KWU Ready for Homecoming 2026

Kansas Wesleyan's Homecoming 2026 is almost here! Events get underway Thursday evening and continue into Sunday, Oct. 18, as alumni, students and friends join together for a weekend of tradition, celebration and Coyote pride. The public is encouraged to attend.

The festivities begin Thursday evening with a downtown pep rally in Campbell Plaza (5:30 p.m.) and continue with alumni gatherings, campus activities, athletic events and opportunities for graduates to reconnect with classmates and all the latest happenings at KWU. The first showing of the annual fall play, "The Iliad, The Odyssey and all of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less," happens at 7:30 p.m., just after the pep rally.

The following day brings the Music collage concert and Hall of Fame induction (7 p.m.), the 7x7x7 lecture series (1 p.m.), the kickoff worship service with alumna Natalie Soukup '20 speaking (2:30 p.m), the Golden W recognition (5:30 p.m.), and more. Saturday welcomes the Alumni Award winners and the Jerry Jones Athletic Hall of Fame inductees (9 a.m.), the Homecoming football game against Saint Mary (4 p.m.) and many other events.

Among those Saturday events is a ceremony remembering Kay Quinn, former KWU student, employee, and leader among the Salina arts community. Quinn passed away in August. The ceremony will take place at a tree planted in her memory on the south side of Sams Hall of Fine Arts, beginning at 1 p.m.

For more information, please go to www.kwu.edu/homecoming2026 or follow the university's social media outlets.