Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney
Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney
Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney
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<strong>Facilities</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nebraska</strong> will play<br />
a critical role in building a talented,<br />
competitive workforce and knowledgebased<br />
economy in <strong>Nebraska</strong> in partnership<br />
with the state, private sector and other<br />
educational institutions. UNK’s plan will<br />
renew our campus in ways calculated to<br />
enhance alignment <strong>of</strong> the UNK educational<br />
experience with career preparation needs<br />
in <strong>Nebraska</strong>’s—and our region’s—evolving<br />
economy.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nebraska</strong> will pursue<br />
excellence and regional, national and<br />
international competitiveness in research<br />
and scholarly activity, as well as their application,<br />
focusing on areas <strong>of</strong> strategic importance and<br />
opportunity. UNK’s plan devotes attention to<br />
the renewal <strong>of</strong> our academic infrastructure,<br />
with special focus on facilities that house<br />
academic priority programs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nebraska</strong> will serve<br />
the entire state through strategic and<br />
effective engagement and coordination<br />
with citizens, businesses, agriculture, other<br />
educational institutions, and rural and<br />
urban communities and regions. UNK’s<br />
plan envisions the use <strong>of</strong> our property and<br />
facilities in collaborative ways that have<br />
potential to develop new instructional,<br />
research, and service capability.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nebraska</strong> will be cost<br />
effective and accountable to the citizens <strong>of</strong><br />
the state. Resource stewardship imperatives<br />
have informed both the general concepts<br />
and the specifi c projects envisioned in this<br />
plan. We expect design, construction, and<br />
operation effi ciencies in all initiatives.<br />
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2006 - 2015<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nebraska</strong> at<br />
<strong>Kearney</strong> Mission, Vision,<br />
and Values<br />
Within the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nebraska</strong>, UNK<br />
has the mission to be a premier residential<br />
institution for undergraduate education, to<br />
<strong>of</strong>fer graduate programs grounded in that<br />
strength, and to enhance the social, cultural,<br />
and economic development <strong>of</strong> our region<br />
and state through educational programs,<br />
scholarship, and public service.<br />
We aim to achieve national distinction for<br />
a high quality, multidimensional learning<br />
environment, one that engages with<br />
community and public interests, and prepares<br />
students to lead responsible and productive<br />
lives in a democratic, multicultural society. This<br />
vision places commitments to learning and to<br />
people above all others.<br />
LEARNING<br />
UNK’s learning environment is studentcentered<br />
and reaches both on- and <strong>of</strong>f-campus<br />
to build an active community <strong>of</strong> scholars. It:<br />
is structured by principles <strong>of</strong> academic<br />
freedom and academic responsibility;<br />
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