Dental student Jane Bennett is looking forward to using the new student
computer and study room being planned for the College of Dentistry thanks
to a recent $50,000 gift.
This gift is really going to be appreciated by students, especially
because there are many useful PC applications that can help us better understand
the subjects we study, said Bennett, a junior from Lincoln, Neb. I know
its going to be a very beneficial and wonderful gift.
Long-time university supporter Ken Morrison of Hastings, Neb., recently
provided the gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation for this new
student facility. The room, planned for the first floor of the dental college
building, will contain PCs, printers and ample room for study space. Morrison
became familiar with some of the dental colleges needs and priorities
through his hometown dentist and friend John R. Seberg, a 1944 graduate
of the UNMC College of Dentistry.
Ken Morrison said hes especially pleased to support this project because
of the colleges tremendous need for it.
When you give, you want to the gift to achieve the maximum amount of
benefit for the recipient, said Morrison. Heres another opportunitythis
is something students need and are really going to use and benefit from.
And certainly there is no lack of use for computers and computer rooms
at colleges.
John Reinhardt, professor and dean of the UNMC College of Dentistry,
thanked Morrison and said students will soon have outstanding amenities
dedicated to learning.
Scientific advances in dentistry are occurring rapidly, and computers
are necessary for dental professionals to keep pace, Reinhardt said. Mr.
Morrisons generous gift will help us meet some of our major educational
goals, which include teaching our students to be life-long learners and
to become skilled in using information technology.
Morrison is a general partner and business manager of Morrison Enterprises,
an agricultural company engaging in alfalfa production and marketing, grain
storage, livestock production, farmland development and management, aquaculture
and cotton and feed grain production.
In addition to this recent gift, Morrison has supported numerous other
university programs over the years. He established both the Morrison Biotechnology
Fund and the Kenneth Morrison Distinguished Professorship in Food Engineering
for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UNL; provided
support for the Lois G. Roskens Professorship in Educational Administration
at UNO; and has been a strong supporter of university athletics, to name
only a few areas of his philanthropic support.
The University of Nebraska Foundation is a nonprofit corporation supplementing
support for students, faculty, facilities and programs at the University
of Nebraskas four campuses through gifts from alumni, friends, corporations
and other foundations.