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亚博体育app's 11th annual Visions & Ventures Symposium has been scheduled for September 14-15. This year's theme is "More Than A Game: Economics, Ethics & Politics of Sports."

Speakers will include:

A new Lincoln Public School will bear the name of former 亚博体育app professor and Nebraska State Poet William Kloefkorn.

After serving 13 years at 亚博体育app, Inger Bull, Director of International Education, has said goodbye.

Her last day was Friday, April 15. Bull has accepted a new job as Colorado College鈥檚 Director of International Programs.

亚博体育app professor Kristie Pfabe is this year鈥檚 recipient of the Kenneth R. Holder Fellowship for Instructional Improvement.

A 亚博体育app history professor has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship that will take her to Estonia next year.

Meghan Winchell, Associate Professor of History, will teach U.S. women鈥檚 and African American history at Nebraska Wesleyan鈥檚 sister school 鈥� the University of Tartu 鈥� during the 2011-2012 academic year.

Two 亚博体育app seniors have been awarded Fulbright scholarships that will take them to Germany next year.

Jeff Seems of Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Brittney Hrabik of Murdock will both teach English in Germany.

An upcoming fundraiser will help assist an NWU staff accompanist and her family who are dealing with multiple health problems.

The 15th Annual East Campus Bull Fry Fundraiser will aid Mollie Manner and her daughters, Becca and Natalie.

Ever since she was 8-years-old, Lindsey Jones wanted to be a doctor.

That was until she participated in a summer biomedical research project and took a genetics class earlier this year that made her realize her passion resided elsewhere.

An award-winning filmmaker will speak at 亚博体育app to discuss his following of survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Patrick Mureithi, a native of Kenya and an artist-in-residence at Drury University, will deliver the lecture, 鈥淚CYIZERE: hope,鈥� on Thursday, April 7 at 1 p.m. in Olin B Lecture Hall.

Students entering 亚博体育app next fall will select from an updated slate of Liberal Arts Seminars 鈥� the first-semester courses that introduce college-level research, writing, and critical thinking through the study of an interdisciplinary topic.

 亚博体育app students who struggle with time management, organization, and other study skills can now take a class aimed at helping them achieve academic success.

The course offering became available for the first time this semester after Academic Achievement Specialist Kim Jacobson recognized the need.

In January, 亚博体育app鈥檚 Historical Studies Program expanded to Omaha. That expansion also brought Iain Anderson to NWU as the program鈥檚 new associate director.

Elder Gallery鈥檚 current exhibition features the talents of 亚博体育app鈥檚 art faculty.

The faculty art exhibition runs now through April 8 in Elder Gallery, located in the Rogers Center for Fine Arts, 50th Street and Huntington Ave.

The featured artists include:

Last month 37 Omaha Public School teachers enrolled in 亚博体育app鈥檚 Master of Arts in Historical Studies Program.

This marks the first time the graduate program has been offered in Omaha, thanks to the U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 鈥淭eaching American History Grant Program.鈥�

John B. Greving of St. Paul, Minnesota, will join 亚博体育app as Vice President for Advancement on March 1.

Dr. Rita McGuire has been named the new Director of Nursing at 亚博体育app.

Eighteen 亚博体育app students who are interested in refugee and immigration issues will spend part of their winter break in Arizona for a service project.

Members of the student organization Global Service Learning will travel to Tucson, Arizona, on January 4 where they will work with the Iskashitaa Refugee Harvesting Network.

During the 2009-2010 fiscal year 亚博体育app received over $1,000,000 from corporations, foundations and organizations.

The following is a list of organizations that gave at the Corporate Leadership level ($5,000 or more). If you interact with any of these organizations, please take a moment to thank them for their support of NWU.

A 亚博体育app history professor has been awarded a fellowship from the Office of the State Historian/Historical Society of New Mexico Scholars Program.

The halls of Nebraska Wesleyan鈥檚 Smith-Curtis Administration Building are once again rat infested. But rather than exterminate, the university will celebrate.

Valentino Achak Deng, the subject of the book What Is the What? will speak about his experience as a Sudanese refugee during an upcoming 亚博体育app lecture.