WAYNE, Nebraska, Nov. 9 -- Wayne State College issued the following news release: Currently under construction, the BHECN Northeast training center is located on the second floor of Wayne State's Benthack Hall. Wayne State College and the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) are pleased to announce the launch of the BHECN Northeast site at Wayne State. The event was held Friday, Nov. 3, at Wayne State. Currently under construction, the BHECN Northeast training center is loca  more

CHADRON, Nebraska, Nov. 7 -- Chadron State College issued the following news release: Chadron State College Art Education students Marissa Borchard and Carissa Hill attended the Nebraska Art Teacher Association (NATA) Conference in Lincoln in Oct. 13-14 with Associate Professor Trudy Denham. At the conference, Hill presented the NATA Nebraska Secondary Art Teacher of the Year award to Chelsea Zuege, her former high school art teacher who she nominated for the award. "Presenting the award to  more

WAYNE, Nebraska, Nov. 7 -- Wayne State College issued the following news release: The Plains Writers Series reading will be held at 2 p.m. Nov. 16, followed by Poetry Slam 47 at 7 p.m. Wayne State College's Language and Literature Department, the School of Arts and Humanities, and the WSC Press are pleased to host the academic year's first Plains Writers Series event, featuring Charlene Pierce and Tom C. Hunley, on Thursday, Nov. 16, at Wayne State. The reading, free and open to the public, w  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Nov. 9 -- The College of Saint Mary issued the following news: College of Saint Mary (CSM) has renewed for a second year its partnership with TheDream.US, the nation's largest college and career success program for undocumented immigrant students, to provide scholarships for Nebraska immigrant youth to achieve their higher education goals. The Dream.US opened a new round of scholarship applications for the 2024-25 academic year on Nov. 1. The deadline is Feb. 29, 2024. The sch  more

NORFOLK, Nebraska, Nov. 10 -- Northeast Community College issued the following news release: Economic development has changed, and community colleges are taking on an expanded role. That was one of the messages Nov. 6 during the Nebraska Community College Association (NCCA) annual conference in North Platte. K.C. Belitz, director of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, said the old approach to economic development was for communities to offer three assets: cheap land, cheap labor   more

CHADRON, Nebraska, Nov. 7 -- Chadron State College issued the following news release: Chadron State College has joined The Jed Foundation (JED) Campus Fundamentals program to support student well-being. The program is a nationwide initiative designed to help colleges evaluate and strengthen programs for students in mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention. As part of the college's JED affiliation, all enrolled CSC students will receive an email link to JED's Healthy Minds Study   more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, Nov. 7 -- Hastings College issued the following news release: Hastings College Spanish professor Dr. Pedro J. Vizoso will give a talk about the book "Cafe Romantico Y Otros Poemas" by Fernando Villegas Estrada on November 16 at 4:00 p.m. in Hastings College Hazelrigg Student Union Room C. The talk is free and open to the public. There is not much information available about Estrada, a modernist poet who was a doctor by profession and a bohemian by vocation. He used to spend  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 8 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers has filed a lawsuit against Stanger Enterprises, LLC, aka "Premier Pools and Spas." Premier Pools has extracted large sums of money by deceiving Nebraska homeowners and sought to unlawfully stifle consumer complaints. The company's brazen pattern of deceptive and unfair business practices has left Nebraska homeowners with dangerous, ugly unfinished pits i  more

NORFOLK, Nebraska, Nov. 11 -- Northeast Community College issued the following news release: The dean of student success at Northeast Community College has been recognized as the top administrator among Nebraska's community colleges. Shelley Lammers was presented the Nebraska Community College Association's (NCCA) 2023 Administrator Award during the association's annual conference recently in North Platte. At Northeast Community College, Lammers is known for always putting students first. Aman  more

NORFOLK, Nebraska, Nov. 10 -- Northeast Community College issued the following news release: A member of the Northeast Community College of Board of Governors will be stepping down from her position. At the monthly meeting of the board on Thursday, Jeanne Reigle announced that she will be resigning from her seat at the beginning of 2024. Reigle, Madison, has served on the Northeast Board of Governors representing District IV, which consists of Burt, Cuming, Stanton, and Thurston counties in th  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * The University of Nebraska-Lincoln set records for research growth according to several key measures, the Office of Research and Economic Development announced Nov. 10 during its biannual Nebraska Research Days celebration. * * * Sponsored research awards for fiscal year 2023, which ended June 30, totaled $194 million -- an all-time high and a 12% increase from the previo  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 10 -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Nicholas Salestrom was named the 2023 Nebraska Community College Association Outstanding Faculty Member for Southeast Community College. He received the award on Sunday, Nov. 5, at the Annual Conference in North Platte, Nebraska. "It's deeply, deeply humbling to receive this award," Salestrom said. "Every day I work with students who face more challenges than I could have ever imagined facing when I was in col  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Most rural Nebraskans see a lack of affordable child care options in their communities and believe that increasing access should be a high priority, according to the 2023 Nebraska Rural Poll. * * * Sixty-one percent of rural Nebraskans surveyed agree that there is a shortage of affordable child care options in their community, while just 6% disagree. Fifty-nine percent als  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Most rural Nebraskans see a lack of affordable child care options in their communities and believe that increasing access should be a high priority, according to the 2023 Nebraska Rural Poll. * * * Sixty-one percent of rural Nebraskans surveyed agree that there is a shortage of affordable child care options in their community, while just 6% disagree. Fifty-nine percent al  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Legal experts Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) will speak about racism and reconciliation on Canada's Great Plains at 4 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Center for Great Plains Studies, 1155 Q St. The event is free and open to the public. * * * The co-authors of "Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town and the Road to Reconciliation" will disc  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * It's little wonder that so much of the early research into space exploration would orbit around escaping gravity's grip, or that the source of that escape, the rocket, would occupy so many minds with the cosmic ambition to match their intellect. * * * But that ambition fueled the race to space at least as much as liquid hydrogen did. And so, as Nebraska U's Yufeng Ge and S  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Nebraska, like other states, faces a shortage of qualified early childhood professionals to meet its demand for quality care and education. This shortage not only poses significant problems for families with young children, but threatens the state's future economic prosperity. * * * Researchers, educators and community partners from across the state are working to find a l  more

KEARNEY, Nebraska, Nov. 10 -- The University of Nebraska Kearney campus issued the following news on Nov. 9, 2023: University of Nebraska Board of Regents Chairman Tim Clare announced today that he will recommend the appointment of Chris Kabourek, a 26-year veteran of the university who currently serves as senior vice president and chief financial officer, as interim president at the board's Dec. 1 meeting. If confirmed by the full board, Kabourek will assume the role in addition to his CFO du  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 10 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release: University of Nebraska Board of Regents Chairman Tim Clare announced today that he will recommend the appointment of Chris Kabourek, a 26-year veteran of the university who currently serves as senior vice president and chief financial officer, as interim president at the Board's Dec. 1 meeting. If confirmed by the full Board, Kabourek will assume the role in addition to his CFO duties on Jan. 1, 2024, f  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 10 -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: Western Governors University's (WGU) Michael O. Leavitt School of Health (LSH), announced today the expansion of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Prelicensure) program to eight states - Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee - to help students start their career in the nursing industry. The accredited degree program is n  more