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SALINA, Kan. - Kansas Wesleyan University announced its spring honor rolls on Tuesday, June 2, a listing of 266 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...

The below is the full text of a message from Dr. Matt Thompson, KWU President, regarding the recent national strife, published at 3 p.m. June 1, 2020.  Dear Kansas Wesleyan Community, The last few days have been a dynamic and painful time throughout our nation after the death of...

Kansas Wesleyan University has announced important changes to its planned fall semester schedule. The university will be open and hold on-ground courses, as previously announced May 1. However, the university has set earlier start and end dates to the semester to help ensure best...

Kansas Wesleyan University honored multiple seniors with end-of-year awards at the conclusion of the 2019-20 school year. The school also announced that Dr. Meredith Drees, chair of the religion and philosophy department, was the recipient of KWU’s top faculty honor, the Exemplary...

Franco Rivas has traveled the world in his pursuit of becoming a better videographer. Rivas, a native of La Calera, Argentina, first came to KWU in 2014 to play soccer for two years (2014 and 2015), graduating in 2015. Since leaving Salina he has lived and worked in Australia,...

Kansas Wesleyan finished third in the HelperHelper NAIA Challenge which tracks community service by student-athletes, marking the third consecutive year that KWU has finished within the top three in the challenge. In a change from previous years, the HelperHelper Challenge was held...

The Kansas Wesleyan Foundation recently elected its officers for the upcoming 2020-21 year.  Bob Meyer ‘73 will chair the foundation, with Steve Scofield ’65 moving into the vice chair role.  Dennis Berndt ’92 will be the treasurer, with Jan Shirk ’17, the executive assistant to...

The Kansas Wesleyan University Alumni Association has selected its annual award winners, four individuals who bring particular honor to the university. The Alumni Achievement Award winner was Dr. Virginia Shaw '73. Dr. Shaw is a Salina native who currently resides in Hawaii, and...

Kansas Wesleyan University has announced, along with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the National Football League and Reigning Champs Experiences (RCX), the addition of women's flag football as an official sport on the Salina, Kan., campus beginning with the...

In celebration of their accomplishments, Kansas Wesleyan has sent celebration boxes to each of the members of its graduating Class of 2020. The boxes were sent over the past two weeks in recognition of the postponement of a traditional commencement ceremony. Each box contains a cap...