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April 1, 2013

Nebraska Wesleyan University has hired Dr. Nancy Biggs, Associate Superintendent for Human Resources at Lincoln Public Schools, to lead its Education Department, beginning August 1.

Admitted students

Academics

Sociology and Anthropology Department

Undergraduate Admissions

Behind Bars: Students Take Criminal Justice Lessons to State Penitentiary

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March 28, 2013

Nebraska Wesleyan University senior Morgan Shea and four of her classmates spent part of their spring semester going to prison. The students learned early that crime doesn’t pay. They wanted to share that with others.

Undergraduate Admissions

Friend's Death Inspires NWU Student to Help Save Lives

Hannah equipped herself with life-saving skills

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March 27, 2013

Nebraska Wesleyan junior Hannah Husmann has been on a mission to save lives since her freshman year of high school, when a classmate died of cancer.

“I wanted to help in any way I could, and her parents suggested giving blood and told us how she had needed blood transfusions,” Husmann recalled.

Academics

Undergraduate Admissions

Students' Musical Talents Featured in New Tornado Documentary

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March 19, 2013

The musical talents of two Nebraska Wesleyan University students are featured in a new NET Television documentary, "Devil Clouds: Tornadoes Strike Nebraska."

Undergraduate Admissions

Jazz Choir Excited for Opportunity to Regionally Premiere “Mass In Blue”

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March 15, 2013

Nebraska Wesleyan University’s 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.

Admitted students

Undergraduate Admissions

Accounting Major Lands D.C. Internship With Executive Office of the President

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March 13, 2013

Hilary Krantz spent much of the past year researching and applying for internships to help satisfy the requirements for her accounting degree.

Undergraduate Admissions

Theatre Department

Spring Break Takes Students on Learning, Service Trips

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March 11, 2013

From Broadway to Chinatown to Harlem and the nation’s capital, Nebraska Wesleyan students and faculty are foregoing rest and relaxation for special opportunities to learn and serve during spring break.

Parents and Families

After Tragedy, NWU Parents Commit to Spreading Kindness

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March 6, 2013

After NWU parents Paul and Shelley Freeman lost their son, Cameron Freeman, to a drunk driver in November 2010, they felt all of the pain and emotions you’d expect.

Alumni and Friends

Biology Department

NWU Alumna’s Best Practices Drop Hospital UTI Rates by 70 Percent

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March 6, 2013

HAIs can attack from several angles. But two of the most common culprits enabling infections to start are health care’s most common lines into and out of our bodies: central lines and catheters.

Admitted students

Academics

Undergraduate Admissions

Political Science Department

NWU Junior Wins Critical Language Scholarship to Study in China

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March 6, 2013

A Nebraska Wesleyan University junior will spend his summer in China studying Mandarin thanks to the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship.