OpenFieldFriends University Kansas City Center is an innovative regional campus of Friends University in Overland Park, delivering adult professional education, executive management degrees, marriage and family therapy, and cyber operations.
Affiliated with the Quaker tradition of integrity and social responsibility, Friends University’s Kansas City Education Center specializes in evening and hybrid degree programs. It hosts the nationally accredited Master of Science in Family Therapy and professional graduate degrees in business and healthcare leadership.
Graduate admission requires an earned Bachelor degree from an accredited institution with a minimum cumulative 2.75 GPA, two recommendations, an essay on professional ethics, and relevant prerequisite coursework.
COAMFTE-accredited systemic clinical therapy program providing 500 clinical client contact hours, live video supervision, and clinical training in marital conflict, trauma recovery, and family crisis intervention.
Rigorous technical program utilizing the cyber defense range, training security architects in penetration testing protocols, enterprise vulnerability management, zero-trust controls, and incident response.
Executive healthcare administration program focusing on healthcare economics, HIPAA regulatory compliance, patient safety metrics, health informatics integration, and ethical clinical governance.
Competitive clinical fellowship providing stipend support for advanced student therapists conducting supervised pro-bono family counseling in underserved Kansas City communities.
Hybrid executive MBA curriculum combining weekend residencies and online strategy modules in financial engineering, corporate negotiations, supply chain logistics, and business ethics.
Accelerated evening and online degree completion program for working professionals transferring associate degrees into enterprise systems engineering and data administration.
Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy and Clinical Director · Division of Graduate Family Therapy
Prof. Dr. Christopher Habben is past president of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), researching systemic healthcare provider well-being and clinical intervention models for high-conflict couples.
View research profile ↗Chair of Business and Leadership Studies · Division of Business and Healthcare Leadership
Prof. Dr. Mark Stanbrough conducts empirical investigations into ethical organizational leadership, executive decision-making under acute cognitive load, and human capital retention in healthcare networks.
View research profile ↗Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy · Division of Graduate Family Therapy
Dr. Rebecca Culver-Turner examines attachment dynamics in adolescent family crises and evaluates the clinical efficacy of tele-mental health interventions in underserved rural and peri-urban communities.
View research profile ↗University profile compiled from official Friends University - Kansas City Center academic bulletins and institutional directories reviewed on 2026-10-16. OpenField is an independent research guide.