Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing
Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing
Jessica Prince, a first-year student in the College of Education and Human Sciences, chats on her phone while swinging in a hammock near Broyhill Fountain on the plaza north of the Nebraska Union. Prince, who is from Omaha, is among 3,579 first-year, in-state students starting classes at UNL this fall. Learn more about the university's fall census, which showed an overall increase of 1.7% students.
Social media photos of the week
University leaders (front, from left) Dee Dee Anderson, Mike Boehm, Mike Zeleny, Kathy Ankerson, Josh Davis and (on screen) Sherri Jones show their Husker pride on Sept. 7 as part of “Rally the Red.” Organized by the Office of Student Life, the event is encouraging the campus community to wear red every Friday through the fall semester. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/redrally.
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The Testing Ag Performance Solutions team was among participants in the Water, Crops and Soil Health Field Day at the West Central Research and Extension Center on Sept. 5. The team showcased new equipment and interseeding cover crop techniques. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/mhsq.
Youth climb ropes hung from trees during Forest Fest at the Horning State Farm demonstration forest. More than 100 children tried the tree climbing, which was organized by the Tree Husker program. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/bxju.
More than 30 Husker football players and coaches took part in a community service project at two locations in Lincoln on Sept. 9. The group shown here volunteered at the Lincoln Food Bank. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/acp5.
The Great Plains Art Museum celebrated the opening of the exhibition “Contemporary Indigeneity 2024” with a juror talk on Sept. 2. The event included Mary V. Bordeaux (Sicangu Oglala Lakota), Chelsea M. Herr (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), and Tara Hogue (Métis). Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/xumk.
Gwen Nugent was honored during a Sept. 9 retirement reception, celebrating her distinguished 45-year career in educational psychology. Her tenure includes two decades with the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/ot43.
