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Read about Homecoming 2011 inside!

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Interested in volunteering to write for this class newsletter? Please contact the Alumni Office.

News From The Alumni Office 1What’s New With You? 2Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Xu 2Keeping Time 2Homecoming 2011 3Family of the Year 3Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Lobertini 3Football Game Coupon 3Fall Alumni Events 4From the Desk of Lisa Tilma 4

You may have noticed that this issue of the Campus Connection class newsletter has a new look and feel to it. In a nutshell, here are the improvements we have made and for which you can expect to see in all our future issues:

• Color! The old format was, well, just that – old! I’m happy to say that by putting our heads together with our wonderful folks in the Public Relations Office, we have modernized the class newsletter while at the same time bringing you as much information as possible with as minimal pieces of paper filling up your mailbox.

• Increased pages! We’ve doubled the number of pages in which we can share updates from your classmates, spotlight some very important people like key alumni and faculty members, as well as provide reminders about upcoming events that you are your family will be invited to attend.

• Personalization! Using state of the art technology, we anticipate incorporating “Variable Data Printing” into our newsletter. What this means is that we can drop in information specifically relevant for YOU in YOUR own

newsletter, like reminding you about an upcoming class reunion or that we have your correct contact information on file. Check out the top of page two to see what we’re talking about.

By making these changes, we hope to hear back from more of you so we can share your personal and professional accomplishments with your classmates while at the same time keeping the class newsletter a vital part of your “life-line” to Friends University.

We’ll continue to modify the class newsletter so we can make sure it is serving you, our alumni, the best way possible. If you have ideas for helping us improve Campus Connection, please be sure to drop us a line at alumni@friends.edu.

In the meantime, the Alumni Office is currently looking for a volunteer who would like to serve as the class agent and write for this newsletter. If you are interested or would like more information, please send an email to alumni@friends.edu.

News from the Alumni Office

Once again, Wichita students at Friends University can tell the time by sound at the beginning of the hour and at each half hour.

After more than two years of silence, the Davis Administration Building clock tower bell received a much-needed repair and began ringing again June 23, 2011.

Funded by money set aside by the Student Government Association starting 2009, the repair included a digital device that bypasses the original gears, keeping the clock on time while preserving the historical components of the 80-year-old clock.

As an additional bonus, the digital component adjusts automatically for daylight saving time and standard time.

The project experienced a few setbacks, but fortunately, the clock tower repair cost around $8,000, which was less than the amount that SGA planned for in 2009.

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Friends University is more than just getting a degree, but developing a

lifelong friendship, which is why we want to stay connected with you as

a member of the Friends University Alumni Association.

If you have some exciting news that you would like to share with your

classmates, let us know! You can update your information online at

www.friends.edu/update-your-information. Use your ID number to

process the changes quicker.

One of the perks of having a class newsletter is that we in the Alumni Office hear from time to time of great and exciting things happening with our alumni. In this issue of the Campus Connection class newsletter, we are pleased to spotlight Master of Science in Management (MSM) alumnus Chris Goebel, M’91.

For those of you who live in the Wichita area, you may know Chris as the CEO for Star Lumber Company. This year he was selected as Admiral Windwagon Smith for the Riverfest. As the festival’s

40th admiral, he considered it a special honor because his uncle had also served as a past Admiral Windwagon Smith.

Goebel has been involved with Riverfest and with Wichita Festivals for more than 25 years. He, his father and his uncle built the original Windwagon in 1974 with materials donated from Star Lumber. This year’s Riverfest was June 3 through 11.

If you would like to be considered for a future alumni spotlight for Campus Connection, please contact the Alumni Office before Dec. 1, 2011.

Alumni Spotlight

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Friends University established the Family of the Year Award in 2010 as a way to recognize the legacy of those families who:1. Have shown longevity in the number of years their family has attended Friends;2. Are able to document that multiple members of their family tree have attended Friends; and3. Have a history of dedicated service to the University.

