Friends University presents the Singing Quakers Home Concert – Venimos Cantemos! (Come let us sing) March 28, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. and March 29, 2015 at 2 p.m. This concert features music from the Singing Quakers May 2015 performance and service tour to Costa Rica. The tour is the culmination of the 90th anniversary year […]

Friends University has named Amy Bragg Carey, Ed.D., as the university’s 14th President, effective July 1, 2015. Dr. Carey comes to the university from Saint Paul, Minn., where she has served as the Vice President for Institutional Advancement at University of Northwestern since 2003. Dr. John Lewis, DDS, Board of Trustees Chair, spoke on behalf […]

The Friends University Chamber Orchestra will present a concert on Friday, March 27, 2015 at 7:30 p.m., featuring the premiere performance of Lily of the Valley by Dan Racer. In addition to the Racer, works by Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Aaron Copeland, Giovanni Bottesini, and Yuan Kai Bao will also be performed. Student bass soloist Renae Abdallah, […]

The Tower Wind Quintet, comprised of wind faculty, will perform on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. One high point of the show will be the premier of a new composed piece, “Five Twilight Songs,” by adjunct professor at Friends University Randy Zellers. “Five Twilight Songs” for Wind Quintet was created from a need […]

Casado Jazz Night is on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 8 p.m., and will feature four Friends University combos along with special guest artist, and trumpet player, Clay Jenkins. Clay Jenkins teaches at the Eastman School of Music, and was a member of the Stan Kenton Orchestra. The performance will be held in the lower […]

Dr. Paul Smith, Friends University assistant professor of applied music/voice, will perform a voice recital on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. The theme is “Sacred Drama.” Many of the most dramatic Biblical stories have been set to music in Operas, Musicals, Oratorios or Cantatas. Dr. Smith will perform works that present figures from […]

Amy Warfield’s work will be on display March 16 to April 17 in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery at Friends University. There will be Final Friday reception from 5-7p.m. March 27. Amy graduated from Fort Hays State University with a degree in Studio Art. Both the exhibit and reception will be held in the art […]

We’re not supposed to trust others. Read the headlines, blogs, and study the data. It seems that everyone is wary, that everyone is doubtful. But our sense of social trust and togetherness can be restored. “The Science of Trust and Why it Matters”, presented by best-selling author Ulrich Boser will be the 11th installment of […]

The Friends University Theatre Department will present the “The Elephant Man” by Bernard Pomerance on March 12-14, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. on March 14 in the Cornerstone Studio Theatre in the Riney Fine Arts Center. The dramatic story depicts the short life of Joseph Merrick, who lived in Victorian London and was […]

Friends University will host the 2015 National History Day Kansas District 6 Competition Friday, Feb. 27. Approximately 200 high school and middle school students, together with their teachers and parents, will participate in the competition.  In addition to Friends University professors’  and students’ assistance with the event, more than 30 professors, historians, specialists and teachers […]