Wenyika served as president of Ottawa University Kansas from 2018 to 2024, where he spearheaded major advancements in academic and student life programming, campus development, student diversity, and international student growth, achieving record-breaking enrollment.

From 2014 to 2018, he was president of Southwestern Christian University in Bethany, Oklahoma. He guided the university through accreditation challenges, secured a significant donation, expanded student housing, and strengthened international partnerships.

Wenyika earned his Doctor of Education degree from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is currently pursuing another doctorate in ethnomedicine and indigenous knowledge systems from Chinhoyi University of Technology in Zimbabwe. He also holds degrees from Southwestern Christian University, Logos University and the University of Zimbabwe. He has completed executive leadership programs at the University of Central Oklahoma, the University of Oxford and Rice University. In addition to his career in academia, Wenyika is an abstract expressionism artist, holding his first solo exhibition in 2019. He also enjoys poetry, and six of his poems were included in the 2021 anthology, “Blue Guitar: The Sound and Look of Creativity.”