Walt Bruns enters his 32nd year as a University of Nebraska staff member in 2009-10 and his fourth year as a guest relations/security attendant in the Husker athletic department.
In his current role, Bruns serves as an initial in-person contact for daily athletic department visitors, while providing for the safety of Nebraska's student-athletes and staff members.
Before taking on his new role in the athletic department in 2006, Bruns spent 25 years on the building maintenance staff at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. He also worked two years for University Vending Services and one year with University Computing Services.
Bruns graduated from Marion High School in Ohio before serving in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1968.