More than 35 middle school, high school and junior college bands will come to Friends University to celebrate and participate in the 24th Annual Jazz Festival Feb. 17-18, 2017. All daytime activities are free and open to the public. Visit friends.edu/jazzfestival for a detailed schedule. Students will work with renowned jazz guest artists to improve […]

Friends University has been ranked as offering one of the best online education programs by U.S. News & World Report. The ranking was published today on the organization’s website. Friends University was ranked 92nd and is the highest ranked online education program among all private universities in the state of Kansas. “Friends University’s repeated recognitions […]

Friends University will present the musical “Bye Bye Birdie” Feb. 3-4 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 5 at 2 p.m. in the Riney Fine Arts Center’s Sebits Auditorium. What else can a town or a family in the 1950s do when the biggest star of that new music craze, rock ‘n’ roll, shows up on […]

Friends University has appointed four new members to serve on its Board of Trustees. Robert “Bob” K. Casper is the president and founder of Ethanol Products LLC. He has served as president since the company’s formation in May 2000. Casper has also been involved with Friends University’s Apprentice Institute since its formation in 2009 and […]

Friends University has been ranked as offering one of the top 30 best value Master of Health Administration (MHA) online degree programs in the nation by College Values Online. The ranking, based upon affordability, was published on the organization’s website in November. Friends University was ranked 24th and is the only program listed in Kansas. […]

Join the Friends University Ballet Department as dancers perform their annual full-length production of “The Nutcracker” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9-10, Dec. 16-17; and 2 p.m. Dec. 11 and Dec. 17 in the Riney Fine Arts Center’s Sebits Auditorium. Several guest artists will perform alongside student dancers from Friends University. During the performances Dec. 9-11, […]

Join the Friends University Singing Quakers, Concert Choir, Jazz Vocal Ensemble and Choral Union in the annual Christmas Candlelight concerts concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 and 3, and 2 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Riney Fine Arts Center’s Sebits Auditorium. The choirs will be joined by brass and organ and will present a wide […]

Jazz Vocalist Kevin Mahogany will be the featured guest artist with the Friends University Jazz Ensemble I and Jazz Vocal Ensemble on Monday, November 21, 2016 in the Riney Fine Arts Center’s Sebits Auditorium Mr. Mahogany, originally from Kansas City, now resides in Miami and travels the world as a performer and jazz educator. He […]

Friends University will present the Faculty Brass Quintet in the Riney Fine Arts Center’s Sebits Auditorium at 3 p.m. Nov. 13, 2016. The concert will feature, among other works, two major works for Brass Quintet, including Malcolm Arnold’s Quintet and Anthony Plog’s Animal Ditties VII. Asher Isaac will be featured as narrator on the Animal […]