UNMC’s faculty and student senates are among the wide array of Nebraska organizations that have adopted resolutions asking that the University of Nebraska be considered a high priority for funding as the Legislature moves toward completion of the budget for the 2003-2005 biennium.
NU President L. Dennis Smith, Ph.D., said he appreciates the expressions of support. “These agriculture, business, civic, employee, alumni and arts organizations recognize the need to keep the university adequately funded to provide high-quality education for Nebraska’s young people and services to citizens across the state,” Dr. Smith said.
The organizations that have adopted resolutions of support include:
Agriculture Builders of Nebraska, Inc.
Alumni Associations of the University of Nebraska
Dodge County 4-H Council
Downtown Lincoln Association
Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce
LEAD (Leadership Education Action Development) Alumni Association
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska Art Association
Nebraska Association of County Extension Boards
Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Nebraska Cattlemen
Nebraska Pork Producers Association
Nebraska Statewide Advisory Council – UNL Extended Education
South Platte United Chambers of Commerce
University Association for Administrative Development
University of Nebraska at Kearney Staff Senate
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Academic Senate
University of Nebraska Medical Center Faculty Senate
University of Nebraska Medical Center Student Senate
University of Nebraska Office Personnel Association
University of Nebraska at Omaha Faculty Senate
Ag 40 Group (the following member organizations endorsed the Ag 40 resolution)
- Agriculture Builders of Nebraska, Inc.
Center for Rural Affairs
- LEAD (Leadership Education Action Development) Alumni Association
- Nebraska Cattlemen
- Nebraska Cooperative Council
- Nebraska Ethanol Board
- Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
- Nebraska Farmers Union
- Nebraska Grain & Feed Association
- Nebraska Grain Sorghum Producers
- Nebraska Independent Community Bankers Association
- Nebraska Nursery & Landscape Association
- Nebraska Pork Producers Association
- Nebraska Poultry Industries, Inc.
- Nebraska Rural Electric Association
- Nebraska Soybean Association
- Nebraska State Dairymen’s Association
- Nebraska State Grange
- Nebraska Sugarbeet Growers Association
Nebraska Water Resources Association