UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY CUTS 15 POSITIONS IN FIRST STEP TO OFFSET DEFICIT OF $2.8 MILLION

KEARNEY — The University of Nebraska at Kearney announced more than a dozen staff positions had been cut. This is the first step in overcoming a $2.8 million budget deficit outlined and affirmed by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

A total of 15 state-funded salary positions were eliminated Wednesday. Those positions added up to $800,000 in state-funded salary and benefit savings.

UNK Chancellor Doug Kristensen said in a press release, “There are few things that are more difficult than sharing the news with colleagues that we can no longer afford their position.”

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