The
University of Nebraska Omaha is the
Omaha campus of the
University of Nebraska system, and is classified as a doctoral/research university in the latest
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. After its foundation as
Omaha University in 1908, the institution became the public
Municipal University of Omaha in 1931. It assumed its current name in 1968 following a merger into the University of Nebraska. The institution has a strong tradition of serving commuter students from within Omaha, but in recent years has developed student housing to better serve students from Nebraska, the United States, and the world for whom the commute is not convenient. On October 8, 2008, the University of Nebraska at Omaha celebrated its 100th year of existence.
History
Omaha University
The original Omaha University was founded in 1908 in the
Kountze Place neighborhood of
North Omaha. The first classes were located in the
Redick Mansion, once at North 24th and Pratt Streets, from 1909 through 1917. Established a few blocks north of the
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, most of the early faculty were recruited from Seminary teachers, as well as the faculty of
Bellevue College. There were 26 students in the first year, most of whom graduated from
Omaha High School. Three of the University's first four presidents were ordained Presbyterian ministers.,
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