Nebraska Civic Leadership Program

04/29/2025

06/10/2024

The 2024 Nebraska Civic Leaders including 27 students and nine teachers from Omaha Public Schools completed their program after two days of classroom lecture and a four-day field trip to Washington, DC that included visits to the US Capitol, Arlington National Cemetery, The Kennedy Center, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, The National Museum of African-American History and Culture, The Museum of the American Indian, and all of the major historical monuments.

06/06/2024

Spending the morning at the US Capitol.

04/19/2024

UNO and the Nebraska Civic Leaders visit the Harry Truman Museum and Library in Independence, MO! Twenty-seven high school juniors and nine government/civics teachers from across all nine high schools in Omaha Public Schools. Thanks to the staff of the White House Decision Center who spent the day inspiring our student leaders to explore questions of civics and leadership through the study of important historical decisions!

03/27/2024

March 19 was Nebraska Civic Leaders at City Government Day! Nine teachers and 23 students from all nine Omaha Public Schools. Thanks to our public officials, public employees, and civic groups who spent time with our students answering their questions about civics, leadership, and our city!

02/21/2024

Nebraska Civic Leaders at State Capitol Day! Nine teachers and 24 students representing all nine Omaha Public Schools. Thanks to our public officials, staff, and the media who took time out of their day to inspire our students and answer their questions about civic engagement and leadership!

03/15/2022

Access to higher education is more important than ever. Today we're announcing an expansion to the Nebraska Promise that will allow qualifying Nebraska students with family incomes of $65,000 or less to attend the University of Nebraska tuition-free: https://bit.ly/3w3UfIg

06/06/2019

Congrats to the Omaha high school students in the tenth year of the Nebraska Civic Leadership Program! They are in Washington, DC thanks to University of Nebraska at Omaha - Political Science Department and the Sherwood Foundation!

04/17/2019

Our new UNO Student Body Prez & VP were sworn in yesterday and we couldn’t be prouder of Aya Yousuf & Jabin E. Moore!

http://unothegateway.com/2019-2020-student-body-president-and-vice-president-take-the-oath-of-office/

03/27/2019

And they met in the Nebraska Civic Leadership Program! Thanks for the shout-out, Jabin E. Moore!

Kamrin Baker DIGITAL EDITOR On March 14, the Election Commission announced the 2019-2020 Student Government, including the student body president and student regent: Aya Yousuf, along with her Vice President, Jabin Moore. In an effort to gain a glimpse into Yousef’s and Moore’s lifestyles and le...