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Editor's note: This is the first in a Spring semester series of student blogs that will cover topics relevant to the prospective KWU student.  I’m Skylar Nelson, a senior at Kansas Wesleyan University studying English. I was born in a hospital only blocks away from KWU, so it seems...

Kansas Wesleyan’s speech and debate team excelled at the recent Gorlok Gala, a tournament hosted virtually by Webster University. The tournament is, with the exception of national events, the largest KWU attends each year.  Abby Wray (Wichita, Kan.) was the tournament champion in...

The newest addition to the flourishing Kansas Wesleyan University campus, the Nursing Education Center, will be dedicated Friday, Feb. 19 with a special virtual ceremony. The event will begin at 3:30 p.m. and can be viewed at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/kwu. KWU...

For the fourth consecutive year, Kansas Wesleyan’s DECA program asserted itself as the top team in the state. The KWU squad won 39 of a possible 41 medals and took first place in 15 of 18 events at the DECA state meet Jan. 29 in Hillsboro. Eli Truhe, Taylor Lang and Ryann Kats led...

Coming off perhaps the most successful term in the school’s 134-year history, Kansas Wesleyan launched its spring semester on Jan. 19.  KWU’s recent progress is signified in part by the university’s first new, on-campus exclusively academic building in more than 50 years – the...

Long-time Kansas Wesleyan Debate and Forensics coach Gary Harmon was recently named the region's recipient of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Outstanding Speech/Debate/Theatre Educator Award. Harmon’s award represents NFHS Section 5, which...

Lori Wright, Kansas Wesleyan University’s associate professor of Art, puts her fascination with human identity on display in her newest art exhibit, “More Than a Glance.” Featured at CityArts in Wichita, located at 344 N. Mead, her work exploring the expressiveness of human eyes is...

At the age of 60, Dr. Milt Allen is still learning. His most recent classroom, however, was an unlikely one: Mount Kilimanjaro.  The chair of the KWU Department of Music began his ascent of the mountain, which is the highest single free-standing mountain in the world, on Dec. 13...

Kansas Wesleyan has announced a slate of on-campus events in February to honor Black History Month. The events will be sponsored by KWU’s Multicultural Student Affairs Association.  “We’re excited about the events we have coming up in February,” said Dr. Allen Smith, KWU’s director...

Kansas Wesleyan University has named alumna Claire Houk (Massey) ’17 Director of Recruitment and Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement, effective immediately. Houk ’17 enters her new role following several months as the Associate Director of Admissions. In her new position, she...