Our History and Traditions
KWU’s Historical Timeline
1885: The Northwest Kansas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church’s (a predecessor of the United Methodist Church) raised $3,500 to fund a new college. 堪萨斯的几个城市提交了申办新学院的申请, but the District accepted Salina’s offer of 15 acres and $26,000 towards the first building, known simply as the Administration building.
1886 | Sept. 15: The Administration Building 向第一届2名(一名大四学生和一名大一学生)敞开了大门, 61 preparatory class students, and 11 faculty members. Tuition and fees were $13 per term.
1887: Henry M. Mayo becomes the first graduate of Kansas Wesleyan.
“It is the strength acquired by meeting the obstacles and overcoming them that makes us better and stronger men and women. 正是战胜了这些障碍，我们才有勇气去完成人生中最伟大的事业.”
—Rev. H.M. Mayo, 1887 Graduation Speech
1890: Two student publications, the Wesleyan Lance and the Kansas Wesleyan Advocate, merge to form the Wesleyan Advance.
1891: C. W. 伯奇成为第一个在堪萨斯卫斯理完成所有工作的毕业生. He went on to earn a legal degree and established one of the first Kansas law firms: Burch, Litowich, and Royce.
1904: Kansas Wesleyan opened its first residence hall, Schuyler Hall, named in honor of a much-loved university founder, Dr. Aaron Schuyler.
1908: Construction began on KWU’s second academic facility, Carnegie Science Hall. The science hall contained classrooms, laboratories, a museum, a telescope, and the university library.
1909: The University Methodist Church (known as the University United Methodist Church, UUMC) was organized to serve the university and south Salina, with services held in the KWU Administration Building until 1917 when the current church building was constructed adjacent to the campus.
1911字体格伦·马丁(1908)驾驶着他自制的飞机在靠近校园的萨利纳南部上空飞行. Martin attended Kansas Wesleyan Business College 但后来搬到加州，建立了几家飞机和航天公司.
1916年的今天，十大赌博平台排行榜的第一个永久性体育设施——国王体育馆开放. Named for Dean Albert King, a KWU professor, administrator, and supporter, the gym contained a swimming pool, basketball court, lockers, and other facilities. The face of the beloved clock which graced the gym, was salvaged after a fire destroyed the gym in 1987. 钟面被保存在先锋队大厅的先遣队办公室里.
1918: Kansas Wesleyan contributes to the First World War by conducting the “Student Army Training Corps.”
1921: The Administration Building is moved to a new campus location to make room for a new administration building, the Hall of the Pioneers (Pioneer Hall).
1922: Excavation begins on Pioneer Hall, but it is two more years before the cornerstone is laid. 这座建筑直到1930年才完工，尽管它从1926年开始部分使用.
1928:山姆教堂的格拉夫顿俱乐部壁画“拓荒者的到来”是专门的.
1928: The KCAC is formed with KWU, Bethany College, Ottawa University, Baker University, McPherson College, and the University of St. Mary’s.
1928: Ruple Perkins of Athens, OH, a running back for the Coyotes, 成为第一位在堪萨斯大学打橄榄球的非裔美国人. 尽管受到拒绝与他同场竞技的球队的歧视, 他在大一和大二的时候获得了kcac最佳阵容的荣誉.
1930堪萨斯州卫斯理大学的学费、食宿费每年总计400美元.
1936: Marking its 50th anniversary, KWU has grown to 24 faculty members and a student body of 450.
1940: Glenn Martin Stadium 是由工务署(WPA)的劳工建造的，其中包括我校的学生. The football team wins the KCAC Championship.
“我学了三年工商管理，还踢了三年足球. We played the whole 60 minutes. The entire team was 20 players. We won the school’s first KCAC Championship in 1940. I also helped build Martin Stadium as a Works Project Administration project and got paid 25 cents an hour. Only three students on campus had a car back then.”—Bill Keeler ’44
1940: Kansas Wesleyan holds the inaugural Lilac Fete.
1948: Memorial Library 是为了纪念在二战中牺牲的24名学生而建的吗. Students help transport the books from Carnegie Science Hall to the new building using stretchers.
1956:中大获中北部协会认证, now called the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The University continues this accreditation today.
