Our next monthly event is the Winter Dance that will take place on Tuesday, February 26 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall at Lake Ella. Please let Annelise know at aleysieffer@gmail.com if you are planning to attend to get an idea of how many places to reserve. Upon entering the hall, please tell them that you are with the Faculty & Friends Club to receive the discounted rate of $5. You can purchase beverages there. Will somebody please help with refreshments for our group?

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? – Friday, February 15, 7:00 p.m.
At the home of Hilly Levitz in Killearn – please check with Hans Plendl for directions.
Please contact Hans Plendl at plendl2001@yahoo.com to attend as Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker is in Nepal. Please bring something to eat or drink for the potluck dinner. Danny Taylor, a student at FSU, will be talking about his life as “an army brat” in Germany, about how it was living in Germany, what he learned to appreciate and what he found difficult.

La Table Française – Saturday, February 16, 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Regine & Tim Lynch – Please contact Regine at remaligne@gmail.com to attend and for directions. The evening will be a musical one with French songs. Please bring food and beverages to share.

Book Discussion Group – Monday, February 18, at 7:30 p.m.
At the home of Linda Clickner with the City of Thieves by David Benioff to be discussed by Karen Bickley. Please check with Kea Herron at kea.snuffy@gmail.com to attend and for directions.

Please mark your calendar for the first Digital Photo Group meeting this year: Sunday, February 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m. The place of the meeting is still tentative, but will soon be announced next week.

We are especially fortunate to have Ryals Lee, a professional photographer from F.S.U., to meet with us to talk about digital photography. He has many years of experience, taking photos of sporting events, meetings and special occasions. Feel free to bring your camera to the meeting to get more hands-on instruction, if you wish. Please contact Calvin Zongker at czongker@fsu.edu for more information and to let him know your interest in the group.

Lunch Bunch – Tuesday, February 26, 11:45 a.m.
At Masa at 1001 North Monroe Street
Please contact Denise Ellingson at mdeniseel15@yahoo.com by the 25th to attend.

La Mesa Española – Thursday, February 28, 6:30 p.m.
At Morelia at 1355 Market Street
Please let Jo Stepp-Greany know at jstepp@fsu.edu if you plan to attend.

Outdoors Explorers – Saturday, March 2, 10:30 a.m.
Meet at the Wakulla County Welcome Center at 10:30 a.m or go directly at 11:30 a.m. or so to the home of Pat & Mike Meredith on the Ochlocknee Bay. As usual, bring a dish to share for a potluck meal. Lunch is to be followed by a hike for the ones who would like to get some exercise. Please let Barbara Elam know at ble@neuro.fsu.edu if you are planning to attend, about carpooling and for more information.

March events to be covered later on as well:

Restaurant Roulette – Thursday, March 14, 6:30 p.m.
Please contact Jan Flake at janiceflake@comcast.net

FSU Circus Rehearsal – Friday, March 22, 6:00 p.m.
Please contact Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com

Gourmet Sampler – Saturday, March 23, 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Barbara & Pete Cottrell at bcottrell@fsu.edu

PUC – Lecture Series – Tuesday, March 26, 12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Gary K. Ostrander, FSU Vice President for Research
Topic: “Research and Florida State University”
All reservations must be made by the previous Thursday by calling 222-6320.
The cost is $10.

Happy Valentine’s Day to all,
Annelise Leysieffer

We welcome the New Year and wish for all that 2013 may be a special year filled with good health, great friendships and much happiness. We thank you for your continued support of our varied events, interest groups and scholarship activities and look forward to seeing you in the New Year. We especially want to thank Diane Stuart, Barbara & John Elam, Carol & Bill Weissert and Dian & Chas LaTour for their dedicated work in making the Holiday Party at Dorothy B. Oven Park such a wonderful success. More than 100 attended this wonderful evening. We also thank all who brought delicious hors d’oeuvres and desserts for members to enjoy. We began the 2013 with a wonderfully successful Bowlegs 5k Run & 1 Mile walk on Saturday the 5th. The weather was perfect. We had about 140 enthusiastic runners and walkers. We thank Larry Giunipero, who has worked this race with me for 28 out of the 29 years, and Bill Hillison, who began helping not long after us. With the advent of the Bowlegs Brunch, now in its 9th year, many more Faculty Club members attend and either walk, run or volunteer. We thank you, and our scholarship recipients thank you. Two of them are continuing this spring. We are still searching for a few more needy students. We thank you for your generous donations with your membership and thank Anthony’s Wood Fire Grill and High Performance Magnetics for their generous sponsorship. We also thank Lucy Ho’s Azu and Masa, Renegade Grill, Shaw’s Athletics and Jimmy John’s for their wonderful gift certificates. These gift certificates are a great draw to the runners and walkers.

We encourage you to join us for the annual Chinese New Year’s celebration at Lucy Ho’s Azu on Sunday, January 27, followed by a festive Mardi Gras at the home of Linda & Bob Clickner on Saturday, February 9. On Tuesday, February 26, we will head to the American Legion Hall at Lake Ella to hold a Winter Dance, listening and dancing to the lively Tallahassee Swing Band.

In our search for ways to cut our mailing costs for the newsletter, please let me know if you would object to receiving the regular newsletter via e-mail instead of by snail mail? You will regardless be mailed the August newsletter and the one that includes the roster, as well as the monthly e-mail notices.

Annelise Leysieffer
Chinese New Year at Lucy Ho’s AZU
3220 Apalachee Parkway
The Year of the Snake
Sunday, January 27
6:00 p.m. Social & 6:30 p.m. Dinner
Cost: $30 per person, all inclusive except for alcoholic beverages.

Come celebrate the Chinese New Year with delectable dishes especially prepared for the members of the Faculty & Friends Club. This popular annual event will take place at AZU, Lucy Ho’s newest restaurant. It is located on the left side of Apalachee parkway when coming from Capital Circle about halfway between Capital Circle and Wal-Mart in the Big Oak Shopping Center. Please mail your check, made out to the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU, to Calvin Zongker, 601 Live Oak Plantation Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312 by Monday, January 21. You can contact Calvin at czongker@fsu.edu.

Mardi Gras

Saturday, February 9 – 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Linda & Bob Clickner
3099 Shamrock Street North

We thank the Clickners for inviting us to celebrate Mardi Gras at their festively decorated house. Please bring your own wine if you wish and bring either hors d’oeuvres, salads, desserts or main courses for your eating pleasure. Please let Linda know either at lindaclickner@gmail.com or call her at (703) 850-6893 by Tuesday, the 5th to let her know if you are coming and what dish you are bringing for planning purposes for Linda and her committee. Please be advised that the Clickners have a steep driveway so park below. There should be plenty of parking along Shamrock.

Photos have been posted to our Faculty & Friends Club website by Neil & Beth Charness. http:facultyclub.fsu.edu/site.

Winter Dance

Tuesday, February 26
Beginning at 7:30 p.m.
American Legion Halla at Lake Ella
Cost: $ 5.00 for Club member

Come dance or simply listen to the beautiful and lively music performed by members of the Tallahassee Swing Band including our own Bill Landing. Please mention that you are part of the Faculty & Friends Club to receive the discounted price. Beverages are available for purchase at the American Legion Hall with some light refreshments provided by the Club. Please let Annelise Leysieffer know at aleysieffer@gmail.com if you are planning to attend so tables can be reserved ahead of time.

Interest Group Information

Book Discussion Group
Monday, January 21 – 7:30 p.m.
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Home & Discussion leader TBA
Please contact Kea Herron at kea.snuffy@gmail.com or at 422-0881 for more information about this evening and the group, and to request the books selected for the coming year.

Globetrotters
Friday, January 18 – 7:30 p.m.
Kyushu and Okinawa (Japan) Highlights by John Keller
At the Maguire Learning Center at Westminster Oaks
Please contact Diane Olsen at m.diane.olsen@gmail.com or at 386-5797 for more information. Please contact Diane with offers to bring refreshments as we no longer have callers to reach out.
Also keep Saturday, February 2 available for the next program.

Gourmet Sampler
Saturday, January 12 – 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Josephine & James Ang
Barbara Elam and Carol Weissert are chairing the group this year. Please contact Barbara at ble@neuro.fsu.edu or at 385-9856 to get added to the e-vite list. Barbara & Carol encourage you to also attend the Chinese New Year and Mardi Gras parties.

La Mesa Española
Thursday, January 31 – 7:00 p.m.
At the home of Ernie Rehder
Please contact Jo Stepp at jstepp@fsu.edu for more information and to sign up for this group.

Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, January 22 – 11:45 a.m.
On the Border, 1650 N. Monroe Street
Tuesday, February 26 – 11:45 a.m.
Masa – 1001 North Monroe Street

Please contact Denise Ellingson at mdeniseel15@yahoo.com or at 907-9992 by the Monday morning before to attend.

La Table Française
Saturday, January 26 – 6:30 p.m.
The ever-popular La Soirée Crêpe at the home of Elise Bollier & Anuj Srivastava
Please contact Annelise Leysieffer at aleysieffer@gmail.com or at 893-1272.

Outdoors Explorers – Barbara Elam will contact you about the next outing. You can reach her at ble@neuro.fsu.edu.

PUC – Faculty Luncheon Series
Tuesday, January 15 – 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Michael Ruse, Professor of Philosophy, will speak on The Broadening Definition of “Scholarship” with the topic: Penn State and Florida State. All reservations must be made by the previous Thursday by calling 222-6320. The cost is $10.

Restaurant Roulette
Will be joining the Chinese New Year at Azu on Sunday, January 27. Please mail your check to Calvin Zongker, and Please contact Jan Flake at jflake@fsu.edu or at 383-7505 for other dinner information.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Friday, January 18 – 7:00 p.m.
Please contact Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker at tkirkwoodtucker@comcast.net for more information and to offer your home. They need a piano to sing Winterlieder this month.

Stitch & Chat
Please contact Cherie at 386-1000 or at jfenstermaker@fsu.edu.

Please support our Bowlegs Sponsors

Our sponsor for 28 years, Anthony’s Wood Fire Grill is located at 1355 Market Street. They serve delicious food. They have recently changed to only serving in the evening.

We gratefully welcome High Performance Magnetics on board.

We are grateful to Lucy Ho for providing us with a number of gift certificates. Do visit her two restaurants, Azu, located at 3220 Apalachee Parkway, and Masa, located at 1001 North Monroe Street. Both are popular venues for delicious Sushi, Chinese, Japanese and Southern Asian Style Cuisines.

Target Copy has been supplying us with race fliers for years. Go to Target Copy for all your printing needs and receive 15% off when showing your faculty id card.

SHAW’S Athletics. Each year, Shaw graciously donates several gift certificates to be used as prizes to race participants. Visit his store at 1415 Timberlane Road to see his wide range of athletic apparel, shoes and sports equipment.

Renegade Grill, located in the Seminole Golf Course Clubhouse across from the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering, serves delicious meals at reasonable costs in pleasant surroundings. We much appreciate the many free lunch certificates they provide to be raffled off after the Bowlegs race.

The owner of the local Jimmy John’s franchises generously provided us with 53 coupons for free subs. We hope they will sponsor us next year, and we encourage you to frequent their restaurants around town.

We encourage you to participate in the 29th Billy Bowlegs 5k and 1 Mile Walk on Saturday, January 5 followed by the Annual Bowlegs Brunch in Renegade Grill. On Sunday, January 27, we will be celebrating the annual Chinese New Year, the Year of the Snake, at Lucy Ho’s Azu. Linda & Bob Clickner have offered their home for Mardi Gras for Saturday, February 9. A Winter Dance is planned for Tuesday, February 26 at the American Legion, and we will attend an FSU Circus Dress Rehearsal on Friday, March 22. We are still waiting to get the actual date to attend an Open House at FSU’s new Aero-Propulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Building (AME) at FSU’s Southwest Campus. A Spring Dinner is in the offing for April with further plans yet to be made.

Holiday Greetings to all from Annelise Leysieffer

Annual Holiday Party!!!
Saturday, December 1
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Dorothy B. Oven Park
3205 Thomasville Road

Come join us and start the holiday season at our annual holiday party in a lovely setting. The Club will provide wine, beer, non-alcoholic punch and hot mulled cider. Contributions of sweet and savory treats would be much appreciated by the committee. If you have questions, please contact the chair, Diane Stuart at 893-3466. We thank Barbara & John Elam, Carol & Bill Weissert and Dian & Chas LaTour for serving with Diane on the committee. The holiday lights at Dorothy B. Oven Park are spectacular and not to be missed. There is plenty of parking near the main house with overflow parking in the office building lot at the end of the Oven Park Drive. This is a good time to bring along prospective new Club members.

Chinese New Year at Lucy Ho’s AZU
3220 Apalachee Parkway
The Year of the Snake
Sunday, January 27
6:00 p.m. Social & 6:30 p.m. Dinner
Cost: $30 per person, all inclusive except for alcoholic beverages.

Come celebrate the Chinese New Year with delectable dishes especially prepared for the members of the Faculty & Friends Club. This popular annual event will take place at AZU, Lucy Ho’s newest restaurant. It is located on the left side of Apalachee parkway when coming from Capital Circle about halfway between Capital Circle and Wal-Mart in the Big Oak Shopping Center. Please mail your check, made out to the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU, to Calvin Zongker, 601 Live Oak Plantation Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312 by Tuesday, January 22. You can contact Calvin at czongker@fsu.edu.

Billy Bowlegs 5k Run and 1 Mile Walk
Saturday, January 5 – 9:00 a.m.
Start/Finish FAMU – FSU College of Engineering

Fee: $16 (GWTC members $14) by Thursday, January 3 or $18 on race day. $12 for no shirt.

Billy Bowlegs Brunch
Saturday, January 5 – 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Renegade Grill in the Seminole Clubhouse
For the Brunch, RSVP by Wednesday, January 2, to Annelise Leysieffer 893-1272 or aleysieffer@gmail.com

We challenge you to join us for our 29th Annual Bowlegs 5K Scholarship Race to benefit returning, undergraduate students at FSU. As this is our only fundraiser besides your donations sent with your membership, do come walk or run with us before heading across the street to the Seminole Clubhouse for a delicious and congenial brunch in the Renegade Grill. The cost of the Brunch is $6.00 to Faculty Club members, who are either race participants or volunteers and $10, the actual cost, for Club members and others, who do not wish to participate in the race.

The T-shirt is again designed by Austin Foos, the Leysieffer’s talented grandson. We are in need of volunteers to help direct traffic for the runners.

If interested in volunteering, or should you need fliers, please call Annelise Leysieffer at 893-1272 or e-mail her at aleysieffer@gmail.com. You pay for the Brunch on the day itself.

Three of our six scholarship recipients were at the reception. They were able to publicly thank us for the financial help. They circulated and really enjoyed meeting the Club members. We enjoyed getting to know these dedicated, older students, who wish to improve their lives.

We look forward to seeing you at the Halloween Party at the festively decorated home of Beth & Neil Charness on Friday, October 26 and at the Holiday Party at Dorothy B. Oven Park on Saturday, December 1. Please make sure to mark your 2013 calendars for the Billy Bowlegs Race and Bowlegs Brunch in Renegade Grill at the Seminole Golf Club on Saturday, January 5. On Sunday, January 27, we will be celebrating the annual Chinese New Year, the Year of the Snake, at Lucy Ho’s Azu. Linda & Bob Clickner have offered their home for Mardi Gras for Saturday, February 9. A Winter Dance is planned for Tuesday, February 26 at the American Legion, and we will attend an FSU Circus Dress Rehearsal in late March. We also plan to attend an Open House at FSUs new Aero-propulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Building (AME) at FSUs Southwest Campus.

Annelise Leysieffer

Celebrate Halloween with Beth & Neil Charness
“Calling all the Creatures of the Night”
Friday, October 26 – 6:30 p.m. until…

Join us for a festive and fun-filled evening at the home of Beth & Neil Charness at 1325 Peacefield Place off Thomasville Road near Woodgate. Beth will make Witches Cauldron Chili. Please bring Devilish Delights or Cauldron Luck. Please contact Beth by this weekend either by calling her at 385-0500 or at beth_charness@hotmail.com to let her know if you plan to attend and what you are planning to bring. Although there is no absolute deadline, Beth would like to have an early count for planning purposes. This will also give Beth and her committee a general idea of how many people to expect. We always love to see guests come dressed in costumes whenever possible.

Annual Holiday Party!!!
Saturday, December 1, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Dorothy B. Oven Park
3205 Thomasville Road

Come join us and start the holiday season at our annual holiday party in a lovely setting. The Club will provide wine, beer, non-alcoholic punch and hot mulled cider. Contributions of sweet and savory treats would be much appreciated by the committee. If you have questions, please contact the chair, Diane Stuart at 893-3466. We thank Barbara & John Elam, Carol & Bill Weissert and Dian & Chas LaTour for serving with Diane on the committee. The holiday lights at Dorothy B. Oven Park are spectacular and not to be missed. There is plenty of parking near the main house with overflow parking in the office building lot at the end of the Oven Park Drive.

