Incoming UNK students can apply for the Nebraska Career Scholarship here. The application deadline is Feb. 28. By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Like many states across the country, Nebraska continues to face workforce shortages, with critical needs in STEM and health care. Nebraska will have more than 34,000 annual openings in high-skill, high-demand, high-wage jobs in the next five years, according to the state’s Department of Labor, with most of those … [Read more...] about Nebraska STEM, health care careers get boost from state scholarship funds
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MONA hosts groundbreaking ceremony for renovation, expansion project
KEARNEY – The Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to mark the beginning of a comprehensive restoration, renovation and expansion project. A reimagined MONA, projected to open in 2023, will be a beacon for the visual arts for diverse audiences across Nebraska, throughout the country and around the world. The centerpiece of this transformation is a contemporary 23,000-square-foot expansion that will showcase imaginative exhibitions in … [Read more...] about MONA hosts groundbreaking ceremony for renovation, expansion project
Tuition freeze, strategic investments highlight 2021-22 university budget
The University of Nebraska will freeze tuition across the system and invest in strategic priorities including student aid, faculty competitiveness and building maintenance under a proposed 2021-22 operating budget announced today by President Ted Carter. The budget, which will go before the Board of Regents on June 25, continues a multi-year plan built last year by Carter and the chancellors to address fiscal challenges created by COVID-19 while also positioning the … [Read more...] about Tuition freeze, strategic investments highlight 2021-22 university budget
Successful bond sale yields $400 million for NU building maintenance projects
The University of Nebraska system has taken a key step forward in addressing its growing deferred maintenance needs following a successful bond sale that generated $400 million for building renewal and repair projects across the campuses. The sale – the largest issuance of new bonds in NU history – was the first transaction after the passage of LB384, a plan championed by Sen. John Stinner of Gering to extend through 2062 a state-university partnership on deferred … [Read more...] about Successful bond sale yields $400 million for NU building maintenance projects
Governor signs state budget package, including university funding
LINCOLN – The University of Nebraska system will receive increased funding, a new scholarship program for students in high-need areas will continue, and NU and the state will extend a successful deferred maintenance partnership under a two-year budget package signed Monday by Gov. Pete Ricketts. Ricketts approved the 2021-23 state budget package with no line-item vetoes. His signature clears the way for a two-year tuition freeze across the NU system and provides … [Read more...] about Governor signs state budget package, including university funding