“The women’s dorm, Pfeiffer Hall, had curfew hours. Miss Jean Bradley, the Housemother, 站在前门，她在晚上十点半准时锁门.m. or midnight! 如果你在晚上10点20分左右走近菲佛·霍尔的前门.m. on weeknights—or 11:50 p.m. 星期六，你会看到一群夫妻在离正门二三十码的地方. 显然，他们会握手并互道“晚安”.’”—Bob Pinkall ’58
1968: Enrollment hits a record 800 students. Many male students are shuttled to campus from rented barracks at the former Schilling Air Base because the campus residence halls are full.
1968: Women’s athletics begins with the formation of the Association of Kansas Women’s Intercollegiate Sports.
1969: A men’s dorm is opened. 在20世纪90年代中期之前，它一直被称为“新男子宿舍”，后来更名为韦斯利宿舍.
1978: KWU堪萨斯三角洲分会阿尔法气荣誉社会被特许.
1979: Muir Gymnasium is built.
“I remember the games, the lectures, the connection to the University Church and many more things that made Kansas Wesleyan feel like home. 我最尴尬的时刻是我炸毁了Dr. Neuberger’s microbiology class. I went on to graduate in 1977 with a B.S., simultaneously with my R.N. diploma from Asbury Hospital School of Nursing.”
—Jerri Phillips ’77, ’92, ’07
1986: The KWU Athletics Hall of Fame is launched with 100 inductees to celebrate KWU’s 100th anniversary.
1988: KWU acquires the Asbury nursing program, located at Asbury-Salina Regional Medical Center. In 1994, the program moved to campus.
“When I arrived at Kansas Wesleyan in 1980, I was an inner city kid from Newark, NJ, coming from a single-parent household. I was the first one in my family to attend college. I remember Homecoming, Lilac Fete, the Christmas concerts and dinner at a professor’s house for those who couldn’t go home for Thanksgiving. 我不仅学会了如何独自生活，还学会了如何在卫斯理大学生活.”—John Brooks ’84
1994: MBA program is launched; fiber optic cable is run to most of the buildings on campus.
“Being in choir was the greatest joy for me at KWU, and choir tour was one of my favorite experiences. The musical performances were fun, but the bus trip and traveling with my friends was the best.”—Amanda (Montgomery) Gutierrez ’92
2006: The first Project HERO (Helping Everyone Reach Out) day, the brainchild of two seniors, is organized by the Student Activity Board, and continues annually giving KWU students an opportunity to give back to the local community through community service projects.
2008: The Student Activities Center opens and includes the Hauptli Student Center, Brown Mezzanine, Mabee Arena, Muir Gymnasium, The Den and Yotee’s Bookstore.
2010:传理系学生首次推出九教工网络广播.
2011:阿尔伯特·纳尔逊学生成功中心在纪念图书馆开放.
2014: Demolition begins on Glenn Martin Stadium to make way for the Graves Family Sports Complex.
2014: Wesleyan Journey program is launched.
2015: $1.2 million of technology upgrades expand Wi-Fi and fund the installation of new fiber cable in every campus building.
2015: The Graves Family Sports Complex stadium opens Oct. 3 to a then-record crowd of 2,011; legendary coach Gene Bissell helped cut the ribbon as the new Gene Bissell Field was dedicated.
2015: KWU forms the only marching band in the KCAC.
2016: Three fully online degrees are launched: Bachelor’s degrees in Criminal Justice and Emergency Management and a Master’s degree in Business Administration.
January 2021: The $5 million Nursing Education Center opens.
Historic Campus Buildings
- Lockwood Hall(1886—1959)
The first building on campus, Lockwood Hall, was completed on September 15, 1886年允许十大赌博平台排行榜第一次敞开大门. The city of Salina donated 15 acres and $26,该项目的其余资金则是通过捐赠获得的. The initial three story structure contained class rooms, laboratories, a chapel, a museum, a hall for literary societies and the president’s room. In 1921, the building was relocated at a cost of $40,000 to make room for the new administration building. 1922年6月6日，举行了一场纪念牧师的奉献仪式. J.H. Lockwood, pioneer founder of KWU and on its first board of trustees, and the building was renamed in his honor. 这座建筑被用于文理学院，直到先锋堂的建设完成. 洛克伍德大厅当时是音乐和艺术部门的所在地，直到1959年被拆除.
