University acquires additional property near main campus

Bellevue University has acquired two additional buildings and adjacent land near its main campus in Bellevue. With the acquisition, the school adds nearly seven acres to its 38-acre main campus. The university will use both buildings for administrative office space, while the vacant piece of property allows for future expansion to support the school’s continued [...]

University receives $500k gift from Union Pacific

Bellevue University recently received a $500,000 gift from Union Pacific Corp., which will be used to establish the Morris F. Miller Business Leadership Fund at the school.
The fund is named in honor of the late Morris F. “Moe” Miller, a long-time Omaha business leader. In 1990, as a retired member of the Union Pacific Board [...]

Life-coaching conference comes to campus Sept. 5-6

Inspirational author Alan Cohen will deliver the keynote address Sept. 5 during a life-coaching conference at Bellevue University. The two-day conference, “How Good Can It Get?,” is intended to help attendees assess and pursue their life desires, whether it’s related to career, relationships, health or finance.
Bellevue University, which offers a graduate certificate program in life coaching, [...]

Students give back to community as part of Signature Series

During the last year, 2,400 Bellevue University students have volunteered for more than 19,000 hours of community service – all as part of the Kirkpatrick Signature Series, a senior-level cluster of courses required for every Bellevue University undergraduate student.
Bellevue University began requiring the Kirkpatrick Signature Series in 1997 in an attempt to provide all students a shared foundational knowledge of Western [...]

University to host forum on national security issues

Bellevue University on Sept. 5 will host the former director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency as part of a forum to explore national security issues and what the intelligence community has learned since 9/11.
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Patrick Hughes will deliver the keynote address at “The State of Security in the Heartland and Beyond: What We’ve Learned Since 9/11,” [...]

Wesley House summer academy kids visit university

On Thursday, Bellevue University, in conjunction with UPS, will host a group of children participating in the Wesley House ACADEMIC Summer Academy. The Summer Academy, considered the Wesley House’s flagship program, stresses math, reading, geography and public speaking, supplemented by off-site trips that allow participants to observe academics in action in various settings – such as Bellevue University.
The group of [...]

Air Force Week takes off; AF surgeon general visits campus

Bellevue University on Wednesday continues its support of Air Force Week in the Heartland by hosting the surgeon general of the United States Air Force, Lt. Gen. (Dr.) James G. Roudebush, for coffee and a briefing inside the Hitchcock Humanities Center.
Bellevue Medical Center is coordinating Roudebush’s campus visit, which is 9:30-10:45 a.m.
As the Air Force surgeon [...]

Bruins begin defense of Commissioner’s Cup

It may not feel like it outside, but autumn has officially arrived with the beginning of fall sports practices here at Bellevue University. The men’s soccer, women’s soccer and volleyball teams all began their seasons this week.
It marks the beginning of the 2008-09 school year, and with it the beginning of a new race for [...]

University to host free Air Force band concert

Bellevue University will host a free outdoor rock concert on Monday, Aug. 11, part of a week’s worth of community activities to celebrate Air Force Week in the Heartland. Night Wing, the country-rock offshoot of the U.S. Air Force Heartland of America Band, will play at 7:30 p.m. in the commons area of the university’s [...]

U.S. Senator, University Board Member Hagel to appear at local book-signing event

U.S. Senator and Bellevue University Board Member Chuck Hagel will sign copies of his new book Thursday, Aug. 7, at Confluence bookstore in Bellevue. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Hagel’s new book, “America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers,” examines the current state of the nation [...]