Book Discussion Group
Monday, November 12, 7:30 p.m.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson
At the home of Bonnie Armstrong
Book Discussion leader: Ursel Homann
Please contact Kea Herron at kea.snuffy@gmail.com or at 422-0881 if you are interested in more information about this group.

Globetrotters will meet again in January. Please contact Diane Olsen at m.diane.olsen@gmail.com or call her at 386-5797 for further information.

Gourmet Sampler
Saturday, November 10, 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Johnnye & Heinz Luebkemann Barbara Elam and Carol Weissert are chairing the group this year. Please contact Barbara at ble@neuro.fsu.edu or at 385-9856 to get added to the e-vite list. Barbara & Carol encourage you to attend the Halloween Party on October 26….

La Mesa Española
Monday, October 22, 6:30 p.m.
At Morelia at 1355 Market Street
Please contact Jo Stepp at jstepp@fsu.edu for more information and to sign up for this group.

Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, October 23, 11:45 a.m.
Kool Beans, 921 Thomasville Road

Tuesday, November 27, 11:45 a.m.
Fickle Pickle – 1605 East Plaza Drive # 101A

Please contact Denise Ellingson at mdeniseel15@yahoo.com or at 907-9992 by the Monday morning before to attend.

La Table Française will meet for La Soirée Crêpe on Saturday, January 26 and maybe in December. Please contact Annelise Leysieffer at aleysieffer@gmail.com or at 893-1272.

Outdoors Explorers – Barbara Elam will contact you about the next outing. You can reach her at ble@neuro.fsu.edu.

PUC – Faculty Luncheon Series
Tuesday, November 6, 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Owen Mundy, Asst. Professor in Art, will speak on The Broadening Definition of “Scholarship” in dealing with the Future of Scholarly Publishing. All reservations must be made Thursday, November 1 by calling 222-6320. The cost is $10.

Restaurant Roulette
Thursday, October 25 – 6:30 p.m.
Longhorn Steakhouse – 2400 North Monroe St.
Please contact Jan Flake at jflake@fsu.edu or at 383-7505.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
The third Friday of each month.
Please contact Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker at tkirkwoodtucker@comcast.net for more information.

Stitch & Chat
Thursday, October 25 – 7:30 p.m.
At the home of Cherie Fenstermaker. Please contact Cherie at 386-1000 or at jfenstermaker@fsu.edu.

Alice B. Nichols Scholarship recipients for Fall 2012

Shannon Caldwell – Major: IT, with health and project management focus – Fall, 2012
Future goals: Masters in IT in Communications.
Danielle Gasparro – Major: Creative Writing – Fall, 2012
Future goals: Nonfiction writer in NYC, then grad school.
Michael Hancock – Double major: Geography and History
Fall, 2012 – Future goals: Advanced degree in rehabilitation counseling or community counseling.
Sandra “Echo” Harris – Major: Social Work – Fall, 2012
Future goals: graduate school, then working with families.
Rebekah Landbeck – Major: Psychology, Statistics (minor)
Spring, 2013 – Future goals: Grad school, Clinical Psychology.
Samuel Watkins – Majors: Creative Writing and Sociology
Fall, 2012 – Future goals: Law school.

Our 6 fall scholars are all full-time students.Their GPAs are between 3.4 and 3.9. They have a mix of challenges: obligations of family care, work, health issues, etc. Note, also, that most are interested in continuing their education in graduate or law school.

Message of welcome
I welcome you to the 2012-2013 academic year and look forward to serving you again as your president. I hope your summer has been a special and relaxing one. Great plans are in the works for the monthly events while our interest group chairpersons continue their work to engage their members in interesting discussions on books, learning about foreign countries or places in the US, enjoying outdoor pursuits, discussing investments or photography, in speaking foreign languages or in enjoying culinary treats in homes or in restaurants. The interest groups serve as the mainstay of the Club, and we thank the leaders who continue to chair these groups. In our wish for the club membership to grow, please spread the word about our activities and begin by inviting new and current faculty and friends to the Welcoming Reception to be held on Wednesday, September 12 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. to be held at the Tallahassee Garden Center.

Please make sure to keep the central section of this newsletter as it serves as the yearbook for this year. Current and updated information will be printed in the regular newsletters and will also be sent to all who provide your membership VP with e-mail addresses.

Annelise Leysieffer

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MEMBERSHIP DUES: $20/$15 per household

With the beginning of the 2012-2013 academic year, it is time to renew your membership dues. All interest groups are part of the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU. Whether you only belong to one interest group or take advantage of all that our Club has to offer, now is the time for ALL attendees, except from the occasional visitor, to submit your dues. Please fill out the form provided below, enabling us to keep accurate records, and bring it together with your check made out to the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU to the Welcoming Reception on September 12 or mail it to the treasurer, Calvin Zongker, 601 Live Oak Plantation Road, Tallahassee FL 323012.

Name(s): ________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________

ZIP: ___________ Home Phone: _____________________________

E-mail address(es): ______________________________________________________________________________

Department(s): ___________________________________________

(Please indicate department(s), if retired, or if you are a friend)

Membership Dues per address: $20($15 for retirees): $_____________

Voluntary Contribution to Scholarship Fund:              $_____________

Total Amount enclosed:                                               $_____________

Please indicate to Annelise if there are changes to last year’s roster or if you have additions you would like to be added.
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Alice B. Nichols Scholarship

The University Club Scholarship Fund was established in 1986. (At the request of the FSU Foundation, the name of the fund remains as stated here.) Since 1994, the Club has been awarding one or more $500 scholarships per semester to needy, returning, full-time, undergraduate students, who maintain a GPA of at least 3.2. Five years ago, the board members voted to also add some partial scholarships to part-time students. Thanks to your generous donations and our successful, annual Billy Bowlegs 5k Run and 1 Mile Walk, we have been able to award one-hundred-and-twenty-seven scholarships during the past seventeen years. We have chosen six students for the fall semester who will each receive $500. We hope to be able to donate another six next spring semester. We thank you for your generous support and hope we can continue to count on it for this worthwhile endeavor particularly during these difficult economic times. Donations of any amount will be gratefully accepted and acknowledged. Please bring your check to the Welcoming Reception or mail your donation together with your dues, with the check made out to the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU, to the treasurer, Calvin Zongker, 601 Live Oak Plantation Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312.

Annual Welcoming Reception
Wednesday, September 12, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Tallahassee Garden Center, 508 North Calhoun Street

As always, we start the year with our Annual Welcoming Reception to take place this year in the Tallahassee Garden Center located between Calhoun and Gadsden Streets. You can enter the large parking area either from Carolina Street across from Georgia Belle or from Gadsden Street. This event is a wonderful opportunity to visit with old and new friends. You can join or renew your membership and sign up for the many fascinating interest groups. These groups are a great way to get to know each other, and they serve as the mainstay of our Club. Come savor the delicious hors d’oeuvres and desserts, in part prepared by members. Please bring new faculty and friends and encourage current faculty to attend the reception to familiarize them with our organization. Also come meet and welcome our scholarship recipients.  There is a ramp at the back of the house for easy access.

Several of your board members will be chairing this event. If you have special delicacies you would like to share with us, it will be much appreciated. Please e-mail Annelise Leysieffer at aleysieffer@gmail.com or call her at 893-1272 with offers to bring food, to volunteer or if you have any questions.
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Celebrate Halloween with Beth & Neil Charnes: “Calling all the Creatures of the Night”
Friday, October 26, 6:30 p.m. until…

Join us for a festive and fun-filled evening at the annual gathering at the home of Beth & Neil Charness at 1325 Peacefield Place off Thomasville Road near Woodgate. Beth will make Witches Cauldron Chili. Please bring Devilish Delights or Cauldron Luck. Please let Beth know the week before by Saturday, October 20, either at beth_charness@hotmail.com or by calling her at 385-0500 to let her know if you are you planning to attend and what you are planning to bring. Although there is no absolute deadline, Beth would like to have an early count for planning purposes. This will also give Beth and her committee a general idea of how many people to expect.

Board of The Faculty & Friends Club of FSU  2012-2013

President: Annelise Leysieffer 893-1272
Vice President: Jan Flake 383-7505
2nd VP (Membership): Fred Leysieffer 893-1272
Past President: Josephine Ang 894-6057
Recording Secretary: Linda Clickner (703) 850-6893
Corresponding Secretary: Denise Ellingson 907-9992
Treasurer: Calvin Zongker 385-4848
Nominating Committee Chair: Josephine Ang 894-6057
Newsletter Editor: Annelise Leysieffer 893-1272
Interest Groups Co-Chairs: Barbara Elam 385-9856, Diane Olsen 386-5797
Friendship*: Beth Charness 385-0500
Historian: Neil Charness 385-0500
Scholarship: Natholyn Harris 385-5979, Diane Olsen 386-5797
Ex-Officio: Molly Barron

*Please notify Beth Charness about members who should be sent cards due to illness, birth of a child, congratulations or sympathy.

