我们的历史和传统
大学的历史时间表
1885当前位置卫理公会圣公会的西北堪萨斯会议(联合卫理公会的前身)筹集了3美元,500美元资助一所新学院. Several Kansas cities submitted bids to host the new college, but the District accepted Salina’s offer of 15 acres and $26,向第一栋楼走去, known simply as the Administration building.
1886 | 9月. 15: 行政大楼 开放ed its doors to the first class of 2 (a senior and a freshman) college students, 预科班学生61名, 11名教职员工. Tuition and fees were $13 per term.
1887亨利·M. Mayo becomes the first graduate of Kansas Wesleyan.
“正是在面对障碍和克服障碍中获得的力量使我们变得更好、更强壮。. It is the victory over those obstacles that gives us the courage for life’s best work.”
牧师. H.M. 梅奥，1887年毕业演讲
1890: 两份学生刊物, the Wesleyan Lance and the Kansas Wesleyan Advocate, merge to form the Wesleyan Advance.
1891: C. W. Burch becomes the first graduate to complete all his work at Kansas Wesleyan. 他继续获得法律学位，并建立了堪萨斯州最早的律师事务所之一:Burch, Litowich, 和罗伊斯.
1904: Kansas Wesleyan 开放ed its first residence hall, 霍尔斯凯勒, named in honor of a much-loved university founder, Dr. 亚伦斯凯勒.
1908: Construction began on KWU’s second academic facility, 卡内基科学馆. The science hall contained classrooms, 实验室, 一个博物馆, 一个望远镜, 还有大学图书馆.
1909: University Methodist Church (known as the University United Methodist Church, UUMC) was organized to serve the university and south Salina, 直到1917年，现时的教堂建在邻近校园的地方，才在古武行政大楼举行礼拜.
1911: Glenn Martin flew his self-built plane over southern Salina, near campus. 马丁参加 堪萨斯卫斯理商学院 but later moved to California, establishing several aircraft and aerospace companies.
1916: King Gymnasium, Kansas Wesleyan’s first permanent athletic facility, 打开. 以院长阿尔伯特·金的名字命名, 中大教授, 管理员, 和支持者, 体育馆有一个游泳池, 篮球场, 储物柜, 和其他设施. The face of the beloved clock which graced the gym, was salvaged after a fire destroyed the gym in 1987. The clock face is preserved in the Advancement Office in the Hall of the Pioneers.
1918堪萨斯卫斯理学院通过组织“学生军训练团”为第一次世界大战做出了贡献.”
1921为了给新的行政大楼腾出地方，行政大楼搬到了新的校园位置, 先锋队纪念堂(先锋大厅).
1922拓荒者堂的挖掘工作已开始，但还要两年才能奠基. The building is not completed until 1930 although it is used in part starting in 1926.
1928: Grafton-Club mural “The Coming of the Pioneers” in Sams Chapel is dedicated.
1928: KCAC与KWU组成, 伯大尼大学, 渥太华大学, 贝克大学, 麦克弗森学院, 和圣. 玛丽的.
1928雅典的鲁珀金斯, OH, 土狼队的跑锋, becomes the first African-American to play college football in Kansas. Despite discrimination by teams that refused to take the field with him, he earned All-KCAC First Team honors his freshman and sophomore years.
1930: 千亿国际登录’s tuition, room and board total $400 a year.
1936:在建校50周年之际，大学的教职员工已增至24人，学生人数达450人.
1940: 格伦马丁体育场 is built with Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor, including KWU students. The football team wins the KCAC Championship.
“I studied Business Administration and played football for three years. 我们打了整整60分钟. 整个队有20名队员. We won the school’s first KCAC Championship in 1940. 我还帮助建造了马丁体育场，作为工程项目管理项目，每小时工资25美分. Only three students on campus had a car back then.——比尔·基勒，44岁
1940: Kansas Wesleyan holds the inaugural 淡紫色的节日.
1948: 纪念图书馆 is built and dedicated to the 24 students who died in World War II. 学生们用担架把这些书从卡内基科学馆运到新楼.
1958: KWU earns accreditation through the North Central Association, now called the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The University continues this accreditation today.
