Homecoming
2024

Join us the weekend of October 4-6, 2024!

Once a Falcon, Always a Falcon!

Contact Alumni

alumni@friends.edu

Join your classmates at Friends University on Friday, October 4, to Sunday, October 6, 2024, as we welcome back all alumni, students, faculty, staff and community for Homecoming 2024!

Schedule of Events

More events to be added once they are confirmed. Check back often!

Friday, October 4, 2024

9am – 12:30pm – MSFT Alumni CEU Event, MFT Building. Featuring Dr. Dan Lord, LCMFT/Professor Emeritus. Light breakfast and snacks provided. Register here: http://tinyurl.com/MFTOct

5:00 – 7:00pm – First Friday: Elaine Green & Julia Calloway. Opening reception. Riney Gallery. Free event.

5:30pm – Distinguished Alumni Awards and Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet, Crown Uptown. Tickets can be purchased below.

7:00pm – Jazz Homecoming Concert. Sebits Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased on the Fine Arts website.

Saturday, October 5, 2024

9:00am – Class of 1964 and 1974 Reunion – Riney Fine Arts Center

11:30am-2:30pm – Food Trucks on St. Clair. Here are the trucks that will be joining us:

11:45am – Parade on University Ave

1:00pm – Sterling College Warriors vs Friends University Falcons Football Game in Adair-Austin Stadium. Tickets are free for alumni. Please enter through the Alumni Entrance on the South side of the stadium.

5:00pm – Men’s Falcon Soccer Team vs McPherson College, Adair-Austin Stadium. Tickets here.

7:30pm – Women’s Falcon Soccer Team vs McPherson College, Adair-Austin Stadium. Tickets here.

Run with Friends

Come join us for our fifth annual Run with Friends!

Run/Walk/Bike where you live and send a photo to alumni@friends.edu wearing your shirt. Show off your family (including kids and dogs) and join us however you can! If you share the photos on social media, tag us at #myfriendsu #runwithfriends2024.

Adult T-shirts are $8.00/shirt to cover the cost of shipping and handling. Youth T-Shirts are free.

Sign up today!

Shirts will be mailed to the cardholder’s address the week of September 30th.

Distinguished Alumni and Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner

Friends University has the distinct pleasure of honoring a group of talented, accomplished alumni during Homecoming weekend.

The nominees will be honored on October 4, 2024 at the Crown Uptown Theatre. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. The program and dinner, catered by Corporate Caterers, will be begin at 6:30pm.

Tickets are $35 (or $38 online with a service fee) and can be purchased here on the Crown Uptown website. If you’d like to avoid paying fees online, you can call the Crown Uptown box office at 316-612-7696.

2024 Distinguished Alumni Award Nominees:

Distinguished Alumni for Outstanding Achievement in R.I.S.E Values – Chris Cassidy, ’04

Distinguished Alumni for Outstanding Achievement in the Fine Arts – Eric Stone, ’90

Distinguished Alumni for Outstanding Christian Leadership and Service – Stephen Campbell, ’73

2024 Athletic Hall of Fame Nominees:

Noah Morford G’07 (Football)

Cecilia Benton G’13 (Track & Cross Country)

Rachel Strickland G’09 (Volleyball)

2008 Football Team

2024 Young Student-Athlete Alumni Nominees:

Daniel Littler G’13 (Soccer)

Tiffany Trotter G’10 (Volleyball)

Enjoy Your Time at Homecoming!

Fun Things to Do In Wichita

Derby Historical Society & Museum

Free Admission

Saturdays Only, Hours are 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

See the former Fellow-Reeves Museum artifacts at the Derby Museum

Botanica

701 N Amidon, Wichita, KS 67203

Check their website for hours.

Sedgwick County Zoo

5555 Zoo Blvd, Wichita, KS 67212

Check their website for hours.

Wichita – Sedgwick County Historical Museum

204 S Main, Wichita, KS 67202

Check their website for hours.

Visit Wichita

Find a list of tasty, fabulous restaurants and other fun things to do in Wichita.

Stay In Town

Accommodations

Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview Wichita

Book Rooms By: September 20, 2024
Group Code: #10103132
Reservations: Call (800) 325-0720 or book online.

1 King Bed Deluxe – $129.00/night
2 Queen Beds Deluxe – $129.00/night
2 Room Suite 1 King Bed – $149.00/night
2 Room Suite 2 Queen Beds – $149.00/night