Faculty & Friends Club Interest Group Chairs 2012-2013

Book Discussion Group: Kea Herron 422-0881
Digital Photography: Neil Charness 385-0500, Calvin Zongker 385-4848
Globetrotters: Diane Olsen 386-5797
Gourmet Sampler: Barbara Elam 385-9856, Carol Weissert 297-0111
Investment Club: Diane Stuart 893-3466
La Mesa Española: Jo Stepp-Greany 383-3970
La Table Française: Annelise Leysieffer 893-1272
Lecture Series – PUC: Bob Spivey 894-5242
Lunch Bunch: Denise Ellingson 907-9992
Outdoors Explorers: Barbara & John Elam 385-9856
Restaurant Roulette: Jan Flake 383-7505
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?: Toni Kirkwood-Tucker 656-9514
Stitch and Chat: Cherie Fenstermaker 386-1000

If you are interested in joining an interest group or in forming a new one, please check with either one of the chairpersons, Barbara Elam (385-9856) ble@neuro.fsu.edu or Diane Olsen (386-5797 m.diane.olsen@gmail.com

Faculty & Friends Club Monthly Events 2012-2013
Annual Welcoming Reception – Tallahassee Garden Center
Wednesday, September 12, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
508 North Calhoun Street

Co-Chairs: Annelise Leysieffer, Denise Ellingson, Pete Cottrell et al.

Halloween Party Hosted by Beth & Neil Charness
Friday, October 26, 6:30 p.m. until… NOTE: Friday
1325 Peacefield Place off Thomasville Road

Chair: Beth Charness – beth_charness@hotmail.com

Holiday Party – Dorothy B. Oven Park
Saturday, December 1, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
3205 Thomasville Road

Co-Chairs: Diane Stuart, Barbara Elam, Dian & Charles LaTour and Bill & Carol Weissert

29^th Annual Billy Bowlegs 5k Run & 1 Mile Walk
Saturday, January 5, 9:00 a.m.
FAMU/FSU College of Engineering – Innovation Park

Bowlegs Brunch at Renegade Grill, 10:00 a.m. in the Seminole Golf Clubhouse

Co-Chairs: Larry Giunipero, Bill Hillison & Annelise Leysieffer

Chinese New Year – Year of the Snake
Sunday, January 27 , 6:30 p.m.
Lucy Ho’s Azu – 3220 Apalachee Parkway

Chair: Annelise Leysieffer – aleysieffer@gmail.com

Mardi Gras – Hosted by Linda & Bob Clickner
Saturday, February 9, 6:30 p.m.
3099 Shamrock Street North

Chair: Linda Clickner – lindaclickner@gmail.com

Valentine’s Dance at American Legion Hall at Lake Ella
Tuesday, February 12, 7:30 p.m.

Chair:  Annelise Leysieffer, et al.

Plans are underway to hopefully attend the new AME (Engineering) Building’s Open House in the spring, attend a woman’s basketball game as well as take in a baseball game in the spring.

Annual Spring Dinner & Business Meeting, with date and place TBA

Book Discussion Group
Thursday, September 13, 7:00 p.m.
NOTE: Different date, week and time!!!

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick discussed and hosted by Hyo Lee to learn about Korean history and culture. It promises to be a fascinating discussion.

Please call Hyo at 385-9800 to attend and for directions.

Please contact Kea Herron at kea.snuffy@gmail.com or at 422-0881 for more information about the Book Group and to nominate books for 2013-14. Please give name, author, # of pages and an interesting blurb about the book.

Monday, October 15, 7:30 p.m.
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Discussed by Flora Danisi and hosted by Penny Gilmer (385-5762).

Digital Photograhy will be chaired jointly by Neil Charness (385-0500) neil_charness@hotmail.com and Calvin Zongker (385-4848) czongker@fsu.edu with experts to be brought to the meetings. There has been a great interest in this group.

Globetrotters

This popular interest group will continue to meet at the Maguire Learning Center on Commencement Lane at Westminster Oaks with Diane Olsen as the chair. Please contact her with programs and to offer to bring refreshments. We hope to begin on Saturday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. Look for follow-up e-mails from Diane and Annelise.

Please contact Diane Olsen at m.diane.olsen@gmail.com or at 386-5797.

Gourmet Sampler

Barbara Elam (385-9856) ble@neuro.fsu.edu and Carol Weissert (297-0111) cweissert@fsu.edu will be chairing Gourmet Sampler this year. We have spring homes but still need homes for the fall. Please contact either Barbara or Carol to volunteer to host this delightful group.

Investment Club

This group meets the first Tuesday of each month at the Senior Citizen Center. Although full at this time, if interested, please contact Diane Stuart for more information at dianelstuart@yahoo.com or call her at 893-3466.

La Mesa Española

This group usually meets the last Thursday of the month and is led by Jo Stepp-Greany. The first meeting is being scheduled for October. Please contact Jo at jstepp@fsu.edu or at 383-3970.

La Table Française
Sunday, September 23, 7:00 p.m.
Held at the home of Annelise Leysieffer

Please contact Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com or call her at 893-1272 to find out more about the French group and to attend. Please forward any suggestions for a new format or information about French gatherings in town.

Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, September 25, 11:45 a.m.  Note: new week!
Backwoods Bistro – 401 East Tennessee Street

Please contact Denise Ellingson at mdeniseel15@yahoo.com or at 907-9992 to attend.

Faculty Luncheon Series at Presbyterian University Center (PUC)
Tuesday, September 11, 12:15 p.m.
“The University Library and its Role in Digital Scholarship”

$10 per luncheon with reservations made by Thursday, September 6 by calling 222-6320 or sending an e-mail to floridastatepuc@gmail.com

Please contact Bob Spivey at 894-5242 for more information.

Outdoors Explorers will again be led by Barbara & John Elam. Plans are to meet just a few times this coming year beginning with Sunday, September 30 starting between 2:00 and 2:30 p.m. Dot and Jim Skofronick have graciously offered to host an outing at their farm near Torreya State Park.

Please contact Barbara Elam at 385-9856 or at ble@neuro.fsu.edu to attend and with suggestions for future places to visit.

Restaurant Roulette
Thursday, September 20, 6:30 p.m.
Julie’s Place at 2901 North Monroe Street.

Please contact Jan Flake by the 17^th at jflake@fsu.edu or at 383-7505.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Friday, September 21, 7:00 p.m.
“Wenn einer eine Reise tut, kann er viel erzählen.”

At the home of Toni Kirkwood-Tucker.

Please contact Toni at tkirkwoodtucker@comcast.net or at 656-9514.

Stitch & Chat
Thursday, September 20, 7:30 p.m.
At the home of Cherie Fenstermaker (386-1000).

Please contact Cherie at jfenstermaker@fsu.edu for more information.

Dear All,

As I am approaching the end of my term as your president, I feel so blessed to have been able to be part of this wonderful club that has been serving our beloved faculty and friends for so many years. I would like to encourage everyone to invite their friends to join this fabulous club. We have many interest groups that continue to attract old and new members. We added several new members this year, but for this wonderful club to grow, we must all participate to the best of our ability. We also have added several interest groups like the New Digital Photography group.

This year, our scholarship fund has increased and $7,200 was paid out in the fall and spring twice to each of our six students. The race at Bowlegs netted our club $2,400 in revenue. We had such a good year with so many memorable activities that everyone enjoyed. Our Fall Welcoming Reception at the Brokaw-McDougall House was such a success and brought so many old and new members together. Then the Halloween Party followed at the Charness’ home, a party they graciously host year after year. The Holiday Party was even better attended than ever. The Chinese New Year, held at Azu, brought many special dishes never served before and impressed so many of our members. The get-together continued at the Valentine Dance at the American legion Hall by Lake Ella followed by Mardi Gras, an evening we all look forward to at the Elam’s house where Barb serves us her out-of-this-world delicious jambalaya. As you can see, this club is great and dear to all of us. We encourage participation and suggestions from all. Let’s keep our fellowship moving forward.

Let’s give our support to the upcoming President for the 6th time, Annelise Leysieffer. I would not be able to serve without her true help. I could not think of anyone else right now, who is available and has the commitment for this position except Annelise.

I leave with great memories and a promise to continue my participation to this fabulous club. Please get involved. We need each and every one of you to participate and recruit member(s) to join this fabulous club we all so love and belong to. Thank you for this opportunity to be part of your life, and we hope to see you all in all our gatherings and fund raising venues.

