President’s Message
On behalf of Ruth Pryor and me, I welcome you to the new academic year. We look forward to seeing you at the Annual Welcoming Reception to be held at Dorothy B. Oven Park on Wednesday, September 26 and are encouraging everyone to attend this event. Please bring a guest who may be interested in joining our group! This event is a great way catching up with friends and making new ones. Plans have been made for the regular popular monthly events together with the varied interest groups, providing chances to socialize in restaurants and in homes, to discuss interesting books, to sew items to be donated to worthy causes or to attend wonderful travel logs prepared by our members. Tom Hart and Ruth Pryor are working on having us meet at the FSU Film School this fall and at the Grove in the spring. These would be daytime activities. We very much thank our two new interest group coordinators – Josephine Ang for Restaurant Roulette and Ligia Suarez for Spanish. We must again thank Neil Charness for constantly adding new photos to our website facultyclub.fsu.edu/site.
Annelise Leysieffer
Membership Dues and Scholarship Donations 2018-2019
Even if your information hasn’t changed, please completely fill out the enclosed membership form and mail it together with your check made out to the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU to the treasurer,
Dr. Eberhard Roeder, 6854 Hanging Vine Way, Tallahassee FL 32317.
Alternatively, bring the form and check to the Welcoming Reception on September 26 or bring them to upcoming interest group meetings. In an effort to get the roster out in the fall, please do this soon.
Thanks to your generous donations and our successful Billy Bowlegs 5k Run and 1 Mile Walk, we have been able to award approx. 200 scholarships during the past 24 years. We are in the process of choosing the awardees for the fall semester. Full-time students will receive as much as $600. We hope to meet them at the Fall Reception. We thank you for your generous support and hope we can continue to count on you for this worthwhile endeavor. Donations of any amount will be gratefully accepted and acknowledged.
Bob Clickner
Annual Welcoming Reception
Wednesday, September 26 – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Dorothy B. Oven Park
3205 Thomasville Road
As always, we start the year with our Annual Welcoming Reception to again take place at the beautiful Dorothy B. Oven Park. This event is a wonderful opportunity to visit with old and new friends. Come savor the delicious hors d’oeuvres and desserts, primarily prepared by members to help launch the 2018-2019 Season. With our members providing refreshments, this enables us to continue keeping our dues low. 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. Please bring new faculty and friends and encourage current faculty to attend the reception to familiarize them with our organization. To all who generously bring refreshments, please make sure to bring serving platters and utensils with your finger foods.
Come Celebrate Halloween
“Calling all the Creatures of the Night”
Friday, October 26 – 6:30 p.m. until…
Join us once again for a festive and fun-filled evening at the home of Beth & Neil Charness at 1325 Peacefield Place off Thomasville Road near Woodgate. More information will follow in e-mails. Beth asks that you contact her to let her know if you plan to attend either at beth_charness@hotmail.com or by calling her at 385-0500. Also please let Beth know if you have decided what you are planning to bring. Beth and her committee would like to have an early count for planning purposes. Beth loves to decorate their house, and it is a real treat. Every year, Beth adds new fun decorations. Most of us come dressed in fanciful costumes. Where it is by no means necessary to do so, we always love to see those terrific costumes. You can see them on our website.
Faculty & Friends Club of FSU Monthly Events 2018-2019
Wednesday, September 26 – – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Annual Welcoming Reception – Dorothy B. Oven Park
3205 Thomasville Road
Co-Chairs: Tom Hart, Ruth Pryor & Annelise Leysieffer
Friday, October 26 – – 6:30 p.m. until …
Halloween Party – Hosted by Beth & Neil Charness
1325 Peacefield Place off Thomasville Road
Chair: Beth Charness – beth_charness@hotmail.com
Saturday, December 8 – – 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Annual Holiday Party – Dorothy B. Oven Park
3205 Thomasville Road
Co-Chairs: Anne Thistle, Barbara & Pete Cottrell, Barbara
& John Elam, Tom Hart
Saturday, January 12 – – 9:00 a.m.
34th Annual Billy Bowlegs 5k Run & 1 Mile Walk
FAMU/FSU College of Engineering – Innovation Park
Co-Chairs: Larry Giunipero, Bill Hillison & Annelise Leysieffer
Sunday, January 27 – – 6:30 p.m.
Chinese New Year – Year of the Pig
Lucy Ho’s Azu – 3220 Apalachee Pkw. #13.
Chair: Annelise Leysieffer – aleysieffer@gmail.com
Tuesday, February 12 – – 7:30 p.m.
Valentine’s Day Dance at American Legion Hall
Chair: Annelise Leysieffer – aleysieffer@gmail.com
Saturday, March 2 – – 6:30 p.m.
Mardi Gras – Hosted by Linda & Bob Clickner
3099 Shamrock Street North
Chair: Linda Clickner – lindaclickner@gmail.com
Sunday, March 10 – – 1:00 p.m.
Annual Spring Luncheon
Golden Eagle Country Club
3700 Golden Eagle Drive East
Chair: Annelise Leysieffer – aleysieffer@gmail.com
Faculty & Friends Club Interest Group Meetings
Book Discussion Group
Monday, September 17 – – 7:00 p.m.
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hosted by Donna Meredith
Discussed by Kea Herron
Please contact Kea Herron at kea.snuffy@gmail.com or at 566-5610 for more information about this always thought-provoking interest group where the members read the books! Please also contact Kea to nominate books for 2019. Please provide name, author, number of pages and an interesting blurb about the book.
Globetrotters
Bob Clickner is again coordinating Globetrotters. Have you traveled to exciting and fascinating destinations? We would love to hear about it! If you would like to give a presentation, please contact Bob Clickner at rpclickner@gmail.com or at (703) 850-6892.
He can then work out the schedule, beginning in early October. Plans are to go lighter on refreshments to make it easier for planning the evenings.
Gourmet Sampler
Saturday, September 29 – – 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Barbara & John Elam
Please contact Barbara Elam at blelam@embarqmail.com or call her at 385-9856 to ensure you get on her e-vite list.
Investment Club
This group meets the first Tuesday of each month from September to June at the Senior Citizen Center on North Monroe Street. They meet at 7:00 p.m. in the 3rd Floor Conference room. The Investment Club is a partnership, and their Partnership Agreement limits the number of partners to 18. At this time, several spots are available. If you are interested in attending a meeting, where you can learn more about this group, please contact Margaret-Ray Kemper at mrksq@hotmail.com or call her at 385-2632.
La Mesa Española
Thursday, September 27 – – 6:30 p.m.
Possibly in a home. Otherwise at Las Brazas off Capital Circle
If you are interested in practicing your Spanish, please contact our new coordinator Ligia Suarez at ligiasuarez66@gmail.com or at (954) 371-6193.
La Table Française
Sunday, September 23 – – 6:30 p.m.
Held at the home of Annelise Leysieffer
Bring appetizers or desserts
Please contact Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com or at 893-1272 to attend.
Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, September 25 – – 11:45 a.m.
Crystal River at 2721 N. Monroe Street
Please contact Denise Ellingson at mdeniseel15@yahoo.com or call her at 491-5791 to make sure you get on her e-vite list.
Outdoors Explorers
We need somebody to take over this wonderful group, or it will completely fold. Different members can take one meeting at a time and meet 2-4 times during the year. Right now, there is only one gathering left in May.
Restaurant Roulette
Thursday, September 20 – – 6:00 p.m.
Table 23 at 1215 Thomasville Road
Please contact Josephine Ang no later than the 16th at josephineang@msn.com or call her at 545-3363 to attend.
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Sunday, September 9 – – 3:00 p.m.
Topic: Weather and Hurricanes by Rusty Pfost
At the home of Madelon & Reiner Kirsten
Sunday, October 14 – – 3:00 p.m.
At the home of Annelise Leysieffer
Please contact Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com or call her at 893-1272 if you would like to attend and to generally join this group.
Stitch & Chat
Date yet to be set in October at the Home of Cherie Fenstermaker
Please contact Cherie at cheriefenstermaker@gmail.com or at 386-1000. This rapidly growing group of members is continuing their work on fleece blankets for the Christmas Connection as well as their knitting project making tiny little hats for preemies at the hospital. Where Cherie continuously opens her home to the group, please let her know if other members can host as well.