Kiewit Scholars
Kiewit Scholar shares her summer internship experience
Summer 2025
Taylor Hosick, a Kearney, Nebraska native and a Kiewit Scholar at the UNL College of Engineering, showcases her experiences as a summer intern for Kiewit, working on the Vail Pass Project in Colorado. The Vail Pass Project includes improvements made to I-70 West Vail Pass, widening five miles of the highway from two to three lanes. I-70’s Vail Pass reaches 10,662 feet of elevation and passes through the Gore Range of the Rockies in central Colorado. A construction engineering major, Hosick also worked on Kiewit’s Riverfront Revitalization Project in Omaha.
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Husker Motorsports is on a roll
Fall 2025
During the recent Formula Wheat competition at Kansas State University earlier this month (Saturday, Oct. 4), the Husker Formula SAE team finished in first place out of eight teams and 11 cars, taking top honors in the endurance category while finishing second in autocross and skidpad categories, and sixth in acceleration. And last May, during the largest Formula SAE event for college teams in the country, Husker Motorsports finished 14th out of 120 teams competing in Michigan finishing 11th in the design category, eighth in skidpad and sixth in autocross. The team’s current world ranking is 83 out of 641 teams.
College of Engineering
Nebraska Engineering robotics major a first for the state
Fall 2025
Intro to Robotics students completed a robot car unit on Friday, Oct. 17 in the lower level of Kiewit Hall by having to build and program their cars through a maze. Student cars had to autonomously navigate their way through the maze using sensors and software designed into the car. Intro to Robotics is part of the new Robotics Engineering major at UNL, which is part of a $25 million statewide grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration.
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The Kiewit Scholars Program fall 2026 cohort benefits from a four-year full-tuition scholarship, one year of housing and meals, education abroad funding, two immersive learning trips and a guaranteed internship at Kiewit!
Applications due November 15, 2025
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