state." - Grace Mims By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Grace Mims knows she has big shoes to fill on the University of Nebraska at Kearney Faculty Senate. The counseling and school psychology professor and department chair will serve as the group’s president for the 2018-19 academic year, replacing associate political science professor Claude Louishomme, who held the … [Read more...]
I Love NU Advocacy Day: University supporters share message at state Capitol
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications LINCOLN – Four generations of Morgan Daubert’s family have ties to the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She doesn’t want that tradition to end with her. “Being able to follow in their footsteps is something I’m worried my kids may not be able to do,” Daubert, a UNK freshman from Omaha, said Tuesday during a meeting with state Sen. John Lowe of Kearney. The K-12 health and physical education major was part of a group of UNK students who made the … [Read more...]
STUDENT VOICE: We students can’t afford our degrees without help
By IVY PRATER UNK Student Body Vice President I am a Nebraskan born and raised. The future of Nebraska, I feel, exists in our higher education system. Gov. Pete Ricketts is targeting the University of Nebraska system with a proposal for additional cuts. NU currently takes up 13 percent of the state’s budget, however, it is receiving one-third of the proposed cuts. As Ricketts outlined in his State of the State speech, Nebraska’s budget has projected a $173 million shortfall. The biennial … [Read more...]
UNK hosts documentary ‘Starving the Beast’ on state support of higher education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IlFhJ78QdU KEARNEY – A documentary film that examines higher education and how state support for universities is declining is being screened in Kearney. “Starving the Beast” will be shown at 7 p.m. Feb. 20 at The World Theatre in downtown Kearney, 2318 Central Ave. A discussion will follow the film, with a focus on ongoing debates surrounding state funding of public universities. “Starving the Beast” examines the ongoing power struggle on college … [Read more...]
‘A defining moment in Nebraska’s history’: President Bounds, University supporters testify at NU budget hearing
University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds’ full written testimony to the Appropriations Committee is available here LINCOLN - University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds and Board of Regents Chairman Rob Schafer were joined Wednesday by students, leaders in business and agriculture, community members and other NU supporters in asking members of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee to make affordable, excellent higher education a priority for Nebraska’s future. Representatives of … [Read more...]
