Wayne State offers 90 different programs of study in four Schools: Arts and Humanities, Business and Technology, Education and Counseling, and Natural and Social Sciences.
The football team plays at Bob Cunningham Field and is coached by Dan McLaughlin, a former Nebraska assistant. The Wildcats had a 7-5 record in 2007, the first winning record since 1993. The Wildcats also played in the Mineral Water Bowl, their first bowl game since 1970.
James Gubbels, Quarterback for the WSIL Morey Bears, ESPN personality.
James Keogh, Journalist and political adviser. Assistant managing editor of Time Magazine, Special Assistant to President Richard Nixon, Director U.S. Information Agency.
John H. Kyl, U.S. political figure. Member of the House of Representatives from Iowa's Fourth Congressional District 1959-1965, 1967-1973. Asst. Secretary, Dept. of the Interior, 1973-1977. Father of Arizona Senator John Kyl.
Hilda Neihardt, History author and daughter of John G. Neihardt
John Neihardt, Writer and poet. Poet Laureate of Nebraska, author of Black Elk Speaks.
Gale McGee, U.S. political figure. Democratic Senator from Wyoming 1959-1977. U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States.
Valdemar Peterson, U.S. political figure. Governor of Nebraska 1947-1953, Director of Federal Civil Defense Administration, Ambassador to Denmark and Finland. Wayne State College's Peterson Fine Arts Building is named after him.
W. Ward Reynoldson, Iowa State Supreme Court Justice 1971-1987, Chief Justice 1978-1987. 1942 Graduate of Wayne State Teachers College. Served in Navy during World War II.
Brett Salisbury, Pro-European Quarterback, Model, Certified Sports Nutritionist, Author of The Tranform Diet and creator of Tranform Whey Protein for Men and Women