Miracle moves

Students dance on stage during the HuskerThon fundraiser in the Nebraska Union on March 1.

Kristen Labadie | University Communication and Marketing

Students Tayla Dekoning (left) and Gabrielle Van Veldhuizen lean together during the first HuskerThon morale dance on March 1 in the Nebraska Union. The annual event, organized by the student-led Dance Marathon group, raises funds for and celebrates Miracle Kids at Children's Nebraska in Omaha.

Huskers danced all afternoon and into the night, raising $111,502 for the hospital.

HuskerThon participants pose for a group photo to reveal that they raised more than $111,000 to support Children's Nebraska in Omaha. — HuskerThon participants gather for a group photo to reveal their total raised in support of Children's Nebraska in Omaha.

Campus photos of the week

Marissa Lindemann, a third-year broadcasting major from Nevada, Iowa, discusses her Perry Photojournalism Challenge essay. Her entry, “Sister Get-Together: Community for a Refugee Family from Sudan,” earned the contest’s grand prize. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/vf3a.
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Agronomy and horticulture students earned multiple honors during the Rangeland Cup, held Feb. 10 in Spokane, Washington. Learn more about the award winners at https://go.unl.edu/e9ju.
The Nebraska women’s basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament March 6 at Indianapolis’ Gainbridge Fieldhouse (pictured above) with a 74-70 win over Illinois. They opened the tournament on March 5 with an 84-60 victory over Rutgers. Up next, the Huskers (seeded No. 10 in the tourney) take on No. 2 UCLA at 6:30 p.m. March 7. The game will be broadcast on BTN/Fox Sports. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/yv2t.
Members of Team Jack accepted a $10,000 donation from Northwestern Mutual during the Feb. 24 Husker men’s basketball game at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The donation will be used to advance research into childhood brain cancer. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/ahk0.
Students in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications’ Production House got hands-on experience with new video equipment on March 5. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/srmt.
Penelope Spain, a prospective student from North Dakota, celebrated taking part in a campus tour on March 4. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/dk47.

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