Nebraska Wesleyan University will kick off its fall lecture series with its annual Visions & Ventures Symposium, which will address the economics, ethics and politics of sports.
"Mary goes above and beyond any administrative support job in productivity, insight, generosity, flexibility, professional and personal integrity, and good cheer."
And that's just one reason why Mary Swinton's colleagues nominated her for the CORE Award.
Ten Nebraska Wesleyan University professors will be on sabbatical for all or part of the 2011-2012 academic year. Research, travel, and course development will fill much of their time.
The following is a brief description of what some of our faculty will be exploring next year:
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's 11th annual Visions & Ventures Symposium has been scheduled for September 14-15. This year's theme is "More Than A Game: Economics, Ethics & Politics of Sports."
Students and colleagues of Rita Lester say the religion professor is known for her rigorous courses. And in the same breath, they’re quick to point out that her courses are so intriguing and engaging that students want to come back for more.
A Nebraska Wesleyan University history professor has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship that will take her to Estonia next year.
Meghan Winchell, Associate Professor of History, will teach U.S. women’s and African American history at Nebraska Wesleyan’s sister school — the University of Tartu — during the 2011-2012 academic year.
Ever since she was 8-years-old, Lindsey Jones wanted to be a doctor.
That was until she participated in a summer biomedical research project and took a genetics class earlier this year that made her realize her passion resided elsewhere.
An award-winning filmmaker will speak at Nebraska Wesleyan University to discuss his following of survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Patrick Mureithi, a native of Kenya and an artist-in-residence at Drury University, will deliver the lecture, “ICYIZERE: hope,” on Thursday, April 7 at 1 p.m. in Olin B Lecture Hall.
Students entering Nebraska Wesleyan University next fall will select from an updated slate of Liberal Arts Seminars — the first-semester courses that introduce college-level research, writing, and critical thinking through the study of an interdisciplinary topic.
Nebraska Wesleyan University students who struggle with time management, organization, and other study skills can now take a class aimed at helping them achieve academic success.
The course offering became available for the first time this semester after Academic Achievement Specialist Kim Jacobson recognized the need.
In January, Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Historical Studies Program expanded to Omaha. That expansion also brought Iain Anderson to NWU as the program’s new associate director.
Last month 37 Omaha Public School teachers enrolled in Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Master of Arts in Historical Studies Program.
This marks the first time the graduate program has been offered in Omaha, thanks to the U.S. Department of Education’s “Teaching American History Grant Program.”
Eighteen Nebraska Wesleyan University students who are interested in refugee and immigration issues will spend part of their winter break in Arizona for a service project.
Members of the student organization Global Service Learning will travel to Tucson, Arizona, on January 4 where they will work with the Iskashitaa Refugee Harvesting Network.
