Our supremely talented students are ready to strut their stuff! Join the Coyote Activity Board tomorrow for KWU Has Talent and the first annual Mr. K-Dub Pageant! Cheer on your fellow students and see who takes home the top prize! Competition begins at 6:30 in Sams Chapel! For more information, contact Kat Benton at kathleen.benton@kwu.edu.

On Thursday, February 28, the Kansas Wesleyan Wind Ensemble, String Orchestra, and Full Orchestra will perform. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Pioneer Hall in Sams Chapel. 

The concert will feature music by W. Franic McBeth, Eric Whitacre, Robert W. Smith and many others. Songs performed will include: “The Seal Lullbay,” “Of Sailors and Whales,” “Sea Songs,” “The Winds of Poseidon” and many others. 

Stephanie Welter , an assistant professor in the biology department at Kansas Wesleyan University, will speak about "To Eat or Be Eaten -- Life in a Dangerous World" at the Feb. 21 meeting of the Smoky Hills Audubon Society.

Social time is 7 p.m. and the program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Room 202 of the Student Activities Center at Kansas Wesleyan University.

Welter will explore how wildlife avoid detection and death through camouflage, mimicry and chemical defenses.

By GARY DEMUTH

Salina Journal

The hardest thing about a rap version of Shakespeare is doing iambic pentameter on a beat.

That's been the biggest challenge for actor Jennifer McCullick as she rehearses for "The Bomb-itty of Errors," a musical hip-hop version of one of William Shakespeare's early plays, "The Comedy of Errors."

"In a play, if you miss a line, you can call out for it," said the Kansas Wesleyan University student. "You can't call for a line in the middle of a rap."

That's also been a challenge for KWU student and cast member Amber Brown.

On Thursday, February 7, hundreds of basketball fans will gather to see match-ups between the Kansas Wesleyan University and Sterling College basketball teams. However, rather than purple and gold on one side, this year there will be red. Kansas Wesleyan continues its heart disease awareness mission with a Red Out. During the game, fans will wear red to honor loved ones while helping to fight heart disease and stroke.

Kansas Wesleyan is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Matthew R. Thompson as the 19^th president of the University.

Dr. Thompson comes to Kansas Wesleyan from Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida where he has served most recently as the Vice President for Advancement and previously as the Vice President and Dean of Student Development. He also served as the Special Assistant to the President/Director of Special Projects at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.

This week KWU commemorates the life and achievements of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with several events and displays. Today at 3pm in room 203 of the Student Activities Center, we will be screening "The Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr". This 60 minute video is a collection of several of his most important speeches. In addition to a few of the shorter speeches, it also contains in their entirely his 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and his 1968 "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech delivered the day before his assassination.