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Intern Spotlight – Holly Hale ’24

Check out this Panther Intern spotlight on Holly Hale ’24! Holly is currently interning for Taryn (Lewis) Polio ’16, PA-C and her team at Advanced Center for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine! 
 

Kentucky Wesleyan College and University of Louisville College of Business establish partnership for master of science in accounting and analytics

The Kentucky Wesleyan College Terry Woodward Center for Business Studies and the University of Louisville College of Business have established a significant partnership to offer KWC graduates expedited admission to UofL’s master of science in accounting and analytics (MSAA Pathway Program). The admission elements acknowledge the quality of KWC’s graduates while reducing the cost and uncertainty associated with the application process and consist of waiving a standardized examination, waiving UofL’s application fee and strong scholarship consideration for students who meet specific criteria.

“This agreement recognizes the high quality of Kentucky Wesleyan’s business and accounting programs and the exceptional quality of our graduates,” said Dr. James Cousins, provost and vice president of academic affairs at KWC. “The University of Louisville’s master of accounting and analytics complements our undergraduate programs nicely and can be an excellent option for students considering graduate school.”

Why We Give – Rev. Chris ’74 and Ginny Madison

“I am profoundly grateful to Kentucky Wesleyan, where I grew up, formed lifelong friendships and received intellectual training that prepared me well for seminary and my career as a minister. My horizons expanded at KWC, and I learned who I was. I want to give back to my alma mater to help ensure that today’s students have the same quality education and formation I did.

“I encourage my fellow alumni to think back to their own KWC experiences with an attitude of gratitude and express that gratitude by giving back.”

Education
Major at KWC – Religion and philosophy.
Master’s degree from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Ill.

Career
Retired from United Methodist parish ministry in 2010 and from hospital chaplaincy in 2019, both in Indiana; certified in Spiritual Formation by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church and endorsed and certified as a United Methodist chaplain.

Kentucky Wesleyan College raises $652,159 on record-breaking Giving Tuesday

College benefactors break half million-dollar goal, setting record for fifth straight year

Kentucky Wesleyan College raised $652,159 on Giving Tuesday, smashing its $500,000 goal and setting a new single-day giving record for the fifth straight year. KWC has now realized over $2.7 million in charitable contributions from alumni, friends, students and employees in its nine years of participation in the global day of giving.

“Kentucky Wesleyan College is so incredibly grateful for these investments, which though designated to various funds and departments across our campus, ultimately benefit our students and their experience,” said President Thomas Mitzel. “Records are set when there is a common belief in the mission, and we are motivated even more by this support to continue the incredible work that has been happening at Kentucky Wesleyan College for over 165 years.”

KWC Giving Tuesday participation included a record 89 gifts of $1,000 or more to renew or join the College’s 1858 Society and featured four new members of the Young Alumni President’s Circle. Several generous matching gift challenges were unlocked by investors, including a match from President and Mrs. Mitzel, Board of Trustees Chair Fred Wright ’80 and a student philanthropy challenge to support the Class of 2024 Senior Gift, courtesy of young alumni Kirk ’17 and Summer (Crick) Aldridge ’14. Investors also claimed 242 limited edition Christmas ornaments featuring the College’s beloved Barnard-Jones Administration Building with gifts of $100 or more.

Student Spotlight – Macy Dame ’24 

Hometown: Owensboro

Major: English and theatre 

Why did you choose to attend KWC?

“KWC felt like home. I absolutely love our beautiful campus and was entranced with the tightknit community and genuine family atmosphere.”

 Who have been your mentors while here?
“I have been fortunate enough to have several wonderful mentors at KWC!  Professor Tamara Coy in the English Department is someone I look up to and admire very much. She has encouraged all my creative writing pieces and has given me the tools to begin writing my own scripts and short stories. Professor Janella Moy has also been a fabulous role model! She is one of my faculty advisors as an English major and Honors Program student and has given me some of the best constructive advice I have received. I know I have grown so much as a writer and as a student from her classes and feedback. Professor Dennis Jewett is another wonderful mentor! He has been my choir director since my sophomore year, and he has helped with several of the plays and musicals on campus. Professor Jewett has always been very encouraging and kind, and I feel he has believed in me when I haven’t believed in my own abilities.”

Meet Jim Koehnle, Assistant Professor of Theatrical Design and Technology

Please join us in welcoming Professor Koehnle to KWC and enjoy reading about his life and career below. 

Career:
Jim Koehnle has been working in the technical theatre industry for over 25 years. Most recently, he was the managing director, technical director and resident scenic designer for Seagle Festival in the Adirondack region of Upstate New York. Jim’s scenic designs at Seagle Festival include “Little Women,” “Sweeney Todd,” “The Pirates of Penzance,” “Falstaff,”  “Romeo and Juliet,” “With Blood, With Ink” and the world premiere of “Roscoe.” He was the associate scenic designer for the world premiere production of “Voire Dire” at the Fort Worth Opera and the associate scenic designer for the world premiere of “The Falling and The Rising” at Texas Christian University. He has worked as a props artisan and props carpenter for the Virginia Stage Company and Syracuse Stage.

Kentucky Wesleyan to present annual Festival of Lessons and Carols at St. Stephen Cathedral

 Kentucky Wesleyan College invites the community to begin the Holiday season at the Festival of Lessons and Carols, “Tidings of Great Joy,” Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. at St. Stephen Cathedral at 610 Locust St. The Wesleyan Singers, Wesleyan Chorale and Shepard Brass of Evansville will present Owensboro’s adaptation of the famous Nine Lessons and Carols, offered since 1918 at King’s College in Cambridge, England, and broadcast around the world by the BBC.

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Senior soloists include Amber Carter, Melina Carter, Dakota DeGraw and Tracy McGee.

Professor Dennis Jewett directs the choirs. Professor Emeritus of Music Diane Earle is the accompanist. Shepard Brass includes two KWC faculty members, Drs. Tyler Simms and Patrick Stuckemeyer.

Wesleyan Theatre Works to present “Steel Magnolias”

Kentucky Wesleyan College’s Wesleyan Theatre Works will present “Steel Magnolias” Nov. 16-18 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. in the Ralph Fine Arts Center.

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Based on the real-life family of playwright Robert Harling, the story goes beyond Southern charm to the heart of a mother-daughter relationship and the bonds of friendship and support among women. Originally a play before it was a hit movie, the action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, La., where all the ladies who are anybody are clients. Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby, who is a diabetic, risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others and draws on the underlying strength and love which give the play and its characters special qualities to make them touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.