Amy Bragg Carey, Ed.D., will officially be inaugurated as the 14th president of Friends University Friday, Oct. 16, in a ceremony in the Davis Administration Building’s historic Alumni Auditorium. Inauguration guests and participants include dignitaries and delegates from universities throughout the United States, members of the community, and Friends University faculty, staff, board members, alumni […]

The Friends University Theatre Department will present “Wait Until Dark” on October 22-24 at 7:30 p.m., and October 25 at 2:00 p.m. in the Cornerstone Studio Theatre. A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a group of thugs who have stashed a hand-made doll filled with heroin in her Greenwich Village apartment. Posing as an […]

Friends University Ballet will present the Fall Ballet, October 16-18, 2015 in the Riney Fine Arts Center’s Sebits Auditorium The fall ballet is featuring favorite sacred dance pieces. A few highlights include an abstract group dance set to Rich Mullins song 52:10 which is based on Isaiah 52:10, a piece titled “Amazing Grace” set to […]

The Kansas Independent College Association (KICA) proudly announced the selection of seventeen college faculty members to receive the association’s Faculty of Distinction award. The honorees will be recognized at a workshop and award reception in Newton KS, on November 3, 2015. The KICA Faculty of Distinction program celebrates excellence and achievement among faculty at the […]

Friends University Jazz Department will present a performance titled “Jazz Meets Broadway” on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in Sebits Auditorium. “Jazz Meets Broadway” will feature the award winning Friends University Jazz Ensemble I and the Friends University Jazz Vocal Ensemble. The famous “West Side Story Suite” from the library of Buddy Rich, […]

Governor Sam Brownback has signed a proclamation declaring October “College Application Month” and encouraged all high school seniors to take advantage of the assistance provided. Across the nation, there is a significant gap between students who want to attend college and those who apply: 97 percent of high school students surveyed indicate they wanted to […]

Pianist and Andover native Michael Kirkendoll will present a solo piano recital at Friends University Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Sebits Auditorium on the Friends University campus. Called the “very model of a 21st Century Musician” by the Indianapolis Star, Kirkendoll is now on the piano faculty of the University of Kansas and […]

Artist Brittany Schaar will show off her art until October 16. 2015. There will be a Final Friday reception from 5 to 7 p.m. September 25, 2015 Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. For more information on this event or other Fine Arts events, please contact the Fine Arts […]

The Friends University Jazz Department is proud to present the renowned jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut, along with vocalist Connaitre Miller in concert on Friday, Oct. 2,, 2015 at 7:30 PM in Sebits Auditorium. Cyrus Chestnut is one of the foremost jazz pianists on the scene today, drawing on both his gospel and jazz roots to […]

Friends University’s Fine Arts faculty will present a fanfare of music at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22, 2015, in the Riney Fine Art Center’s Sebits Auditorium.  Friends University’s diverse group of faculty professors will share music, drama and visual arts as they inspire new and returning students. Featured performances include a piano duet, the Tower Wind […]