President’s Message
On behalf of the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU, 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 25 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 to catch up with friends and making new ones. Plans have been made for most of 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. Where Marshal Kapp has taken over leading the investment group, Josephine Ang is stepping down from Restaurant Roulette. Beth Charness has notified me that having hosted their fabulous Halloween party for the past ten years, they wish to abstain this year. Also with Halloween being on Thursday following Homecoming celebrations the week before, if anybody would like to step forward to host, I would suggest Wednesday, October 30 to give us all a chance to be home to welcome the many trick or treaters that show up every year on our doorsteps.
Annelise Leysieffer
Membership Dues and Scholarship Donations 2019-2020
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.
Where it is preferable that you mail the form and check in advance, you could bring them to the Welcoming Reception on September 25.
Thanks to your generous donations and our successful Billy Bowlegs 5k Run and 1 Mile Walk, we have been able to award approx. 215 scholarships during the past 25 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 25 – – 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 2019-2020 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, and we thank you in advance.
Come see Icelandic art
A tentative date is scheduled for our Club members to join the open house for this fascinating exhibit at the FSU Fine Arts Gallery on
Thursday, November 7 – – 5:00-7:00 p.m.
More information will follow in future e-mails.
October 14 – December 8 – Elemental Iceland
o Contemporary graphic and textile works from Iceland addressing the island nation’s unique landscapes, geology, and cultural history rooted in materials derived from the earth and sea.
• Participating artists include Valgerdur Hauksdóttir, Elva Hreidarsdottir, Soffia Sæundsdóttir, Rosa Sigrun, Anna Gunnarsdottir, Anna Thóra, Nicole Pietrantoni, Johann Eyfells, and members of the Arkir Book Arts Group.
We must again thank Neil Charness for constantly adding new photos to our website facultyclub.fsu.edu/site. It’s always fun to look back at all those excellent photos, reminding us of these wonderful events.
Faculty & Friends Club of FSU Monthly Events 2019-2020
Wednesday, September 25 – – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Annual Welcoming Reception – Dorothy B. Oven Park
3205 Thomasville Road
Co-Chairs: Annelise Leysieffer etc.
Thursday, November 7 – – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. (tentative date)
Elemental Iceland
FSU Museum of Fine Arts
Chair: Annelise Leysieffer – aleysieffer@gmail.com
Sunday, December 8 – – 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Annual Holiday Party – Dorothy B. Oven Park
3205 Thomasville Road
Co-Chairs: Annelise Leysieffer, Barbara & Pete Cottrell etc.
Saturday, January 11 – – 9:00 a.m.
35th Annual Billy Bowlegs 5k Run & 1 Mile Walk
FAMU/FSU College of Engineering – Innovation Park
The Seminole Golf Club and Golf Course are continuing their renovations. Therefore still no Bowlegs Brunch
Co-Chairs: Larry Giunipero, Bill Hillison & Annelise Leysieffer
Sunday, January 19 – – 6:00 p.m. Social & 6:30 Dinner
Chinese New Year – Year of the White Rat
Lucy Ho’s Azu – 3220 Apalachee Pkw. #13.
Chair: Annelise Leysieffer – aleysieffer@gmail.com
Saturday, February 22 – – 6:30 p.m.
Mardi Gras – Hosted by Linda & Bob Clickner
3099 Shamrock Street North
Chair: Linda Clickner – lindaclickner@gmail.com
Sunday, April 26 – – 1:00 p.m.
Annual Spring Luncheon
Golden Eagle Country Club
3700 Golden Eagle Drive East
Chair: Annelise Leysieffer – aleysieffer@gmail.com
Interest groups and meetings
Book Discussion Group
Monday, September 16 – – 7:00 p.m.
A Good Scent from a Strange Maountain
By Robert Olen Butler
Hosted by Bonnie Armstrong
Discussed by Mary Stevenson
Please contact Ursel Homann at u-homann@comcast.net or at 386-2012 or Donna Meredith at meredithds@comcast.net or at 878-2931 to request more information about this always thought-provoking interest group where the members read the books!
Globetrotters
Bob Clickner thankfully continues to coordinate Globetrotters. Have you traveled to exciting and fascinating destinations? We would love to hear about it!
From Bob about Globetrotters: The first presentation of 2019-2020 will be on Sunday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Maguire Center. Glen and Barbara Doran will present “RV wit and wisdom: this isn’t really camping! Info and photos about camping – just another kind of traveling”
Additional presentations are in preparation, including Egypt, Southeast Asia, ___________and ___________ (can anyone fill in these blanks?) They will be announced when specific dates are set. If you would like to give a presentation, please contact Bob Clickner at rpclickner@gmail.com or at (703) 850-6892. Bob can then work out the schedule, beginning in early October. Again this year, plans are to go lighter on refreshments to make it easier for planning the evenings.
Gourmet Sampler
Friday, September 27 – – 6:30 p.m.
At the home Annelise Leysieffer
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 remain available. If you are interested in attending a meeting, where you can learn more about this group, please contact the senior managing partner Marshall Kapp at marshall.kapp@gmail.com or at 942-0546.
La Mesa Española
Thursday, September 26 – – 6:30 p.m.
Location currently TBA
If you are interested in practicing your Spanish, please contact our coordinator Ligia Suarez at ligiasuarez66@gmail.com or at (954) 371-6193.
La Table Française
Sunday, September 29 – – 4:30 p.m.
Joint meeting together with the German group
At the home of Inga Fahs-Gielisse
Sunday, October 20 – – 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Annelise Leysieffer
Please contact Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com or at 893-1272 or 510-7833 to join this group to converse in French.
Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, September 24 – – 11:45 a.m.
Rev Café at 1600 Miccosukee Road. at Goodwood
Please contact Denise Ellingson at mdeniseel15@yahoo.com or call her at 491-5791 to make sure you get on her e-vite list.
Restaurant Roulette
For this wonderful group to continue, we need a new chairperson.
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Sunday, September 29 – – 4:30 p.m.
Joint meeting with the French group
At the home of Inga Fahs-Gielisse
Friday, October 18 – – 7:00 p.m.
At the home of Madelon & Reiner Kirsten
Please contact Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com or call her at 893-1272 or 510-7833 if you would like to join this group.
Stitch & Chat
Thursday, October 10 – – 7:00 p.m.
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 and for a group of homeless people as well as on their project knitting tiny little hats for preemies and all newborn babies at the hospital. Where Cherie continuously and graciously opens her home to the group, please let her know if other members can host as well.