PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
I hope everyone had a rewarding and relaxing summer. I am happy to be back to participate in our wonderful events, and I hope you are too. Beth Charness, our Vice President for Programs, has planned superb upcoming monthly events for this year. Because some activities last year were so well received, they will be repeated this coming year.
Thanks to the special efforts of Annelise Leysieffer, we will be hosting the annual Fall Welcoming & Newcomers Reception at the newly opened Alumni Center. This site, at the former President’s residence, should be a wonderful place for the reception as it provides easy access and parking will not be a problem. Come join us in meeting new faculty and greeting old friends. If you have met new friends who would enjoy our club, please encourage them to come and let them know we have a variety of interest groups to meet everyone’s preferences.
As a special event this year, we will be honoring our past Presidents to show them our appreciation of their devotion and work for the Faculty and Friends Club of FSU (and all its previous titles). I am sure each and every one of the Presidents will say they could not have done the job without help of the board members and interest group chairs. Thanks to all.
I hope to see you September 2nd.
Barbara Elam
The University Club Scholarship Fund was established in 1986 (the name of the fund remains unchanged). 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. Thanks to your generous donations and our successful annual Billy Bowlegs 5k Run and 1 mile Walk, the Club has been able to award sixty-three scholarships during the past eleven years. We are planning to award six more during the next academic year. Donations of any amount will be gratefully accepted and acknowledged. 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.
“Because of pressing student needs last year, the club gave out an unprecedented seven $500 scholarships. That action left a deficit this year that we will have to overcome in order to resume our normal quota of three per semester. Hopefully, our members will respond to the challenge by adding extra dollars to their dues payment or by sending a check as a memorial to a deceased family member or friend.” Calvin Zongker
Welcome & Welcome Back
Joint Fall Welcoming & Newcomers Reception
Friday, September 2 – 5:15 – 8:00 p.m.
Alumni Center Ballroom
1030 West Tennessee Street
This annual reception provides an excellent opportunity to renew friendships, to welcome new faculty and administrative staff to Florida State University, and to sign up for the Club’s many interest groups. Come see the Pearl Tyner Center, the former president’s house, and the new Alumni Center while enjoying delicious hors d’oeuvres prepared by some of our members. Wine and beer will accompany non-alcoholic beverages.
Beth Charness, Barbara Elam, Denise Ellingson, and Liz Payer (in charge of Newcomers) are chairing this event. Please call Beth at 385-0500 with any questions and/or with offers of food.
Theatre Party Benefit & Reception
Wednesday, September 7
“Steel Magnolias”
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Reception & Silent Auction
8:00 p.m. – Performance
Tallahassee Little Theatre
1861 Thomasville Road
The Faculty & Friends Club invites you to join the Tallahassee Little Theatre for the FSU International Center Benefit Night. The ticket cost is $25, which includes the play and the reception featuring world cuisines and refreshments. The event is sponsored by the FSU International Advisory Board to benefit international students at FSU. For ticket information, please call Barbara Elam at 385-9856 or Mafe Brooks at 645-4793 or e-mail her at mbrooks@admin.fsu.edu The tickets are limited so reserve now. Send checks, made out to the FSU Foundation, to Barbara Elam, 3204 Brookforest Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32312 before September 7th. Barbara will mail you your tickets, or, if too late for that, you may pick them up at the Box Office the night of the play.
Scholarship Recipients for Fall 2005
| John Carbone | Religion | Senior |
| Renee Hermeling | Early Education | Senior |
| Eleanor Logrip | Senior |
MEMBERSHIP DUES $16/$12
Membership is open to faculty, administrative and professional staff, retirees, visitors, former members of this Club and similar clubs at other universities, religious directors, members and professional staff of the Board of Regents, spouses of all of the above, and friends who support the aims and activities of the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU.
All interest groups are part of the Faculty & Friends Club. Membership dues are due now for the 2005-2006 school year from all attendees except from the occasional visitor. Please fill out and cut out the form provided below and bring it together with your check made out to the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU to the joint Welcoming & Newcomers Reception on September 2 or mail to the Treasurer, Calvin Zongker, 601 Live Oak Plantation Road, Tallahassee FL 32312-2334.
Name(s): _________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________
Zip: ___________Home Phone: ______________________
E-mail address: ____________________________________
Department(s): ____________________________________
(Please indicate department(s), if retired, or if you are a friend)
Membership Dues per address: $16($12 for retirees): $______
Voluntary Contribution to Scholarship Fund: $______
Total Amount enclosed: $______
Please highlight changes/additions to last year’s roster.