Sincerely, Josephine Ang

Annual Luncheon & Business Meeting
Anthony’s Wood Fire Grill
1355 Market Street
Saturday, April 21 at 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

The cost is $20.00 per person, which includes tax, tip and non-alcoholic beverage. The choices are Meat Lasagna, Eggplant Parmesan or a Chicken Cobb Salad. Musical entertainment is being planned for during the meal. Please mail check for $20.00 per person to Annelise Leysieffer, 3720 Lifford Circle, Tallahassee, FL, 32309. You can reach her at 893-1272. Please make your check out to The Faculty & Friends Club of FSU and mail it by Wednesday April 18. Please indicate your choice of entrée.

The Nominating Committee presents the slate for the executive committee members for 2012-2013:
President – Annelise Leysieffer
Vice President – Jan Flake
Vice President (membership) – Fred Leysieffer
Recording Secretary – Linda Clickner
Corresponding Secretary – Denise Ellingson
Treasurer – Calvin Zongker
Nominating Chair – Josephine Ang

Alice B. Nichols Scholarship
We thank the forty members who have given so generously to our Faculty & Friends Club Scholarship in Alice’s name. Besides being an outstanding teacher, Alice devoted 16 years to help students improve their lives through her work with our Club’s scholarship activities. She will be deeply missed by us all. A special thank you to Gene Nichols for donating $3000 to bring the total amount to $4,650.

La Mesa Española
Thursday, April 26, Time & Place TBA.
More information later
Please contact Jo Stepp-Greany at jstepp@fsu.edu.

Gourmet Sampler
Friday, April 20, 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Carol & Bill Weissert
Please respond to Denise Ellingson’s e-vite or contact Jane Grosslight at janegrosslight@mindspring.com.

Globetrotters
“A Short Trip to China, Through the Eyes of one Westerner” by Barbara Doran
Saturday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.
Westminster Oaks – Maguire Learning Center.
Please contact Diane Olsen at m.diane.olsen@gmail.com.

Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, April 10, 11:45 a.m.
Mockingbird Café – 1225 North Monroe Street
Please contact Denise Ellingson at mdeniseel15@yahoo.com.

Presbyterian University Center
“Listen. Reflect. Discuss. Repeat as Needed.”
Tuesday, April 17, 12:15 p.m.
Dr. Dennis Moore, Associate Professor of English, is the final speaker in “Why We Still Teach” series.
$9.00/plate, RSVP 222-6320 by Friday, April 13.

La Table Française
Please contact Annelise Leysieffer at aleysieffer@gmail.com.

Book Discussion Group
England and Another Shore written and discussed
by our own Audrey Wilson
Monday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.
At the home of Judy Rice Goldman.
Please contact Kea Herron at kea.snuffy@gmail.com.

Restaurant Roulette
Little Italy – 111-17 South Magnolia Drive
15% discount to all diners on Tuesdays.
Tuesday, April 17, 6:30 p.m.
Please contact Jan Flake at jflake@fsu.edu.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Dr. Lisel Hermes will give a talk Über Baden Württemberg
Friday, April 20, 7:00 p.m.
At the home of Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker.
Please contact Toni at tkirkwoodtucker@comcast.net.

Information about University Musical Associates (UMA)
Kim Shively, the Director of Special Programs at the College of Music,writes: Are you looking for something to do in Tallahassee that’s entertaining, culturally enriching, and supports students? Why not become a member of the University Musical Associates (UMA) and enjoy professional concerts and operas performed by FSU music students. Members have the opportunity to purchase tickets to the very popular PRISM Concert, Seasonal Celebration Concert, and Rainbow Concert before they go on sale to the general public. You are invited to an Evening of Musical Delight on Friday, May 11, at 8:00 p.m. in Opperman Music Hall. This is a free concert where you can hear outstanding performances and learn more about UMA. There will be a reception after the concert. You can call Kim Shively at 644-4744 for more information. This is a wonderful win-win situation: you get to hear world-class music and our world-class students benefit directly from your generous gifts – - Kim

Don Rapp and Annelise Leysieffer both serve on the UMA executive committee. We encourage you to continue your membership, if you are current members, or to consider joining if you are not already members.

We welcome the New Year and wish for all that 2012 may be a special year filled with good health, great friendships and much happiness. We thank you for your continued support of our varied events, interest groups and scholarship activities and look forward to seeing you in the New Year. We especially want to thank Josephine Ang, Barbara Elam, Diane Stuart, Carol & Bill Weissert and Dian & Charles LaTour for their dedicated work in making the Holiday Party at Dorothy B. Oven Park such a wonderful success. More than 100 attended making this our best Holiday Party in years. We also thank all who brought delicious hors d’oeuvres and desserts for members to share. We began the 2012 with a wonderfully successful Bowlegs 5k Run & 1 Mile walk on Saturday the 7th. The weather was perfect, and we had about 180 runners and walkers, making this our best attended Bowlegs possibly ever. We thank Larry Giunipero, who began this race in 1985 together with Leitch Wright, and Bill Hillison, who began helping not many years later. With the advent of the Bowlegs Brunch, now in its 8th year, many more Faculty Club members attend and either walk, run or volunteer. We thank you, and our scholarship recipients thank you. All six recipients are continuing full time this spring semester with the club awarding them a total of $7,200 this year, which is more than we have ever given out in any given year. We thank you for your generous donations with your membership and thank Anthony’s Wood Fire Grill and High Performance Magnetics for their generous sponsorship. We also thank AZU, MASA, Renegade Grill and Shaw’s Athletics for their wonderful gift certificates. These gift certificates are a great draw to the runners and walkers. We furthermore thank Brian Bachman for donating the mugs this year for this good cause

We encourage you to join us for another delicious Chinese New Year’s celebration at Lucy Ho’s Azu on Sunday, January 29. Follow this event by listening and dancing to the lively Tallahassee Swing Band at the American Legion Hall at Lake Ella on Valentine’s Day and then enjoy a festive Mardi Gras at the home of Barbara & John Elam on February 18.

Annelise Leysieffer

You will find the roster enclosed with this newsletter. We try to keep it as up-to-date as possible and apologize for any unintentional errors. Please let Fred & Annelise know of any changes at aleysieffer@gmail.com. Please note that the names appear alphabetically in horizontal fashion on the pages. We welcome the many new members to the Club.

Chinese New Year at Lucy Ho’s AZU
The Year of the Dragon
3220 Apalachee Parkway

Sunday, January 29
6:00 p.m. Cash Bar
6:30 p.m. Dinner
Cost: $30 per person (meal, tax, tip and non-alcoholic beverages)

Come celebrate the Chinese New Year with delectable dishes especially prepared for the members of the Faculty & Friends Club. This popular annual event is taking place at Lucy Ho’s AZU. It is located on the left side of Apalachee parkway when coming from Capital Circle about halfway between Capital Circle and Wal-Mart in the Big Oak Shopping Center. Please send your check made out to The Faculty & Friends Club of FSU to Annelise Leysieffer at 3720 Lifford Circle, Tallahassee, FL 32309 by Wednesday, January 25. You can reach Annelise via e-mail at aleysieffer@gmail.com or at 893-1272 if you have any questions about the evening.

Valentine’s Dance
Then on Tuesday evening, February 14 beginning at 7:30 p.m. celebrate Valentine’s Day by dancing or simply listening to the lively music performed by the Tallahassee Swing Band in the American Legion Hall by Lake Ella. Please mention that you are part of the Faculty & Friends Club. Beverages are available for purchase by Club members individually at the American Legion Hall with some refreshments provided by the Club. Please let Annelise know at aleysieffer@gmail.com if you are planning to attend so that we can reserve tables ahead of time.

Mardi Gras
Saturday, February 18 – 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Barbara & John Elam
3204 Brookforest Drive

Later the same week, join us at the Elams’ festively decorated house and enjoy Barbara’s delicious Gumbo and Jambalaya. Please bring your own wine if you wish and bring either hors d’oeuvres, salads or desserts to complement the main course. Please let Barbara know either at ble@neuro.fsu.edu or call her at 385-9856 by Tuesday, the 14th to let her know if you are coming and what dish you are bringing for planning purposes for Barbara and her committee.

Globetrotters
Saturday, January 21 – 7:30 p.m. NOTE the new beginning time!
Iceland & Norway by Jack Brigham
This promises to be a spectacular presentation with Jack having spent a week in Iceland and having visited numerous places in Norway.
At the Maguire Learning Center at Westminster Oaks.
Please contact Diane Olsen at m.diane.olsen@gmail.com or at 386-5797 for more information and to offer to help with refreshments.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Friday, January 20 – 7:00 p.m. Please note the time!
Liederabend at Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker’s house.
Please contact Toni at tkirkwoodtucker@comcast.net or at 656-9514.

