Student Organizations

Students visiting a table at Blue Gold Showcase

The Nebraskan Student Union and Student Engagement Office supports UNK's 150+ recognized student organizations and groups.

Interested in getting involved on campus? Check out the list of student organizations.

For questions, please contact Tim Danube.

Event, meeting and tabling requests for student organizations and groups are completed utilizing Presence. Visit unk.presence.io and use your campus credentials to log in. View the video tutorial at www.unk.edu/orgs. *If you cannot access your Presence account or your organization’s page, contact the Nebraskan Student Union and Student Engagement Office at 865-8523 or Tim Danube at danubet@unk.edu *

The Office of Student Engagement hosts multiple "Recognized Student Organization Training & Briefing Seminars" throughout the academic year. During the aforesaid forums, staff/faculty advisors and student leaders learn important information (e.g. tax filing, student travel policies, and use of Presence) that affects their particular student organization.

SET Funding

A portion of the Student Event Ticket (SET) fee is devoted to "developing and show casing conspicuous student talent." The financial support enables UNK to explore additional opportunities in programs that develop student leadership skills or that provide venues for students to display intellectual talent and other exceptional accomplishment.

Students are encouraged to apply for these funds. Support for faculty or staff cannot be provided with these funds. Highly meritorious proposals directly impacting student talent development will be approved each year. The Chancellor of the university has final approval authority for use of the funds.

Pepsi Funding

Under the terms of our agreement with Pepsi Cola Corporation, a limited amount of beverage products and logo items are provided to the campus. Review of applications for these items will be done monthly. Students are encouraged to apply for these funds. Since the resources are limited, preference will be given to requests that are central to the mission and vision of the University of Nebraska at Kearney as well as in keeping with the good reputation and image of Pepsi. Approval criteria will include:

Events that benefit students and the recruitment of students.
Requests that further the vision of the institution as a premier residential university for undergraduate education.
Only organizations and groups directly associated with the University of Nebraska at Kearney are eligible.

RSO Catering Funding

Under the terms of UNK's exclusive agreement with Chartwells, an annual $25,000 Student Catering Fund has been established to support the catering needs of registered student organizations. Students are encouraged to apply for these funds. Access the Registered Student Organization (RSO) Catering Fund application by clicking on the link above.

UPFF Funding

Official registered student organizations may apply for University Programming Facility Fee funding. In order to petition for UPFF funding, an organization must have a current, approved constitution on file with UNK Student Government.

UPFF Guidelines

The University of Nebraska at Kearney seeks to promote safe student travel to events and activities. The Procedures for Travel Involving Students are limited to students who are:

Employees of the University.
Members of the Board of Regents.
Members of an official University committee approved by the Chancellor’s Office traveling on University business.
Students on field trips conducted as part of an approved instructional program.
Students who travel as representatives of the University, such as members of performing groups or teams.
Students who have obtained proper insurance coverage.