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IN THIS (ISSUE) News from your class agent News From Your Class Agent What’s New With You? Class Updates Keeping Time Homecoming 2011 Family of the Year Special Reunions Football Game Coupon Fall Alumni Events From the Desk of Lisa Tilma
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Rick Fitzgerald, G’70 1970s Class Agent cfitz1@cox.net
Read about Homecoming 2011 inside!
Jacob Donald Tjaden II, G’70, lost his battle with cancer June 30, 2011. Jake was a cowboy his whole life, working for the Great Plains Cattle Company for about 15 years. He later retired from the fuel co-op in Iuka, Kan.
“Big Jake” was a very good defensive tackle for the Falcons for three seasons. Looking at the 1968 media guide, Jake was listed at 6-foot-6 and 260 pounds. He had a handlebar mustache that stuck out of his facemask on each end, which made him very intimidating to his opponents. His baby brother, Rick Tjaden, G’72, was the other starting defensive tackle. Jake had two brothers and one sister. All the kids worked on the family farm near Clearwater, Kan., during their youth. Their father, Donald, passed away in 1952, leaving their mom, Mardelle, to raise the family. She worked at the Clearwater bank for many years and never remarried. Mrs. Tjaden made sure the kids had the basic necessities while growing up, but also made it clear that they would go to college. That college turned out to be Friends University. All four attended and three graduated. Their sister, Vick (Tjaden)
Waldschmidt, was a Friends student before getting married and leaving early to raise her family. The three brothers, Jake, Rick and Randy, G’74, all played football at Friends and graduated with their degrees. Rick went on to coach football for nine seasons at Friends. Randy went to the University of Oregon and received his Ph.D. The Tjaden family has three college degrees and many fond memories of their time at Friends University. Congratulations to Mrs. Tjaden for a job well done. Rest in peace, “Big Jake,” your Falcon teammates will miss you.
WHAT’S NEW WITH (YOU?)
Friends University is more than just getting a degree, but developing a lifelong friendship, which is why we want to stay connected with you as a member of the Friends University Alumni Association. If you have some exciting news that you would like to share with your classmates, let us know! You can update your information online at www.friends.edu/update-your-information. Use your ID number to process the changes quicker.
Fall 2011 • The (1970s)
Class updates I received an email from Mary Kay Whitaker, G’78. She just recently completed her doctorial studies in organization management and leadership from Capella University. She currently lives in San Tan Valley, Ariz., and works for Xcelogic. She hopes to rejoin the Friends family in the near future by teaching online. Congratulations Dr. Whitaker! Arden Sanders, G’74, is teaching Bible translation as part of the masters degree program at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL). GIAL’s role in Bible translation is to train language specialists who can correctly translate the scripture into foreign languages. Arden lives in Duncanville, Texas. Thanks to all of you who have responded with emails and letters. Please continue to let us know what you have been doing since you attended Friends in the 1970s. If you did not make this issue of Campus Connection, do not give up as I intend to include everyone who responds in future issues.
KEEPING TIME Once again, Wichita students at Friends University can tell the time by sound at the beginning of the hour and at each half hour. After more than two years of silence, the Davis Administration Building clock tower bell received a much-needed repair and began ringing again June 23, 2011. Funded by money set aside by the Student Government Association starting 2009, the repair included a digital device that bypasses the original gears, keeping the clock on time while preserving the historical components of the 80-year-old clock. As an additional bonus, the digital component adjusts automatically for daylight saving time and standard time. The project experienced a few setbacks, but fortunately, the clock tower repair cost around $8,000, which was less than the amount that SGA planned for in 2009.
HOMECOMING 2011 Milestone Class Reunions • 2:30 Davis Admin. Bldg. (1961, 1971, 1986) • Check-in at 2 p.m., first floor. • Visit during Class Reunions from 2:304:30 p.m. (campus tours included). Parade • 5 p.m. University Ave. & Hiram St. • Motorcyclists and classic car enthusiasts wanted for parade. • Bring the family to enjoy the floats and collect candy! Block Party • 5:30 p.m. Garvey Practice Field • FREE carnival games and inflatables.
FAMILY of the YEAR Friends University established the Family of the Year Award in 2010 as a way to recognize the legacy of those families who: 1. Have shown longevity in the number of years their family has attended Friends; 2. Are able to document that multiple members of their family tree have attended Friends; and 3. Have a history of dedicated service to the University. The Alumni Office is pleased to announce that members of the Joseph and Olive Schoonover family tree have been named the 2011 Family of the Year. They will be recognized at halftime of the Sept. 24 home football game vs. the McPherson Bulldogs.
• FREE tailgate dinner of hamburgers, hot dogs and all the fixin’s! Football Game vs. Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes • 7 p.m. • Halftime - crowning of Homecoming Royalty
FOOTBALL REUNION Members of the 1974 and 1976 KCAC conference championship football teams are invited back to Friends University for their first football reunion since graduation. There will be a team get together the evening of Friday, Oct. 14 for players and spouses as well as activities on campus Saturday, Oct. 15. Plan on bringing your family and enjoying a great weekend with your former teammates. For further details, please call Neill Wheeler at 316573-8151 or email dnwfb7560@yahoo.com.
40th CLASS REUNION With the help of Leroy Burton, Jim Jemmerson and Mike Hollimon, the class of 1971 will be celebrating their 40th class reunion Saturday, Oct. 1, during Homecoming.
FREE (ADMISSION) Present this coupon after the Alumni Appreciation Tailgate for free admission to the Sept. 24, 2011, Falcons football game! (Limit two free admissions per coupon.)
For more information or to RSVP for the reunion, please contact the Alumni Office.
SEE YOU (SOON!) FROM THE DESK OF (LISA TILMA)
Alumni Appreciation Tailgate & Distinguished Family of the Year Award Presentation
1974 & 1976 Alumni Football Athletes Reunion
Homecoming 2010
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Saturday, Sept. 24 Tailgate: 5 p.m. • Garvey Practice Field Falcon Football: 7 p.m. Adair-Austin Stadium on Hoyt Athletic Field Family of the Year Award Presentation: Halftime
Saturday, Oct. 1 • www.friends.edu/homecoming See page 3 for more information.
You may have noticed that Campus Connection has taken on a whole new look! By updating this newsletter, we hope that you not only find out about activities at your alma mater but also learn about achievements by your fellow classmates – those who you remember from your time as a student as well as those who you interact with through work, church or social circles but had no idea they were also Friends alumni.
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Saturday, Oct. 15 Lunch: 11:30 a.m. • Garvey Physical Education Center Falcon Football: 1:30 p.m. Adair-Austin Stadium on Hoyt Athletic Field
In each issue, we will also ask for your help with the information we have on file about you. (See the top of page 2.) Please, don’t think of it as homework, but as our way of keeping your information up-to-date for future reunions and networking opportunities both on and off campus. As your Alumni Director, I want to make sure that we continue to serve you in the best way possible! If you have additional ideas as to how we can make your class newsletter better, please feel free to let your class agent or me know. We’d love to hear from you!
Lisa Tilma, G’01/M’04 Executive Director of Alumni Relations