Faculty and Staff

Cathy Nelson, associate professor of Spanish, has been selected to serve on the National Screening Committee (NSC) for Fulbright Scholarship applications.

Nelson will evaluate applications for the Fulbright U.S. Student English Language Teaching Assistantships in Spain.

Nebraska Wesleyan honored several employees for their dedication to the university during the annual university dinner on August 23.

The following employees were recognized for their service:

30 Year Award

• Jo Bunstock, Assistant Athletic Director

25 Year Award

The fall semester at Nebraska Wesleyan University officially began Monday, August 26. But first year students in Karla Jensen’s liberal arts seminar, “The Liberal Arts of Yoga,” started their academic year early learning the historical, psychological, economical, and political aspects of yoga.

They started on Sunday, August 18 with a class on basic breathing techniques.

Sarah Kelen, associate professor of English, has been awarded the NWU Scholar Award.

The award recognizes excellence in scholarly or creative contributions to an academic field.

Nebraska Wesleyan University history professor Meghan Winchell has been awarded the White Award for Internationalization.

The award, honoring President John and Marty White for their many years of service to NWU, recognizes individuals who have furthered the internationalization of the campus, its curriculum, its students and faculty.

Kimberly Johnson has been named Vice President of Enrollment Management at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Eight months. That’s all it took for Nebraska Wesleyan students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the university to give 12,500 hours of service to communities across the world.

For the fifth consecutive year, Nebraska Wesleyan University has been named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation.

Tree Campus USA is a national program created in 2008 to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals.  

Nebraska Wesleyan University students interested in Estonia learned about the northern European country firsthand during the fall semester.

Pille Põiklik, an English professor at the University of Tartu in Estonia, has spent the last several weeks at NWU teaching Estonian culture and language.

A Nebraska Wesleyan University custodial team leader has been honored with the C.O.R.E. Award for her work with the recent Johnson Hall renovation.

A Nebraska Wesleyan University math professor has been awarded the “Exemplary Teaching Award.”

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.

The artistic talents of Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Art Department are now on display at the Lux Center for the Arts.

Ezra Klein, a Washington Post blogger who recently was named one of the “50 Most Powerful People in Washington,” delivered the lecture “The Unpersuaded: Who Listens to the President?” Watch a webcast of Klein's take on Washington, D.C.

Global Service Learning has been recognized with the University's Roy G. Story Award for their work as true global ambassadors for Nebraska Wesleyan.

The student organization was honored August 24 during the University dinner.

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.

Shelley McHugh has been hired as the Director of Alumni Relations at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Five Nebraska Wesleyan University students have each been awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The award will send each student overseas during the 2012-2013 academic year.

Eight Nebraska Wesleyan University professors will go on sabbatical for all or part of the 2012-2013 academic year.

Here’s a glimpse of what their sabbaticals will include: