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Vanier Family Invests $1M in Nursing Program

On the heels of a $1 million donation from the Salina Regional Health Center, Kansas Wesleyan announced today that the Jack and Donna Vanier family is providing its own $1 million gift to help create a new, state-of-the-art Nursing Education Center. The building, located at 135 E....

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Nursing Program Receives $1M From Salina Regional

Salina Regional Health Center’s Board of Trustees has a vision for the future of nursing education, and Kansas Wesleyan is the focal point.  The hospital Board of Trustees announced this week that it will donate a total of $1 million to KWU to secure that future in the form of $600...

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Graduation and End of the year message from President and CEO Matt Thompson

On May 11, Kansas Wesleyan University graduated 148 students – 124 undergraduates and 24 who earned their Master’s in Business Administration. That graduating class represented students from 19 different states and 5 countries. Click this link to see an end of the year message from...

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KWU Grad named as new county Emergency Management Director

Saline County has hired a new emergency management director. Michelle Barkley ‘18 will take over the position. Barkley graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University with a degree in Emergency Management and minors in Criminal Justice and Unmanned Aircraft Systems.  She worked with the...

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DECA Winners

Six Kansas Wesleyan University business students had top-10 finishes in national collegiate academic competition two weeks ago in Florida. Competing at the Distributive Education Clubs of America national competition at the International Career Development Conference in Orlando,...

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Dr. David Silverman received the Executive Director Award for Service

Dr. David Silverman, Associate Professor of Communications Studies, recently received the Executive Director Award for Service at the national conference for the Popular Culture Association in Washington, D.C.  Lynn Bartholome conferred the award. The annual conference features...

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Dr. Steve Hoekstra appointed to the National Council of Alpha Chi

Dr. Steve Hoekstra, Professor of Psychology, Chair of the Division of Social Sciences and Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies Program at Kansas Wesleyan University, was appointed to the National Council of Alpha Chi. The National Council, Alpha Chi’s chief governing body, is an...

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Arbor Day celebration

The Kansas Wesleyan University annual Arbor Day celebration is set for Friday, only this time there is a growing reason to participate. Last February, the university achieved the prestigious designation of 2018 Tree Campus USA from the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to...

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KWU to Celebrate Women in History

Kansas Wesleyan University will celebrate Women’s History Month by hosting a conversation on the role of women in religion. “Women in Religion – An evening of dialogue on the role of women in world religions,” will be held on Thursday, March 21, at 7 p.m. in Fitzpatrick Auditorium...

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Women in Music

One hundred years after the U.S. Constitution was amended, Kansas Wesleyan University Director of Bands Carl Rowles wants to celebrate. The assistant professor of music has embarked on an ambitious project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Suffragette movement that gave...

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