University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken and Omaha businessman and philanthropist Richard (Dick) Holland, chairman of the Building Bright Futures Board of Directors, have been invited by U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings to appear on a "promising efforts" panel at the National Summit on Higher Education to be held July 17-18, 2008, in Chicago.

Three items have been added to the agenda for the June 13, 2008 meeting of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

A resolution proposal has been added to the agenda for the June 13, 2008 meeting of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet on Friday, June 13, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St., Lincoln. Committee meetings begin at 8 a.m. and the board meeting begins at 1:30 p.m.

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken will recommend the approval of a 5 percent tuition increase for the 2008-09 school year, plus a 1 percent tuition assessment necessary to provide matching funds for NU building renovations authorized by the State Legislature. This is the last year of the required 1 percent increase for the LB 605 building program.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will make a campus visit to the University of Nebraska Medical Center on Friday, May 16.

Statement of University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet on Friday, April 18, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St., Lincoln. Committee meetings begin at 8:30 a.m. and the board meeting begins at 1 p.m.

University President James B. Milliken has announced the recipient of the Peter Kiewit Student Entrepreneurial Award for 2008: Christopher Kingsley, a student in the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The Department of Family Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) will receive the university-wide departmental teaching award from the University of Nebraska, according to an announcement today from University President James B. Milliken.

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken today announced the 2008 winners of the university’s most prestigious awards for research, teaching and engagement.

Statement of University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken

Internationally renowned artist Enrique Martínez Celaya – and Visiting Presidential Professor at the University of Nebraska – will make a second visit to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln April 14-18, University President James B. Milliken has announced.

U.S. Under Secretary of Education Sara Martinez Tucker will visit two campuses of the University of Nebraska in April as part of her college listening tour, President James B. Milliken announced today.

Dr. Richard J. Hoffmann has been named Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Research for the University of Nebraska effective May 1.