LINCOLN - James Lester, event and moving staff in facilities management and planning, received the University of Nebraska Board of Regents KUDOS award Dec. 4. KUDOS awards recognize university staff for their professional expertise, service and “superior dedication” to UNK and University of Nebraska. It is the university’s top staff award. Lester has been a member of the UNK staff for more than 14 years, with his current primary responsibilities in the Nebraskan Student Union. His … [Read more...]
Galen and Marilyn Hadley, longtime champions of higher education, to receive inaugural Presidential Medal of Service
KEARNEY - University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds announced today that he has chosen Galen and Marilyn Hadley, longtime champions of higher education’s vital role in growing the state, to receive the inaugural Presidential Medal of Service. The medal is a new annual award celebrating Nebraskans’ promotion of the impact that the University of Nebraska and higher education have on the state’s economic and social well-being. It is the highest honor the university president can bestow on a … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Bob Whitehouse awarded ‘Regent Emeritus’ status at NU Board of Regents meeting in Kearney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmsBz2K8SP0 At the Oct. 3 University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting in Kearney, Regent Bob Whitehouse was awarded the honorary title “Regent Emeritus.” Whitehouse has represented District 4 since 2006 and served two terms as chair. He plans to retire from the Board following its December meeting. UNK produced a video highlighting his career in public education and service to Nebraska, and he received a standing ovation from the Regents and attendees at … [Read more...]
NU Board of Regents approve 2019-21 budget request
The University of Nebraska would receive state funding to cover core needs like health insurance, utilities and general operations under a two-year budget request approved Friday by the Board of Regents. The university’s biennial budget request, which is due to Gov. Pete Ricketts and the Legislature by Sept. 15, seeks increases in state funding of 3 percent in 2019-20 and 3.7 percent in 2020-21. President Hank Bounds said the request is the result of careful work by university … [Read more...]
Nate Bickford working to improve lives in Haiti
Agriculture, health, construction training programs being established By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – Nate Bickford’s father always told him to leave the world better than when you came into it. Bickford, an associate professor of biology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, is working to do just that in a collaborative effort to improve the lives of people of Haiti. “Port Au Prince is like a big ball of yarn with all these little frayed ends. To untie that knot, I … [Read more...]
