Wichita, KS – The Friends University Ballet will present When I Consider Your Heavens: Spring Ballet, featuring accompaniment by the Friends University Concert Band and Concert Choir, pianist James J. Kaufmann and singer Andrea Simpson. The first half of the program will be a spiritual piece choreographed by Friends University junior Emma Browning to intimate […]
Friends University to offer summer school courses at $100 per credit hour
Friends University is offering summer school classes for traditional undergraduate students and five courses for adult undergraduate students at a reduced rate of $100 per credit hour during the summer. Enrollment for the summer will begin March 5 and many classes begin June 3. Approximately 32 four- and eight-week course options, including about 27 online […]
C. Patrick Woods of Topeka joins Friends University Board of Trustees
Friends University has named C. Patrick Woods of Topeka to its Board of Trustees. He began serving on the board at the Feb. 23 meeting in Wichita. Woods is the Manager of Regulatory Strategy at ITC Great Plains, a Fortis Company in Topeka. He also currently serves as president of the Kansas Association of Schools […]
Friends University to present one-act Singspiel, The Impresario
Wichita, KS – The Friends University music department will present, The Impresario, a one-act singspiel (a comic opera with spoken dialogue) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Thursday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. The Impresario is set to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, who performed the role of the Impresario at the work’s premiere for […]
The Art of Teaching Gallery Reception Set for Feb. 22 at Friends University
Wichita, KS- Friends University will host a Final Friday reception featuring Kansas K-12 art school teachers. The reception will take place in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery in Riney Fine Arts Center Feb. 22 from 5-7 p.m. It is free and open to the public. “Friends University wanted to have an event that supported art […]
Friends University to Host History Day Competition Feb. 22
Friends University will host the 2019 National History Day Kansas District 6 Competition Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Approximately 300 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 […]
Friends University strengthens commitment to a diverse and inclusive campus with new multicultural engagement program
Friends University is strengthening its commitment to an environment of diversity and inclusiveness by establishing a multicultural engagement program that will enrich the lives of students and Friends University personnel. “The reason for the enhancement of this program is that we have a strong desire to see our community explore the important issues of engaging […]
Friends University hires new jazz director
Friends University is pleased to announce the hiring of Robert Brooks as the university’s new director of jazz. Brooks will officially start at Friends in August 2019 and will direct the program following the retirement of long-time Jazz Director Lisa Hittle. Brooks will be attending this weekend’s Friends University Jazz Festival to meet current students, […]
Open Enrollment Day scheduled for Feb. 26
Adults wishing to complete a bachelor’s or master’s degree are invited to attend an Open Enrollment Day Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the Friends University Wichita campus. This event will help prospective adult students learn more about how Friends University can help them invest in their education and their future. The “come and go” event is […]
English Department to host Summer Creative Writing Camp
English faculty members Dr. Vicki Ronn and Dr. Kassia Waggoner will host a Summer Creative Writing Camp for eighth to twelfth grade students this summer from 1 to 5 p.m. June 17-21 on the Friends University campus. Students will create a writing portfolio of five different forms of poetry and one short story during […]