Fans take pictures outside Memorial Stadium before the spring game on Saturday, April 15, 2017.
JAKE CRANDALL, Journal StarNebraska Athletics will provide $5 million in scholarships to nonathletes, potentially providing additional aid to hundreds of students each year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Chancellor Ronnie Green and Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst unveiled the Husker Scholars program Friday during a meeting of the NU Board of Regents. It will provide the first scholarships for incoming freshman in the 2018-19 school year.
As the university approaches its 150th anniversary, Green said administrators have been looking to the future, particularly how to serve more students attending the system's flagship university.