September 19 Hoyt Field, a newly rebuilt athletic field named after Fred N. Hoyt (missionary, Friends museum director, and former star athlete from 1900-1904,) was dedicated. Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel was the principal speaker at the ceremony.

The Board of Directors approved some significant changes for the university: change from semester system to a four-quarter system, adjustment of the academic calendar in keeping with that new system, consolidation of 21 departmental disciplines into seven divisions, and the development of new curriculum. The changes went into effect in..Read More

1979 was dubbed “The Year of the Plan.” A Title III Grant had been funded at $548,000 as a result of that plan, the money to be disbursed over three years. The Title III Grant was intended for six things: curriculum improvement; improved management; innovative programs; student counseling services; extended..Read More

On January 14, 1944, the administration was able to retire the $4 Million debt and notified North Central Associations. The growth of enrollment, the implementation of a budget committee, the increase in innovative programs and modest tuition increases contributed to the debt relief.

As the world navigated a global pandemic due to the Covid-19 Coronavirus, the university followed national mandates to close the school, transition to online classes and work from home in March.

Friends University announces the first doctoral program for the university. The first of its kind at the doctoral level, the Doctor of Ministry in Formation and Soul Care (DMin) seeks to equip Christian practitioners with a comprehensive biblical, theological, and practical paradigm for Christian formation and soul care in a..Read More

Alumni Auditorium is complete – funded by the Friends University Alumni Association. The senior class of 1925 gifted the auditoriums stage, the class of 1926 gifted the lights, and the class of 1929 gifted the finishing wood trim.

Because of World War II, the only sports tournaments held this year were those sponsored by the Woman’s Athletic Association. Sports included basketball, speedball, baseball, swimming, badminton, tennis and archery. The Singing Quakers was now an all-women ensemble.

With a 24% enrollment increase, the university launches the “Forward the Friends” campaign which would expand facilities and tend to critical maintenance for $1,250,000. Plans would include a new women’s and men’s dorm, a fine arts building, library, chapel, science building and the modernization of the gymnasium, in addition to..Read More

The administration broke ground the new Edmund Stanley Library, named after the university’s first president, on November 7. The 37,000 square foot library was then dedicated on March 10.