For more information contact: Michelle Baker, at mrbaker576@yahoo.com or Eric Stone at stoneeric572@gmail.com

For more information contact: Michelle Baker, at mrbaker576@yahoo.com or Eric Stone at stoneeric572@gmail.com

For more information contact: Michelle Baker, at mrbaker576@yahoo.com or Eric Stone at stoneeric572@gmail.com

For more information contact: Michelle Baker, at mrbaker576@yahoo.com or Eric Stone at stoneeric572@gmail.com

On display through Oct. 20
Free and open to the public

For more information contact: Michelle Baker, at mrbaker576@yahoo.com or Eric Stone at stoneeric572@gmail.com

Theme: Rise to the Call: Faith, Friends, Future
When: Homecoming Weekend, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018
Time: 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Alumni Auditorium, Davis Administration Building

IMPORTANT NOTE:  THIS EVENT HAS HIT THE MAXIMUM ATTENDANCE ALLOWED BY TEDx. 

Friends University will host its first TEDx event Saturday, Oct. 6. The TEDxFriendsU event will be centered around the theme – “Rise to the Call: Faith, Friends, Future,” based on Friends’ tagline.

The following people are among those scheduled to speak:

• Suzanna Mathews, founder of The Date Maven, will speak on the need to experience love, social connections and compassion.
• Dr. Jerree Forbes, CEO at The Forbes Group LLC, will explore trends in brain technology to illuminate its use in learning, memory and an enhanced life.
• Andrea Stang, founder of The Hive, will share her story about how she is helping college educated women under the age of 45 feel supported, inspired and engaged to move our community forward.

The event will also feature two TED video talks.

TEDx events are independently organized and are given a free license from TED. Designed to empower communities, TEDx events are multidisciplinary and feature a variety of local speakers, who give brief presentations.

For more information contact: Michelle Baker, at mrbaker576@yahoo.com or Eric Stone at stoneeric572@gmail.com

For more information contact: Michelle Baker, at mrbaker576@yahoo.com or Eric Stone at stoneeric572@gmail.com

For more information contact: Michelle Baker, at mrbaker576@yahoo.com or Eric Stone at stoneeric572@gmail.com

We are excited to invite you to a special event during The Apprentice Gathering this year: the installation of James Bryan Smith as the first professor to hold the Dallas Willard Chair for Christian Spiritual Formation.
Alumni Auditorium, Friends University’s campus
Friday, October 26, 2018
7:30pm
Dessert and coffee will be served following the ceremony
No RSVP required

For more information contact: Michelle Baker, at mrbaker576@yahoo.com or Eric Stone at stoneeric572@gmail.com

WELCOME STUDENTS!
Convocation is Thursday, August 22.
All New Students – Please meet at Rose Window Plaza at 10:45 a.m.

Freshmen and Transfer Students New to the University are required to attend.
Please meet at Rose Window Plaza at 10:45 a.m.
(If there is bad weather, meet on the 1st floor of Davis Hall).

Upper Classmen are encouraged to attend.
Please join us at 10:55 a.m. in the Alumni Auditorium.

We look forward to seeing you!
Academic Dean’s Office

OCT. 15 1-2 p.m.; Riney Fine Arts Center – Sebits Auditorium
Tips from a “Bright Star” on Broadway with William Michals
William Michals, baritone, was a member of the original Broadway cast of Bright Star and will be appearing in the national tour of My Fair Lady which opens at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC this December. He will be conducting a masterclass featuring cast members of Friends University’s production of Bright Star. He will be performing in a free guest concert later that evening at 7:30 p.m. in Alumni Auditorium.

Featuring Dr. Alan Raines, guest composer and Wichita Northwest High School Choir, under the direction of Ms. Becky Sessions.

Eric D. Stone – Director
Dr. James Knight – Accompanist, Assistant Professor of Piano at Friends University

Where?
Eastminster Presbyterian Church
1958 N. Webb Rd., Wichita, KS 67206

Tickets available at the door beginning at 6:45 p.m.
Cash or check only, for donation:
Adults $12, Students and Seniors (60 & Over) $10

Tickets Sold By:
Friends University Fine Arts Dept.
316-295-5677

Life After College Panel
Reserve your seat

Recent Friends alumni share their experiences of life after college.

Homecoming 2021 will take place Oct. 8-10, 2021. For more information, visit the friends.edu/homecoming.

Where?
AT&T Center
San Antonio, TX

Pre-Game Reception
7:30 p.m. San Antonio Spurs vs. LA Lakers
RSVP to alumni@friends.edu

“Cry Out and Shout” A Concert of Praise
Saturday, Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.
Eastminster Presbyterian Church
Adults: $12 | Seniors & Students: $10

For tickets, please visit friends.edu/fineartstickets.

Tuesday 17, 7:30 p.m.
Alumni Auditorium

Saturday 11, 7:30 p.m.

The Tender Land – FALL OPERA
Saturday 18, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday 19, 2 p.m.

Alumni Auditorium

FALL OPERA
Saturday 18, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday 19, 2 p.m.

Alumni Auditorium

Thursday, Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Alumni Auditorium

Saturday, Feb. 10 | 3:30 – 4 p.m.
Alumni Auditorium

Campus Band Concert | April 14, 2 p.m. | Alumni Auditorium

Satieday Finale Concert | May 18, 7:30 p.m. | Alumni Auditorium

Sunday, Nov. 10, 2 p.m.

Join your classmates at Friends University on Friday, October 2 and Saturday, October 3, as we welcome back all alumni, students, faculty, staff and community for Homecoming 2026! Visit friends.edu/homecoming to learn more and see a schedule of events.