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Activist Addresses Tip-Toeing Around Diversity; Watch Lecture

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January 30, 2013

A writer, filmmaker, and activist known as an “uncompromising fighter for racial equity and social justice” delivered a message on diversity and misunderstandings at a recent Nebraska Wesleyan University lecture.

Undergraduate Admissions

Art Department

Bridge Exhibit Showcases Talents of High School Students

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January 17, 2013

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

University Ministries

Lecture Series Kicks Off With Talk on Restoring Inmates; Watch Lecture

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January 17, 2013

Rev. Ruth Karlsson, Executive Director of Released and Restored, addressed the topic at Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Swan Lecture on Thursday, January 31. The lecture was titled, "After Prison — Then What?"

Academics

Two SM��̳ Men Helped Shape the Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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January 14, 2013

Chances are good the names “Edgar Sheffield Brightman” and “L. Harold DeWolf” mean very little to you.

But the names of these two Nebraska Wesleyan men meant a tremendous amount to one person whose name means as much to America’s history as any in the last 150 years: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Academics

Spring Lecture Series Kicks Off With Talk on Releasing and Restoring Inmates

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January 7, 2013

About 98 percent of the inmates currently incarcerated in Nebraska's 10 prisons will be released and will return to our communities and neighborhoods.

Rev. Ruth Karlsson, executive director of Released and Restored, will address this topic when she delivers the annual Swan Lecture on Thursday, January 31.

Academics

Undergraduate Admissions

Communication Studies Department

Communication Class Participates in Life-Saving Research Project

Students present their final communication

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December 21, 2012

The nearly 2,000 hours that students enrolled in the Communication Research Methods class spent on their semester project not only saved their grade, but may potentially save lives too.

Academics

Undergraduate Admissions

Students Spend Break Volunteering in Chicago, Performing in Music City, Studying in Belize

Students who have taken the trip say the experience is like those seen on the Discovery Channel

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December 20, 2012

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.

Undergraduate Admissions

Art Department

Basic Design Students Create Wearable Art

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December 11, 2012

Students in Angeles Cossio’s “Basic Design” class have created art you can literally walk all over.

Faculty and Staff

Undergraduate Admissions

Study Abroad

Faculty Exchange Program Provides Cultural Opportunity to Students

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December 11, 2012

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 SM��̳ teaching Estonian culture and language.

Academics

Undergraduate Admissions

Study Abroad

Gilman Scholarship Sends Four to Morocco, France, India and Ghana

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December 5, 2012

Four Nebraska Wesleyan University students have won the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which will send them overseas for the spring semester.