For the past five years, dozens of new Nebraska Wesleyan students have begun their collegiate careers by climbing in a university van and driving 700 miles to northeastern Minnesota.
Former Nebraska Wesleyan University psychology professor Ken Keith returned to campus on November 8 to deliver the annual Clifford Fawl Lecture Series.
Studies indicate coffee is good for cognitive abilities. So is green tea, dark chocolate, and red wine.
A Nebraska Wesleyan University psychology professor and her student are spending their summer researching the effects of red wine 鈥 or more specifically, a compound found in red grapes 鈥攐n cognitive skills.
University of Utah researcher and national expert Dr. David Strayer has studied distracted driving for the past 10 years. He shared his research at Nebraska Wesleyan University's Clifford Fawl Psychology Lecture on November 12.
Psychology professor Jerry Bockoven admits his 鈥淗istory and Systems鈥 class may sound a little boring to students.
In fact, Bockoven calls it 鈥渄eath on a cracker boring鈥 and encourages his students to get up and walk around the classroom if they start to feel sleepy during the three-hour course.
Two Nebraska Wesleyan University students have been recognized by the university鈥檚 Psychology Department.
Brandon Hollister of Hastings and Tyler Smith of Friend have each been named 鈥渙utstanding psychology students.鈥 The annual award recognizes the department鈥檚 top seniors.
The halls of Nebraska Wesleyan鈥檚 Smith-Curtis Administration Building are once again rat infested. But rather than exterminate, the university will celebrate.
Justin Iverson knows when he鈥檚 a minister someday, Sunday school and church service won鈥檛 be the same as it was growing up in his South Dakota United Methodist congregation.
鈥淪unday fellowship is dwindling,鈥 said Iverson, who graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in May with a psychology degree. 鈥淭hings are reshaping. It鈥檚 not like it used to be.鈥
Over the past year, the psychology department has increasingly been filled with students wearing lab coats and surgical masks. They're busy studying the behavioral traits of mice. They're conducting more animal research than any other time in recent history.
Psychology faculty and students say the increased interest can be traced to psychology professor Frank Ferraro.
