It is through sheer luck – ours, not hers – that Claire Meyer needed one more credit hour to graduate in May. The solution: Am I Right Ladies, a relationship column to the world. Meyer, a communication and theatre arts double major, dismisses her own humor as awkward.
With approximately one-fourth of the Nebraska Wesleyan student body studying abroad at some point in their college careers, it is not hard to see why summer trips are a popular among students. The 2011 Faculty-led Summer study abroad trips hold quite a variety.
For me, choosing to study abroad had been a dream of mine ever since I started learning the Spanish language. My love for learning about other cultures started out in high school when four girls from Argentina came to our school to study the language and culture for three months.
My journey to the Emerald Isle is a little bit different than most that study abroad from NWU. I graduated from Wesleyan in 2007 with a degree in Vocal Music. At that point, my focus was on getting into grad school, so I could eventually teach music at a college level.
As an incoming first-year student there are many experiences that are shared with your peers. At Nebraska Wesleyan University, one of these experiences is the Liberal Arts Seminar, also known as a LAS. Before the 2010- 2011 school year started, incoming first-year students chose from an array of liberal arts seminars created around specific topics.
"Teaching is mostly learning. You almost learn more (from your students) than you impart." And, in a unique opportunity at Nebraska Wesleyan University, 19 students are given the opportunity to learn that lesson as co-instructors for the fall Liberal Arts Seminars.
How much of what we see in the theater is accurate? How much do we care? One LAS instructor is hoping to inspire more concern for reality versus fiction in her students. Dr. Gerise Herndon is using her LAS "Beyond ‘Blood Diamond:' Africa on Film" as an opportunity to explore common perceptions held and give her students the gift of analysis.
Discovering Shakespeare Together: New LAS Forms Bonds between Freshmen and Upperclassmen
Friends, countrymen and Prairie Wolves, lend me your ears, for I am about to tell you of a new "hybrid" LAS that just stepped onto campus. Parker Reed, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at Nebraska Wesleyan University, found himself in a strange position before the beginning of this school year.
Zing! Patti Kirk, the director of Residence Life education, is teaching a passion-fueled Liberal Arts Seminar (LAS) designed to explore attitudes and learning styles and how to maximize the servant-leadership style. The course titled "Zing!" is inspired by Nancy H.
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