MEMBERSHIP DUES $20/$15 per household
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): ________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________
Zip: ___________Home Phone: _____________________________
E-mail address(es): _______________________________________
_______________________________________
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).