Experiential Learning

Wesleyan Kicks Shoe Drive

Wesleyan Kicks is a shoe drive hosted by Kentucky Wesleyan College’s Campus Ministries. Shawn Tomes is the head of the program and intends for the program to be ongoing to future semesters.

Kentucky Wesleyan Students Serve Again at Give Kids The World

This article first appeared in the Owensboro Messenger Inquirer on Jan. 8, 2017.  By Bobbie Hayse Messenger-Inquirer For some, serving the less fortunate puts things into perspective After a New Year’s Eve party in Kissimmee, Florida, that Kentucky Wesleyan College students have hosted for the past three years, Matt Ruark watched parents filming their sick…

Kentucky Wesleyan College students create web series in first-ever class

This article originally appeared in the Owensboro Messenger Inquierer. By Bobbie Hayse, bhayse@messenger-inquirer.com, 270-691-7315, Twitter: @BobbieHayseMI Internet TV — like content seen on YouTube, Vimeo, Netflix, or Amazon — has been changing the way that people around the world watch media, and Kentucky Wesleyan College Assistant Professor English Tamara Coy designed an inaugural web TV…

Wesleyan Way Day of Service and Giving Tuesday Takes Place Nov. 28 and 29

Wesleyan and the college community reaffirmed its commitment to honor, support, integrity and love last November when it instituted The Wesleyan Way Day of Service and Giving Tuesday. The two-day event saw 141 volunteers give 172 hours in the name of service, as well as 275 gifts from alumni, friends and employees to the tune…

Discovery Festival will offer hands-on science fun

By Bobbie Hayse Messenger-Inquirer The Kentucky Science Center will partner with Kentucky Wesleyan College on June 4 for a free day of science, technology, engineering, arts and math events.

Kentucky Wesleyan offers first-ever Summer Explorations for middle school students

Kentucky Wesleyan College, in partnership with the Owensboro Family YMCA, will offer Summer Explorations, an academic enrichment experience which engages middle school students (explorers) in a college setting. Explorers will participate in a variety of highly motivating and engaging hands-on explorations (classes) in the arts, humanities, sciences and mathematics. In STEM, students will explore various…

KWC connects students, service organizations

By Austin Ramsey Messenger-Inquirer May 24, 2016 Kentucky Wesleyan College’s new Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning is looking to create an educational experience for students based on giving rather than receiving.

Summer Explorations Camp for Middle School Students

In partnership with the Owensboro Family YMCA, Kentucky Wesleyan College offers Summer Explorations, a fun, one-week enrichment program for middle school aged children. Held on the KWC campus and taught by KWC faculty, students and staff, the program offers an age-appropriate taste of the college experience, complete with alternating schedule of classes. Participants rotate through…

350 OMS students heading to KWC Thursday

A story from the Owensboro Messenger Inquirer More than 350 Owensboro Middle School students will be spending the day Thursday on the Kentucky Wesleyan College campus learning about business, economics and careers.

Kentucky Wesleyan College Offers Travel Opportunity in Cuba

Owensboro, Ky. (Sept. 30, 2015)  –  Kentucky Wesleyan College is offering a travel course, International Studies in Cuba, from Saturday, Feb. 27 to Saturday, March 5, 2016. Participants will explore the island, its history and culture and get to know the people of Cuba while visiting Havana and the Pinar del Rio region, historic and…