Kansas special needs university program fosters friendship, support: ‘a blessing to our campus’

A program for young adults with disabilities at a Wichita, Kan., university will continue next fall under new direction despite rumors of closure.

The assistant director of the Friendship Fields program at Friends University, Cynthia McGilvery, will take over as director next fall. McGilvery said she is “beyond excited about this opportunity.”

“I am grateful that I get to continue this tradition,” she told The College Fix by phone Wednesday.

McGilvery said she plans to spend this summer developing new curricula for the students and getting ready for their return in the fall. “Summers are very very long for the students because they cannot wait to get back to school,” she said.