Hard work, meaningful lessons, life-changing cultural experiences and new friendships. That鈥檚 how members of Nebraska Wesleyan University鈥檚 Global Service Learning (GSL) student organization describe their recent experience in Turkey.
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.
Barbara Cornelius, Head of Library Technology and Associate Professor of Library Science, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research in Nepal and Bangladesh.
It was 2:20 a.m. 鈥 well beyond Sheryl Rinkol鈥檚 bedtime. Sleep wasn鈥檛 an option as she listened to ocean waves slap the side of her cruise ship while it floated 2 陆 miles above the Titanic wreckage.
鈥淚t was very surreal,鈥 said Rinkol, assistant director of Nebraska Wesleyan University鈥檚 Cooper Center. 鈥淚t made me think about my own mortality.鈥
First-year students in Gerise Herndon鈥檚 English 1 classes likely had some preconceived ideas as to what their lessons would entail. Writing. Revising. More writing. More revising.
