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Looking to build relationships with your fellow Coyotes? Kansas Wesleyan can help, even if you're at a distance! The Advancement Office has announced a handful of virtual events that will be conducted in the coming months.

Dan O’Connell has started each day the past five months with the same, sobering routine.

“I wake up and see the meetings I have and what kind of webinars I have to educate myself on every new aspect of COVID,” said O’Connell, Kansas Wesleyan’s Head Athletic Trainer.

Before March, O’Connell’s job was mostly similar to what he had done his entire career, the last six as head trainer at KWU. Help Coyote student-athletes maintain their health, treat them when they were hurt, guide them through rehabilitation, serve as a sounding board and quasi-counselor/psychologist.

Kansas Wesleyan Athletics is taking the 10th Annual Night with the Yotes fundraising event global. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, KWU has chosen to cancel the in-person portion of the August 15 event and take the auction online.

KWU officials plan to hold the auction completely online and increase its length, as the event will now begin October 10 and run through October 31. More details regarding the auction will be released on August 15, the original date for the Night with the Yotes event. 

Kansas Wesleyan University has announced a pair of student support hires, with the goal of effectively meeting the academic and personal needs of all students, particularly those from historically underrepresented groups.