A Nebraska Wesleyan University forensic science professor has been deployed to Haiti where she will spend two weeks working in a mobile morgue.
鈥淲e train for this,鈥 said Melissa Connor, professor and director of Nebraska Wesleyan鈥檚 Forensic Science Program. 鈥淭hese are the situations you deal with when you work in the forensic science field.鈥
In the 10 years that religion professor Rita Lester has taught at Nebraska Wesleyan University, she has seen an increasing demand for courses on Islam.
Lisa Borchardt beams whenever she gets a phone call from a service agency asking for a Wesleyan student volunteer.
鈥淭hat speaks highly of the quality and excellence of our students,鈥 said Borchardt.
It also says something about Borchardt who was recently named the 鈥淣ebraska Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Southeastern Region Social Worker of the Year.鈥
Fifteen student members of Nebraska Wesleyan鈥檚 Global Service Learning organization traveled to Rosebud Indian Reservation during their recent winter break hoping to help its residents clean, sort, and organize a thrift store.
That task was accomplished. Perhaps their bigger accomplishment was the life lessons they brought back to Lincoln.
Krahn worked with University Minister Pauletta Lehn to organize a health kit assembly, scheduled for noon on Sunday, February 7 at First United Methodist Church, located just west of campus.
Nebraska Wesleyan students interested in tropical biology are easily intrigued by their textbook readings and classroom instruction on the topic. But relocating the class to Costa Rica for three weeks often solidifies their interest.
Last year鈥檚 presidential election was the first time SM论坛 senior Laurel Johnson could vote. In January she will head to Washington, D.C. to work in the house occupied by the man she voted for.