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Enclosed is your class newsletter MBL • Spring 2011
Friends University Issue 32 Spring 2011
Campus Connection
MBL
From Your Class Agent Daniel Crook crook.daniel@ sbcglobal.net
Winter News Winter is here (in Kansas and other places). I was in South Dakota for New Year’s and it was COLD. The day after we got there, the interstate closed and opened the morning we were planning on going back. We just stayed on the farm and stayed warm. Where did 2010 go? It went by fast. Did you go anywhere for the holidays? If you have any interesting stories of your holidays (either about traveling or your vacation) let me know and I’ll share it with rest of the group. Classmate News If you have any news or updates you would like to share, please call or e-mail your information to me. I would like to hear from you and publish your information in the next newsletter. Information needed: • How you survived or are surviving the financial storm. • What you have been doing. • Information on your family, job, new address, or just an update on you and your life. Program Update If you would like an update on the MBL program with Friends University or would like to refer a friend to the program, please contact Dixie Madden by sending an e-mail to madden@friends.edu.
Your Current or New Position How has your current position or new position been enhanced because of your MBL degree? My MBL degree has helped me in many ways with my current position I obtained in summer 2009. When I was interviewed for the position, they noticed my MBL degree and asked several questions regarding the degree. My MBL degree has opened many doors with the attorneys and government entities I work with. I am thankful Friends has the MBL Program and that Dixie Madden started the MBL at Friends University. MBL Information For questions, comments or information, please contact me at crook.daniel@sbcglobal.net or call me at 316-734-3938. If you have any suggestions for the alumni group or for Friends University, let me know. Also, please let me know what you would like in your MBL newsletter. MBL classmate,
Daniel Crook, M’05
Alumni Office Alumni Office Friends University 2100 W. University Ave. Wichita, KS 67213 316-295-5900
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www.friends.edu Spring 2011 Friends University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding this policy: EEOC/Title IX Coordinator, Friends University, 2100 W. University Ave., Wichita, KS 67213, 316-295-5000. Friends University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association, telephone 312-263-0456, www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org.
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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