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KWU Wind Ensemble Named Semifinalist for Prestigious Honor

The Kansas Wesleyan University Wind Ensemble has been named a semifinalist for the American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music.  KWU is one of 22 semifinalists in the college and university division, joining such schools as the University of...

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KWU Wind Ensemble to Host Honor Band Concert Thursday

Fresh off an exciting week of concerts during Fusion!, the KWU Festival of Music, Kansas Wesleyan’s department of music will welcome groups of select high school students for a special event on Thursday, Feb. 13. The groups will perform selections during a concert beginning at 7:30...

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KWU DECA Captures 29 Medals at State Meet

Kansas Wesleyan’s DECA squad captured an impressive 29 medals, 15 of them first-place honors, at the 2020 state meet, held on Feb. 3 at Tabor College in Hillsboro.  Four KWU competitors—Matthew Whitsitt (Newton, Kan.), Ryann Kats (Prairie View, Kan.), Dillon Harriger (Kearney, Mo...

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KWU to Host Women in Religion Forum

Kansas Wesleyan’s religion and philosophy department will welcome two special guests for its second annual Women in Religion event on Thursday, Feb. 20. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in Fitzpatrick Auditorium, and admission is free. This year’s forum will discuss the role of the...

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Graves ’76 to Speak at Inaugural KWU Scholarship Gala

Editor's Note: This event, along with the remainder of Alumni, Family & Community Weekend, has been cancelled due to the situation surrounding the coronavirus.  Kansas Wesleyan University and the KWU Foundation will welcome The Honorable William P. (Bill) Graves ’76, former Gov...

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KWU Debate and Forensics Competes in St. Louis

The KWU debate and forensics team traveled to St. Louis, Mo. to compete at the 90th annual Gorlok Gala at Webster University Jan. 24–26.  In debate, the team of Cassity Morlan (Kechi, Kan.) and Dallas McMillen (Manchester, Kan.) went 5-0 in the preliminary rounds of open...

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DECA Team Readies for State Competition

Kansas Wesleyan’s DECA team will look for another quality performance Monday, Feb. 3 when the squad heads to Hillsboro for the annual state competition. The 16-student Coyote squad will face off against teams from around the Sunflower State, including Fort Hays State, Ottawa...

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Special Effects Makeup Artist to Deliver Seminar at KWU

Special effects makeup artist Amanda Wells will conduct a seminar and display on theatrical and cinematic special effects makeup on Friday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. The event will be held in Room 200 at KWU’s Sams Hall of Fine Arts, and admission is free.  Wells has over a decade of...

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KWU Announces Fall Honor Rolls

Kansas Wesleyan University announced its fall honor rolls Friday, Jan. 24, a listing of 235 students across two separate honor rolls.  Full-time students who accumulated a 3.75 grade point average or better during the fall semester were named to the President’s Honor Roll, while...

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Women’s Basketball’s Hinz Earns National Recognition

This story originally appeared on KWUCoyotes.com on January 21, 2020.  Kelcey Hinz's outstanding performance last week has not gone unnoticed. Just a day after earning Kansas Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week honors, Hinz was announced as the NAIA Division II Women's...

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