Westen Gehring

Westen Gehring came to Salina as an intern from Bethel College in the summer of 2019 after graduating with a degree in biology and music performance. He recently finished a masters in Music Performance, dedicated to jazz saxophone. He now lives in Wichita, but his immediate family is all based in Canada, where he largely grew up. He says Kansas has held onto him long enough that he’s beginning to feel at home here as anywhere else. His experience as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Wichita State University helped prepare him for his current position of keeping track of the Perennial Agriculture Project budget and communicating the awarding of grants.