“The women’s dorm, Pfeiffer Hall, had curfew hours. 简·布莱德利小姐, 的女舍监, stood inside the front door … and she locked it exactly at 10:30 p.m. 或午夜! If you were to approach Pfeiffer Hall’s front door around 10:20 p.m. 工作日晚上——或者晚上11点50分.m. 在星期六，你会看到一群夫妻在离正门20或30码的地方. Obviously, they would be shaking hands and bidding each other ‘Good Night.’”——鲍勃·平卡尔58年
1968: Enrollment hits a record 800 students. 许多男生都是从前希林空军基地租来的营房接送到校园的，因为校园宿舍已经住满了.
1968: Women’s athletics, under the direction of Prof. 金妮·贝文，56岁, begins with the formation of the Association of Kansas Women’s Intercollegiate Sports.
1969一间男子宿舍开放了. It was called “New Men’s Dorm” until the mid-1990s, when it was renamed Wesley Hall.
1978: KWU Kansas Delta chapter of Alpha Chi honor society is chartered.
1979:缪尔体育馆建成.
“我记得那些比赛, 的讲座, 与大学教堂的联系以及其他许多让堪萨斯卫斯理有家的感觉的事情. My most embarrassing moment was when I blew up a microscope in Dr. 纽伯格的微生物课. I went on to graduate in 1977 with a B.S.，同时还有R.N. diploma from Asbury Hospital School of Nursing.”
——jerri Phillips, 77年，92年，07年
1986:为庆祝我校百年校庆，我校田径名人堂正式成立，共有100名新成员入选.
1988: KWU收购位于阿斯伯里-萨利纳地区医疗中心的阿斯伯里护理计划. 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. 我记得返校节, 淡紫色的节日, 圣诞音乐会和在教授家里为那些不能回家过感恩节的人准备的晚餐. I learned not only how to live alone but also how to live a life at Wesleyan.——约翰·布鲁克斯(1984
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. 音乐表演很有趣，但巴士之旅和我的朋友旅行是最好的.”—Amanda (Montgomery) Gutierrez ’92
2006: first Project HERO (Helping Everyone Reach Out) day, 两个高年级学生的创意, is organized by the Student Activity Board, 并继续每年为中大学生提供机会，透过社区服务计划回馈本地社区.
2008: 学生活动中心 打开 and includes the Hauptli Student Center, 布朗夹层, Mabee竞技场, 缪尔体育馆, Den and Yotee 's Spirit Store.
2010: Communication students launch the first Internet radio broadcast of KKWU.
2011: Albert Nelson Student Success Center 打开 in 纪念图书馆.
2014:格伦·马丁体育场开始拆除，为格雷夫斯家庭体育中心让路.
2015: $1.200万美元的技术升级扩展Wi-Fi，并为每栋校园建筑安装新的光纤电缆提供资金.
2015: Graves Family Sports Complex stadium 打开 Oct. 3人，而当时创纪录的2人,011; legendary coach Gene Bissell helped cut the ribbon as the new Gene Bissell Field was dedicated.
2016*推出三个完全在线学位:刑事司法和应急管理学士学位和工商管理硕士学位.
2021: 500万美元 护理教育中心 打开.
2024: 比伯大厅, 山姆教堂的新入口, 比伯餐厅, 新建的Shriwise咖啡馆, 开放.
校园历史建筑
- 洛克伍德霍尔(1886 - 1959)
校园里的第一座建筑, 洛克伍德霍尔, 9月15日完工, 1886 allowing Kansas Wesleyan to 开放 its doors for the first time. The city of Salina donated 15 acres and $26,000 while the rest of the money for the project was secured through donations. The initial three story structure contained class rooms, 实验室, 一座教堂, 一个博物馆, 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. On June 6, 1922 a service of dedication was held in memory of Rev. J.H. 洛克伍德, 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. 洛克伍德霍尔 then housed the Division of Music and Art until it was demolished in 1959.