La Mesa Española
Thursday, January 26 – 6:30 p.m.
At Morelia – 1355 Market Street Note Morelia’s new location!
Please contact Jo Stepp-Greany at jstepp@fsu.edu or at 383-3970.

La Table Française
Saturday, January 28 – 6:30 p.m.
The annual ever-popular Soirée Crêpe with delicious French dishes.
At the home of Elise Bollier & Anuj Srivastava.
Please contact Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com or at 893-1272.

Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, February 14 – 11:45 a.m.
At MASA -1001 North Monroe Street.
Please contact Denise Ellingson at mdeniseel15@yahoo.com or 907-9992.

Restaurant Roulette
Tentatively scheduled for Thursday, February 16 – 6:30 p.m.
At Georgio’s – 3425 Thomasville Road.
Please contact Jan Flake at jflake@fsu.edu by the weekend or at 383-7505.

Book Discussion Group
Thursday, February 23 – 7:30 p.m. Note the Thursday for this month!
Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot… by Irene Pepperberg
Home and discussion leader TBA
Please contact Kea Herron at kea.snuffy@gmail.com for more information about the 2012 book list and the various meeting places. We welcome a number of new members to this fascinating interest group.

As the 2011-2012 academic year has begun, to the 1/3 of our members who have yet to renew, we hope you plan to join us and will submit your membership dues. Please be aware that all interest groups are part of the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU. Whether you only belong to one interest group or take advantage of all that our Club has to offer now is the time for ALL attendees except for the occasional visitor to submit dues. Please fill out the form provided below, enabling us to keep accurate records, and mail it together with your check made out to the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU to the Treasurer Calvin Zongker, 601 Live Oak Plantation Road, Tallahassee FL 32312.

Name(s): ___________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________

Zip: ___________ Home Phone: ________________________

E-mail address(es): __________________________________

Department(s): __________________________________
(Please indicate department(s), if retired, or if you are a friend)

Membership Dues per address: $20($15 for retirees): $_______

Voluntary Contribution to Scholarship Fund: $_______

Total Amount enclosed: $_______

Please indicate if there are changes to last year’s roster or if you have additions you would like us to add. If so, please call 893-1272 or e-mail to aleysieffer@gmail.com

Outdoors Explorers
With such a huge group of Outdoors Explorers members, please don’t let this group fold. Maybe some of you could get together to plan a couple of outings in the spring, whether a hike or a visit to an interesting site. If you have an idea, please let me know, and I will be happy to advertise it for you.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Dear All,

Thank you so much for making our annual reception at the Brokaw-McDougall House such a success. The weather was beautiful, the food and drinks were plentiful and nicely complemented this gathering of friends. Thank you all, especially to those who helped and brought those delicious foods to the reception. Thank you especially to all those who helped to set up and cleaned up the place. The reception was a success because of this very organized and harmonious cooperation from these devoted members, during and after the reception. I had taken notes of your names, but I could not name all of you here. Please know that I am very grateful.

We have several new members who seemed very please to have joined. We have met the recipients of the Scholarships, all listed below, and their families. Our speaker, Jennifer Buchanan, was very inspiring and spoke about the university’s mission.

Please remember to invite potential members to join our Club. We have an upcoming Halloween Party at Beth & Neil Charness’s house on October 29. The Holiday Party on December 3 at Dorothy B. Oven Park is always a wonderful gathering before the end of the year. Let us continue to support our Club’s activities and those of its many interest groups.

All the best,
Josephine

Alice B. Nichols Scholarship recipients for Fall 2011:

We thank you for your generous contributions, which have not only enabled the Club to raise the full-time amount to $600 to each student, but also to give six scholarships this semester.

Marianne Arbulu – Sr. – Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Tamiko Daniels – Sr. – Social Work
Shawn Gordon – Communication Science Disorders
Michael Hancock – Sr. – Geography & History
Stephanie Henderson – Sr. – Literature & Humanities
Gale Morgan – Sr. – Social Work

Celebrate Halloween with Beth & Neil Charness
Saturday, October 29 – 6:30 p.m. until…

Join us for a festive and fun-filled evening at the home of Beth & Neil Charness at 1325 Peacefield Place off Thomasville Road near Woodgate. Beth will be making Bone Crunching Beef as the main course, creepy-crawly coleslaw as a side dish, and a lobotomy elixir punch. The attendees are requested to bring spooky sides, body part bites, or spooktacular sweets. Please let Beth know, preferably by Monday, October 24, either to beth_charness@hotmail.com or by calling her at 385-0500 to let her know if you are you planning to attend and what you are planning to bring. Beth would like an early count for planning purposes. We also need to give Beth and her committee a general idea of how many people to expect.

Annual Holiday Party!!!

Saturday, December 3
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Dorothy B. Oven Park
3205 Thomasville Road

Come join us and start the holiday season at our annual holiday party in a lovely setting. The Club will provide wine, beer, non-alcoholic punch and hot mulled cider. Contributions of sweet and savory treats would be much appreciated by the committee. If you have questions, please contact the chair Diane Stuart at 893-3466. We thank Barbara & John Elam, Carol & Bill Weissert and Dian & Chas LaTour for serving with Diane on the committee. The holiday lights at Dorothy B. Oven Park are spectacular and not to be missed. There is plenty of parking near the main house with overflow parking in the office building lot at the end of the Oven Park Drive.

Book Discussion Group
Monday, October 17 – 7:30 p.m.
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
At the home of Judy Goldman
Monday, November 14 – 7:30 p.m.
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Please contact Kea Herron at kea.snuffy@gmail.com or at 566-5610 for information about this interest group and where to send your recommendations for the 2012 reading list. The book suggestions from March 2012 will be voted on at the annual December potluck. Please provide a brief synopsis together with name, author and number of pages. The book format should be paperback or trade back.

Globetrotters
Friday, November 4 – 7:30 p.m.
Westminster Oaks – Maguire Center on Commencement Lane.
India by Betty Serow
Please contact Diane Olsen at m.diane.olsen@gmail.com or call her at 386-5797 for further information.

Gourmet Sampler
Friday, November 11 – 6:30 p.m.
The meetings will alternate this year between the Westminster Oaks Pool House and members’ homes – Joannie Poulson is making the arrangements for the November gathering and is in need of a couple of more people. Please contact Jane Grosslight at janegrosslight@mindspring.com or call her at 385-5822.

La Mesa Española
Thursday, October 20 – 5:30 p.m.
Potluck at the home of Diane & Dale Olsen
Please contact Jo Stepp at jstepp@fsu.edu for more information about the group and contact Diane at m.diane.olsen@gmail.com to let her know that you are coming and what you are bringing.

Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, November 8 – 11:45 a.m.
Mozaik, 1410 D-1 Market Street
Please contact Denise Ellingson at mdeniseel15@yahoo.com or at 907-9992 by Sunday evening, November 13 to attend.

La Table Française will meet again in January & February.
PUC – Faculty Luncheon Series
Tuesday, November 8 – 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Neal Lane, senior fellow in science and technology policy at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor, and a faculty member in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, all at Rice University, will discuss “How the Natural Sciences May Inform, And Be Informed By, The Humanities and Social Sciences.” Lane served as an assistant to President Bill Clinton for science and technology and as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from August 1998 to January 2001. He also served as the director of the National Science Foundation and as a member (ex officio) of the National Science Board from October 1993 to August 1998. Please call 222-6320 the week before. $9 per luncheon.

Restaurant Roulette
Thursday, November 10 – 6:30 p.m.
Harry’s Seafood & Bar, on Kleman Plaza
Please contact Jan Flake at jflake@fsu.edu or at 383-7505.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Friday, October 21 – 7:30 p.m.
Kurt Hofer will speak about Nobel Prize winner and famous physicist Paul Dirac
At the home of Bettina & Fernando Tesón
Please contact Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker at kirkwoodtf@aol.com to get more information and to attend.

Digital Photography already has a large group of members interested in this new group. Neil Charness and Calvin Zongker are in the process of planning the first meeting. Please contact them at either neil_charness@hotmail.com or czongker@fsu.edu if you wish to be added to the email list of members who are interested in the group.

Please make sure to mark your calendars for the Annual Billy Bowlegs 5k Run and 1 Mile Walk to be held Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. followed by the Annual Bowlegs Brunch beginning at 10:00 a.m. in Renegade Grill across from the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering.

Barbara & John Elam have graciously offered to host their popular Mardi Gras with date in Spring 2012 TBA.

