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Taryn Smith rows her boat in the Atlantic Ocean.

NWU grad Taryn Smith reflects on solo row across the Atlantic Ocean

February 3, 2026

NWU graduate Taryn Smith is rowing solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

NWU grad rows solo across Atlantic in 'World's Toughest Row'

January 28, 2026

NWU alum Casey Callahan’s art transforms space and time

January 15, 2026

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Kelby Zimmerman and Maddox Lambert present at the NWU Pitch Contest finals.

Pitch contest caps successful NWU Student Symposium

Published: May 12, 2026

Kelby Zimmerman and Maddox Lambert win NWU pitch contest to cap off NWU Student Symposium.

Amy Stanek earns Stewart Award for Courage

Published

May 7, 2026

Amy Stanek, custodial manager at Nebraska Wesleyan, is the 2026 winner of the Dean B. Stewart Award for Courage.

NWU pays tribute to nine distinguished retirees

Jay Chipman, Jeffrey Isaacson, Richard Jones, Patrick Hayden-Roy, Jeff Mohr, James Ruzicka and Rebecca Voight pose for a photo.

Published

May 4, 2026

Nebraska Wesleyan University recognized nine retiring faculty and staff members with a special reception at Great Hall in Smith-Curtis on April 30.

Business, Accounting and Economics Department

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NWU FBLA sending 17 qualifiers to national conference

Published

May 1, 2026

Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Future Business Leaders of America chapter will send 17 national qualifiers to next month’s FBLA National Leadership Conference in Las Vegas.

English Department

Dr. Anne Curzan to present annual Holder Lecture

Published

April 14, 2026

The 35th annual Dr. Kenneth R. Holder Memorial Lecture will be presented by Dr. Anne Curzan, the Geneva Smitherman Collegiate Professor of English, Linguistics, and Education at the University of Michigan.

Tess McKinney to deliver Fetzer Lecture on immersive technology in healthcare education

Published

April 2, 2026

The 2026 Fetzer Lecture features Tess McKinney, CEO of Firework Media Studio, LLC, a Nebraska-based consulting studio specializing in immersive technologies including virtual reality, augmented reality, and extended reality.

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