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From left: Dana Falter and his brothers, Rod, Shannon and Todd, established a scholarship to support UNK students from their hometown.

Student Access and Success

Providing a Living Legacy

Dana Falter and his brothers are honoring their hometown of Creighton, Nebraska, with a scholarship fund for business and technology students who attend UNK.

November 30, 2023

Trey Svatos poses in front of a computer

Finding His Future Through Tech

November 8, 2023

The UNK Department of Cyber Systems offers a wide range of majors for students interested in tech careers as job opportunities grow exponentially.

Giving day icons for One Day for UNK and Wear Black, Give Back.

Fall Giving Days Will Support UNK and UNO

September 6, 2023

Mark your calendars now for two opportunities this fall to support the University of Nebraska at Kearney and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. One

‘Helping Each Other’

June 8, 2023

For the first time, future physicians will complete their medical training in Kearney.

Challenge is on for UNK Honors Program: raise $10K for study abroad

October 31, 2014

The University of Nebraska at Kearney Honors Program has an opportunity to help even more students have a study abroad experience because of a $10,000 challenge gift.

Making a Difference

October 27, 2014

Today we announced that the Campaign for Nebraska has raised more than $1.8 billion for the University of Nebraska.

Talk about investing in students

October 1, 2014

More than $100,000 has been contributed to start a fund that allows students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney to gain actual investment experience before they graduate.

Eight teachers join One Room, One Teacher honor program

September 18, 2014

UNK’s One Room, One Teacher program aims to help preserve the stories and history of rural education, and eight more teachers are forever honored this year.

Camp makes a world of difference

September 5, 2014

UNK’s World Leaders Camp introduces incoming freshmen to study-abroad opportunities – and to salsa, polka and chopsticks.

Donors create scholarship for students in crisis

July 29, 2014

Ilene Steinkruger and her late husband, Milton, struggled to pay for college long ago. That’s why they created a unique scholarship at UNK.

Ian Chapo, 22, graduated with degrees in economics and political science on May 10. Eleven days later, he made his first gift to the university – one for the Model United Nations Fund, which supports the Model United Nations student group he belonged to at UNL.

First-in-family college student understands education’s importance

July 1, 2014

First-generation UNK student says scholarships will help him become a teacher someday.

Gratitude is in the cards at UNK

May 29, 2014

Why do you give thanks for UNK?

UNMC-UNK complex is a game changer for rural health care

May 29, 2014

Health-care education and access for central and western Nebraska took a giant step forward April 4 when ground was broken at a ceremony for a new University of Nebraska project: The Health Science Education Complex at University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Boy with limited vision sees no limits in his future

May 29, 2014

Will Jensen, 6, knows he can’t see as well as most people because he has something called albinism that affects his eyesight. He also knows his grandparents did something big in his honor because of that – something that made his mom speechless.

Upcoming giving days can benefit University of Nebraska nonprofits

May 2, 2014

Ready. Set. Give. Upcoming community giving day events provide a 24-hour focus to the importance of philanthropy within Nebraska and on our University of Nebraska campuses.

Measure your life by the difference
you’ve made in someone else’s.

When you make a gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation you can trust that it will be used in the way in which it was intended. That’s a promise we’ve kept with our donors since our organization was founded in 1936.

UNK Points of Pride

Providing a Living Legacy

Finding His Future Through Tech

Fall Giving Days Will Support UNK and UNO

‘Helping Each Other’

Make a gift to the University of Nebraska at Kearney

Challenge is on for UNK Honors Program: raise $10K for study abroad

Making a Difference

Talk about investing in students

Eight teachers join One Room, One Teacher honor program

Camp makes a world of difference

Donors create scholarship for students in crisis

Why they give

First-in-family college student understands education’s importance

Gratitude is in the cards at UNK

UNMC-UNK complex is a game changer for rural health care

Boy with limited vision sees no limits in his future

Upcoming giving days can benefit University of Nebraska nonprofits

Measure your life by the difference
you’ve made in someone else’s.

Support the University of Nebraska

UNK Points of Pride

Make a gift to the University of Nebraska at Kearney

Measure your life by the difference you’ve made in someone else’s.

Support the University of Nebraska

Measure your life by the difference
you’ve made in someone else’s.