As the 2011-2012 academic year begins, please renew your membership dues. Please be aware that all interest groups are part of the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU. Whether you only belong to one interest group or take advantage of all that our Club has to offer now is the time for ALL attendees except for the occasional visitor to submit dues. Please fill out the form provided below, enabling us to keep accurate records, and bring it together with your check made out to the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU to the Welcoming Reception on September 15 or mail it to the Treasurer Calvin Zongker, 601 Live Oak Plantation Road, Tallahassee FL 32312.

Name(s): ________________________________________________

Department(s): ___________________________________________

(Please indicate department(s), if Retired, or Friend if you are a friend)
Membership Dues per address: $20($15 for retirees): $_____________

Voluntary Contribution to the Scholarship Fund: $_____________

Total Amount enclosed: $_____________

Please indicate if there are changes to last year’s roster or if you have additions you would like us to add. If so, please call 893-1272 or e-mail to aleysieffer@gmail.com

Please make sure to keep the central section of this newsletter as it serves as the yearbook for this year. Current and updated information will be printed in the regular newsletters and will also be sent to all who provide your membership VPs with e-mail addresses.

President’s Message

Welcome to the 85th year of the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU. Our organization has been serving the FSU community since 1926! We have grown from mainly a group of faculty spouses to plan social events, such as welcoming new faculty, to a now full functioning association of all faculty (retired or active), their spouses and friends, with regularly scheduled social activities, as well as fund-raising activities to provide scholarships for returning students at the university.

One of the strengths of our organization is the large selection of activities we offer to our members. I thank those who have served as chairpersons of various interest groups for their continuous generosity and leadership through all these years. We truly could not be where we are without you in making these interest groups working like clockwork. I thank our most recent past president, Pete Cottrell, for all his hard work and making this transition easy for me to take over. I thank all the board members for volunteering their time in numerous brainstorming and planning sessions to keep the club going. We want Annelise and Fred Leysieffer to know that they are very much appreciated for all these many years of volunteer work. Annelise has particularly given so much devotion, time and energy! Our group activities are always in her agenda even as she was having both of her knees replaced at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. I know this would put a smile in everybody’s face. By witnessing this very moving experience with Annelise, I cannot help but be inspired. Annelise’s passion to keep the club going inspired all of us to give our best in growing this wonderful club that was started by our club members over 85 years ago!

Several interest groups run year round. We offer interest groups that are truly worthwhile for you or your friends to join. They are all chaired and assisted by wonderful members. A new Digital Photography Group is currently being formed, and if you can think of a new interest group that may attract existing and new members to sign up, please send me the suggestion, and we will surely discuss it at our next meeting. Membership dues are low, and we offer tremendous fun, educational value through interest groups and the opportunity to be with people with varied experiences and skills to share.

Not only do we have these interest groups that are worth joining, we have receptions and group tours like we just had this past year. We have our traditional Fall Reception, this year held at the Brokaw-McDougall House, and the Annual Christmas Holiday reception at the Dorothy B. Oven Park. We will dine at Azu during the Chinese New Year celebration and participate in the fund-raising Billy Bowlegs 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Walk. Last year, we toured the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and the Goodwood Museum and Gardens. I had fun at the Mardi Gras party held at the Elam’s house and at the Halloween party held at Neil and Beth Charness’ home.

I would also like to thank Calvin Zongker for again taking over as our dedicated treasurer as well as thank the many board members, who continue to work hard for this wonderful organization. There are so many devoted members all through these years who have remained active in volunteering their time and continued support. Thank you all again – to those who have contributed. You know who you are, as I could not mention you all.

Our membership needs to grow. Please try to get faculty or friends of FSU to join. It is such a great feeling to belong to such a wonderful organization. It would not take much. If every member can just bring one friend to one of our activities, or interest group meetings, together, we can accomplish a lot in recruiting new members.

I am privileged and honored to be your president. I understand that the tenure of my service is only a year as your vice president and another year as president, but the memories will linger on for as long as I live. I shall look forward to working with Jan Flake, our incoming Vice President, who will be in charge of our programs. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions. Again, I welcome each and every one of you, and I wish you all a very happy and productive year.

Sincerely, Josephine Ang

SCHOLARSHIP

The University Club Scholarship Fund was established in 1986. (At the request of the FSU Foundation, the name of the fund remains as stated here.) Since 1994, the Club has been awarding one or more $500 scholarships per semester to needy, returning, full-time, undergraduate students who maintain a GPA of at least 3.2. Four years ago, the board members voted to also add some partial scholarships to part-time students. Thanks to your generous donations and our successful, annual Billy Bowlegs 5k Run and 1 Mile Walk, we have been able to award one-hundred-and-fifteen scholarships during the past sixteen years. We will be giving six $600 scholarships this fall semester with more in the spring and hope we can continue to count on your support for this worthwhile endeavor. Donations of any amount will be gratefully accepted. Please mail your donation together with your dues, with the check made out to the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU, to the Treasurer, Calvin Zongker, 601 Live Oak Plantation Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312.

Board of The Faculty & Friends Club of FSU 2011-2012
President…..Josephine Ang 894-6057
Vice President…..Jan Flake 383-7505
2nd VPs (Membership)…..Annelise Leysieffer / Fred Leysieffer 893-1272
Past President…..Peter Cottrell 893-3870
Recording Secretary…..TBA
Corresponding Secretary…..Denise Ellingson 907-9992
Treasurer…..Calvin Zongker 385-4848
Nominating Committee Chair…..Peter Cottrell 893-3870
Newsletter Editor…..Annelise Leysieffer 893-1272
Interest Groups Co-Chairs…..Barbara Elam 385-9856 / Diane Olsen 386-5797
Friendship*…..Beth Charness 385-0500
Historian…..Neil Charness 385-0500
Scholarship…..Natholyn Harris 385-5979 / Diane Olsen 386-5797
Ex-Officio…..Molly Barron
*Please notify Beth Charness about members who should be sent
cards due to illness, birth of a child, congratulations or sympathy.

Faculty & Friends Club Interest Group Chairs 2011-2012
Book Discussion Group…..Kea Herron 422-0881
Digital Photography…..Neil Charness 385-0500 / Calvin Zongker 385-4848
Globetrotters…..Diane Olsen 386-5797
Golf…..TBA – if enough interest
Gourmet Sampler…..Jane Grosslight 385-5822 / Denise Ellingson 907-9992
Investment Club…..Diane Stuart 893-3466
La Table Française…..Annelise Leysieffer 893-1272
La Mesa Española…..Jo Stepp-Greany 383-3970
Lecture Series – PUC…..Bob Spivey 894-5242
Lunch Bunch…..Denise Ellingson 907-9992
Outdoors Explorers…..Only if there is a new chairperson
Restaurant Roulette…..Jan Flake 383-7505
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?…..Toni Kirkwood-Tucker 656-9514
Stitch and Chat……Cherie Fenstermaker 386-1000
If you are interested in joining an interest group or in forming a new one, please call either the chairperson, Barbara Elam or Diane Olsen.

Faculty & Friends Club Monthly Events 2011-2012

Thursday, September 15 – - 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Annual Welcoming Reception – - Brokaw-McDougall House
329 North Meridian Street
Co-Chairs: Josephine Ang, Jan Flake & Pete Cottrell

Saturday, October 29 – - 6:30 p.m. until …..
Halloween Party – Hosted by Beth & Neil Charness
1325 Peacefield Place off Thomasville Road
Chair: Beth Charness

There is no November event this year.

Saturday, December 3 – - 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Holiday Party – Dorothy B. Oven Park
3205 Thomasville Road
Co-Chairs: Diane Stuart and Bill & Carol Weissert

Saturday, January 7 – - 9:00 a.m.
28th Annual Billy Bowlegs 5k Run & 1 Mile Walk
FAMU/FSU College of Engineering – Innovation Park
Bowlegs Brunch at Renegade Grill – - 10:00 a.m.
in the Seminole Golf Clubhouse
Co-Chairs: Larry Giunipero, Bill Hillison & Annelise Leysieffer

Sunday, January 29 – - 6:30 p.m.
Chinese New Year – Year of the Dragon
Lucy Ho’s Azu – 3220 Apalachee Parkway
Chair: Annelise Leysieffer

Tuesday, February 14 – - 7:30 p.m.
Valentine’s Dance at American Legion Hall at Lake Ella
Chair:

Our March Event is TBA

Saturday, April 21 – - 11:30 a.m.
Spring Annual Luncheon & Business Meeting
Anthony’s Wood Fire Grill -1355 Market Street
Co-Chairs: Jan Flake & Annelise Leysieffer

Annual Welcoming Reception
Thursday, September 15 – - 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Brokaw-McDougall House
329 North Meridian Street

As always, we start the year with our Annual Welcoming Reception to take place this year in the Brokaw-McDougall House located at the corner of North Meridian and Miccosukee Rd. There is plenty of parking behind the house and an elevator for those who need it. This event is a wonderful opportunity to visit with old and new friends. You can join or renew your membership and sign up for the many fascinating interest groups. These groups are a great way to get to know each other, and they serve as the mainstay of our Club. Come savor the delicious hors d’oeuvres and desserts, in part prepared by members. Please bring new faculty and friends and encourage current faculty to attend the reception to familiarize them with our organization. Also come meet and welcome our scholarship recipients.