The Alumni Office is pleased to announce that members of the Joseph and Olive Schoonover family tree have been named the 2011 Family of the Year. They will be recognized at halftime of the Sept. 24 home football game vs. the McPherson Bulldogs.

Milestone Class Reunions • 2:30Davis Admin. Bldg. (1961, 1971, 1986)• Check-in at 2 p.m., first floor.• Visit during Class Reunions from 2:30-

4:30 p.m. (campus tours included).Parade • 5 p.m.University Ave. & Hiram St.• Motorcyclists and classic car

enthusiasts wanted for parade.• Bring the family to enjoy the floats

and collect candy!Block Party • 5:30 p.m.Garvey Practice Field• FREE carnival games and inflatables.

• FREE tailgate dinner of hamburgers, hot dogs and all the fixin’s!

Football Game vs. Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes • 7 p.m.• Halftime - crowning of Homecoming

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HOMECOMING 2011

Present this coupon after the Alumni Appreciation Tailgate for free admission

to the Sept. 24, 2011, Falcons football game! (Limit two free admissions per coupon.)

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FAMILY of the YEARFriends University is asking alumni, students, board of trustees members, faculty, staff and others affiliated with the University to participate in one of the Wichita Prairie Fire Marathon races or come cheer our Friends University participants on during the race.

“We’d love to see a sea of Falcon red at the event,” said Susan Arant, wife of Friends University President T.J. Arant.

Races will take place Sunday, Oct. 9, including a marathon, half marathon, Mayor’s 5K Challenge and Fun Run and Walk. A FIT FOR LIFExpo will also take place Saturday before the race, and volunteers are needed to staff the Friends University booth at the Expo.

Everyone affiliated with Friends University who can participate in the races, cheer for the participants or volunteer at the Expo booth is asked to sign up through the University.

Free T-shirts will be given to the first 200 race participants to sign up and donate a can of food. Food will be collected at the Expo for Life and donated to the Kansas Food Bank.

For more information on the Prairie Fire events or to officially register to participate in a Prairie Fire race, visit www.friends.edu/prairie-fire.

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You may have noticed that Campus Connection has taken on a whole new look! By updating this newsletter, we hope that you not only find out about activities at your alma mater but also learn about achievements by your fellow classmates –

those who you remember from your time as a student as well as those who you interact with through work, church or social circles but had no idea they were also Friends alumni.

In each issue, we will also ask for your help with the information we have on file about you. (See the top of page 2.) Please, don’t think of it as homework, but as our way of keeping your information up-to-date for future reunions and networking opportunities both on and off campus. As your Alumni Director, I want to make sure that we continue to serve you in the best way possible!

If you have additional ideas as to how we can make your class newsletter better, please feel free to let your class agent or me know. We’d love to hear from you!

Lisa Tilma, G’01/M’04Executive Director of Alumni Relations

Alumni Office316.295.5900

800.794.6945 ext. 5900alumni@friends.edu

www.friends.edu/alumni

Friends University does not discriminate against academically qualified students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age,

or without regard to disability. Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a

member of the North Central Association, 230 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500, Chicago, IL 60604; www.ncahlc.org; 1-800-621-7440.

Alumni AppreciAtion tAilgAte &DistinguisheD FAmily oF the yeAr AwArD presentAtionSaturday, Sept. 24Tailgate: 5 p.m. • Garvey Practice FieldFalcon Football: 7 p.m.Adair-Austin Stadium on Hoyt Athletic FieldFamily of the Year Award Presentation: Halftime

homecoming 2010Saturday, Oct. 1 • www.friends.edu/homecomingSee page 3 for more information.

1974 & 1976 AlumniFootbAll Athletes reunionSaturday, Oct. 15 Lunch: 11:30 a.m. • Garvey Physical Education Center Falcon Football: 1:30 p.m.Adair-Austin Stadium on Hoyt Athletic Field

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