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Nebraska’s Dick and Peg Herman
Family Student Life Complex (left page)
opened after receiving an $8.7 million
expansion and renovation in 2010.
The complex tripled the size of NU’s
previous academic support area for
student-athletes. The Nebraska Life
Skills program helps Husker studentathletes experience the benefits of
service to others while learning to
expand their own leadership skills.
The Abbott Life Skills Center (below)
is located within the Herman Family
Student Life Complex.
In 2013, gymnast Micah Christensen
(left) earned a prestigious Nebraska
Student-Athlete HERO Leadership
Award for her commitment to NU’s
award-winning Life Skills program.
Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst
presented the award.
NEBRASKA LIFE SKILLS - SERVING LEADERS
The Nebraska Life Skills program is committed to providing proactive education,
resources and support throughout college and beyond, best preparing Husker
student-athletes for life after sports. Services foster transition, retention,
responsible decision-making, leadership, volunteerism and car