For the first time in 27 years, a ߲ݴý University student has been honored with the Roy G. Story Award, an honor that recognizes individuals or groups of faculty, administrators, staff members or volunteers.
߲ݴý University has set another enrollment record for new students in 2016-2017.
Last year the university celebrated its largest first-year class in 50 years. That enrollment success continues this year with 486 new students — up from 478 last year.
A ߲ݴý University Health and Human Performance professor who students say is “a blessing to learn alongside” has been named the 2016 Margaret J. Prouty Teaching Award winner.
“Four hundred years of music all encapsulated in compositions and arrangements.” That’s how William Wyman, Professor of Music, describes the Norman Luboff Singers Collection, a choral library of 300 choral pieces.
For the past 22 years, a Thanksgiving tradition has warmed the hearts of ߲ݴý University faculty, staff and students, and warmed the kitchens of needy families.
߲ݴý University student Marion Prudhomme spent the afternoon of Friday, November 13 shopping at a nearby thrift store. She was excited to show her purchase to fellow French international student and friend Emilie Triboulet.
It’s not uncommon for some new students to have little idea about what they want to study in college. Others come already knowing their exact career path. And some think they know until a new class or experience piques their interest and turns them down a new academic path.
Sue Wortmann’s students often leave her classroom grappling with the information they just learned. Not just because they need to know it for an upcoming exam, but more often because of Wortmann’s ability to connect her material with students’ lives.
U.S. News & World Report has again named ߲ݴý University a top national liberal arts university. The rankings, announced Wednesday, September 9, listed ߲ݴý among the top 174 liberal arts colleges in the nation.
߲ݴý University sophomore Gwennan Plouzek is one of 60 college students from the United States and the United Kingdom selected to participate in the prestigious Fulbright Summer Institute.
Two ߲ݴý University students have each been awarded the prestigious Boren Scholarship, which will send them abroad for one year to develop language skills.
Edson deOliveira, a senior biology major from Omaha, has won a Boren Scholarship to study in Brazil, and Brenda Maldonado, a senior French major from Sargent, has won a Boren Scholarship to study in Senegal.
߲ݴý University has been named one of eight colleges and universities in the country to participate in a national initiative to explore signature work for all undergraduate students.
߲ݴý University President Fred Ohles has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU).