Board of The Faculty & Friends Club of FSU 2005-2006
| President | Barbara Elam | 385-9856 |
| Vice President | Beth Charness | 385-0500 |
| 2nd VP (Membership) | Fred Leysieffer | 893-1272 |
| Recording Secretary | Monika Bedard | 893-855 |
| Corresponding Secretary | Denise Ellingson | 907-9992 |
| Treasurer | Calvin Zongker | 385-4848 |
| Nominating Committee | Dot Skofronick (chair) | 222-8544 |
| Charlotte Dudley | ||
| Virginia Grigg | ||
| Steve Leach | ||
| Diane Stuart | ||
| Past President | Annelise Leysieffer | 893-1272 |
| Newcomers’ Liaison | Liz Payer | 893-0336 |
| Newsletter Editor | Annelise Leysieffer | 893-1272 |
| Interest Groups | Kathleen Rose | 385-6997 |
| Friendship* | Mildred Trezza | 878-5551 |
| Historian | Neil Charness | 385-0500 |
| Scholarship | Alice Nichols | 385-9218 |
| Website | Corinne & Peter Jörgensen | 574-0776 |
| Representative to ARF | Julia Goldstein | 877-7075 |
| ARF Representative | Al Trezza | 878-5551 |
| Ex-Officio | Virginia Wetherall |
*Please notify Mildred Trezza about members who should be sent cards due to illness, birth of a child, congratulations, or sympathy.
Faculty & Friends Club Interest Group Chairs 2005-2006
| Book Discussion Group | Maxine Weiss | 893-1891 |
| Globetrotters | Margaret & Bob Stakenas | 297-2081 |
| Gourmet Sampler | Denise Ellingson | 907-9992 |
| Happy Hikers | TBA | |
| Investment Club | Wolfgang Heil | 385-8879 |
| Lecture Series – PUC | Bob Spivey | 894-5242 |
| Lunch Bunch | Alice Pfluke | 668-5025 |
| Outdoors Explorers | Dot & Jim Skofronick | 222-8544 |
| Restaurant Roulette | Al Trezza | 878-5551 |
| Sprechen Sie Deutsch? | Ursula Morgan | 422-3503 |
| Stitch and Chat | Cherie Fenstermaker | 386-1000 |
| Table Française | Annelise Leysieffer | 893-1272 |
| Jo Stepp-Greany | 383-3970 | |
*If you are interested in joining an interest group or interested in forming a new one, but are unable to attend the Welcoming Reception, please call the chair or Kathleen Rose at 385-6997
Future Programs 2005-06
Saturday, October 22 Halloween Party – 6:30 p.m. …
Hosted by Barbara and John Elam
Saturday, November 19 Montgomery Hall Tour – 9:30 – noon
Brunch followed by rehearsal demonstration and tour
Saturday, December 10 Holiday Happening – 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Home of Linda and Steve Leach
Sunday, January 22 Chinese New Year – Lucy Ho’s – 6:30 p.m.
Saturday in January Billy Bowlegs 5K Run & 1 Mile Walk
Scholarship Event in Innovation Park – 9:00 a.m.
Start and end by FAMU/FSU College of Engineering
followed by Brunch – 10:15 a.m.
in Renegade Grill in Seminole Golf Clubhouse.
Tuesday, February 14 Valentine’s Dance – 7:30-10:00 p.m.
American Legion Hall at Lake Ella
March TBA Tour of the FSU College of Medicine
Thursday, April 20 Annual Dinner & Business Meeting Capital City Country Club – 6:30 p.m. …
Interest Group Information:
Table Française Friday, August 26
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Friday, September 9
Restaurant Roulette Wednesday, September 14
Chez Pierre
Book Discussion Monday, September19
“A Hole in Texas” by Herman Wouk
Gourmet Sampler will gather several times during the year, in a format similar to that of the Holiday Happening. Anyone interested in attending brings an hors d’oeuvre or dessert to share and their own beverage. Soft drinks are provided by the host. We would like to be able to have these get-togethers every few months if we can get enough people willing to host them. A sign- up sheet will be available at the Welcoming Reception. If you are unable to attend that but are interested in being a member of this group, please contact Denise Ellingson at 907-9992 or e-mail her at mdeniseel15@yahoo.com. Please title it as Faculty and Friends so Denise can identify it as something of note and not junk mail.
Please send contributions to the newsletter to Annelise Leysieffer at all9002@fsu.edu or call her at 893-1272.
Please send suggestion and comments for the website to: Peter Jörgensen pjorgensen@mac.com