Gilman Scholarship sends NWU senior to South Korea
Rami Hinrichs, a junior psychology major and sociology/anthropology minor, was selected as a recipient of a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad.
August 29, 2022
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Gilman Scholarship takes NWU junior to Japan
Sa'javeane Wright was selected as a recipient of a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad.
Wright, a business and modern languages-Japanese major, will study Japanese at Nazan University in Nagoya, Japan for the next nine months. She is among nearly 3,000 undergraduate students from across the U.S. selected for the 2022 scholarship.
August 23, 2022
Nebraska Wesleyan awarded IDEAS Grant to build study abroad capacity
Nebraska Wesleyan was selected to receive funding support from the U.S. Department of State’s Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program. NWU is one of 44 colleges and universities across the United States that will use the IDEAS grants to create, expand, and/or diversify American student mobility overseas in support of U.S. foreign policy goals.
July 28, 2022
Elder Gallery: "Backloop, Curve Continuity" Exhibit 2022
Nebraska Wesleyan's Elder Gallery presents Backloop: Curve Continuity, highlighting sustainable and affordable alternatives to common building materials.
July 21, 2022
Students impact local nonprofits through communication research
In the Fall of 2012, The Nebraska Community Blood Bank contacted Professor of Communication Karla Jensen for help with their communication strategies. Specifically, the organization was seeking to understand how they could improve their internal communications within the large and diverse organization.
July 20, 2022
Student swims for home country in international championship
Last December, Kayla Hepler ('24) travelled to Abu Dhabi, UAE to represent the Marshall Islands at the 15th FINA World Swimming Championships where she shared the pool with 900 of the world’s top swimmers.
June 29, 2022
Graduate student overcomes significant challenges to achieve degree
Danielle (Reab) Bayer is this year’s recipient of the Kenneth R. Holder Award. This award honors the legacy of Dr. Kenneth R. Holder who served as an NWU faculty member and subsequently as provost from 1972 until his death in 1991. The award is given each year to a graduating student who has overcome significant challenges in achieving their degree.
June 21, 2022
Celebrating African American literature
On June 19, 1863, Union Army general Gordon Granger proclaimed freedom for enslaved people in Texas under President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, General Order No. 3. Texas was the last Confederate state with institutional slavery. Today, we celebrate the 157th anniversary of the last African American slaves being freed.
June 18, 2022
Mathematics professor receives university's Prouty award
Austin Mohr, PhD, is this year's recipient of the university's top teaching award, the Margaret J. Prouty Faculty Teaching Award.
June 15, 2022
Stewart Memorial Award given to courageous graduate
Jason Ezell, a 2022 graduate from North Platte, is the winner of this year’s Dean B. Stewart Memorial Award for Courage. This award was instituted by the fraternity brothers of Dean Stewart ('62) in recognition of his tireless work to re-connect members of Phi Kappa Tau in their post-college lives, even as he was suffering from a progressively disabling neurological disease.
June 9, 2022