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IN THIS (ISSUE) News from your class agent News From Your Class Agent What’s New With You? Alumni Spotlight: Chris Goebel Keeping Time Homecoming 2011 Family of the Year Run With Friends Football Game Coupon Fall Alumni Events From the Desk of Lisa Tilma
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I hope you had a fantastic summer! My husband and I have recently gone through some major transitions in our lives. My husband retired after nearly 40 years in hospital administration and almost the next day God called me to pastor a church in Enid, Okla., where we are now serving fulltime. We were actually in Wichita looking at houses to buy when the call came. That was close! But you know what? God knew what was going on. He is still on the throne! So, as Dorothy said in the Wizard of Oz, “Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Although we are both from Oklahoma, we have lived in Kansas most of our adult lives. So in one sense it feels rather strange to be back in Oklahoma, but in another sense it feels like home. We are excited to begin our new venture, and the best thing about it is that we know that God is “in it!”
Susan Waters, M’04 MACM Class Agent penguinrunner6@cox.net
Read about Homecoming 2011 inside!
Speaking of God being “in it,” God knows every detail of each of our lives. If we grow spiritually every day, we will live so aware of God that we do not even need to ask what His will is for our lives. God wants us in an intimate relationship with Him so that we will get in touch with His purposes. Philippians 1:6: “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will
perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.” It is God who has started to work on our attitudes, personalities and circumstances. All we have to do is to surrender our will to His power at work in us - trusting Him to finish what He has started. I encourage you to review page 2 of this newsletter to make sure the University has your correct information on file. Don’t forget that Homecoming is Saturday, Oct. 1. There are many festivities for you to enjoy and meet up with fellow MACM alumni. Also, mark your calendar for the Mitch McVicker, G’95, concert Friday, Oct. 21. If you want to read more about Mitch, please visit his website at www.mitchmcvicker.com. Last but certainly not least, don’t forget to send me an email and let me know what’s new with you and how God is “in it” for you. It would be my pleasure to share your accomplishments with our fellow MACM alumni. Enjoy the upcoming fall season. God bless 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 • (MACM)
Alumni Spotlight One of the perks of having a class newsletter is that we in the Alumni Office hear from time to time of great and exciting things happening with our alumni. In this issue of the Campus Connection class newsletter, we are pleased to spotlight Master of Science in Management (MSM) alumnus Chris Goebel, M’91. For those of you who live in the Wichita area, you may know Chris as the CEO for Star Lumber Company. This year he was selected as Admiral Windwagon Smith for the Riverfest. As the festival’s 40th admiral, he considered it a special honor because his uncle had also served as a past Admiral Windwagon Smith. Goebel has been involved with Riverfest and with Wichita Festivals for more than 25 years. He, his father and his uncle built the original Windwagon in 1974 with materials donated from Star Lumber. This year’s Riverfest was June 3 through 11. If you would like to be considered for a future alumni spotlight for Campus Connection, please contact the Alumni Office before Dec. 1, 2011.
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
Run 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 (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 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.
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