By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications LINCOLN – Calling it an opportunity to “change rural Nebraska forever,” University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Doug Kristensen and other testifiers voiced their support Thursday for a project that would expand health care education at UNK. Speaking before the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee, Kristensen promoted the proposed Nebraska Rural Health Education Building as a way to address urgent health care workforce … [Read more...] about Testifiers show support for UNK-UNMC rural health project during legislative hearing
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Gov. Ricketts approves state budget package, including NU funding
LINCOLN - Gov. Pete Ricketts on Monday signed into law a two-year state budget package that will fund core needs of the University of Nebraska and keep tuition affordable for NU’s 52,000 students. The budget – approved by a strong majority of the Legislature last week after being advanced by the Appropriations Committee – funds NU’s request for state dollar increases of 3% in 2019-20 and 3.7% in 2020-21. Those increases will cover core needs including operations, … [Read more...] about Gov. Ricketts approves state budget package, including NU funding
‘I’m asking you to make the University of Nebraska a priority for our state’: President Bounds, NU supporters testify
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
