Arbor Day Foundation Recognizes NWU as a Tree Campus USA University
For the second consecutive year, Nebraska Wesleyan University has been named a Tree Campus USA University by the Arbor Day Foundation.
August 27, 2010
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NWU Opera Director Sings National Anthem at Wrigley Field
Nebraska Wesleyan’s Opera Director has performed on stages big and small all across the world.
August 25, 2010
New Theme Houses Offer Unique Opportunity For Students to Live and Learn
Janae Riha knows she is living a dream by attending college. The Nebraska Wesleyan junior and her “dream team” are anxious to share their dreams with students at a nearby elementary school.
That’s just one project in the works for the residents of Nebraska Wesleyan’s new theme house — the Dream House.
August 23, 2010
New Theme Houses, Outdoor Track Among Changes at NWU
When students return to Nebraska Wesleyan University on August 23, campus for the most part will look much like it did when they left in May. But summer was anything but quiet.
New theme houses were spruced up, a new outdoor track was built, new administrators got up to speed on their new responsibilities, and professors plotted out new ways to teach their courses.
August 13, 2010
Hearst Foundation Grant Will Help Recruit More Academically-Talented Students
The Board of Directors of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation has awarded Nebraska Wesleyan University a grant of $100,000.
The funds will be added to the existing William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship Fund at NWU, bringing the contributions to the Hearst Fund to $300,000.
August 9, 2010
NWU Among Princeton Review’s “Best Midwestern Colleges”
Nebraska Wesleyan University is among the best colleges and universities in the Midwest, according to The Princeton Review.
August 9, 2010
Ballistics Seminar Goes off with a Bang
Students in a seminar on external ballistics sweated through a particularly warm morning on the shooting range at the Izaak Walton shooting facility. They each shot several different weapons through a chronograph to measure velocity and into ballistic gel to look at trajectory.
August 4, 2010
SAS Leaders Attend Government Workshop, Establish Goals
Three Nebraska Wesleyan University student leaders traveled to Washington, D.C. this summer for a lesson in student government 101.
“The most important part of my position as student body president is ensuring that the student voice is heard and that the student senate reflects that voice in our actions,” said junior Denny Vaggalis, who will take office in August.
August 4, 2010
History Major Steps Back In Time At Wilderness Internship
Bob Marshall Wilderness is the largest wilderness area in the lower 48 states. It encompasses 1.5 million acres in western Montana. No motorized or mechanical equipment is allowed in the wilderness — not even bicycles.
August 3, 2010
Author Alex Kava Highlights NWU’s Crime Scene House in Video for Her New Novel
The murder mystery writer, Alex Kava, tours NWU's crime scene house in a video shot to advertise her new mystery novel, Damaged. Students and alumni helped set up a scene and acted in the video. The novel features a large cooler of human body parts found floating in the ocean.
July 23, 2010
MFS Students Called into Court
Second year Master of Forensic Science students finished their year-long crime scene practicum June 12.
July 23, 2010
NWU Grad Awarded Rare Fulbright Scholarship Extension
Nebraska Wesleyan University Fulbright Scholarship winner Alicia Dallman has three simple words to describe her opportunities in Cantabria, Spain: “I’m so lucky.”
July 23, 2010