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May 9, 2011

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:

Business, Accounting and Economics Department

Longtime Economics Professor Loretta Fairchild Retires

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May 9, 2011

Nebraska Wesleyan University’s faculty will say goodbye this month to a faculty dynamo and university fixture: retiring Professor Emerita of Economics Loretta Fairchild.

Admitted students

Academics

Current Undergraduates

Faculty and Staff

Summer Academic Trips Take Students to Estonia, India, Ireland and Indian Reservations

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May 9, 2011

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.

Two NWU Students Land Boren Scholarship to Continue Studies Overseas

Seniors Lesley Dudden and Matthew Emerton

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May 9, 2011

Two Nebraska Wesleyan University students are among only 151 students in the nation to win the prestigious Boren Scholarship.

Lesley Dudden of Venango and Matthew Emerton of Burwell have each been awarded a Boren Scholarship, which provides $20,000 to undergraduates to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad.

Faculty and Staff

Undergraduate Admissions

Graduate and Adult Students

Philosophy and Religion Department

Religion Professor Wins Faculty Teaching Award

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May 3, 2011

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.

Food Bank Director to Deliver NWU Commencement Address

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April 29, 2011

The executive director of the Food Bank of Lincoln will deliver the address at Nebraska Wesleyan’s University’s 122nd annual commencement.

Education Department

NWU Student Wins NSEA Retired Teachers Scholarship

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April 28, 2011

A Nebraska Wesleyan University junior elementary education major is the 2011 recipient of the Nebraska Student Education Association Retired Teachers Scholarship.

Music Department

Music Student to Study Under America’s Leading Opera Soprano

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April 27, 2011

Senior Bria Langer was merely hours away from performing in her final Nebraska Wesleyan opera when she was notified of her next adventure.

Biology Department

Biology Major Receives UNMC's Highest Honor For Undergraduate Research

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April 26, 2011

A Nebraska Wesleyan senior biology student has been awarded the University of Nebraska Medical Center's (UNMC) highest honor for undergraduate research presentations at the Nebraska Academy of Sciences.

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Biology Department

Biology Students Earn Top Honors at Undergraduate Research Conference

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April 26, 2011

Eight Nebraska Wesleyan University biology students have returned from the West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference where two NWU students received top honors.