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National Biology Experiment Connects NWU Students to World’s Science Experts

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Ziomara Jurado

Nick Johnson

The national experiment allowed faculty to flip their classroom

Published

June 11, 2014

This year the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Education Alliance selected NWU to be an associate member and participant in a national bacteriophages experiment. NWU faculty received special training last summer and implemented the experiment into their introductory biology classes.

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Biology Department

Twins Selected for Fulbright Summer Institute

Matt and Rachel Schmitt

Matt Schmitt

Rachel Schmitt

Published

June 10, 2014

Nebraska Wesleyan University junior Matt Schmitt spent part of last summer digging in the dirt.

Now it’s his twin sister’s turn to go digging.

Matt and Rachel Schmitt — biology majors with hopes of becoming doctors someday — were selected for the United Kingdom’s Fulbright Summer Institute.

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Three NWU Students Win Fulbright Scholarships

Tram Kieu

Leslie Satterfield

Jessie Preston

Published

April 29, 2014

Two Nebraska Wesleyan University students and a 2013 NWU graduate have each been awarded Fulbright scholarships to teach internationally next year.

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Students Use Spring Break to Explore Cultural Experiences

Published

March 21, 2014

A group of Nebraska Wesleyan students will experience the rich diversity within the U.S. during an alternate spring break service trip to the nation’s capital March 22-27.

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NWU Students Among 1,000 Putting Plans into Action at Clinton Global Initiative University

Clinton Global Initiative University

Published

March 21, 2014

Four Nebraska Wesleyan University students with a passion for activism were in Arizona March 21-23 attending the Seventh Annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU).

Seniors Rebecca Brune and Jessica Adkisson, both of Lincoln, Alex Langley of Tekamah, and junior Bailey Wood, also of Lincoln were among 1,000 college students in the country selected for the conference.

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Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Math Circle Event Provides Opportunity for Prospective Students, NWU Students to Collaborate

Students collaborate

math circle

Published

March 11, 2014

Students from high schools in Lincoln gathered at Nebraska Wesleyan University to participate in a “math circle.”

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Service Learning

Students Travel to Arizona to Help Refugees Adapt to New Communities

shell pecans

harvest pecans

harvest oranges

Published

February 7, 2014

Twelve Nebraska Wesleyan students involved in the student organization, Global Service Learning (GSL), spent their semester break in January at the Iskashitaa Refugee Network in Tucson, Ariz.

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Art Exhibit Features Talents of Nebraska High School Students

Once My Bedroom Windows

Shrimp Teapot

Look Behind My Eyes

Where The Rock Meets Wood

Funhouse

The Reverie

House of Pain

Tree Stump

Pendulous Manifold

Published

January 13, 2014

The artistic talents of high school students will be showcased at Nebraska Wesleyan’s fifth annual juried art exhibition “Bridge.”

Nebraska Wesleyan’s Department of Art will host Bridge January 21-February 2. High school seniors were invited to submit artwork to be considered for the exhibition. Forty-three students were selected for the exhibit.

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NWU Academics, Experiences Prepare Recent Grads for Harvard

Kaycie Rupp

Jordan Klimek

Published

July 18, 2013

In August recent Nebraska Wesleyan University graduate Jordan Klimek will move from Burwell, Neb., to Cambridge, Mass. where he will attend Harvard Law School.

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Student, Professor Travel to Belfast to Collaborate on Titanic Research

Ross Mumford

Ross Mumford and Sheryl Rinkol

Ross Mumford and Sheryl Rinkol

Ross Mumford

Ross Mumford and Sheryl Rinkol

Published

July 9, 2013

When Nebraska Wesleyan University junior Ross Mumford agreed to be a student co-instructor in Sheryl Rinkol’s Liberal Arts Seminar, he had a lot of enthusiasm for teaching, but only average knowledge of the course matter: Boarding the Ship of Dreams: Sailing Across 100 Years of Titanic.

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Service Learning

Students Return from Building Houses in Guatemala

Becca Brune

Global Service Learning

Global Service Learning

Global Service Learning

Published

July 8, 2013

This summer, nine students and two faculty headed back to San Miguel Milpas Altas, Guatemala, where they joined the organization Constru Casa in constructing two houses for local families.

