KU News Release

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students to July 19 picnic in Garden City

LAWRENCE — New University of Kansas students and their parents from Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott and Wichita counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 19, in Garden City.

The KU Alumni Association and its Great Plains chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at the Finnup Center for Conservation Education, 312 E. Finnup Dr. Area alumni, new students, students interested in learning more about KU and parents are invited to attend and enjoy complimentary food and beverages. Each new Jayhawk will also receive a free T-shirt.

Chapter members Grant Larkin, national board member; Eric Keller, president; and Larry Jenkins, treasurer, all from Garden City, are coordinating the event. Alumni association staff will arrive with the signature KU trailer full of grills, burgers and brats for the festivities. Current KU students, alumni and university representatives will mix and mingle with students to answer questions and offer advice.

Alumni association representatives and guests planning to attend are: Sarah Blaney, assistant director for Kansas programs; Danny Lewis, assistant director for alumni programs; Heath Peterson, director for Kansas programs; and Jamie Winkelman, assistant director for alumni programs.

For more information or to make reservations, visit the alumni association Web site, call (800) 584-2957 or e-mail kualumni@kualumni.org.

The alumni association invited incoming students whose enrollment deposits were received by the Office of Admissions and Scholarships by May 1. The guests are listed below by their schools and hometown ZIP codes.

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