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Big Event

A graduate student and a homeowner work together to bag leaves outside a house during a campus service day.

Huskers give back across Lincoln during Big Event

April 13, 2026

Emerging Leaders in Diversity rake up debris during the Big Event.

900+ students make community impact through Big Event

April 27, 2022

Sigma Alpha Epsilon members Parker Low, Joe Cooley, Clay Fiolo, Bryson Metcalf and Matt Bruning work during the 2016 Big Event project. The 2017 event is April 8.

Volunteers sought for annual Big Event

March 21, 2022

Nebraska's Iesha Bryant reaches for the top of the doorway as she and others in the Minority Pre-Health Association painted a shed and cleaned up a yard during the 2019 Big Event on April 6. More than 2,500 students, faculty and staff volunteered for the community service project.

2,500+ make community impact through Big Event

April 8, 2019

Keeleigh Thayn (in blue jacket) and her Gamma Phi Beta sorority sisters rake leaves along P street during the Big Event on April 7. More than 3,000 students, faculty and staff participated in the day of service.

Student-led prep powers Big Event success

April 4, 2019

Huskers rake help rake leaves in a Lincoln neighborhood during the 2018 Big Event.

Big Event registration open through March 8

February 26, 2019

Keeleigh Thayn (in blue jacket) and her Gamma Phi Beta sorority sisters rake leaves along P street during the Big Event on April 7. More than 3,000 students, faculty and staff participated in the day of service.

In case you missed it: Big Event

April 12, 2018

Nebraska students clean windows as part of a previous Big Event activity organized through ASUN. The 2018 Big Event is April 7 and will include more than 3,000 volunteers working across Lincoln.

Student-led Big Event to make community impact

April 4, 2018

Sigma Alpha Epsilon members Parker Low, Joe Cooley, Clay Fiolo, Bryson Metcalf and Matt Bruning work during the 2016 Big Event project on April 9. The Big Event is one of the many UNL outreach projects included in the STARS ranking.

Big Event organizers seek volunteer applications

November 11, 2016