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.”
A Nebraska Wesleyan psychology professor and three students recently experienced a cultural adventure among the “happiest people on earth.”
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.
Last year’s presidential election was the first time NWU senior Laurel Johnson could vote. In January she will head to Washington, D.C. to work in the house occupied by the man she voted for.
Nebraska Wesleyan University crowned Jessica States of North Platte and Malcolm Wade of Lincoln as its 2009 homecoming queen and king.
The college seniors were recognized during ceremonies held at the university’s annual homecoming weekend, October 29-November 1.
A Nebraska Wesleyan University English professor has been named the 2009-2010 Exemplary Teacher by the United Methodist Church Division of Higher Education.