Nebraska Wesleyan University鈥檚 Touch of Class Jazz Choir spent its spring break performing concerts in Iowa and Missouri. The ensemble performed standard jazz favorites: The Way You Look Tonight; Summertime; Straighten Up and Fly Right.
From Broadway to Chinatown to Harlem and the nation鈥檚 capital, Nebraska Wesleyan students and faculty are foregoing rest and relaxation for special opportunities to learn and serve during spring break.
A Nebraska Wesleyan University junior will spend his summer in China studying Mandarin thanks to the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Critical Language Scholarship.
Two years ago Lindsey Jones received a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship to help enhance her knowledge and experience in science.
Jones was only a sophomore at the time and was one of just 275 students in the country to win the scholarship that honors top science and math under亚色影库s.
On March 1, Cody Eiler was among 20 other NWU students who went before a panel of company presidents and CEOs and gave an elevator speech on a product he feels people can鈥檛 turn down.
10,087: That鈥檚 how many hours Nebraska Wesleyan University students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends have collectively given in community service since August.
The goal 鈥 in honor of the university鈥檚 125th anniversary 鈥 is 12,500 hours by next fall.
The nearly 2,000 hours that students enrolled in the Communication Research Methods class spent on their semester project not only saved their grade, but may potentially save lives too.
Members of Global Service Learning won鈥檛 just be traveling to grandma鈥檚 house over the holiday.
Fifteen members of the student organization are headed to Chicago January 5-12 to participate in a variety of service activities. They are one of three student organizations and Nebraska Wesleyan classes traveling over the semester break.
Nebraska Wesleyan University students interested in Estonia learned about the northern European country firsthand during the fall semester.
Pille P玫iklik, an English professor at the University of Tartu in Estonia, has spent the last several weeks at NWU teaching Estonian culture and language.
Four Nebraska Wesleyan University students have won the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which will send them overseas for the spring semester.
Last spring Sheryl Rinkol boarded the Azamara Journey, a memorial ship that traveled from New York City to the site of the Titanic鈥檚 sinking in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the marine disaster.
Lutz has since discovered a passion for creative writing and hopes to eventually become a teacher. She shared her thoughts with 21 high school juniors and seniors at the NWU Young Writers Workshop held November 13.
A Nebraska Wesleyan social work student has been awarded a national scholarship honoring her service, scholarship and leadership in her academic field.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education have named Lester the 2012 Nebraska Professor of the Year.
For the past five years, dozens of new Nebraska Wesleyan students have begun their collegiate careers by climbing in a university van and driving 700 miles to northeastern Minnesota.
A Nebraska Wesleyan University math professor has been awarded the 鈥淓xemplary Teaching Award.鈥
Kristie Pfabe, professor of mathematics and computer science, was recognized October 2 with the award, which is presented annually by the Division of Higher Education of the Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church.
Missy Franklin. Gabby Douglas. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings. Sonya Richards Ross. The U.S. women鈥檚 basketball team, soccer team, and water polo team.
The 2012 summer Olympics will long be remembered for many reasons, but perhaps the most memorable part of the games was the success of its women athletes.
Move-in day for new Nebraska Wesleyan University students is typically hot and humid.
For those students who moved into Johnson Hall on August 22, they walked into something that no other Johnson Hall residents had ever experienced: air conditioning.
A Nebraska Wesleyan University choir director has been recognized by the Nebraska Choral Directors Association for his commitment to singers and choirs in the state.
