A Message from Ed ScantlingAs you read the stories and memories of the teachers documented in this display you cannot help but be inspired!
These teachers played a vital role in educating generations of rural Nebraskans under very difficult conditions. Their students went on to be the teachers, business leaders, scientists, physicians and so many others who helped make our state and country what it is today. UNK opened its doors in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School. Its primary responsibility was to prepare teachers for rural Nebraska, and it's been part of our proud heritage for more than 100 years now. We thought it was important to memorialize the efforts and pay tribute to the one room school teachers and the part they played in Nebraska. The College of Education and the University of Nebraska at Kearney are proud to acknowledge and honor the hard work and the dedication of these outstanding educators through to One Room, One Teacher Program. I personally thank all those who graciously donated plaques to support and memorialize a special teacher or loved one who taught in a country school. These plaques now grace the Honor Wall in the College of Education building for all time, and the gifts have established a permanent endowment fund to provide scholarship awards in support of the next generation of students pursuing teaching. Most importantly, the Honor Wall serves as a lasting reminder to all Nebraskans of the tremendous legacy and example these intrepid teaching pioneers set for all who enter the teaching field. -Dr. Ed Scantling |
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The One Room, One Teacher Program
One Room, One Teacher is a scholarship program for UNK College of Education students that will acknowledge the hard work and dedication of Nebraska’s unique rural educators.
UNK is asking past rural educators, family members of those rural educators or former rural students to make a contribution to the One Room, One Teacher Scholarship Fund. Funds will be used to provide scholarships for current and future UNK education students and to maintain a Wall of Honor acknowledging donors.
Honoring all rural educators
This program will honor all rural Nebraska educators whether they taught in one room schools or not. Teaching graduates from institutions other than UNK can also be honored in this program.
Giving Levels
Donors who contribute $1,000 will receive a small plaque engraved with their name, or the name of someone they would like remembered, and the name of the school placed on a Wall of Honor inside UNK’s College of Education.
Donors who contribute $5,000 will have their name or their honoree’s name, photo, school and graduation year placed on a plaque displayed on the Wall of Honor.
Benefactors giving $10,000 receive a large plaque engraved with their, or an honoree’s, name, photo, school, graduation date, and a short bio about the honoree on the Wall of Honor. Additionally, a replica plaque will be given to the honoree. Also, a short personal audio story will be placed on the UNK College of Education’s website and video collection.
And while UNK is offering the program, the teachers honored do not have to be graduates of UNK. Any teacher who taught at any rural Nebraska school, one room or more than one room, is eligible to be remembered in the One Room, One Teacher program.
How to give
To give to the One Room, One Teacher Scholarship Fund, go to nufoundation.org/OneRoomOneTeacher. (LINK)
Or contact Stephanie Kaczor, University of Nebraska Foundation, [email protected], 308-698-5282.
One Room, One Teacher is a scholarship program for UNK College of Education students that will acknowledge the hard work and dedication of Nebraska’s unique rural educators.
UNK is asking past rural educators, family members of those rural educators or former rural students to make a contribution to the One Room, One Teacher Scholarship Fund. Funds will be used to provide scholarships for current and future UNK education students and to maintain a Wall of Honor acknowledging donors.
Honoring all rural educators
This program will honor all rural Nebraska educators whether they taught in one room schools or not. Teaching graduates from institutions other than UNK can also be honored in this program.
Giving Levels
Donors who contribute $1,000 will receive a small plaque engraved with their name, or the name of someone they would like remembered, and the name of the school placed on a Wall of Honor inside UNK’s College of Education.
Donors who contribute $5,000 will have their name or their honoree’s name, photo, school and graduation year placed on a plaque displayed on the Wall of Honor.
Benefactors giving $10,000 receive a large plaque engraved with their, or an honoree’s, name, photo, school, graduation date, and a short bio about the honoree on the Wall of Honor. Additionally, a replica plaque will be given to the honoree. Also, a short personal audio story will be placed on the UNK College of Education’s website and video collection.
And while UNK is offering the program, the teachers honored do not have to be graduates of UNK. Any teacher who taught at any rural Nebraska school, one room or more than one room, is eligible to be remembered in the One Room, One Teacher program.
How to give
To give to the One Room, One Teacher Scholarship Fund, go to nufoundation.org/OneRoomOneTeacher. (LINK)
Or contact Stephanie Kaczor, University of Nebraska Foundation, [email protected], 308-698-5282.