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Service Learning

Students to Spend Semester Break in Arizona Helping Refugees Adapt to New Communities

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December 16, 2013

A group of Nebraska Wesleyan University students will start the new year serving those who are starting a new life.

Twelve members of the student organization, Global Service Learning (GSL), along with two NWU staff will travel to Tucson, Arizona, for eight days — January 5-12 — where they will help refugees integrate into their new communities.

Music Department

University Choir Plans Winter Tour Through Midwest

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December 16, 2013

Nebraska Wesleyan University’s award-winning University Choir has announced a tour schedule that will take it across the Midwest in January.

NWU Guard Spends Off-Season Interning in Tbilisi

A monastery overlooking the Tbilisi Sea.

Published

December 11, 2013

Eric Jackson is very comfortable on the basketball court.

He has stats to prove it: during the 2012-2013 season, he led the Prairie Wolves in scoring, was third in the Great Plains Athletic Conference for three-pointers made per game, and set the season high three times. His success continues this season as well.

NWU Students Studying in Washington, D.C. Make Up for Time Lost to Shutdown

Students captured photos from the government shutdown.

Published

December 9, 2013

Nebraska Wesleyan University students in the Capitol Hill Internship Program are finishing their Washington D.C experiences this week.

This semester’s participants faced challenges that previous CHIP students haven’t faced. The government shutdown left some Nebraska Wesleyan students out of work. Without work, the students were unable to earn their intended credits.

Admitted students

Thankful: NWU’s Newest Citizens Reflect on Becoming American

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November 25, 2013

This fall Nguyen stood on the O’Donnell Auditorium stage —the very stage he has performed on as a NWU musician — and took the oath of allegiance alongside 40 others from 17 countries.

Current Undergraduates

Sodexo Offering Dining Scholarship

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November 22, 2013

Sodexo will offer a scholarship opportunity for students to receive a semester’s worth of Gold Plan dining at no charge for the spring semester.

Art Department

Elder Gallery Exhibit Features Students' Artistic Talents

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November 15, 2013

The artistic talents of Nebraska Wesleyan University students are now on display in Elder Gallery.

The 2013 Juried Student Exhibition runs December 6-16. An opening reception and award ceremony will be held Friday, December 6, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Political Science Department

After a Childhood of Poverty, NWU Junior Now Channels Her Passion Into Food Drive

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November 13, 2013

As a young child growing up in Nashville, Tenn., Driskel clearly recalls days when her mom was forced to decide whether to spend her remaining $5 for the week on gas or groceries.

Graduate and Adult Students

Nebraska Wesleyan Partners With Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center on Nurse Education

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November 11, 2013

Leaders at Nebraska Wesleyan University and Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center say a new corporate partnership will help advance nursing education and ultimately improve health care in Lincoln.

Senior Uses Documentary to Share His Journey in Botswana.

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November 11, 2013

The senior sociology-anthropology and criminal justice major from St. Louis, Mo., had no idea that spending a semester studying abroad in Botswana, Africa, would completely change him and inspire his future.