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New Integrative Studies Program Allows Students To Design Own Major

Published

June 18, 2013

Gebhardt will be among the first group of students to declare a major in Integrative Studies. The new major will give students the opportunity to build their own majors based on courses and experiences.

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Faculty and Staff

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NWU Adds Swimming, Hires Longtime Lincoln East Coach

Greg Fleming

swim teams

Published

June 6, 2013

Longtime Lincoln East High School swimming and diving coach Greg Fleming will lead Nebraska Wesleyan University's new swimming program.

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Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Students Use Virtual Robot Competition to Build Math, Computer Skills

Nathaniel Cunningham

Students

Jacob Herink

Platte Grube

Published

May 24, 2013

And when the Louisville Cardinals were hoisting a championship trophy, NWU junior Jacob Herink was working toward hoisting his own trophy — in this case, a remote-controlled helicopter.

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Students' Summer Studies Go Abroad

NWU students traveled to Gratemala

Published

May 21, 2013

Three years ago a group of Nebraska Wesleyan University students traveled to Guatemala where they helped the organization Constru Casa build a house for an impoverished family.

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Biology Department

Biology Student Named Fulbright Summer Participant

Matt Schmitt

Published

May 21, 2013

A first-year biology student has been selected as a Fulbright summer institute participant.

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Political Science Department

Third NWU Student Wins Fulbright Scholarship

Tom Schroeder

Samantha Wessels

Michael Pirnie

Published

May 6, 2013

A third Nebraska Wesleyan University student has won a Fulbright Scholarship.

Tom Schroeder, a senior political science and Spanish major from Lincoln, will teach English and American culture at a university in Turkey.

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Students Turn Shopping Bags Into Sleeping Mats for Homeless

Hannah Smith, Becca Brune & Chelsea Johnson

collect plastic shopping bags

sleeping mats for the homeless

Published

April 19, 2013

Former President Bill Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative University with the next generation of innovative problem solvers in mind — problem solvers like NWU students Chelsea Johnson, Hannah Smith and Becca Brune.

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Seniors Win Fulbright Scholarships to Teach in Taiwan

Samantha Wessels

Michael Pirnie

Published

April 18, 2013

Two Nebraska Wesleyan University seniors have been awarded Fulbright scholarships to teach in Taiwan next year.

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Faculty and Staff

Parents and Families

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Graduate and Adult Students

Service Learning

12,500 Hour Service Challenge: Goal Reached

Lend-A-Hand to Lincoln

Students and staff joined First United Methodist Church

Students spent spring break in New York City

The Global Service Learning student organization

Mallory Iseminger volunteered at an orphanage

Bowls for Backpacks fundraiser

Students and staff log their service hours

Published

April 18, 2013

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.

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Students Hope Weekend’s Relay for Life Exceeds $40,000 Goal

Published

April 10, 2013

Starting at 6 p.m. on Friday, twenty-three teams of 400 students, faculty, staff, and the Lincoln community will walk for 12 hours all in the spirit of saving lives during Nebraska Wesleyan’s Relay for Life.

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Multicultural Programs

Students Immerse in New York City Clean-up Efforts, Cultural Experiences

Ten NWU students

The students cleaned debris

The Superstorm Sandy clean-up was one of many cultural experiences

Published

April 5, 2013

It wasn’t your typical spring break trip. No flip-flops, sunglasses, and sunscreen were packed in these students’ bags. Instead, they opted for facemasks, safety glasses, and heavy-duty gloves to protect them from the mold, mildew, and debris left behind from Superstorm Sandy.

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Sociology and Anthropology Department

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Behind Bars: Students Take Criminal Justice Lessons to State Penitentiary

Published

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.

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Students' Musical Talents Featured in New Tornado Documentary

Cadie Jochum and Zach Weir

Cadie Jochum and Zach Weir

Published

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."

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Friend's Death Inspires NWU Student to Help Save Lives

Hannah equipped herself with life-saving skills

Hannah Husmann and Zach Jensen

Published

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.