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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.

UNMC, UNK to break ground on $19 million Health Science Education Complex April 4

April 2, 2014

Health-care education and access for central and western Nebraska will take a giant step forward when ground is broken for The Health Science Education Complex at University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Bahamian fisherman’s grandson becomes big fish at UNK

April 1, 2014

Bahamas native Moses Moxey, the first black student body president at UNK, believed in himself. He believed in education. That’s why he was willing to walk to a fancy hotel on the beach and beg complete strangers for money to sponsor him at college. But even he couldn’t believe the good things that happened to him once he arrived at UNK.

Reinvigorating rural people and places

February 25, 2014

People from all walks of life walked into the grand ballroom of the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln one day last fall united with one grand purpose in mind. To reinvigorate rural America.

Students say the most grateful things

February 25, 2014

“If I could ever say anything, face to face, with the people who gave me the money to chase my dreams … it would be a very long handshake and possibly a hug,” says Parker Loghry, a Thompson Scholar at UNK. “I would just look them in the eye and say, ‘You have no idea.’”

Lucas Dart named to lead UNK alumni relations and fundraising

February 13, 2014

The University of Nebraska Foundation announced Lucas Dart will become vice president of alumni relations and development for the University of Nebraska at Kearney on March 1.

New UNK fundraiser is an old member of the Kearney team

January 28, 2014

One of the best Loper basketball players in recent years has returned to UNK to be part of another team he loves:
Our team.

Fund honors longtime UNK student health director Gloria Tye

January 22, 2014

Longtime nurse and former student health director Gloria G. Tye of Kearney has been honored with a named gift to support health science education at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

UNK poet remembers white shadows in the grass

January 9, 2014

Few people ever earn a statue for their life’s work. Don Welch, recently retired poet and professor at UNK, has one. (And maybe few people of his stature who have a statue would ever do what he does next – pretend to wipe off the pigeon poop.)

He had the music in him

December 12, 2013

He taught them how to sing and, in the process, how to soar in life.

Buy a Book program to enhance UNK library

November 18, 2013

You may help enhance the UNK library and help replace books damaged in a storm. Then personalize bookplates with tributes to those you care about.

A short story about helping UNK’s storm-struck library

November 11, 2013

After the April storm, UNK staff member John Falconer stood in shock as he looked at the Calvin T. Ryan library on campus. “The northeast corner of the building was peeled open like a soup can,” he recalled.

What do these former Huskers have in common?

November 1, 2013

Prince Amukamara and Jordan Larson have at least three things in common.

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

UNMC, UNK to break ground on $19 million Health Science Education Complex April 4

Bahamian fisherman’s grandson becomes big fish at UNK

Reinvigorating rural people and places

Students say the most grateful things

Lucas Dart named to lead UNK alumni relations and fundraising

New UNK fundraiser is an old member of the Kearney team

Fund honors longtime UNK student health director Gloria Tye

UNK poet remembers white shadows in the grass

He had the music in him

Buy a Book program to enhance UNK library

A short story about helping UNK’s storm-struck library

What do these former Huskers have in common?

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.