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Regents approve new programs, design changes and construction actions across University of Nebraska campuses
Summary
At its April 11 meeting the Board of Regents approved a slate of academic programs, certificates, facility contracts and budgets — from a children's justice center to an emergency nurse practitioner certificate and campus construction change orders — mostly by roll call.
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents on April 11 approved multiple academic and capital items across system campuses, including new program proposals, program eliminations, collective‑bargaining amendments and several construction change orders and naming requests.
Academic approvals on the consent and academic agendas included: establishment of the Nebraska Children’s Justice and Legal Advocacy Center at UNL’s College of Law (private funds anticipated to support the initial merger of existing programs); an undergraduate certificate in irrigation and agricultural water management at UNL; and a graduate certificate in emergency nurse practitioner administered by the UNMC College of Nursing. The board also approved elimination of the Bachelor of Arts in…
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