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Friends University Issue 32 Spring 2011
Campus Connection
1960s
From Your Class Agent Sherrie Andersen pirsqrd24@hotmail.com
“The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you’ll grow out of it.” –Doris Day Winter greetings to everyone,
The art of Karyl Barbosa (above) will be on display at Riney Fine Arts Center Gallery March 18 to April 21.
Yes, we have outgrown the time in our lives when we were considered “middle age.” However, since we all are living longer and feeling better, maybe the middle age has moved into the spread from 60 - 70 especially since 60 is the new 50. Where am I going with this? Nowhere, it’s just food for thought. Are you feeling better to know that you are still a middle-ager? Did you know: On Dec. 13, 2010, the students, faculty and staff of Friends University worked tirelessly at a warehouse near the campus to sort, wrap, assemble, and decorate for the Salvation Army’s distribution day to the needy of Wichita and the surrounding area. What a task they took on, and have been doing for 18 years. The Wichita Alumni Advisory Board was invited to help this year and I came away so impressed with the work everybody was doing. The women’s basketball team was busy decorating Christmas trees (as pictured to the right), the men’s basketball team was unloading trucks, assembling bikes with President Biff Green and carrying heavy loads to the proper place. The Salvation Army, via their Angel Trees, provide requested gifts for the needy of Wichita, which includes children and adults. All of the items handled that day were donated by the citizens of Wichita. In 2009, the Salvation Army assisted approximately 8,500 people. This year, they served more than 11,000. Back on campus,
another group was baking cookies and preparing snacks to be available at the warehouse when the people came to pick up the gifts. Friends University has been an integral part of this program for many years and we were asking: “If it weren’t for Friends, who would take on such a task?” It was a wonderful experience to watch and work with everybody. Coming in March, there will be a reception and art show for one of our classmates, Karyl Barbosa, G’69, at the Riney Fine Arts Center Gallery. The dates for Karyl’s show are March 18 through April 21 with a Final Friday Reception being held March 25, at which Karyl will be present. Our lives can be hectic and time slips away so stay in touch with those you love and us.
Sherrie (Lindstrom) Andersen, G’68
Alumni Office Alumni Office Friends University 2100 W. University Ave. Wichita, KS 67213 316-295-5900
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Search Underway for 13th University President
December Seniors Honored at Special Luncheon
As you may have heard, Dr. Biff Green, president of Friends University, will be retiring June 30, 2011. The Board of Trustees has launched a national search for the 13th president of Friends University which is expected to conclude by March 1, 2011. To find out more about the presidential search, please visit www.friends.edu/presidential-search.
With the help of the Wichita Alumni Advisory Board, the Friends University Alumni Association honored those traditionalundergraduate seniors who graduated in December with a special luncheon Dec. 8.
Friends University Offers Hometown Advantage Grant Do you know a high-school senior from Sedgwick County, Andover, Augusta or Rose Hill who is exploring college options? Friends University is offering students from these areas a $5,000 grant toward tuition at Friends University starting in fall 2011. The $5,000 grant is renewable, is available in addition to other scholarships and does not need to be paid back. It is designed to make it more affordable for new students who demonstrate financial need to get an independent college education.
Members of the Wichita Alumni Advisory Board, University President Dr. Biff Green and his wife, Binnie, and Board of Trustees Chairman Rodney Pitts, G’82, served a tasty Mexican buffet of steak and chicken fajitas, Spanish rice, refried beans, cinnamon chips and all the fixins! Students received words of encouragement from Dr. Green, Mr. Pitts and Wichita Alumni Advisory Board members Marvin Connet, G’82/’84, and Lisa Kraemer, G’10. As they prepared to enter the world as representatives of Friends University, the seniors were urged to remember the time they spent with their classmates and friends. Congratulations once again to this group of graduating seniors!
For more information, call 316-295-5100 or e-mail duncande@friends.edu.
don’t forget Easter Egg Hunt Lenexa – April 16 Topeka – April 16 Wichita – April 23 Commencement Lenexa – May 1 Topeka – May 1 Wichita – May 7
From the Executive Director of Alumni and Annual Fund You may recall that the Alumni Office has been working with the State of Kansas to create a Friends University license plate. On Jan. 4, 2011, the director of vehicles informed us that while they have all the necessary documents to move forward, they would need additional monies from the state budget to produce the plates. At the time of the printing of this newsletter, the director of vehicles stated that they would be meeting with the secretary of revenue in mid-January to work on adding our plate costs to their agency budget.
The Alumni Office anticipates re-grouping with the director of vehicles in mid-February to determine where funding is with our plate request. More information will be posted online at www. friends.edu/kansas-license-plates.
Lisa Tilma, G’01/M’04 Executive Director of Alumni and Annual Fund