You Can Do More Here
You have the power to shape your future and impact the world. At Nebraska, the people behind our Big Ten academic programs are with you every step of the way. Let’s build on your strengths toward a career, connect you with a community of Huskers and do big things.
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There is No Place Like Nebraska
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a remarkable story of people, ideas and hard work, written over more than 150 years. Huskers have done, and continue to do, amazing things to advance our nation and the world. Here are just a few.
Huskers Set the Standard
Husker Volleyball, and Husker Nation, hold the world record for attendance at a women’s sporting event.
![The Husker Volleyball team huddles at the net with the record-setting crowd behind them at Memorial Stadium.](https://cms.unl.edu/university-communication/top-level/sites/unl.edu.university-communication.top-level/files/media/image/230830-husker-volleyball-day-320.jpg)
The King of Late Night
Among the remarkable alumni of the University of Nebraska, no star has shone brighter, for longer, than that of Johnny Carson ’49.
![1957 black and white publicity portrait of Johnny Carson with his hands clasped near his face with a slight smile and looking off into the distance.](https://cms.unl.edu/university-communication/top-level/sites/unl.edu.university-communication.top-level/files/media/image/johnny-carson-1957-320.jpg)
Father of African American Art
Aaron Douglas, BFA 1922, created the visual identity of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Paths for Every Passion
What matters most to you? Our nine academic colleges offer a broad range of options with the chance to shape your own path to a Nebraska degree. Not sure you’re ready to choose? We can help! A large number of students work one-on-one with a professional advisor in our Explore Center to make the most of each semester and to choose the best major.
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Around Campus
Kolb mentors, empowers fellow first-gen students with CAST
As a peer mentor with the Center for Academic Success and Transition, Isabel Kolb has found a way to impact and support fellow first-generation students with guidance and resources for success.
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![With back to the camera and wearing a black jacket emblazoned with a Nebraska N, a smiling Husker gazes up at a pinkish clouds in the sky.](https://www.unl.edu/sites/unl.edu.university-communication.top-level/files/media/image/bellaabirkhead.jpg)
![A Husker in scuba gear poses with other divers sitting on the edge of a boat at the Great Barrier Reef.](https://www.unl.edu/sites/unl.edu.university-communication.top-level/files/media/image/theerealestzen.jpg)
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The connections I’ve made through the programs and organizations have been the most rewarding part of my college experience.