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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.

Studies indicate coffee is good for cognitive abilities. So is green tea, dark chocolate, and red wine.

A Nebraska Wesleyan University psychology professor and her student are spending their summer researching the effects of red wine — or more specifically, a compound found in red grapes —on cognitive skills.

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.

Just a few weeks ago, Nebraska Wesleyan University student James Hamrick was rehearsing lines for the rock musical “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.”

The summer theatre opportunity in his native city of Houston, Texas, would add another experience to his already impressive resume.

But an interesting change of events has Hamrick changing his summer plans.

Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Symphonic Band took a history lesson like no other they’ve taken.

"This will undoubtedly be an experience that our students will never forget," said NWU band director Sam Zitek.

On the 68th anniversary of D-Day, the band traveled to Normandy to commemorate the 1944 Allied Invasion and liberation of France.

It was 2:20 a.m. — well beyond Sheryl Rinkol’s bedtime. Sleep wasn’t an option as she listened to ocean waves slap the side of her cruise ship while it floated 2 ½ miles above the Titanic wreckage.

“It was very surreal,” said Rinkol, assistant director of Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Cooper Center. “It made me think about my own mortality.”

Final exams were barely graded when a group of Nebraska Wesleyan University students and their professors boarded a plane to Australia for an academic trip on the country’s history, culture and sports.

Kyle Rohrich and Alex Cowsky spent the first two weeks of the spring semester in five Spanish cities where they researched public opinion on the Basque conflict.

“I can read plenty of academic journals about what people went through, but it’s so different when you can actually go and hear people talk about it themselves,” said Rohrich.

If you want to be an artist, you have to spend time in New York City, says Nebraska Wesleyan University art professor David Gracie.

It’s where he is spending a year-long sabbatical painting and designing a new course on alternative artistic practices.

It’s an experience so inspiring that he wanted to share it with his students too.

Two Nebraska Wesleyan University students have each been awarded Fulbright scholarships that will send them abroad next year to teach.

A Nebraska Wesleyan University junior has been awarded one of the nation’s highest academic honors.

Chelsea Johnson, a political science major from Johnson, Neb., has been awarded the Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Sixty recipients were selected from a pool of 587 national candidates. She is the only Truman Scholar from Nebraska this year.

Nebraska Wesleyan University students begin their college careers raking leaves, painting walls, and organizing shelves at Lincoln nonprofit organizations as part of the annual “Lend-A-Hand to Lincoln.”

It’s an opportunity for students to serve their new community and develop an affection for giving back.