president of the University of Nebraska system. The position was created in 1871, shortly after the school was founded, to oversee the development of the young university. Samuel Avery was the longest-tenured of NU's twenty-one full-time chancellors. The position has been held by Rodney D. Bennett since 2023.
=== Student government ===
The Nebraska student government was established in 1919 as the Student Council and a constitution was adopted four years later. This constitution was revised in 1965 and the Student Council became the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska. ASUN governs over four hundred student organizations on campus.
== Colleges ==
The university has nine colleges, combining to offer more than 150 undergraduate majors, twenty pre-professional programs, and one hundred graduate programs. NU offers additional programs at its campus from other University of Nebraska institutions, including the University of Nebraska Omaha College of Public Affairs and Community Service, the …
