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Kerry Worley
Modern Languages Department
Social Work Department
Gender Studies Department
Global Studies

Gilman Scholarship Sends Two Students to Rwanda

Two Nebraska Wesleyan University students are studying in Rwanda this summer thanks to a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.

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NWU professor Gerise Herndon has been selected for this year's Faculty Scholarship Presentation Award. Her presentation, "Transforming Trauma: Art and Healing after Genocide," will be held January 24 at 6 p.m.
Lectures
Gender Studies Department
Global Studies
English Department

Professor to Discuss how Genocide Survivors Express Pain, Healing Through Art

Herndon will share her research and experiences during the Faculty Scholarship Presentation on Wednesday, January 24 at 6 p.m. The annual presentation highlights the scholarship of NWU faculty.

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For the first time, NWU professors John Spilker and Sue Wortmann led students to Cuba as part of a class that explored Cuban youth culture.
Music Department
Gender Studies Department
Sociology and Anthropology Department

Class Gives Students Historic Opportunity to Experience Cuba

For the music and gender studies major, the course would provide an exciting opportunity to learn more about contemporary Cuba.

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Music and gender studies professor John Spilker is the 2016-2017 Prouty Teaching Award winner.
Music Department
Gender Studies Department

Music and Gender Studies Professor Receives Prouty Teaching Award

At the start of each semester, music and gender studies professor John Spilker invites his students to review and sign a contract titled, “Ground Rules for Class Discussion.”

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For the second time in two years, NWU professor Gerise Herndon is leading a group of students to Rwanda for a firsthand look at post-conflict reconstruction.
Gender Studies Department
Academics

Students Spend Month in Rwanda to Witness Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Two years ago Gerise Herndon led a group of Nebraska Wesleyan students to Rwanda for the university’s first faculty-led trip to Africa.

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Becca Brune and Kelsey Arenda
Gender Studies Department
Alumni and Friends
Social Work Department

Alums Implement Program to Empower Middle School Students

During her senior year at Nebraska Wesleyan, Brune and her classmate Alex Langley ('14) developed the Young Women's Circles Program (YWCP) in an effort to bring together middle school girls.

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Gerise Herndon
Gender Studies Department

Experience in Rwanda Helps Students Learn About Genocide and Reconciliation

Gerise Herndon, professor of English and director of the Gender Studies Program, provided students with a list of readings and videos to review before their departure.

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Gender Studies Department

Gender Studies Professors to Discuss Their New Books

Gender Studies professors who have published books in the past year will read briefly and entertain informal conversation over food and drinks on Friday, November 15 from 4 to 5 p.m. at Mo Java.

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Gender Studies Department

Paid LGBT Internships for Post-Graduates and Undergraduates

The R. Scott Hitt Foundation is offering funding for qualified candidates with the vision to be future leaders in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement. Applicants do not need to identify as LGBT in order to apply.

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