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Students Spend Break Volunteering in Chicago, Performing in Music City, Studying in Belize

Students who have taken the trip say the experience is like those seen on the Discovery Channel

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December 20, 2012

Members of Global Service Learning won’t just be traveling to grandma’s house over the holiday.

Fifteen members of the student organization are headed to Chicago January 5-12 to participate in a variety of service activities. They are one of three student organizations and Nebraska Wesleyan classes traveling over the semester break.

Undergraduate Admissions

Art Department

Basic Design Students Create Wearable Art

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December 11, 2012

Students in Angeles Cossio’s “Basic Design” class have created art you can literally walk all over.

Faculty and Staff

Undergraduate Admissions

Study Abroad

Faculty Exchange Program Provides Cultural Opportunity to Students

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December 11, 2012

Nebraska Wesleyan University students interested in Estonia learned about the northern European country firsthand during the fall semester.

Pille Põiklik, an English professor at the University of Tartu in Estonia, has spent the last several weeks at NWU teaching Estonian culture and language.

Academics

Undergraduate Admissions

Study Abroad

Gilman Scholarship Sends Four to Morocco, France, India and Ghana

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December 5, 2012

Four Nebraska Wesleyan University students have won the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which will send them overseas for the spring semester.

Academics

Undergraduate Admissions

Students to Commemorate Titanic's History at Sunday Event

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December 4, 2012

Last spring Sheryl Rinkol boarded the Azamara Journey, a memorial ship that traveled from New York City to the site of the Titanic’s sinking in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the marine disaster.

Academics

Undergraduate Admissions

English Department

New Workshop Helps Young Writers Enhance Skills

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November 20, 2012

Lutz has since discovered a passion for creative writing and hopes to eventually become a teacher. She shared her thoughts with 21 high school juniors and seniors at the NWU Young Writers Workshop held November 13.

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Academics

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Faculty and Staff

Author, Developer to Discuss Information Consumption Diet; Watch Live

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November 15, 2012

Clay Johnson, best known as the co-founder of the firm that built and managed Barack Obama’s online campaign for presidency in 2008, will speak at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Academics

Undergraduate Admissions

Philosophy and Religion Department

Religion Professor Named “Nebraska Professor of the Year”

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November 15, 2012

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education have named Lester the 2012 Nebraska Professor of the Year.

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Academics

Undergraduate Admissions

Social Work Department

NWU Senior Wins National Social Work Scholarship

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November 14, 2012

A Nebraska Wesleyan social work student has been awarded a national scholarship honoring her service, scholarship and leadership in her academic field.

Academics

Undergraduate Admissions

Communication Studies Department

Hunger Games: Class Takes Firsthand Look at Local Poverty Issues

Students in Dr. Droogsma's liberal arts seminar

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November 6, 2012

First year students in Rachel Droogsma’s Liberal Arts Seminar, “The Hunger Games,” are not taking just any introductory college course.