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Leading Public Intellectual to Explore Ethical Questions at NWU Lecture

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March 25, 2010

The president of PEN American Center, the internationally acclaimed literary and human rights association, will explore some of the central ethical questions of our time during his upcoming lecture at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

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Forensic Science Professor Plays Key Role in Haiti Recovery Efforts

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March 16, 2010

A Nebraska Wesleyan University forensic science professor has returned home after a two-week mission in Haiti where she helped identify Americans who perished in the January 12 earthquake.

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National Scholarship Sends Advantage Program Grad to Middle East

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March 15, 2010

Carlson will spend this summer in the Middle East where he will participate in an intensive language program thanks to a prestigious Critical Language Scholarship that will cover all expenses for his overseas studies.

University Ministries

National Geographic Photographer to Share Passion For Nature

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March 11, 2010

National Geographic Magazine wildlife photographer and Nebraska-native Joel Sartore will turn his lens on his audience at a Nebraska Wesleyan University lecture where he will sound a warning bell for protecting North America’s most endangered species.

Communication Studies Department

NWU Professor’s Science Fiction Interest Results in Two Books

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March 8, 2010

Nebraska Wesleyan University communication professor Dave Whitt can talk Harry Potter, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings with the best of them.

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Communication Studies Department

Students’ Organizational Identity Project Draws Accolades From Company Officials

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March 8, 2010

When Nebraska Wesleyan University students Lauren Jablonski, Katie Paloucek and Rachel Andersen received their semester assignment for their Organizational Communication class, they envisioned many late nights at the library.

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Political Science Department

Student’s Internship Includes Research On Chile’s Earthquake

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March 8, 2010

Nebraska Wesleyan University junior Kaycie Rupp spent nearly a month researching and writing a report about Chile’s upcoming leadership change.

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Philosophy and Religion Department

Religion Professor’s Classroom Enhanced by Recent Middle East Experience

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February 12, 2010

In the 10 years that religion professor Rita Lester has taught at Nebraska Wesleyan University, she has seen an increasing demand for courses on Islam.

Graduate and Adult Students

NWU Professor Honored as a Social Worker of the Year

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February 4, 2010

Lisa Borchardt beams whenever she gets a phone call from a service agency asking for a Wesleyan student volunteer.

“That speaks highly of the quality and excellence of our students,” said Borchardt.

It also says something about Borchardt who was recently named the “Nebraska Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Southeastern Region Social Worker of the Year.”

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Service Learning

Service Trip to Indian Reservation Results in Life Lessons

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January 26, 2010

Fifteen student members of Nebraska Wesleyan’s Global Service Learning organization traveled to Rosebud Indian Reservation during their recent winter break hoping to help its residents clean, sort, and organize a thrift store.

That task was accomplished. Perhaps their bigger accomplishment was the life lessons they brought back to Lincoln.