LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 27 -- Chadron State College issued the following news release: The Nebraska State College System (NSCS) is proud to announce its involvement in the College Cost Transparency Initiative (CCT). CCT is a coalition of more than 360 institutions of higher education that have voluntarily committed to follow a set of principles and standards that ensure transparency, clarity, and understanding around student financial aid offers. Together, these institutions serve more than 3  more

CHADRON, Nebraska, Sept. 29 -- Chadron State College issued the following news release: The Nebraska State College System (NSCS) is proud to announce its involvement in the College Cost Transparency Initiative (CCT). CCT is a coalition of more than 360 institutions of higher education that have voluntarily committed to follow a set of principles and standards that ensure transparency, clarity, and understanding around student financial aid offers. Together, these institutions serve more than 3  more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, Sept. 28 -- Hastings College issued the following news release: Five Hastings College students arrived in Ireland last week as part of this year's Irish Fellowship Program, a competitive study abroad program that allows students to conduct their own research in Ireland. The group will live in County Clare, a region in the west of Ireland that offers educational opportunities suitable for the students, before they return to campus October 19. "Irish Fellows is an undergradua  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 28 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers joined a coalition of 20 states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to grant a writ of certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit's widely criticized decision in Johnson v. City of Grants Pass, which held that the Constitution includes an individual right to sleep and camp on sidewalks, playgrounds, and other public lands. The decision ha  more

WAYNE, Nebraska, Sept. 22 -- Wayne State College issued the following news release: The public is invited to the "Marking Nebraska: Our (Mostly) Hidden Historical Monuments" program Oct. 10 sponsored by Humanities Nebraska. Author/photographer Jeff Barnes shares the images and stories of Nebraska's lesser-known historical monuments, placed far off the beaten path, during his "Marking Nebraska: Our (Mostly) Hidden Historical Monuments" program at Wayne State College on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Admissi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 28 -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: The Southeast Community College Board of Governors voted Sept. 26 to leave the property tax levy rate at 9.37 cents for a fifth consecutive year. The action took place during the Board's regular monthly meeting at the Milford Campus. The levy rate of 9.37 cents per $100 of assessed valuation is comprised of 7.37 cents for the general fund and 2 cents for the capital improvement fund. The Board approved SCC's  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 28 -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Jose Soto, retiring vice president for Access, Equity and Diversity at Southeast Community College, was presented with the Leola Bullock Community Service Award in September at the NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet: Thriving Together. Soto was honored for his efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion at SCC, in the Lincoln Community and beyond. The banquet celebrates the Lincoln branch's tireless commitment  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * In more than 130 workshops in residence halls through mid-October, about 2,000 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are learning from fellow students how to combat sexual assault and relationship violence on campus. * * * This is year two for the Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Prevention workshops, a peer education effort established by the university's Cent  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The Diabetes Care Foundation has pledged $2 million to support a University of Nebraska-Lincoln institute that coaches business students to identify and maximize their strengths to become high-achieving leaders and entrepreneurs. The Joan Heiser Endowed Presidential Chair for the Clifton Strengths Institute will be named in honor of Joan Heiser of Omaha, executive director of th  more