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"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:

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."

Speakers will include:

A new Lincoln Public School will bear the name of former Nebraska Wesleyan University professor and Nebraska State Poet William Kloefkorn.

After serving 13 years at Nebraska Wesleyan University, Inger Bull, Director of International Education, has said goodbye.

Her last day was Friday, April 15. Bull has accepted a new job as Colorado College鈥檚 Director of International Programs.

Nebraska Wesleyan University professor Kristie Pfabe is this year鈥檚 recipient of the Kenneth R. Holder Fellowship for Instructional Improvement.

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鈥檚 and African American history at Nebraska Wesleyan鈥檚 sister school 鈥� the University of Tartu 鈥� during the 2011-2012 academic year.

Two Nebraska Wesleyan University seniors have been awarded Fulbright scholarships that will take them to Germany next year.

Jeff Seems of Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Brittney Hrabik of Murdock will both teach English in Germany.

An upcoming fundraiser will help assist an NWU staff accompanist and her family who are dealing with multiple health problems.

The 15th Annual East Campus Bull Fry Fundraiser will aid Mollie Manner and her daughters, Becca and Natalie.

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, 鈥淚CYIZERE: hope,鈥� 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 鈥� 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鈥檚 Historical Studies Program expanded to Omaha. That expansion also brought Iain Anderson to NWU as the program鈥檚 new associate director.

Elder Gallery鈥檚 current exhibition features the talents of Nebraska Wesleyan University鈥檚 art faculty.

The faculty art exhibition runs now through April 8 in Elder Gallery, located in the Rogers Center for Fine Arts, 50th Street and Huntington Ave.

The featured artists include:

Last month 37 Omaha Public School teachers enrolled in Nebraska Wesleyan University鈥檚 Master of Arts in Historical Studies Program.

This marks the first time the 亚色影库 program has been offered in Omaha, thanks to the U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 鈥淭eaching American History Grant Program.鈥�

John B. Greving of St. Paul, Minnesota, will join Nebraska Wesleyan University as Vice President for Advancement on March 1.

Dr. Rita McGuire has been named the new Director of Nursing at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

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.

During the 2009-2010 fiscal year Nebraska Wesleyan University received over $1,000,000 from corporations, foundations and organizations.

The following is a list of organizations that gave at the Corporate Leadership level ($5,000 or more). If you interact with any of these organizations, please take a moment to thank them for their support of NWU.

A Nebraska Wesleyan University history professor has been awarded a fellowship from the Office of the State Historian/Historical Society of New Mexico Scholars Program.