Students were frustrated because, after an hour of energetic protesting and another hour grilling administrators about their logic in slicing $3 million from UNK’s academic budget, it seemed like there’s slim hope the students might sway campus leaders from a budget-cutting proposal.
A crowd of about 200 heard Chancellor Doug Kristensen announce Monday that 24.5 faculty positions and nine programs will be cut to achieve some of the budget reductions that campuses in the University of Nebraska system must make.
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Fans arrive ahead of Volleyball Day in Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.
ANNA REED THE WORLD-HERALD
Fans arrive ahead of Volleyball Day in Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.
ANNA REED THE WORLD-HERALD
Ava Burger, 17, of Solon Springs, Wis., arrives ahead of Volleyball Day in Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.
ANNA REED THE WORLD-HERALD
Fans walk past the Hawks Championship Center as they arrive ahead of Volleyball Day in Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.
ANNA REED THE WORLD-HERALD
Kinley Heffner, 8, of Trenton, Neb., waits for the gates to open ahead of Volleyball Day in Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.
A crowd of about 200 heard Chancellor Doug Kristensen announce Monday that 24.5 faculty positions and nine programs will be cut to achieve some of the budget reductions that campuses in the University of Nebraska system must make.
