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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.

Two years ago Lindsey Jones received a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship to help enhance her knowledge and experience in science.

Jones was only a sophomore at the time and was one of just 275 students in the country to win the scholarship that honors top science and math undergraduates.

10,087: That’s how many hours Nebraska Wesleyan University students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends have collectively given in community service since August.

The goal — in honor of the university’s 125th anniversary — is 12,500 hours by next fall.

Members of Global Service Learning won’t just be traveling to grandma’s house over the holiday.

Fifteen members of the student organization are headed to Chicago January 5-12 to participate in a variety of service activities. They are one of three student organizations and Nebraska Wesleyan classes traveling over the semester break.

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.

Last spring Sheryl Rinkol boarded the Azamara Journey, a memorial ship that traveled from New York City to the site of the Titanic’s sinking in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the marine disaster.

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.

Missy Franklin. Gabby Douglas. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings. Sonya Richards Ross. The U.S. women’s basketball team, soccer team, and water polo team.

The 2012 summer Olympics will long be remembered for many reasons, but perhaps the most memorable part of the games was the success of its women athletes.

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.