University of Nebraska system

Template:More citations neededTemplate:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox university The University of Nebraska system is the public university system of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Founded in 1869 with one campus in Lincoln, the system has four university campuses, a two-year technical agriculture college, and a high school.

History

Template:Education in the U.S.On February 11, 1857, a group of citizens received permission from the Nebraska Territorial Legislature to found the University of Nebraska at Saratoga, Nebraska. However, when they did not complete the task of meeting in Saratoga and establishing a campus within one year they lost their permission to charter.<ref>(1857) "An Act to incorporate the University of Nebraska at Saratoga, Nebraska City." Laws, joint resolutions, and memorials passed at the regular session of the General Assembly of the Territory of Nebraska. p. 215.</ref>

Today's University of Nebraska was founded in 1869 in Lincoln, Nebraska. For the first 99 years of its existence, the University was synonymous with the Lincoln campus. In 1902, Omaha Medical College became part of the University of Nebraska system. The University reorganized into its present form in 1968 when it took control of the municipal University of Omaha, which became the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Kearney State College, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, became the fourth member of the University of Nebraska system in 1991.

Schools

Name	Formed	Location	Joined	Type	Ref.
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	1869	Lincoln		Research university
University of Nebraska at Kearney	1905	Kearney	1990		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
University of Nebraska Omaha	1908	Omaha	1968		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
University of Nebraska Medical Center	1880		1902	Medical college	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture	1965	Curtis	1994	Technical college	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
University of Nebraska High School	1929	Online	2013	Online high school	<ref name="UNHS">Template:Cite web</ref>

Nebraska Institutes

The University of Nebraska has four interdisciplinary, University-wide institutes operating across the University of Nebraska system.

• Buffett Early Childhood Institute - Samuel J. Meisels, founding executive director
• National Strategic Research Institute - Robert Hinson, USAF Lt. General (ret.), founding executive director
• Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute - Peter G. McCornick, executive director
• Rural Futures Institute - Chuck Schroeder, founding executive director

Two of NU's campuses also partner in the Peter Kiewit Institute, a facility in Omaha, Nebraska that houses academic programs from both the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Engineering and the University of Nebraska at Omaha's College of Information Science and Technology.

NU Online Education

Online Worldwide is the virtual connection point to more than 100 online degrees, certificates, endorsements, and minors offered by the four campuses of the University of Nebraska system.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

University of Nebraska High School is an accredited, university-based online high school. The online college preparatory curriculum allows students to earn high school credit or a diploma from anywhere around the world.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Governance

Board of Regents

The University of Nebraska system is governed by the board of regents, a twelve-member panel consisting of eight voting members and a non-voting student body president from each campus. Voting members are elected by district to six-year terms; elections are held in even-numbered years. The board of regents meets at Varner Hall on East Campus and supervises the operation, expenditures, and tuition rates of each university in the system.

The Board of Regents was established as a constitutional office in the 1875 Nebraska State Constitution.<ref>Template:Cite constitution</ref> At the time, the regents were elected in partisan statewide elections to six-year terms.<ref name="Nebraska constitution">Template:Cite book</ref> In 1917, the legislature made the regental elections nonpartisan, and in 1920, voters ratified a constitutional amendment that provided for the election of the regents by district. The regents were elected from the state's congressional districts from 1923 to 1949, and from the Nebraska Supreme Court districts from 1949 to 1971. Beginning in 1971, the regents were elected in separate districts drawn by the state legislature, which are redrawn after each census.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 1974, voters approved a constitutional amendment that added student members to the board of regents as nonvoting members.<ref name="Nebraska constitution"/>

University of Nebraska Board of Regents<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

District	Name	Elected	Seat up
District 1	Timothy Clare	2020	2026
District 2	Jack Stark	2020	2026
District 3	Jim Scheer	2024	2030
District 4	Elizabeth O'Connor	2024	2030
District 5	Robert Schafer, Chair	2024	2030
District 6	Paul Kenney, Vice Chair	2022	2028
District 7	Kathy Wilmot	2022	2028
District 8	Barbara Weitz	2024	2030
University of Nebraska at Kearney	Sam Schroeder	N/A	N/A
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Elizabeth Herbin	N/A	N/A
University of Nebraska Medical Center	Pranita Devaraju	N/A	N/A
University of Nebraska at Omaha	Ishani Adidam	N/A	N/A

President

The president of the University of Nebraska system is appointed by and reports to the board of regents. The position was created in 1968 when the Municipal University of Omaha and the University of Nebraska Medical Center were absorbed into the University of Nebraska to create a state-wide system. Clifford M. Hardin was the first president and Ronald Roskens was the longest-tenured. Jeffrey P. Gold has been serving as Nebraska's president since July 1, 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• Nebraska State College System, the other state institution of higher education

External links

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