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University of Nebraska System President Ted Carter
University of Nebraska System President Ted Carter, together with three other public Midwestern university leaders, have announced a commitment to a new, first-of-its-kind academic alliance in support of the research and workforce needs of U.S. Space Command.
Carter – joined by Purdue University President Mitch Daniels, North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott and Kansas State University President Richard Myers – touted the effort as a uniquely powerful draw for the Midwest as Nebraska seeks to become U.S. Space Command’s permanent home. Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue is one of six finalist sites currently under consideration by the Department of the Air Force.
4 universities join forces to lure Space Command HQ to Midwest
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
By Chris Dunker Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
Four universities, led by the University of Nebraska, are joining forces in making the case that the new headquarters for the U.S. Space Command should be located in the Cornhusker State.
In an op-ed published Sunday in the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, the coalition said Nebraska offers an unmatched quality of life and a strong support for the military and education.
The pitch from NU President Ted Carter; Mitch Daniels, president of Purdue University; Mark Hagerott, chancellor of the North Dakota University System, and Richard Myers, president of Kansas State University; aims to create a bigger value-added proposition.
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North Dakota University System, and
Richard Myers, president of Should the Space Command headquarters be located at
Offutt Air Force Base in
Bellevue, one of six finalists announced by the
Air Force last month, the university partners have pledged to create a
Higher Education Space Research and Workforce Alliance. As presidents of four diverse Midwestern public universities all founded with a mission to teach, do research and conduct outreach for the greater good we re in close contact about our opportunities to collaborate in support of the space mission, their op-ed reads. Carter said the partnership began to coalesce in the last three weeks in conversations and drafting of a white paper exploring the concept. They hope the op-ed piece is read by top officials at the Pentagon.