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Legislature of Nebraska; Seventy-Seventh Session; Legislative Bill 736
A law allowing the transfer of the Municipal University of Omaha to the State of Nebraska.
Letter from KSC Business Department to KSC Vice President for College Relations
Theye lays out a number of arguments for the inclusion of KSC into the University of Nebraska System.
Student models t-Shirt supporting transition to a university
One original suggestion was for KSC to simply change its name, with the most popular name option being Nebraska State University or a variant thereof. This student shows support for KSC's transition to a unviersity.
Student joins letter writing campaign in support of UNK
Students took an active part in promoting the transition from KSC to UNK.
Memorandum from John Payne to William Nester regarding a KSC-NU merger
The memorandum lays out, point by point, how KSC compares to NU system schools across a wide range of categories, from faculty to physical plant. Payne concludes that KSC is similar to UNO in breadth and quality of offerings.
Warner sees potential for problems - Kearney Hub
Article from the Kearney Hub in which Sen. Jerome Warner lays out the ramifications of various scenarios related to the court case against LB247. He also addresses the situation of UNO's addition to the NU sysem.
KSC-NU merger plan deja vu for Bob Spire
The June 1989 Lincoln Star Journal talks about Attorney General Robert Spire's role, when the UNO board chairman in 1968, in facilitating that addition to the NU system, as well as his legal challenge to LB247.
Legislative Bill 160
Page from the Historic Kearney website, presented by the UNK History Department, providing information on LB 160, an early attempt to move Kearney State College into the University of Nebraska System.
State and Local Appropriations 1982-1988
Graph showing the appropriations per FTE for publicly supported institutions of postsecondary education from 1982 to 1988. Kearney State College received far less support than any other institution.
Final results from a 1986 faculty survey on institutional name change
KSC Faculty Senate conducted a survey of faculty in fall 1986. Faculty overwhelmingly voted for a name change, with Nebraska State University garnering the highest number of votes.
"Give it the old college try"
Political cartoon by Barro for the Omaha World-Herald, depicting an enthusiastic man wearing a merger banner and an "O.U. + N.U." button, an "O.N." beanie, an "Omaha U" pennant in his right hand, and a "Nebraska U" pennant in his left hand. This is…
Sen. Ernest Chambers of Omaha wears a UNK t-shirt ahead of a vote to add KSC to the NU System
May 1989 news article shows Sen. Ernest Chambers of Omaha wearing a University of Nebraska at Kearney t-shirt in his Lincoln office, before a vote to move KSC to the NU System.