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Kansas Wesleyan University

We invite you to join us for KWU’s Homecoming 2026 and share in the 140th anniversary of Kansas Wesleyan!

Thursday, Oct. 15
5:30 p.m. | Downtown Pep Rally Campbell Plaza
7:30 p.m. | Theatre Production Fitzpatrick Auditorium

Friday, Oct. 16
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Homecoming Headquarters Student Activities Center
10 a.m. | Coyote Golf Outing Salina Country Club
Play golf with your classmates, friends or KWU faculty/staff
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Art Gallery Display The Gallery in Sams Hall of Fine Arts
10 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Alumni College
11 a.m. – Noon | Campus Tours Student Activities Center – Check out what’s new and exciting since you graduated.
11 a.m. | Theatre Production Fitzpatrick Auditorium
11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.| Kickoff Luncheon for Students and Alumni Bieber Dining Hall
1 – 2 p.m. | 7x7x7 Lecture Series Peters Science Hall 201 – KWU Students will share about their experiences
Seven speakers, seven minutes and seven different topics. Q&A after the seventh speaker.
2:30 p.m. | Homecoming Kickoff Worship Service Student Activities Center
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Self-Guided Campus Tours Student Activities Center – Check out what’s new and exciting since you graduated.
3:30 p.m. | KWU Women’s Basketball Scrimmage Mabee Arena
4:15 p.m. | KWU Men’s Basketball Scrimmage Mabee Arena
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. | Golden W 50 Year and Beyond Alumni Social Bieber (Music) Hall Lobby
7 p.m. | Music Concert and Hall of Fame Induction
8 p.m. | KWU Alumni and Friends Social Library Bar & Grill (1307 S. Santa Fe Ave., Salina)
Reminisce and network with your fellow Coyotes from all decades. Drinks on your own.
Class Reunions- 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021, 2026

Saturday, Oct. 17
7 a.m. | Coyote 5K Information and Route TBD
9:00 am | Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Alumni Association Awards, Recognition – Muir Gym
Tickets are $20 adults/$10 children under 10 yrs.
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Homecoming Headquarters Student Activities Center
10 a.m. | Coyote Preview Day
10 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Art Gallery Display Sams Hall of Fine Art – The Gallery
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Self-Guided Campus Tours
11 a.m.| Alumni Flag Football Laha Practice Field
11 a.m. |Baseball Alumni Game East Crawford Recreation Area
11 a.m. | Softball Alumni Game Bill Burke Recreation Area
11 a.m. – Noon | Alumni Council Meeting Stanton Conference Room
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Lunch Bieber Dining Hall
Noon | All Alumni Photos Pioneer Hall Steps
Noon | Volleyball vs. Oklahoma Wesleyan Mabee Arena
1 p.m.| Women’s Developmental Volleyball Mabee Arena
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. |KWU Tailgate – The Library (The Howl to perform at 3:15 p.m.)
4 p.m. | Football vs. Saint Mary – Graves Family Sports Complex
After the game | KWU Alumni and Friends Outdoor Social – The Library Sports Bar & Grill
Reminisce and network with your fellow Coyotes from all decades. Drinks on your own.
Class Reunions- 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021, 2026

Sunday, Oct. 18
10:30 a.m.| Worship Service – University United Methodist Church
1:30 p.m. | Developmental Football Game – Graves Family Sports Complex

Kansas Wesleyan University

100 E. Claflin Avenue
Salina, KS 67401

785-827-5541

Kansas Wesleyan University admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and/or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.