Friends University to Host History Day Competition Feb. 23

Friends University will host the 2018 National History Day Kansas District 6 Competition Friday, Feb. 23. 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 ninth year Friends University has hosted the event. This year’s theme is “Conflict and Compromise in History.”

For more information or to volunteer, contact event coordinator Bonnie Dexter 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.