Spring 2024 Holder Lecture to address how to argue differently
Barry M. Kroll, PhD, professor emeritus from Lehigh University, will speak about “Learning to Argue Differently” when he delivers the annual Holder Lecture on Thursday, April 25.
Barry M. Kroll, PhD, professor emeritus from Lehigh University, will speak about “Learning to Argue Differently” when he delivers the annual Holder Lecture on Thursday, April 25.
Macie Thomas (’24) of Hickman, Neb. has been selected for the Fulbright English Teaching (ETA) Program and will spend the 2024-25 school year in the Czech Republic.
Kwame Dawes, PhD will deliver the spring William C. Kloefkorn Nebraska Writers Series lecture at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 20. The presentation will be held in NWU's Elder Gallery.
On June 19, 1863, Union Army general Gordon Granger proclaimed freedom for enslaved people in Texas under President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, General Order No. 3. Texas was the last Confederate state with institutional slavery. Today, we celebrate the 157th anniversary of the last African American slaves being freed.
Douglas Hesse's presentation is entitled “The Creative Coordinates of Contemporary Nonfiction: Matters for Readers and Writers.” Hesse will explore how nonfiction writers draw on their memories and experiences in their work.
Having been an exchange student in Brazil, the junior English and international studies major dreams of exploring other cultures and landscapes. And she isn’t waiting.
Alison Greenfield of Murray, Neb., and Sam Trofholz of Columbus, Neb., have been awarded the Fulbright Scholarship, the flagship international education exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government.
“Early in my years as an academic advisor, I began to see a pattern among bright, first-year students who took a class with Scott Stanfield,” recalled Patty Hawk.
“The moment I walked into my first Chinese class, I knew that it was a language I wanted to stick with,” recalled Nebraska Wesleyan University sophomore Terri Seier.
Herndon will share her research and experiences during the Faculty Scholarship Presentation on Wednesday, January 24 at 6 p.m. The annual presentation highlights the scholarship of NWU faculty.
A Nebraska Wesleyan University English professor and Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities has been recognized by her peers for generously devoting time and energy to mentoring faculty.
Two long-time NWU professors will return to campus on Thursday, November 2, to deliver the annual William C. Kloefkorn Nebraska Writers Series lecture.
The free lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in Prairie Wolf A&B, located on the lower level of Story Student Center.
Tessa Jolls will deliver the lecture on Thursday, April 20 at 4 p.m. in the learning commons area, located on the first floor of Cochrane-Woods Library.
Poet Brenda Shaughnessy, associate professor of English and creative writing at Rutgers University-Newark, will give a reading on Thursday, March 30. Poet and essayist Brian Blanchfield, visiting faculty at The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will give a reading on Thursday, April 13.
English and gender studies major Abby Feden thought she had a strong writer's voice when she left for the Juniper Summer Writing Institute last summer.
A former surgical assistant and current Nebraska Wesleyan University English professor who found herself more interested in writing about surgery than performing it, will deliver the university’s annual Faculty Scholarship Presentation on Wednesday, January 25.
The award-winning author will give a free reading of her poetry on Tuesday, October 11 at 6:30 p.m. in O’Donnell Auditorium, located at 50th Street and Huntington Ave.
Nebraska poet Marjorie Saiser will deliver the William C. Kloefkorn Nebraska Writers Series lecture on Thursday, April 28 at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
To honor the 400th anniversary of playwright William Shakespeare's death, Stephen Buhler, an expert in renaissance literature, will deliver the lecture, "Eloquence in Action: Rhetorics of Response in Shakespeare" at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