Josephine Ang, Jan Flake and Pete Cottrell will be chairing this event. If you have special delicacies you would like to share with us, it will be much appreciated. Please e-mail Josephine at josephineang@msn.com or call her at 545-3363 or at 894-6057 with offers to bring food or to volunteer.

Book Discussion Group
Monday, September 19 – - 7:30 p.m.
The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato
at the home of Annelise Leysieffer (call 893-1272).
Discussion led by Annelise Leysieffer.
Please contact Kea Herron at kea.snuffy@gmail.com or at 422-0881.

Digital Photograhy will be chaired jointly by Neil Charness (385-0500) neil_charness@hotmail.com and Calvin Zongker (385-4848) czongker@fsu.edu with experts to be brought to the meetings.

Globetrotters
Plans are underway to try a new format for the meetings to be held at the Maguire Learning Center on Commencement Lane at Westminster Oaks when programs of interest become available.
Please contact Diane Olsen at m.diane.olsen@gmail.com or at 386-5797.

Golf has been suggested as an interest group. Please let the interest group chairpersons Barbara Elam or Diane Olsen know if this would tempt you.

Gourmet Sampler
For more information, please contact Jane Grosslight at 385-5822 or e-mail her at janegrosslight@mindspring.com to volunteer to host at your house or for a gathering to be held at Westminster Oaks.

Investment Club
This well-run group meets the first Tuesday of each month at the Senior Citizen Center. If interested, please contact Diane Stuart for more information at dianelstuart@yahoo.com or call her at 893-3466.

La Mesa Española
Thursday, September 29 – - 6:30 p.m.
Los Amigos at 2736 Capitol Circle NE.
Please contact Jo Stepp-Greany at jstepp@fsu.edu or at 383-3970.

La Table Française
Please contact Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com or call her at 893-1272 to find out more about the first meeting.

Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, September 13 – - 11:45 a.m.
Ray’s Steel City Saloon – 515 John Knox Road
Please contact Denise Ellingson at mdeniseel15@yahoo.com or at 907-9992.

Please go to http://undergrad.fsu.edu and look up the Faculty Luncheon Series or contact Bob Spivey at 894-5242 for more information.

Outdoors Explorers will sadly fold unless one or more persons will step forward to chair the group. Please contact Barbara Elam at 385-9856 or at ble@neuro.fsu.edu to volunteer to serve.

Restaurant Roulette
Thursday, September 22 – - 6:30 p.m.
Julie’s Place at 2901 North Monroe Street.
Please contact Jan Flake at jflake@fsu.edu or at 383-7505.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Friday, September 16 – - 7:30 p.m.
At the home of Toni Kirkwood-Tucker.
Please contact Toni at kirkwoodTF@aol.com or at 656-9514.

Stitch & Chat – First week in October – - 7:30 p.m.
At the home of Cherie Fenstermaker (386-1000).

Spring greetings everyone! The Board is diligently working on the ballot for the slate of for 2011-2012. We look forward to a great time at our annual April club luncheon. The Valentine Dance was a great success and enjoyed by all who attended. The club had an awesome Mardi Gras celebration at the Elam’s with Gumbo and Jambalaya that was incredibly delicious! Thanks to all those who contributed to make this event an extraordinary one! Spring brought me a successful fishing trip in Ft. Pierce where I caught two delicious Pompano.

Congratulations to Annelise, who has a new grandchild and is also recovering from knee surgery. We hope for her and any of our members that have health issues, speedy recoveries.
Sincerely,
Pete Cottrell

The nominating Committee presents the slate for the executive committee for 2011-2012:
President – Josephine Ang
Vice President – Jan Flake
Vice Presidents (membership) – Fred & Annelise Leysieffer
Recording Secretary – TBA
Corresponding Secretary – Denise Ellingson
Treasurer – Calvin Zongker
Nominating Chair – Pete Cottrell

By-Law Amendment: To qualify to be nominated to become the incoming Vice President/President Elect, he or she must have been an active, dues paying member of the Club for at least one academic year.

Tour of Goodwood Museum and Gardens
1600 Miccosukee Road
Saturday, April 2 at 10:00 a.m.

Please meet Josephine Ang at the Visitor’s Center. Erica Clark, a new Club member, and another docent will be showing us through the house.

Cost is $6.00/person ($5.00/seniors) to be paid upon arrival. RSVP to Annelise Leysieffer if you plan to attend at at aleysieffer@gmail.com or call her at 893-1272.

Annual Luncheon & Business Meeting
Anthony’s Wood Fire Grill
1355 Market Street
Saturday, April 16 at 11:30 a.m – 2:00 p.m.

$20.00/person includes tax, tip and non-alcoholic beverage. Choice of meal – meat lasagna, eggplant parmesan, fish sandwich. Entertainment provided by two members from Pas de Vie Ballet. Please mail check for $20.00/person to Annelise Leysieffer (3720 Lifford Circle, Tallahassee, FL, 32309, 893-1272) with check made out to The Faculty & Friends Club of FSU by Wednesday April 13 and indicate your choice of entrée.

Pas de Vie Ballet is presenting their annual “Spotlight on Dance” and will be having two performances on April 30 and May 1. They are offering to bring a couple of tickets as door prizes to our Annual Luncheon. Please see their website www.pasdevieballet.com.

La Mesa Española
Thursday, March 31, 7:00 p.m.
Meet at the home of Marion & Gerard Nimis.
Thursday, April 21, 6:30 p.m.
2736 Los Amigos, Capital Circle, NE
Please contact Jo Stepp-Greany at jstepp@fsu.edu.

April Fools Day Gourmet Sampler
Friday, April 1, 6:30 p.m.
Poolhouse at Westminster Oaks
Hosted by Patsy & Don Rapp and Joannie & Britt Poulson.
Please contact Beth Charness at beth_charness@hotmail.com.

Globetrotters: “Fall in Finland”
Saturday, April 2, 7:30 p.m.
Westminster Oaks – Maguire Learning Center
Presented by Mary & Ben Lawson.

Please contact Diane Olsen at m.diane.olsen@gmail.com.
Diane Olsen is searching for one or more members of this wonderful interest group to take over next year. Globetrotters began during the winter of 1974.

Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, April 12, 11:45 a.m.
Fanny’s Café at Goodwood Museum and Gardens
1600 Miccosukee Rd.
Tuesday, May 10, 11:45 a.m.
La Hacienda, 2207 Bannerman Road
Please contact Denise Ellingson mdeniseel15@yahoo.com.

Presbyterian University Center
“Team Play and Strategic Thought”
Tuesday, April 12, 12:15 p.m.
by Professor David J. Cooper, Professor of Economics. $9.00/plate, RSVP 222-6320 by Thursday, April 7.

La Table Française
Saturday, April 16, 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Sue Hansen
Please contact Annelise Leysieffer at aleysieffer@gmail.com.

Book Discussion Group
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
Monday, April 18, 7:30 p.m.
Location to be announced
The Other Family by Joanna Trollope
Monday, May 16, 7:30 p.m.
At the home of Cecilia Keller
Please contact Kea Herron at kea.snuffy@gmail.com.

Restaurant Roulette
Georgios Fine Food and Spirits
3425 Thomasville Road.
Thursday, April 21, 6:30 p.m.
Please contact Jan Flake at jflake@fsu.edu.

Outdoors Explorers
Saturday, May 14 or Sunday, May 15
At the home of Christel & Wolfgang Heil
Alligator Point
Please contact Barbara Elam at ble@neuro.fsu.edu.
Barbara & John Elam are searching for somebody in the group to take over this wonderful interest group for 2011-12. Please contact Barbara. We thank Barbara & John for having done such a phenomenal job.

Toni Kirkwood-Tucker is planning to chair Sprechen Sie Deutsch? this coming academic year.
We thank Toni for taking over this popular group. Please contact Toni at kirkwoodTF@aol.com with offers of homes and suggestions of programs for the upcoming academic year.

Jocelyn Maurice, a returning member to the Table Française interest group, is planning to lead a group on a 7-night cruise on Royal Caribbean’s “Liberty of the Seas” in the Mediterranean to and from Barcelona, departing on August 11, 2011. Please call her at 850-942-7364 if you are interested in getting more information.