Students dance in the Nebraska Union during the Dance Marathon fundraiser on Feb. 28.
Jordan Opp | University Communication and Marketing

Jordan Opp | University Communication and Marketing

Students dance alongside miracle children during the final hour of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s HuskerThon at the Nebraska Union Centennial Room on Feb. 28. The annual Dance Marathon brings together Nebraska students, children treated at Children’s Nebraska, and their families for eight hours of games, performances, storytelling and dancing. 

This year, participants raised $190,082, surpassing their $113,000 goal. In the past 20 years, Nebraska's Dance Marathon has raised more than $2 million for Children’s Nebraska. See more photos from the event below and on the university's Exposure page.

Dance Marathon
  • Interim Chancellor Katherine Ankerson joins in a Dance Marathon Morale Dance.
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  • Jared Christensen, a junior psychology and criminal justice major, is surprised as he is sprayed with two cans of Silly String during Dance Marathon.
  • A student and Miracle Child hug during Dance Marathon.
  • Members of The Innocents Society play a round of tug-of-war with the help of Miracle Children.
  • Students dance during the UNL Dance Marathon’s rave in the last hour of the event.
  • Dance Marathon executive team members hold up cards to reveal that they raised more than $190,000 for Children's Nebraska.

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