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As a senior Emerging Media Arts student, Marley Svoboda is finding a creative balance between learning in the lecture hall and bringing imagination to life with Cinema 16. As the president of the on-campus student filmmaking group, Marley aims to create a space of collective storytelling, allowing students to fulfill professional goals and simply enjoy the process of film creation.

Growing up in Crete, Nebraska, Landon Chao idolized his local firefighters. Today, the senior criminology and criminal justice major is a volunteer firefighter and EMT for the very same department, serving his community and advancing his career goals.

When four-year-old Sammy received a life-changing diagnosis, Husker junior Kaileigh Delano watched as her Columbus, Nebraska community came together to support him and his family. Years later, Delano is president of the UNL junior board for Sammy’s Superheroes, helping raising funds for pediatric cancer research.

Though she’s an experienced photographer, being on assignment for the student-run Unlimited Sports and the Daily Nebraskan has put sophomore Izzy Lewis in some unique — and occasionally daunting — situations.