Music Professor Maxine Fawcett-Yeske Says Goodbye; Shares 11 Years of Memories
For 11 years, Maxine Fawcett-Yeske has taught Nebraska Wesleyan University students to appreciate music.
July 20, 2010
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Student Research Investigates Relationship Between Agricultural Practices and Decomposition
Student research investigates relationship between agricultural practices and decomposition. Kristen Collins is burying pigs in her father’s farm fields.
July 16, 2010
NWU Alums Return to Direct Theatre Season Opener “The Last Five Years”
The last time Alan Brincks and Faith Fossett were on Nebraska Wesleyan University’s theatre stage, he was proposing to his fellow theatre guru.
July 15, 2010
NWU Student Achieves Goal of Meeting Estonian President
When NWU student Collin Shepherd arrived in Estonia early this year, he set a lofty goal.
“I wanted to meet the president of Estonia,” said the junior communication major. “Estonia is a small country. How difficult could it be to meet the president?”
July 13, 2010
Program Gives Students the Edge in Biomedical Research
Nebraska Wesleyan University junior Laura Blasnitz is pretty sure she won’t cure cancer. But she’s hoping her summer research experience will eventually lead to a career where her contributions are important.
“I don’t expect to cure anything in my lifetime,” said Blasnitz. “I only hope to make some kind of substantial contribution to humanity.”
July 13, 2010
External Ballistics Seminar to be held July 17 at Izaak Walton Shooting Range
Douglas Scott, PhD, and member of the Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners, will teach a seminar in external ballistics on July 17. Students will learn what bullets do after they leave the barrel of a gun and how they penetrate different media. They will be using ballistic gel, also known tissue simulant, to look at the trajectory of the bullets passing through the gel.
July 2, 2010
NWU Senior Selected as G8 Summit Junior Delegate; Meets President Obama
Nebraska Wesleyan University senior Lesley Dudden already has an impressive resume.
June 29, 2010
Project Management Class Creates Materials for Special Olympics National Games
Approximately 3,000 athletes will travel to Lincoln in July to compete in the 2010 National Special Olympics Games.
About 8,000 volunteers will work together to make the national games — one of the largest sporting events of its kind in the world in 2010 — a success.
June 28, 2010
NWU Senior Heads to G8 Summit as U.S. Youth Delegate
World leaders and diplomats are gathering in Canada for the G8 and G20 summits to discuss several critical issues including nuclear non-proliferation, vulnerable and fragile states, and international terrorism.
Nebraska Wesleyan University student Lesley Dudden is there too discussing the same issues.
June 24, 2010
NWU Student Selected For Tunisia Learn & Serve Program
Nebraska Wesleyan University senior Alexandra Hartmann says her heart lies in many places around the world.
She’s done service work in Malawi, Nicaragua and Guatemala with Nebraska Wesleyan’s Global Service Learning. She’s been to Montreal for the American Academy of Religion Annual Conference. She’s visited friends who are studying in various pockets of the world.
June 24, 2010
Freud's Couch Tour: Students Experience Psychology Firsthand in London, Paris
Nebraska Wesleyan University senior Erik Anderson hopes to become a licensed mental health practitioner someday.
June 9, 2010
Students Reflect On Service Work in Guatemala During Tropical Storm
Eight Nebraska Wesleyan University students left for Guatemala in late May expecting to spend 10 days building a house for an impoverished family.
“We mixed cement, carried cinder blocks, moved piles of sand, and some of us learned how to lay bricks,” said Meera Bhardwaj, a recent NWU graduate and member of the student organization Global Service Learning.
June 8, 2010