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Enclosed is your class newsletter MSPM/MSOM • Spring 2011
Friends University Issue 32 Spring 2011
Campus Connection
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From the Alumni Office Travel to Canada With Friends The Alumni Office is excited to offer a trip for alumni and friends to join the Singing Quakers student choir as they travel to the western parts of Canada in May 2011. The dates for the trip are tenatively scheduled for May 16-23, 2011, and will include stops in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Toronto and Quebec City. Details are still being finalized, and more information will be posted online at www.friends. edu/friends-flash.
Campus Connection wants you! For more information about writing for this class newsletter, please contact the Alumni Office either by telephone at 1-800794-6545, ext. 5900, or e-mail alumni@ friends.edu
Did You Hear About the Davis-Moore Scholarship? If you are a member of the Friends University Alumni Facebook group, you may remember that local Wichita car dealership Davis-Moore sponsored May as Education Month. (To view the commercial online, go to http://blog.davis-moore. com/tag/50-donation.) What this meant is anyone who purchased a car could pick a university of their choice to have Davis-Moore donate $50 to on their behalf. Thanks to the 43 persons who selected Friends, one lucky student will have the opportunity to receive a $2,150 scholarship for their studies this fall! Speaking of Facebook ... Have you joined the Friends University Alumni group yet? It’s a great way to keep in contact with fellow alumni as well as stay in the know about university news.
Calling All Alumni Authors! Have you recently published a book? If so, the Alumni Office is looking to showcase your work in a special night of readings in spring 2011. For more information, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@friends.edu. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Selects Preferred Higher Education Provider Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has selected Friends University as the preferred education provider for the tribal community. As part of the agreement, the University will provide adult education programs at the associate, bachelor and graduate levels to tribal members. The Tribal Council reported they are very pleased about the new partnership with Friends University, and they are looking forward to working with the University to offer and develop programming options that meet their tribal members’ educational needs. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation will be the first tribe in Kansas to partner with a university to provide an onsite classroom for their tribal members to obtain higher education. Tribal members living on the reservation or within the local area will now have the opportunity to complete a degree program on the reservation.
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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