Top Priorities at UNO

Make the greatest Impact

Looking for ways to make the greatest impact to the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its students? Below are some great options.

Chancellor's Priorities

UNO Fund – Area of Greatest Need

A gift to this unrestricted fund enables the UNO chancellor to assist when special opportunities arise or provide immediate support to areas where students and faculty may need it most.


UNO Fund – Student Scholarships

Your gift to this fund supports UNO students by providing scholarships recognizing academic excellence and financial need.


UNO Fund – Faculty Support

An education is only as good as its educators. A gift to this area helps UNO recruit and retain world-class instructors and researchers, so we can continue to build the best faculty in the state of Nebraska.


UNO Student Hardship Fund

The UNO Student Hardship Fund supports students at UNO who are now facing sudden financial hardship due to crisis situations such as the current cancellation of on-campus classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


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UNO Fund - Area of Greatest Need

A gift to this unrestricted fund enables the UNO chancellor to assist when special opportunities arise or provide immediate support to areas where students and faculty may need it most.

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UNO Fund - Student Scholarships

Your gift to this fund supports UNO students by providing scholarships recognizing academic excellence and financial need. The scholarships are awarded through UNO’s Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid and are available to deserving students enrolled within any college.

Looking for other ways to give?

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.

UNO Points of Pride

Reaching Students Where They Are

Lou Anne Rinn is not simply giving back to students at her alma mater. She is reaching them in the most effective ways, considering obstacles and how she can help students get around them.

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UNO Aviation’s newest flight simulator, a Boeing 737, is flown by students Jonathan Corey and Hunter Pherson.

Learning to Fly

Gemma Ossi is on her way to becoming a professional pilot with the help of a new, privately funded addition at UNO’s Aviation Institute — a Boeing 737 jet simulator.

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Serenity on Campus

UNO’s Community Counseling Clinic has progressed rapidly in recent years. The growth is partly due to an accelerating demand for counseling services brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and an easing of the stigma around mental health. But it is also due to the department’s rising-star faculty and the national attention they’ve garnered from their research.

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All the Right Moves

By Susan Houston Klaus How the UNO Pitching Lab Is Helping Athletes Improve Their Games The digital images generated in the University of Nebraska at

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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.