NWU New Families Blog

The first few weeks on campus can be filled with both excitement and anxiety. It’s natural for students to feel nervous about things like finding their classes, navigating the dining hall and making friends.

Prairie Wolves Welcome (PWW), scheduled August 18-21, is designed to alleviate concerns like these and foster new students’ connections to important campus resources.

PWW is critical to your student’s transition to NWU. While programming is required for all new students, including commuters, it’s also purposefully fun.

Campus connections make a big difference in your student’s college career. And Nebraska Wesleyan works hard to help students make those connections to campus resources right away.

Cooper Center for Academic Success

The Cooper Center can help with writing, speaking and study skills. Trained peer consultants collaborate with students to revise papers, sharpen presentations and prepare for exams. They partner with students at every level, from introductory courses to senior capstones.

By Joe Warner

Encourage your student to consider applying for on-campus jobs. Working on campus has many advantages beyond extra income.

Why work on campus?

Jobs are conveniently close to your student’s campus home, and often flexible. The work builds valuable skills and often deepens students’ connections to the campus community. Students are also guaranteed a supervisor who knows their schooling comes first.

Now that your student is registered for fall classes, you may be wondering about textbooks. Prairie Wolves Bookstore has your student covered with a vast array of course materials and tools for success in the classroom. That includes new, used and digital texts, as well as a textbook rental program and price match policy.

By Karri Ahlschwede

Your student has access to excellent free health care via Student Health at Nebraska Wesleyan University.