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...]
500 attend UNK celebration of 25 years in University of Nebraska system
KEARNEY – Friday marked a milestone for University of Nebraska at Kearney, as it celebrated the 25th anniversary of Kearney State College becoming part of the University of Nebraska system. The celebration breakfast, hosted on campus under the Peterson-Yanney Bell Tower, was attended by 500 students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members. Chancellor Doug Kristensen greeted guests and reflected on the occasion. A similar celebration at the same location on July 1, 1991, marked the … [Read more...]
VIDEO – Becoming UNK: Reflections & History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBjQcwM6ynM Twenty-five years ago: students and faculty, administrators and alumni of Kearney State College celebrated finally becoming a university. The preceding years weren't without conflict, when in 1989 Nebraska state senator Jerome Warner introduced LB 160 to make Kearney State – then the largest of the four state colleges – part of the University of Nebraska. … [Read more...]
