Former President Bill Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative University with the next generation of innovative problem solvers in mind — problem solvers like NWU students Chelsea Johnson, Hannah Smith and Becca Brune.
Nebraska Wesleyan University senior Morgan Shea and four of her classmates spent part of their spring semester going to prison. The students learned early that crime doesn’t pay. They wanted to share that with others.
A Nebraska Wesleyan University junior will spend his summer in China studying Mandarin thanks to the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship.
A new Elder Gallery photography exhibit displays the innocence, experiences, and curiosities of childhood.
“Beyond Portraiture: Childhood” opens at Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Elder Gallery on February 1 and continues through April 19. An opening reception will be held Friday, February 1 from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
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.
A Nebraska Wesleyan social work student has been awarded a national scholarship honoring her service, scholarship and leadership in her academic field.
Pulitzer-Prize winning author Douglas A. Blackmon spoke at Nebraska Wesleyan University on Thursday, October 25 in a lecture titled, “Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II.”
Dr. Fred Ohles, President of Nebraska Wesleyan University, awarded degrees to nearly 500 undergraduate and graduate students during Nebraska Wesleyan University’s 123rd annual commencement held Saturday, May 12.
Nebraska Wesleyan University junior Victoria Stahr and her 10 roommates aren’t planning careers in hair and nail care, but the time they spent pampering women and children at the Friendship Home is among their favorite memories this year.
Nebraska Wesleyan University now leads all NAIA schools in Academic All-Americans thanks to seven recent honors. On December 5, seven NWU football players were added to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America College Division Football Team.
Up until last month, Nebraska Wesleyan University student Sarah Hotovy had never traveled abroad. Now she’s spending her summer in Indonesia as one of only 10 students in the nation selected for a unique internship program.
Psychology professor Jerry Bockoven admits his “History and Systems” class may sound a little boring to students.
In fact, Bockoven calls it “death on a cracker boring” and encourages his students to get up and walk around the classroom if they start to feel sleepy during the three-hour course.
William Kloefkorn died on May 19, 2011. Kloefkorn taught English at Nebraska Wesleyan University for 40 years and served as Nebraska state poet for 29. In that time, the depth of his voice, kindness and poetry touched thousands of people.
Nine Nebraska Wesleyan University students and a professor were honored during the 2010-2011 academic year with national prestigious scholarships and internships.
Spring semester may be over but many students and faculty are packing their bags for summer academic courses that will take them far beyond the classroom walls.
Nebraska Wesleyan University student Ginny Koch came to school with hopes of one day becoming a physician’s assistant.
But her career goal quickly changed after meeting several foreign exchange students who were also studying at NWU. She soon realized that she shared their passion for travel and culture, which led her to declare majors in international business and German.
