Category: Academics

Friends University is pleased to announce students who have been named to the President’s or Deans Honor Roll this spring. President’s Spring 2025 Honor Roll The following students have been named to the President’s Honor Roll at Friends University with a grade point average of 3.9 to 4.0. Dean’s Spring 2025 Honor Roll The following […]

The Educating Character Initiative (ECI), a part of the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, has awarded Friends University with $50,000 to help educate and embed character in their distinctive contexts of higher education.  “We were overwhelmed by the quality of the proposals we received this year,” said Jennifer Rothschild, Director of the Educating Character […]

Wichita, KS— Friends University has launched Spanish language pages on friends.edu to assist the growing population of Hispanic prospective students and their families, as well as connect current students to resources offered in their heritage or native language.  The initiative will help the university continue its mission of increasing access to education, while also aiding […]

Wichita, KS— Friends University is proud to announce the grand opening of its newly renovated and expanded recording studio, made possible through a generous donation from Leon Trammell, a small business owner and author of How Underdogs Win. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 29, in the Business […]

OVERLAND PARK, KS — Dr. Jim Long, Division Chair of Business and Professor of Finance at Friends University, Wichita, KS, has been recognized as a distinguished recipient of the 2025 ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). This prestigious accolade is bestowed upon educators who demonstrate outstanding teaching […]

Wichita, KS— Friends University is happy to announce the launch of the Center for Mission-focused Teaching & Learning (CMFTL). This center seeks to cultivate scholarly and pedagogical excellence animated by the university’s Christian mission. Its initiatives will promote excellence in teaching and scholarship, improve the student learning experience and retention, and foster an innovative, Christ-centered […]

Wichita, KS— Friends University’s annual Day of Giving is set for April 8, 2025. This one-day event is dedicated to funding scholarships and life-changing opportunities for students who need them the most, reaching out to donors and the community to build an unbreakable community.   Gifts to the university can be made online during this 24-hour […]

Wichita, KS— Friends University announces it has once again been named as a 2025-2026 Military Friendly School. To see Friends University’s page on the Military Friendly site, visit https://www.militaryfriendly.com/friends-university/.  Institutions earning the Military Friendly School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 1,800 schools participated in the 2025-2026 survey with […]

Wichita, KS—Friends University is pleased to offer select 2025 Summer School courses for only $175 a credit hour! These general education classes will help accelerate your degree plan, give you early college credits if you are beginning your college career, and are offered at an extremely reasonable price! Major courses are offered at $250 a […]