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Every decision Tessa Hurlburt has made at NWU has been about balancing academic achievement and personal fulfillment.

There’s spreading your wings at college, and then there’s what McKenna Weber (’26) is doing at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

At Nebraska Wesleyan University, senior Ella Mahaffy found the opportunity to explore her wide-ranging interests, including philosophy, religion, communications and marketing. She also found an exciting internship opportunity at Hudl.

Associate Professor James Perry’s prison outreach program has evolved from a small book club into a 17-year initiative in which NWU students co-teach classes inside correctional facilities, highlighting the transformative power of education for everyone involved.

NWU's chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD), the international sociology honor society, received the Social Justice Award, a grant supporting meaningful social justice initiatives, to offer a reentry skills course for incarcerated individuals.