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Kansas Wesleyan University has announced Katelin Keough, a transfer from Hesston College, as the winner of the first Dr. Rebecca Chopp Scholarship Competition, contested virtually in early March.  Keough (Albany, Ore.) intends to major in Communications and will join KWU this fall...

Famous Greek physician and Father of Medicine, Hippocrates, once said, “Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.” Even if Hippocrates had not referred to medicine as art, it is irrelevant to Kansas Wesleyan University alumna Meriah (Forbes) Moore....

Kansas Wesleyan University’s Debate and Forensics team capped its 2020-21 season March 25–28 with a spectacular performance at the National Christian College Forensics Invitational (NCCFI), a national competition centered around Christian educational institutions. The team won...

Kansas Wesleyan University’s Nursing program has been moved to full approval by the Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN), following a vote taken by the Board Wednesday morning, March 24. The vote, which is effective through 2023, gives KWU’s program full accreditation and approval...

Kansas Wesleyan’s debate and forensics team finished in the top-15 nationally in three categories at the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament, held virtually March 18-21. The tournament is believed to be the largest debate and forensics tournament in the country, with...

Kansas Wesleyan's Department of Music resumes its spring schedule Friday, when every KWU ensemble and vocal group takes to the stage for the President's Concert. The event gets underway at 7:30 p.m.  The event will be streamed live and free of charge, and is accessible at this link...

Kansas Wesleyan’s debate and forensics team excelled at a tournament hosted virtually by Bowling Green State University earlier this month. It was the team’s final tune-up before various national-level competitions later in March.  Savannah Bonilla (Salina, Kan.) led the way, as...

Kansas Wesleyan announced Wednesday the spring winners of the Bill McMosley scholarship competition, held in a virtual setting during late February. The winners come from four different disciplines and four different Kansas cities.  Madeleine Johnson (Hugoton/Hugoton HS) intends to...

For nearly 135 years, Kansas Wesleyan University and the Salina Family YMCA have stood just miles apart. The two organizations have always enjoyed a strong relationship, but have now taken that partnership to another level.  KWU and the Y announced Monday that, beginning April 1,...

As a young girl, Kathy Sweeney ’05 always knew she wanted to be a nurse.   The notion was reinforced whenever she visited her pediatrician’s office, Dr. Oliver Martin and Dr. William Null.  “I always knew that was my calling,” the Salina native said. “I would be a nurse. I...