Following a screening of "Becoming UNK" a panel featuring NU emeriti presidents, alumna, faculty, and other distinguished guests discusses the transition from Kearney State College to UNK.
Creator
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Publisher
Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Kearney
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.
Creator
History Department, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Publisher
Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Kearney
UNL Student Government opposed LB160; opposition was particularly on economic grounds, but also expressed fears that the quality of KSC would not match the standards of UNL.
Creator
University of Nebraska Student Government
Source
Transition
Publisher
Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Kearney
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.
Creator
Janis Lovitt-Psota
Source
Nagel Collection
Publisher
Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Kearney
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.
Creator
Jack Kennedy
Source
Nagel Collection
Publisher
Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Sen. Ernest Chambers of Omaha wears a UNK t-shirt ahead of a vote to add KSC to the NU System
Subject
NU-KSC Merger
Description
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.
Creator
Associated Press
Source
Nagel Collection
Publisher
Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Letter to the Editor from The Antelope student newspaper
Subject
NU-KSC Merger
Description
The KSC Vice President for College Relations rebuts an article published in the Grand Island Independent. He argues that adding KSC to the University system will bring more opportunities for everyone.
Creator
The Antelope Student Newspaper
Source
Transition
Publisher
Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Kearney
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.
Creator
HEGIS/IPEDS
Source
Transition
Publisher
Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Kearney
LB 160 was the original bill which proposed moving Kearney State College from the state college system to the University of Nebraska System. KSC President testified in favor of joining the Nebraska System.
Creator
President Nester
Source
Name Change
Publisher
Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Memorandum from John Payne to William Nester regarding a KSC-NU merger
Subject
NU-KSC Merger
Description
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.
Creator
John Payne
Source
Transition
Publisher
Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Final results from a 1986 faculty survey on institutional name change
Subject
NU-KSC Merger
Description
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.
Creator
Faculty Senate, Kearney State College
Source
KSC Faculty Senate
Publisher
Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Student models t-Shirt supporting transition to a university
Subject
NU-KSC Merger
Description
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.
Creator
Kearney State College
Source
UNK Communications Department Back File
Publisher
Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Kearney