- KW商学院(1892-1935)
- 斯凯勒大厅(1904-1966)
In 1904 construction began on a women’s residence hall estimated to cost around $12,000. Every aspect of the project, including labor and materials, was associated with a donor. 2004年9月, 学生们开始搬进这栋楼，尽管四层楼中只有两层完工. 完成后, 霍尔斯凯勒 contained 50 large student rooms, a dining room with accommodation for 200 and reception and library rooms. The total cost of the project, including surrounding infrastructure, totaled $17,000. The new women’s residence hall was dedicated in honor of Dr. 亚伦斯凯勒, the university’s second president. The dining hall was dedicated in honor of Mr. F.D. 金布尔，一个慷慨的捐赠者.
- 卡内基科学馆 (1908 — 1979)
这个迫切需要的科学大厅的建设是由有条件的捐赠. Andrew Carnegie in the amount of $25,000. 他规定，千亿国际登录必须筹集同等数额的资金，并清除所有未偿还的赤字. The cornerstone was laid on November 15, 1908. 这座三层砖砌建筑的顶部是一个天文台圆顶，里面装有一台12英寸的反射望远镜. The first and second floors of the building contained four large recitation rooms, lab and apparatus rooms and teachers offices. The third floor was temporarily revised for the university’s library and museum. The building stood strong until 1979.
- 国王体育馆(1916-1987)
A ground breaking ceremony was held on October 15, 1914 for the new gym on campus. 这一建筑之所以成为可能，很大程度上要归功于迪恩·金和他的一群专业同事的努力. The group was able to secure $14,000 in cash and pledges for the project. After numerous delays the cornerstone was laid on October 2, 1915. The building was completed and dedicated to King in 1916. The estimated value of the building was $35,它被许多人认为是当时堪萨斯州最好的体育设施之一. The structure stood proudly until 1987, when it was razed due to structural damage stemming from a fire in 1979.
- TW Roach President’s House (1909—1966)
- 先锋大厅 & 萨姆斯·查普尔(1922年至今)
Construction for the new administration building, officially known as the Hall of the Pioneers, 始建于1921年，原行政大楼迁至校园西南角. Much of the framework for the new building was completed by 1923. 1924年3月29日，奠基仪式在一个时间胶囊的沉淀下举行. Members of the community grew frustrated by the lengthy construction project, so a campaign was launched by local professionals with the goal of raising $50,000. 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. 山姆的父母. The project was finished in late 1929, allowing for spring classes to take place in the building during 1930. The dedication and celebration of the completed Hall of the Pioneers, for all of the pioneers who gave their time and funds to maintain the university, 发生在9月14日, 1930.
- JW Bean Memorial Wishing Well (1928—present)
- 格伦·马丁体育场(1940-2014)
格伦·L. 马丁体育场是千亿国际登录(千亿国际登录)的主场，从1940年正式命名到2014年初拆除，为新的体育中心让路. The old stadium was one of many Works Projects Administration (WPA) projects in Kansas.
马丁体育场从1983年开始在灯光下举办夜间比赛，直到2006年10月结束. 从1978年开始到2013年秋季，这座体育场和使用良好的场地也是圣心高中橄榄球队的主场.
Glenn Martin 1933 访问 for KWU Honor – Salina Journal
Glenn Martin Biography and Obituary
- 纪念图书馆(1947 -现在)
Prior to 1948, the Kansas Wesleyan library was housed in Carnegie Hall. The cornerstone for 纪念图书馆 was laid in 1948, 这座建筑是献给所有在第二次世界大战中丧生的堪萨斯卫斯理学生和家庭的. 今天, 图书馆里住着60多位老人,000册书, 在9,500种期刊和杂志, hundreds of DVDs and tens of thousands of electronic books and magazines.
- 菲佛·霍尔(1951 -至今)
- Sams Hall of Fine Arts (1952—present)
- South Hall Apartments (1957—present)
- North Hall Apartments (1958—present)
- 高地之家(1966年至今)
- 希腊大厅(1966-1969)
- 独立厅(1966-1969)
- Frederick Conrad Peters Science Hall (1969—present)
- Fieldhouse (1969 - 2013)
- 韦斯利·霍尔(1969年至今)
- 缪尔体育馆(1979年至今)
- Hauptli Student Activity Center (2006—present)
- Mabee竞技场(2006 -至今)
