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 construction on 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...]
‘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...]
Chancellor Kristensen featured speaker at UNK’s inaugural Warner Lecture Series
WHAT: Warner Lecture Series, “Can There Be, Or Should There Be, Another Jerry Warner?” SPEAKER: UNK Chancellor Doug Kristensen WHEN: 4 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 31 WHERE: Copeland Hall 142, 2507 11th Ave., Kearney COST: Free and open to the public HOST: College of Natural and Social Sciences By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – Chancellor Doug Kristensen is the featured speaker at the inaugural Warner Lecture Series at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Kristensen’s talk – … [Read more...]
