Budget 2.35 billion USD (2014) Founded 15 February 1967 Number of students 51,835 | Colors Scarlet and cream President Hank M. Bounds Color Scarlet and cream | |
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Motto in English Dedicated to Letters and All the Arts Established February 15, 1967 (1967-02-15) Campus 4 universities1 agricultural college Motto Literis Dedicata et Omnibus Partibus (Dedicated to Letters and All the Arts) Subsidiaries University of Nebraska–Lincoln | ||
The University of Nebraska system is the public university system in the state of Nebraska, United States. Founded in 1869 with one campus in Lincoln, the system now has four university campuses and operates a two-year technical agriculture college.
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Nebraska Institutes
The University of Nebraska has four interdisciplinary, University-wide institutes operating across the University of Nebraska system.
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.
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.
History
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.
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.
Governance
Effective April 13, 2015, Dr. Hank M. Bounds was appointed the 7th president of the University of Nebraska system. President Bounds was previously the commissioner of higher education for the state of Mississippi.
The Board of Regents consists of eight voting members elected by district for six-year terms, and four non-voting student Regents, one from each campus, who serve during their tenure as student body president. The board supervises the general operations of the university, and the control and direction of all expenditures.
Members of the Board of Regents are: