Wichita, Kan. –Friends University will present its homecoming concert, Concert Jazz Band and Brass and Boujee, Saturday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. The Concert Jazz Band, presenting pieces by Stan Kenton, Charles Mingus and Count Basie, will be joined by Kansas City-based hip hop big band, Brass and Boujee. This innovative, twenty-person-band is the newest […]
Latino Leaders for 2020 Meet our 2020 Latino Leaders below! Latino Leaders How To Apply Latino Leaders 2019 Latino Leaders 2018 Latino Leaders 2017 Application for Latino Leaders Apply to Friends Interested in Latino Leaders? 2020 Latino Leader Miguel Guzman Major: Music Performance and Business Miguel’s Bio Miguel Guzman is from Garland, Texas and graduated […]
Friends University will honor several alumni as distinguished alumni during the university’s Homecoming, Oct. 8. The award categories this year highlight achievements in R.I.S.E. Values, Fine Arts, and Christian Leadership and Service. Awards will honor 2020 and 2021 recipients. “It is an honor to recognize these alumni for the work they do in their respective […]
Wichita, Kan.– Friends University will host a First Friday gallery reception for local artist, Priscella Brown Oct. 1 from 5-7 p.m. The in-person reception will take place in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery on the Friends University campus. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibit is titled Cultural Renaissance: The Sounds of Change. Through her […]
Join us on Nov. 19, 2023 at 6 p.m. as Friends University illuminates the historic Davis clock tower! This time-honored tradition, now in its 25th year, on the Friends University campus at Rose Window Plaza is a symbol of the start of the holiday season for the campus and the Wichita community. Enjoy an evening […]
Friends University Homecoming will be Friday, Oct. 8, through Sunday, Oct. 10, and will feature a variety of special events including an awards banquet, food trucks, a football game and a 5K run/walk. The Distinguished Alumni and Athletic Hall of Fame Awards dinner and banquet will take place on Friday, Oct. 8 at 5:30 […]
Wichita, Kan. – Friends University will present the comedy, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Thursday, Sept. 30 through Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Story is a recent, comic farce and is taken from the famous mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story follows the iconic pair of Dr. John Watson and Mr. […]
A Friends University Alumni Publication Michelle Baker 1981 Why did you choose Friends University? I was a sophomore at Wichita’s South High School, where Andre Thomas (‘73) was student teaching. He made such an impression on me, that I began voice lessons the next year with Vivian Fleming and piano lessons with Guy Johnson as a high […]
Wichita, Kan, – The Friends University Concert Band will present its opening season concert on Monday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. Conducted by Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of Bands, Shawn M. Knopp, the concert will feature a variety of classics including Holst’s Second Suite in F, as well as works by Fillmore, […]
Be the First in your Family to Complete a 4-year College Degree! 1 in 4 undergraduate students at Friends University are first-generation students (first in your family to complete a 4-year college degree) and we would like to provide more of the academic and personal support that you may need to be successful in college […]