Kansas Wesleyan University Spring 2008
Commencement Day events Saturday
Nearly 220 Kansas Wesleyan University degree candidates and Fall 2007 graduates are eligible to participate in Commencement Day activities on Saturday (May 10, 2008).

The day’s activities will begin with the Baccalaureate Service at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at University United Methodist Church. Degree candidates/graduates, faculty, administration, and other dignitaries will process from Pioneer Hall to University United Methodist Church at approximately 10:15 a.m., weather permitting. In case of inclement weather, the group will process from the basement of the church to the sanctuary.

Commencement is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday in the Salina Bicentennial Center. Dr. Walter Broadnax, President of Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, will deliver the Commencement address. During Commencement, Broadnax will be presented with an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from Kansas Wesleyan University.

Additionally, the annual Nurses Pinning Ceremony is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday in Sams Chapel.  Dr. Patricia Brown, who is retiring at the end of the academic year as chair of Nursing Education at Kansas Wesleyan, will be the speaker. Thirty-five nursing degree candidates are scheduled to participate in the ceremony. More info

TAKING SHAPE Work on the new Student Activities Center continues in this photo taken from the east side of Pioneer Hall on May 8, 2008.

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KWU inks two more for its nationally award winning Debate and Forensics Team
Kansas Wesleyan University has signed two more students for its nationally award winning Debate and Forensics Team.Alyssa Davis, Garden City, is a national qualifier in Duo and has competed at the state level in forensics the past two years. She also has received an academic letter the past two years.Meriah Forbes, Hutchinson, is a three time 4A state debate champion and also is a state champion in dramatic solo acting. Forbes also is a National Honor Society member. More info

See KWU Student Activities Center construction
Keep tabs on Student Activities Center construction via KWU webcams. Click here

Dr. Walter Broadnax

Dr. Walter Broadnax to
receive degree, deliver
address at KWU Commencement
An internationally known scholar-practitioner in public policy and management will be the speaker at Kansas Wesleyan University’s Commencement on May 10, 2008. Dr. Walter Broadnax, President of Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, will deliver the address during Commencement exercises, scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. May 10, 2008, in the Salina Bicentennial Center. More info

Gifts to KWU reflect the heart of their donors
Sometimes the more unassuming people in the world are the ones who make the greatest impact on the lives of others. Such is the case of the late Wilma and Cecil Davis and Susan McDonald, who collectively contributed nearly $1 million to Kansas Wesleyan University to benefit students for years to come. More info