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IN THIS (ISSUE) News from your class agent News From Your Class Agent What’s New With You? Running With Friends Keeping Time Homecoming 2011 Family of the Year Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Peters Football Game Coupon Fall Alumni Events From the Desk of Lisa Tilma
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Hello, friends! I trust that this edition of the class newsletter finds you having enjoyed the summer months and looking forward to cooler weather and fall festivities.
As always, it’s my pleasure to share updates from our fellow alumni. Dr. Warren C. Samms, G’03, was promoted to drug chemistry manager at the Harris County Institute for Forensic Science in Houston; Andrea Ewert, G’09, a second grade teacher in Maize, Kan., was awarded the First Year Teacher Horizon Award at the Kansas Exemplary Educators Network Conference; and Crystal Lathrop, G’04, opened Xpress Tan, a spray tanning salon, in Wichita. Emily (Corman) Judson, G’07, and her husband Brandon had a daughter, Cora Eleanor, in May 2010; Jill (Glanville) Penna, G’05, and her husband Jacob welcomed daughter Gracie Ann in September 2010.
LaChrystal Ricke, G’03 2000s Class Agent lachrystalricke@gmail.com
Read about Homecoming 2011 inside!
I would also like to share with you an uncustomary personal perspective. I am a researcher by trade; I investigate the capacity for online communities to engage the politically disenfranchised.
However, as of late, I have realized that I have become a member of the frustrated and disenfranchised. When I began my career, my husband graciously left his; never thinking it would take more than three years to find another job. In the ensuing time, he has found more happiness and joy volunteering for animal rescue than any career could possibly bring him. In short, we can spend time lamenting about the things that are not going our way, but in doing so, we may miss the things that are. If we look for it, we can find solace in the most unexpected places. We may have to clip coupons and rent movies instead of going out, but we have our freedom and faith to guide us through the even the toughest of times. Inside, you will find information on upcoming campus events and other campus news. Hopefully, the new design helps keep you more connected to the Friends University community!
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.
Running with Friends Friends University is asking alumni, students, board of trustees members, faculty, staff and others affiliated with the University to participate in one of the Wichita Prairie Fire Marathon races or come cheer our Friends University participants on during the race. “We’d love to see a sea of Falcon red at the event,” said Susan Arant, wife of Friends University President T.J. Arant. Races will take place Sunday, Oct. 9, including a marathon, half marathon, Mayor’s 5K Challenge and Fun Run and Walk. A FIT FOR LIFExpo will also take place Saturday before the race, and volunteers are needed to staff the Friends University booth at the Expo. Everyone affiliated with Friends University who can participate in the races, cheer for the participants or volunteer at the Expo booth is asked to sign up through the University. Free T-shirts will be given to the first 200 race participants to sign up and donate a can of food. Food will be collected at the Expo for Life and donated to the Kansas Food Bank. For more information on the Prairie Fire events or to officially register to participate in a Prairie Fire race, visit www.friends.edu/prairie-fire.
Fall 2011 • The (2000s)
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 (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.)
• 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
Meet Dr. Peters We here in the Alumni Office thought that you, as a graduate of the College of Business, Arts, Sciences and Education, would like to know more about the current dean. Dr. Peters earned a Master of Arts in theater arts from Baylor University and a Ph.D in theater and arts administration from Texas Tech University. He most recently served as associate dean of Academic Affairs and Research for the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich. Prior to Wayne State, he was director of Wichita State University’s School of Performing Arts. As President of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) since 2007, Dr. Peters also serves as ATHE’s representative to the Coalition for Theatre Education, a national coalition of arts organizations that brings together the leadership of all major membership organizations for teachers in K-12 and university educational theater. Dr. Peters has directed more than 50 productions, including “Hamlet,” “The Cherry Orchard,” “The Glass Menagerie” and “Our Town.” Dr. Peters lives in Andover, Kan., with his wife, Sandy, and their sons James and Matthew.
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
Stay up-to-date with Friends Flash! at www.friends.edu/friends-flash!
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