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[how are you feeling tonight? | image by xviiizz | unsplash]

Monday, January 29, 2024 The Weekender: First Friday, Student Obsevatory, and free sport events

More than 13 free-ish happenings are on the list for Feb 2, 3, & 4, starting w/ First Friday activities at three locations: Sheldon Museum of Art; International Quilt Museum; and Great Plains Art Museum. ALSO: Yoga; Basketball; Hockey; the Student Observatory; Men's Gymnastics, and Free Bowling.

Monday, January 29, 2024 6-week Pregame to Spring Break

Spring Break is the perfect time to be with friends or family and enjoy a break from the academic rigor. Campus Recreation is offers a 6-week Pregame to Spring Break program, showcasing a variety of ways to think about health and well-being to prepare you for Spring Break 2024.

92% of UNL students registered to vote during the 2020 election cycle. [courtesy image | Husker Vote Coalition]

Monday, January 29, 2024 50 students needed to serve as Vote Ambassadors

Motivated undergraduate and graduate students can join the Husker Vote Coalition to assist with registering other students to vote in Nebraska and out-of-state for the 2024 primary and General Election.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln Homecoming Royalty Court 2023. [Mike Jackson | Student Affairs Marketing and Communication]

Monday, January 29, 2024 App open for Homecoming Royalty 2024

Fall semester's biggest campus celebration is being organized, starting w/ the selection of the Homecoming Royalty Court. Any full-time student with at least 75 hours completed and a 2.75 cumulative GPA is eligible.

Nebraska's Karen Wills has worked at the university for 25 years, most recently helping students through the University Program Council. [Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing]

Friday, January 26, 2024 UPC work helps connect Wills with passion to serve students

Karen Wills has turned her passion for supporting students into a purpose at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Horticulture Club officers and members speak with students during the Spring Club Fair on January 31, 2023. [Mike Jackson | Student Affairs Marketing and Communication]

Friday, January 26, 2024 Spring Nvolvement Fair brings together more than 75 student organizations

In a single location on February 1, Huskers can explore dozens of recognized student organizations (RSOs) to join for social, professional and leadership interests.

Students participate in a Basics Meditation group fitness class at Campus Recreation Center.

Friday, January 26, 2024 Explore cuisine, clubs, meditation, and more at 7 events this week

Browse hundreds of posters for sale, attend the final MLK Week commemorative event, celebrate Black History Month with a delicious dinner, practice mindful meditation, and cheer on the women's basketball and men's gymnastics teams at home.

John Goodwin, a leader of the Black community in Lincoln and an alumnus of one of the Divine Nine fraternities, speaks to students who are members and non-members of the Divine Nine sororities and fraternities during the Late Night Dish It Up: Divine Nine Edition in the Nebraska Union, at City Campus, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 in Lincoln, Nebraska. [Photo by Nandini Rainikindi | Daily Nebraskan]

Thursday, January 25, 2024 Divine Nine discusses adversity & service at Dish It Up for MLK celebration

[Daily Nebraskan] Office of Academic Success and Intercultural Services and the National Pan-Hellenic Council held the first Dish It Up of the semester in the Regency Suite last Tuesday evening.

Carly Gartner (right) and friends take a photo with former Husker Volleyball player and Olympian Jordan Larsen. (courtesy image)

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Balancing school, jobs and a social life

Carly Gartner, a political science and psychology double major, shares her knowledge for balancing everything to do in college and managing time wisely.

Ben Brandt, a graduate student in accounting from Glen Ellyn, Illinois, won three medals in the 2023 World Abilitysport Games in Thailand. [Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing]

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Brandt launches into competition on the world stage

Ben Brandt has always loved sports and everything it encompasses — the competition, the goal setting, the camaraderie — so getting cut from his hometown basketball team was a serious gut punch.