The UNO Alumni Association's Student Regent Leadership Award began in 1983 as part of celebrations for the university's 75th anniversary. It is issued to the UNO student elected by peers as student president and a member of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. In 1997 the UNO Alumni Association began issuing scholarships to the student elected vice president. Officers are elected to their posts in March.
The UNO Alumni Association supports each UNO student president/regent with a $2,400 scholarship. The vice president receives a $1,200 scholarship. Combined, these scholarships have totaled more than $73,000 in the past 29 years.
At left are UNO Alumni Association President Lee Denker with 2012 officers Devin Bertelsen, president/regent, and Shawn Addison, vice president.