Friends University to Host History Day Competition Feb. 24

Friends University will host the 2017 National History Day Kansas District 6 Competition Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. 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 will serve as judges from other universities, museums and schools in Wichita. This is the eighth year the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Friends University has hosted the event. This year’s theme is “Taking a Stand in History.”

For more information, contact Dr. Russell Arben Fox, Kansas District 6 coordinator and professor of political science at Friends University, or Bonnie Dexter, event coordinator, at 316-295-5871.

Friends University, a Christian University of Quaker heritage, equips students to honor God and serve others by integrating their intellectual, spiritual and professional lives.