LINCOLN - Joined by students, leaders in business and agriculture, and other supporters, University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds and Board of Regents Chairman Tim Clare on Monday asked the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee to invest in the future of the state by supporting affordable, quality education for NU’s 52,000 students. In testimony before a full hearing room that included regents, all NU chancellors, students, business leaders and community members, … [Read more...] about ‘I’m asking you to make the University of Nebraska a priority for our state’: President Bounds, NU supporters testify
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President Bounds joined by business, education leaders in supporting H3 Careers Scholarship Act
LINCOLN - University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds on Tuesday was joined by some of the state’s most prominent business leaders, including the president of the Chamber of Commerce and CEO of a Fortune 500 company, in testifying for a major investment in student scholarships to retain more top talent and grow Nebraska’s workforce. Bounds, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Bryan Slone, Mutual of Omaha Chairman and CEO James Blackledge, Nelnet Executive … [Read more...] about President Bounds joined by business, education leaders in supporting H3 Careers Scholarship Act
UNK breaks ground on STEM building; Chancellor Kristensen: facility ‘will change Nebraska’
Hear Comments From Chancellor Doug Kristensen By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Chancellor Doug Kristensen called it a perfect day for a perfect building Wednesday as the University of Nebraska at Kearney broke ground on a $30 million, state-of-the-art facility that will bring science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs together. UNK faculty, staff and supporters gathered at the public event to mark the ceremonial start of … [Read more...] about UNK breaks ground on STEM building; Chancellor Kristensen: facility ‘will change Nebraska’
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 … [Read more...] about I Love NU Advocacy Day: University supporters share message at state Capitol
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 3 million … [Read more...] about STUDENT VOICE: We students can’t afford our degrees without help
