Kansas Wesleyan University is adding more staff to its marketing and communications team, with three Salina women joining the department.
Karen Bonar will join as the associate coordinator of marketing and communication after coming from the Catholic Diocese of Salina, where she served as editor, lead photographer and chief writer for the diocese s monthly newspaper, The Register.
KWU said Bonar has a career in journalism dating back 18 years, including work in Hays, Independence and at The Salina Journal, winning multiple awards in the industry, including the Best Front Page honor from the Catholic Press Awards in 2020. She also has experience at KWU working as a freelance photographer for commencement.
The Reminder won Best in Class in its circulation class, along with winning Best Editorial Page in the same classification and finishing second in the Best Front Page category. The Reminder has now won the Best in Class award in its circulation class for three straight years and five out of the last six years, winning in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Reporter Eric Westhaver won four awards and earned an additional podium finish. Westhaver won three separate awards for his weekly column In Our Words , each coming in the first year Westhaver wrote a regular column. For In Our Words, Westhaver won Best Columnist, Best Column or Feature on a Business Topic and Best Local Editorial on a Business Topic.