Senior Katie Segrist recently found out that she has been awarded the Fulbright Scholarship for the following year. Segrist received a Teaching Assistantship to teach English as a foreign language at a high school in Germany. The Fulbright Scholarship is a program of grants for international educational exchange for scholars, educators, graduate students and professionals.
In light of Sara Boatman's upcoming retirement at the end of the semester, many in the Nebraska Wesleyan University community have pondered about the most appropriate way of honoring and thanking such a beloved member of NWU. The Student Affairs Senate especially wished to present Boatman, the SAS advisor for the past 14 years, with a retirement gift that would be meaningful and even symbolic.
I find myself thinking "This is something I will remember forever" quite often now-a-days. They are memories like the smell of spring in the bounty of vegetation on campus or the hustle of end-of-the-semester projects that never seem to get finished. The memory that I will cherish the most is my time spent in a little office in the lower level of the Student Center.
Nebraska Wesleyan University's track and field teams turned in solid performances in their last competition before the conference championship. The P'Wolves had athletes competing at three separate meets this past weekend. NWU competed in the Drake Relays and at Simpson College both in Des Moines, Iowa.
There's nothing more gratifying as an artist than having your work recognized and appreciated. Art Major Emily Morse has recently received just that. In March, Morse received a "Faculty Choice Award" for her Untitled oil painting. It can be seen on the cover of the Fall 2007 issue of the Flintlock.