KEARNEY- University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Doug Kristensen retired on May 31st after four decades of public service that he said represents "living proof" of NU's mission. Kristensen left the NU system after 22 years at the chancellor post, a job that followed nearly 14 years in the Nebraska Legislature and six years as Kearney County Attorney.

"I'm a Nebraska kid who got to be involved in the two most important things in the state," Kristensen said, pointing to the Legislature and Nebraska University, "Are you kidding me? I got to do that." Kristensen said that NU might be one of the most important institutions in the state for how it impacts residents, and argued that critics of higher education "will come to their senses."

"The pendulum will swing and there will be a need again to go, 'Oh my God, we've got to highly train people to keep them here because the jobs are going to demand it,'" he said. Under his tenure, Kristensen noted that UNK matured to value what it had, rather than what it didn't. This includes $460 million in investments to improve every building on campus and an additional $100 million for the building of University Village.

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