EducationQuest Foundation has awarded 77 Nebraska schools with 8th-Grade Campus Visit Grants totaling more than $54,000. Schools will use grant funds of up to $1,350 to support college visits and related activities that enhance student preparation for college during the 2026-27 academic year. The 8th Grade Campus Visit Grants, awarded annually, are one of several programs EducationQuest provides to fulfill its mission of improving access to higher education in Nebraska.Since the program’s inception in 2011, EducationQuest has awarded more than $500,000 in 8th Grade Campus Visit Grant funding to Nebraska schools. Among the schools in our listening area are Bancroft-Rosalie, Albion’s St. Michaels School, Cedar Bluffs Junior/Senior High, the Columbus Middle School, Fremont Middle School, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, Neligh-Oakdale, several Omaha Middle Schools, Schuyler Middle, South Sioux, Tekamah-Herman, WaltHill, West Point-Beemer Jr. High, Guardian Angels Central Catholic and Wisner-Pilger.