U.S. Rep. Don Bacon speaks to the gathering. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricultu
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USDA ARS Administrator Simon Liu speaks to the crowd. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's)
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Dirt flies at the ceremonial groundbreaking following the program. The U.S. Department of Agricultur
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USDA ARS Administrator Simon Liu and USDA Under Secretary Chavonda Jacobs-Young and Governor Jim Pil
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Chancellor Rodney D. Bennett addresses the crowd. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agri
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Senator Pete Ricketts speaks to the crowd. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricultura
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USDA Under Secretary Chavonda Jacobs-Young delivers the keynote address. The U.S. Department of Agri
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U. S. Senator Deb Fischer speaks with the media following the groundbreaking. The U.S. Department of
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the University of
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Governor Jim Pillen speaks to the gathering. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricultu
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U. S. Senator Deb Fischer addresses the crowd. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricul
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University of Nebraska Vice President for Ag and Natural Resources Mike Boehm speaks to the crowd. T
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USDA ARS Administrator Simon Liu talks with Chancellor Rodney D. Bennett. The U.S. Department of Agr
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Dignitaries including Senator Deb Fischer listen to the National Anthem. The U.S. Department of Agri
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U. S. Rep. Mike Flood addresses the crowd. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricultura
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USDA Under Secretary Chavonda Jacobs-Young delivers the keynote address. The U.S. Department of Agri
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Ceremonial groundbreaking following the program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agric
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Bags of leaves raked by student volunteers and homeowner Terri Hatch during the Big Event. May 4, 20
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Members of Delta Phi Fraternity interact with homeowner Angel Mendoza as they plant her fairy garden
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Members of Tri Delta hold a ladder steady while Rachel Nelson pulls the roof of a pergola over the t
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Pi Kappa Alpha’s Grant Breidenbach spreads out mulch at the Van Dorn Villa Retirement Living compl
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Dirt laden and muddy shovels and boots was the outcome for Pi Kappa Alpha volunteers at the Van Dorn
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Pi Kappa Alpha’s Cole Gustafson gives a smile after completing the painting of the exterior of a g
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Big Event student volunteers line up at gear checkout truck to get tools for the day. May 4, 2024.
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Delta Phi Fraternity volunteers till a soil to create a fairy garden during the Big Event. May 4, 20
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Tyson Shields (left) and Samuel Ingledue (right), members of Delta Phi Fraternity go to work at plan
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Members of Tri Delta hold a ladder steady while Rachel Nelson pulls the roof of a pergola over the t
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Daniel Koland of Pi Kappa Alpha fills a wheelbarrow with mulch at the Van Dorn Villa Retirement Livi
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Phi Kappa Theta members Ryan Richert (left) and Alex Buescher (right) sort through a tub of picture
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Alpha Omicron Pi’s, Lila Schwarz and Mia Personelli dug out at patch of dirt to lay brick for a ho
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Dominik Kluthe of Delta Phi Fraternity clears away leaves from his rake after clearing up a homeowne
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Alyssa Dunlap of Tri Delta attaches the outer curtain of a pergola during the Big Event. May 4, 2024
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Members of Tri Delta clean the exterior windows of a homeowner’s house during the Big Event. May 4
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln student Preston Erks looks at his handy work of his planting job at t
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Pi Kappa Alpha’s Cole Geer paints the exterior of a garage during the Big Event. May 4, 2024.
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Students of Delta Phi Fraternity rake leaves in a homeowner’s garden during the Big Event. May 4,
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Members of Delta Phi Fraternity plant a fairy garden during the Big Event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Members of Tri Delta hold a ladder steady while Rachel Nelson pulls the roof of a pergola over the t
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Pi Kappa Alpha’s Grant Breidenbach waits for Ethan Heinemann to supply more mulch for him to sprea
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Phi Kappa Theta’s Ryan Richert carries materials into a homeowner’s garage to be organized durin
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Cole Gustafson of Pi Kappa Alpha replaces the lid of a paint can during the Big Event. May 4, 2024.
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Big Event student volunteers pick out sets of working gloves for the task ahead of them. May 4, 2024
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Delta Phi Fraternity’s Ben Huffer and Quinny Brumbaugh, clear away leaves and debris from a homeow
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A member from Delta Phi Fraternity rakes away leaves and debris from the sidewalk for a homeowner du
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Members of Tri Delta, Sophie Helm, Alyssa Dunlap, Rachel Nelson, and Kate Freeman, go to a homeowner
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Members of Pi Kappa Alpha fill a wheelbarrow with mulch at the Van Dorn Villa Retirement Living comp
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Alex Buescher of Phi Kappa Theta organizes a stack of picture frames during the Big Event. May 4, 2
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Alpha Omicron Pi’s, Lila Schwarz and Mia Personelli dug out at patch of dirt to lay brick for a ho
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Flowers and various plants ready to be planted in a homeowner’s fairy garden during the Big Event.
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Alyssa Dunlap of Tri Delta attaches the outer curtain of a pergola during the Big Event. May 4, 2024
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Members of Tri Delta remove and replace window guards to clean windows during the Big Event. May 4,
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln student Preston Erks prepares to plant a shrub at the Van Dorn Villa
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Members of Pi Kappa Alpha painted the exterior of a homeowner’s house during the Big Event. May 4,
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Paul Pechous reads off a list of gear to be handed out to a Big Event volunteer group. May 4, 2024.
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Delta Phi Fraternity’s Ben Huffer and Quinny Brumbaugh, clear away leaves and debris from a homeow
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Delta Phi Fraternity members Quinny Brumbaugh and Dominik Kluthe rake leaves in a homeowner’s fron
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Tri Delta’s Rachel Nelson adjusts the roof of a pergola during the Big Event. May 4, 2024.
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Pi Kappa Alpha’s Grant Breidenbach spreads out mulch at the Van Dorn Villa Retirement Living compl
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Alex Buescher of Phi Kappa Theta organizes a stack of picture frames by size during the Big Event. M
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Ethan Bichler of Pi Kappa Alpha replaces the lid of a paint can during the Big Event. May 4, 2024.
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Alpha Omicron Pi’s, Lila Schwarz and Mia Personelli dug out at patch of dirt to lay brick for a ho
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Dominik Kluthe of Delta Phi Fraternity, gathers and piles sticks from a homeowner’s front lawn dur
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Tri Delta’s Kate Freeman, hangs and adjusts a screen for a homeowner’s backyard pergola during t
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Members of Tri Delta, Sophie Helm, Alyssa Dunlap, Rachel Nelson, and Kate Freeman, go to a homeowner
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