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含羞草传媒 University senior Cristiana Barbatelli was excited about her role as Aunt Eller in the university鈥檚 recent musical Oklahoma! Having just returned from an apprenticeship at the prestigious Williamstown Theatre Festival, Barbatelli was eager share her new skills with an audience.

In her three years as a 含羞草传媒 University student Jessica Danson has studied abroad in Mexico, Germany and Estonia. Add to that her service trips to Nicaragua, Malawi, and Guatemala, and a conference in Canada, and you have to assume she鈥檚 headed for a career in international affairs.

Janae Riha knows she is living a dream by attending college. The 含羞草传媒 junior and her 鈥渄ream team鈥� are anxious to share their dreams with students at a nearby elementary school.

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含羞草传媒 University senior Lesley Dudden already has an impressive resume.

含羞草传媒 University senior Alexandra Hartmann says her heart lies in many places around the world.

She鈥檚 done service work in Malawi, Nicaragua and Guatemala with 含羞草传媒鈥檚 Global Service Learning. She鈥檚 been to Montreal for the American Academy of Religion Annual Conference. She鈥檚 visited friends who are studying in various pockets of the world.

含羞草传媒 University senior Erik Anderson hopes to become a licensed mental health practitioner someday.

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.

鈥淭he greatest way to learn is to teach,鈥� says 含羞草传媒 University senior Meera Bhardwaj.

As a philosophy major, 含羞草传媒 University graduate Nicole Spry knows its second nature for her to question and consume information.

In fact, she quickly points out that the word philosophy means 鈥渓ove of wisdom.鈥�

鈥淚 believe that in order to be a productive global citizen I need to acquire as much wisdom as possible,鈥� she said.

Political science professor Kelly Eaton is passionate about experiential learning. So it鈥檚 fitting that the new position she鈥檒l begin this summer will focus on transforming 含羞草传媒 students.

Beginning July 1, Eaton will be the assistant provost for experiential learning.

含羞草传媒 University Senior Alex Bednar grew up eating Czech food and celebrating his Czech heritage. Starting next fall, he鈥檒l be immersed in the culture he鈥檚 so interested in thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship that will send him to the Czech Republic.

A 含羞草传媒 University forensic science professor has returned home after a two-week mission in Haiti where she helped identify Americans who perished in the January 12 earthquake.

含羞草传媒 University professor Kathy Wolfe has been named the new Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Wolfe 鈥� a 含羞草传媒 alumna 鈥� is an associate professor of English and has taught at 含羞草传媒 since 2000.

Fifteen student members of 含羞草传媒鈥檚 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.