At Nebraska Wesleyan University, senior Ella Mahaffy found the opportunity to explore her wide-ranging interests, including philosophy, religion, communications and marketing. She also found an exciting internship opportunity at Hudl.
Associate Professor James Perry’s prison outreach program has evolved from a small book club into a 17-year initiative in which NWU students co-teach classes inside correctional facilities, highlighting the transformative power of education for everyone involved.
NWU's chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD), the international sociology honor society, received the Social Justice Award, a grant supporting meaningful social justice initiatives, to offer a reentry skills course for incarcerated individuals.
Each year, NWU students pitch ideas to strengthen the university at the Wayne & Elizabeth Brugman Leadership Summit & Pitch Contest. This year’s winners, senior Mady Schoffstall and sophomore Bruce Archambault, created Wolf Tracks, a mentorship program pairing seniors with first-year students to build community.
Tate Crawford could have chosen a more traditional route for his four years at Nebraska Wesleyan University. But with the variety of humanities degrees available at Nebraska Wesleyan, why be traditional?
First-year students in NWU’s True Crime Casebook and Let’s Crack Open a Cold Case courses put their investigative skills to the test during a “Missing Mascot” crime case designed by Matt Flores, assistant professor of education, and Amber Johnson, assistant professor of psychology.
