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NKU names new president

The Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents unanimously voted to appoint Cady Short-Thompson, as Northern Kentucky University’s seventh president during their meeting Wednesday. Short-Thompson is currently the Executive Director/CEO of Breakthrough Cincinnati, per a release from the university. She previously served as the Provost of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and as the Dean of […]

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A breakdown of NKU’s new budget

Northern Kentucky University announced Wednesday it had reduced its budget deficit from $24.2 million to $9.6 million since late last year. Now, the university is tasked with continuing to dig itself out of a hole over the course of the next year.   As part of the new budget, NKU cut 100 faculty positions and […]

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Rich and Lisa Boehne, Bill and Sue Butler Contribute $2 Million to NKU LIFT Scholars Program

Rich and Lisa Boehne Northern Kentucky University announces a new LIFT Scholars Program, created from $2 million in gifts to support the university’s Further, Faster Campaign. Horizon Community Fund­s of Northern Kentucky, through the support of Rich and Lisa Boehne and Bill and Sue Butler, has committed $1 million dollars each from the Rich and […]

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NKU Board of Regents Chair Rich Boehne Honored as JDRF’s Cincinnatian of the Year

Rich Boehne, chair of Northern Kentucky University’s Board of Regents, will be honored at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s (JDRF) Cincinnatian of the Year Gala on May 12. This year the JDRF Southwest Ohio chapter hopes to raise $1.5 million at the gala, which would top last year’s record achievement of $1.45 million. To achieve […]

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Northern Kentucky University lands a $1 million gift to help first-generation students afford school

NKU college grad turned CEO pays it forward By Bob Driehaus See the original coverage and video here HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Rich Boehne landed his boyhood dream job as a newspaper reporter by becoming the first person in his family to earn a college degree. The lessons he learned at Northern Kentucky University, though, […]

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