LINCOLN- Four months after a new, full-ride scholarship and stipend was launched to attract top-performing Nebraska scholars, more of them are seemingly choosing to attend the University of Nebraska. Interim NU President Chris Kabourek, Gov. Jim Pillen, and NU Board of Regents launched the Presidential Scholars Program in February, offering a full ride and an annual $5,000 stipend to students who choose to attend NU after obtaining a perfect ACT score.

On Monday, Kabourek, Pillen, and Nebraska Education Commissioner Brian Maher celebrated the 28 top ACT performers from this year at the Nebraska Capitol. "I pray that all of your dreams come true," Pillen told the scholars, "and they bring you back here to Nebraska." According to Melissa Lee, an NU spokesperson, fewer than nine students with a perfect ACT chose to attend NY last year.

That number "roughly doubled" for an inaugural 16-student cohort in the fall. "Each has a dream, they're such incredibly bright kids," said Kabourek, "and I know they'll achieve them." Other students honored at the event chose instead to attend John Hopkins, Texas A&M, Purdue, MIT, and the University of California-Berkely.

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