- KW Business College (1892—1935)
- Schuyler Hall (1904—1966)
1904年开始建造一座女子宿舍，估计耗资约1.2万美元. 这个项目的每一个方面，包括劳动力和材料，都与一个捐助者联系在一起. In September of 2004, students began to move in to the building even though only two of the four floors were completed. At its completion, Schuyler Hall contained 50 large student rooms, 可容纳200人的餐厅、接待室和图书室. 该项目包括周边基础设施在内的总成本为1.7万美元. The new women’s residence hall was dedicated in honor of Dr. Aaron Schuyler, the university’s second president. The dining hall was dedicated in honor of Mr. F.D. Kimble, a generous donor.
- Carnegie Science Hall (1908 — 1979)
The construction of this much needed science hall was made possible by the conditional gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie in the amount of $25,000. He stipulated that an equal amount must be raised by Kansas Wesleyan and all outstanding deficits were to be cleared. The cornerstone was laid on November 15, 1908. The three story brick structure was surmounted by an observatory dome that housed a 12 inch reflecting telescope. 这座建筑的第一层和第二层有四个大的背诵室, lab and apparatus rooms and teachers offices. 三楼被临时改建为大学的图书馆和博物馆. The building stood strong until 1979.
- King Gymnasium (1916—1987)
1914年10月15日，学校举行了新体育馆的奠基仪式. The construction was made possible largely due to the efforts of Dean King and a group of his professional associates. 该组织为该项目争取到了1.4万美元的现金和认捐. 经过多次延期，1915年10月2日奠基. The building was completed and dedicated to King in 1916. The estimated value of the building was $35,000 without equipment and was considered by many to be among the finest athletics structures in the state of Kansas at the time. The structure stood proudly until 1987, 1979年，由于一场火灾造成的结构损坏，它被夷为平地.
- TW Roach President’s House (1909—1966)
- Pioneer Hall & Sams Chapel (1922—present)
Construction for the new administration building, officially known as the Hall of the Pioneers, began in 1921 after the original administration building was moved to the southwest corner of campus. 新建筑的大部分框架在1923年完成. On March 29, 1924, the cornerstone laying ceremony took place with the deposit of a time capsule. 社区成员对冗长的建设工程感到沮丧, 因此，当地专业人士发起了一项活动，目标是筹集50美元,000. Thanks to a generous donation of $25,000 by E.C. Sams, the president and chairman of the board of J.C. Penney, the $50,000 was raised by 1925. On May 30, 1926 Sams Chapel was dedicated in honor of E.C. Sams’ parents. The project was finished in late 1929, 允许在1930年在大楼里开设春季课程. 落成的先锋队纪念堂的奉献和庆祝活动, 感谢所有为维持这所大学付出时间和资金的先驱们, took place on September 14, 1930.
- JW Bean Memorial Wishing Well (1928—present)
- Glenn Martin Stadium(1940—2014)
Glenn L. Martin Stadium served as the home field for Kansas Wesleyan University from its official name dedication in 1940 to its demolition in early 2014 to make way for the new Sports Complex. 这座旧体育场是堪萨斯众多工程项目管理局(WPA)项目之一.
Martin Stadium was under lights with night games starting in 1983 and ending in October 2006. The stadium and well-used field were also to Sacred Heart High School Football beginning in 1978 and continuing through fall 2013.
Glenn Martin 1933 Visit for KWU Honor – Salina Journal
Glenn Martin 1940 Advance Story
Glenn Martin Biography and Obituary
- Memorial Library(1947—present)
在1948年之前，堪萨斯卫斯理图书馆位于卡内基音乐厅. The cornerstone for Memorial Library was laid in 1948, and the building was dedicated to all Kansas Wesleyan students and families that lost their lives during World War II. Today, the library is home to over 60,000 book volumes, over 9,500 journals and magazines, 数以百计的dvd和数以万计的电子书和杂志.
- Pfeiffer Hall (1951—present)
- Sams Hall of Fine Arts (1952—present)
- South Hall Apartments (1957—present)
- North Hall Apartments (1958—present)
- Highland House (1966—present)
- Greek Hall (1966—1969)
- Independence Hall (1966—1969)
- Frederick Conrad Peters Science Hall (1969—present)
- Fieldhouse (1969—2013)
- Wesley Hall (1969—present)
- Muir Gymnasium (1979—present)
- Hauptli Student Activity Center (2006—present)
- Mabee Arena (2006—present)
