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IN THIS (ISSUE) News from your class agent News From Your Class Agent 1 What’s New With You? 2 Alumni Spotlight: Kim Norwood 2 25 Years of Graduate Education 2 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees 3 Inauguration Date Announced 3 Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Kettler 3 Spring Alumni Events 4 From the Desk of Lisa Tilma 4
I hope everyone enjoyed a happy Christmas and began the new year with good health and memories of Christmas with their family members. The Friends University campus looked terrific again for the holidays. Two of the Fine Arts Department’s holiday events at Friends this year were the traditional holiday concert held Nov. 23 and the Christmas Candlelight Concert held the weekend of Dec. 2-4. The Candlelight Concert featured the Singing Quakers, Concert Choir, Women’s Chorus, Madrigals, Kantorei and the 200-voice Choral Union.
If you ordered or plan to order a Friends University license plate, a summary of the progress of this endeavor is available online at www.friends.edu/kansas-license-plates. The Alumni Office learned in August that production of the Friends University plates would most likely start after the “go live” date for the state database conversion project. The plates are anticipated for distribution by late March or early April 2012. Laris Pickett, G’95/M’97 MSM/MLM/MGLM Class Agent larispickett@gmail.com You are invited to the inauguration of President Dr. T.J. Arant.
Individuals, businesses, charities and other groups are using social media today. Friends has a major footprint online. In addition to their Web site, Facebook is used to inform interested persons of coming events and to keep its alumni connected to one another.
The Friends University Alumni Facebook group has a large number of members. There were 878 members prior to Christmas and the number grows daily. It is a fun way to keep up with the events at Friends. An example is the note and photographs posted by Alumni Director Lisa Tilma showing Freddy Falcon helping out at the Friends University table at the Jingle Bell Run held Dec. 3 in Wichita. A fun event recently posted was the “Run with Friends” group that has been established by Friends University alumni, faculty, staff and students. A link to their Facebook page with the time and place of their runs was posted. The “Friends University License Plate” also has its own page on Facebook. Actually, doing a search for “Friends University” on Facebook returns a very large number of pages, with some maintained by University staff, others by alumni or friends of Friends University. Please feel free to send me an email with any updates you’d like to share about your family, career or even how you spent your Christmas vacation.