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Global Studies

Studying Through Real Experiences: Senior Travels to Switzerland to Learn About Education Reform

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May 5, 2015

Four French classes later she boarded a plane for Switzerland where she would spend her junior year abroad. Add to that a return trip to Switzerland this year for some additional research for her senior thesis.

World Premiere of Zimmer Girls Provides New Experiences for Theatre Students

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April 29, 2015

Linderman has been working on The Zimmer Girls for the past 35 years. He turned to long-time friend and NWU theatre professor Jack Parkhurst when it came time to bring it to the stage.

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Study Abroad

Two Win Boren Scholarships to Study Critical Languages

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April 28, 2015

Two Nebraska Wesleyan University students have each been awarded the prestigious Boren Scholarship, which will send them abroad for one year to develop language skills.

Edson deOliveira, a senior biology major from Omaha, has won a Boren Scholarship to study in Brazil, and Brenda Maldonado, a senior French major from Sargent, has won a Boren Scholarship to study in Senegal.

Study Abroad

Fulbright Scholarship Will Send Global Studies, English Major to Taiwan

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April 22, 2015

A Fulbright Scholarship will send senior Grant Nordby to Taiwan for the next two years.

Study Abroad

NWU Grad Wins Fulbright Scholarship to Country of Georgia

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April 22, 2015

The 2014 Nebraska Wesleyan University graduate will live and work in another region of the former Soviet Union — the country of Georgia. A Fulbright Scholarship will provide Jackson the opportunity to teach English there and further study the Georgian language.

New Student Organization Gives Insider Look at UN Deliberations

Rashmi Kalubowila, Cicely Batie and Miranda Baxter

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April 17, 2015

Each week members of Nebraska Wesleyan University’s newest student organization, Model United Nations (MUN), meet to discuss and further understand some of the world’s biggest issues.

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Education Department

Annual Holder Lecture to Address iPad Influence on Reading and Writing

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April 16, 2015

Joan Hughes, associate professor of learning technologies at the University of Texas-Austin, will discuss iPad-supported reading and writing practices when she delivers the annual Holder Lecture on Thursday, April 23.

Political Science Department

Former Obama Special Assistant Nick Rathod to Deliver NWU Lecture on Public Leadership

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April 8, 2015

Nick Rathod, a former special assistant to President Barack Obama, will deliver Nebraska Wesleyan University’s annual Curtis Lecture on Public Leadership on Tuesday, April 28.

Jackson Katz, Nationally-Known Advocate for Prevention of Gender Violence, to Lecture at NWU

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April 2, 2015

Jackson Katz, one of the key architects of the bystander approach for gender violence prevention, will deliver a lecture at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

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Academics

Faculty and Staff

NWU Selected for National Initiative on Signature Student Opportunities

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April 1, 2015

Nebraska Wesleyan University has been named one of eight colleges and universities in the country to participate in a national initiative to explore signature work for all undergraduate students.