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First-Gen Nebraska

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Applications open for First Gen Nebraska advisory board

February 7, 2022

Claire Bartels

First-gen grad making a difference through AmeriCorps

March 12, 2020

Sen. Tony Vargas talks with first-generation college students during an Aug. 13 visit to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

First Huskers program resonates with state senator

August 14, 2018

Society & Culture

Kendrick Umphreys

Umphreys catches on with Husker baseball

March 9, 2018

Jesse

Nebraska experience aids Casas Ferguson's legislative ambitions

March 5, 2018

Society & Culture

Nebraska's Terri Norton (right) works on a project with Lucy Ampaw Asiedu, a graduate student in architectural engineering.

Norton honored for work as a STEM 'multiplier'

February 26, 2018

Science & Technology

A UNL education abroad group poses under the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Recent changes to the way UNL manages study abroad opportunities and a campuswide investment in overseas programs has helped increase the number of students studying overseas by 52 percent in recent years.

Nebraska Unwrapped: Student worlds expand as Education Abroad grows

December 19, 2017

Society & Culture

Chancellor Ronnie Green talks during a First Husker orientation session on Aug. 13. Green, who was a first-generation college student, is among the more than 300 faculty and staff who have volunteered for the First-Generation Nebraska program.

First-Gen Nebraska to open spring semester with waffles

December 15, 2017

Freshmen participate in a First Husker session on Aug. 13. Successes of the program have led to an initiative offering year-round support to first-generation college students.

Faculty, staff unite to support first-generation college students

September 15, 2017