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KWU\u2019s second Scholarship Gala will headline the events planned for Spring Alumni and Community Weekend, which will be held on campus from April 19-21.<\/p>\n

The Scholarship Gala, one of KWU\u2019s premier events, will be held April 20 at 5:30 p.m. At least 99% of Kansas Wesleyan students receive some sort of scholarship assistance, and the Gala is one of the primarily facilitators of that support.<\/p>\n

Dr. Rebecca Chopp \u201974 will be the Gala\u2019s keynote speaker in her second appearance of the day. The former chancellor of the University of Denver will also speak at 11 a.m. in Peters Science Hall 201, where she will share about living with her diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and the early stages of Alzheimer\u2019s. She will sign copies of her book \u201cStill Me: Accepting Alzheimer\u2019s Without Losing Yourself,\u201d published in February, after that talk.<\/p>\n

Cruisin\u2019 for a Cause, an event open to the public, will see cars of all shapes and sizes cruise Santa Fe Avenue from 6-8 p.m. April 19. Drivers can drop off nonperishable food items in front of Pioneer Hall. Classic car owners can display their cars in front of Pioneer Hall and socialize on the KWU lawn. All donations at the event will support the Salina Emergency Aid \/ Food Bank.<\/p>\n

Eight athletic events \u2013 including alumni, developmental, varsity and spring football contests \u2013are scheduled, as well. As always, anyone wearing KWU gear will receive free admission to any ticketed athletic contest.<\/p>\n

The final performance of the university\u2019s spring musical, \u201cWorking,\u201d will also be a part of the weekend\u2019s proceedings.<\/p>\n

For more on the Scholarship Gala, including ticket information, visit www.kwu.edu\/gala2024<\/a>. For the full schedule of Spring Alumni and Community Weekend events, visit www.kwu.edu\/springweekend24<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":33563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nScholarship Gala to Headline April\u2019s Spring Alumni and Community Weekend - Kansas Wesleyan University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/scholarship-gala-to-headline-aprils-spring-alumni-and-community-weekend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scholarship Gala to Headline April\u2019s Spring Alumni and Community Weekend - 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