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Contact: W. Heath Peterson, KU Alumni Association, (785) 864-4760.
KU Alumni Association welcomes new students to July 26 picnic in Manhattan
LAWRENCE — New University of Kansas students and their parents from Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley and Washington counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 26, in Manhattan.
The KU Alumni Association and its Flint Hills chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at Advanced Dental Arts, 4201 Anderson Ave. 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 coordinating the event are: Larry and Nancy Stoppel of Washington, president and board member, respectively; Steve Pierson of Hanover, vice president; and Ellen Remsing of Manhattan, student recruitment chair. 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: Jennifer Alderdice, director for student programs; Sarah Blaney, assistant director for student programs; and Heath Peterson, director for Kansas 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.
| First Name | Last Name | Last School Attended | Home Zip | Home City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan | Thompson | Abilene High School | 67410 | Abilene |
| Monica | Holthaus | Axtell Public School | 66403 | Axtell |
| Kalin | Holthaus | Axtell Public School | 66403 | Axtell |
| Annie | Caffrey | Barton County Cmty College, Great Bend | 66213 | Overland Park |
| Dean | Fessenden | Barton County Cmty College, Great Bend | 66441 | Junction City |
| Megan | Zumbrunn | Barton County Cmty College, Great Bend | 66441 | Junction City |
| Laura | Gibson | Chapman High School | 67482 | Talmage |
| Joanna | Hamel | Chapman High School | 67431 | Chapman |
| Ivy | Jansen | Chapman High School | 67431 | Chapman |
| Annette | Koland | Chapman High School | 67431 | Chapman |
| Alecia | Moritz | Chapman High School | 67431 | Chapman |
| Shayna | Sheridan | Chapman High School | 66441 | Junction City |
| Shannon | Terry | Chapman High School | 67441 | Enterprise |
| Brad | Bauer | Clay Center Community High Sch | 67432 | Clay Center |
| Patrick | Wenger | Clay Center Community High Sch | 67432 | Clay Center |
| Emily | Boeckman | Frankfort High School | 66427 | Frankfort |
| Gina | Gerstner | Frankfort High School | 66544 | Vermillion |
| Logan | Jones | Frankfort High School | 66427 | Frankfort |
| Adrianne | Meyer | Hanover School | 66945 | Hanover |
| Anthony | Bennett | Herington High School | 67449 | Herington |
| Brian | Blackwell | Herington High School | 67449 | Herington |
| Luke | Brunner | Herington High School | 67449 | Herington |
| Claire | Mundell | Highland Cmty Coll Ks, Highland | 66535 | Saint George |
| Brad | Wilson | Highland Cmty Coll Ks, Highland | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Avni | Bhakta | Junction City Senior High Sch | 66441 | Junction City |
| Tiffany | Fields | Junction City Senior High Sch | 66442 | Fort Riley |
| Melanie | Luthi | Junction City Senior High Sch | 67410 | Abilene |
| Grisell | Perez | Junction City Senior High Sch | 66442 | Fort Riley |
| Christina | Salehi | Junction City Senior High Sch | 67431 | Chapman |
| Steven | Small | Junction City Senior High Sch | 66441 | Junction City |
| Maura | Wery | Junction City Senior High Sch | 66441 | Junction City |
| Gillian | Armstrong | Kansas St Univ Manhattan | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Megan | Brooks | Kansas St Univ Manhattan | 66547 | Wamego |
| Landa | Colvin-Marion | Kansas St Univ Manhattan | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Vanessa | DeLoach | Kansas St Univ Manhattan | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Lauren | Eis | Kansas St Univ Manhattan | 66061 | Olathe |
| Lucia | Grillo | Kansas St Univ Manhattan | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Melissa | O'Neil | Kansas St Univ Manhattan | 66406 | Beattie |
| Reed | Peterson | Kansas St Univ Manhattan | 66547 | Wamego |
| Allison | Robertson | Kansas St Univ Manhattan | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Nicholas | Adams | Manhattan High School | 66503 | Manhattan |
| Seth | Anderson | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Rachel | Anderson | Manhattan High School | 66503 | Manhattan |
| Charissa | Beer | Manhattan High School | 66047 | Lawrence |
| John | Blair | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Preston | Braun | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Joshua | Burmeister | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Natalie | Doman | Manhattan High School | 66503 | Manhattan |
| Rebecca | Fjell | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Whitney | Flinn | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Katherine | Hartnett | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Titi | Lee | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Sophia | Loschky | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Layne | Martin | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Emilie | Masterson | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Kelsie | McCaffrey | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Lindsey | Miller | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Teraney | Montgomery | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Tyler | Penfield | Manhattan High School | 66517 | Ogden |
| Andrea | Peterson | Manhattan High School | 66503 | Manhattan |
| Nathan | Phillips | Manhattan High School | 66503 | Manhattan |
| Chloe | Riffel | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Hannah | Shult | Manhattan High School | 66502 | Manhattan |
| Brian | Westberg | Manhattan High School | 66503 | Manhattan |
| Heidi | Wetzel | Manhattan High School | 66503 | Manhattan |
| Shannon | Williams | Manhattan High School | 66503 | Manhattan |
| Cassondra | Wyatt | Manhattan High School | 66046 | Lawrence |
| Carolyn | Yang | Manhattan High School | 66503 | Manhattan |
| Alice | Chan | Marysville High School | 66508 | Marysville |
| Kelsey | Hampl | Marysville High School | 66508 | Marysville |
| Ariel | Hecke | Marysville High School | 66508 | Marysville |
| Robin | Rohrs | Marysville High School | 66406 | Beattie |
| Jennifer | Robb | Neosho County Cmty College | 66549 | Westmoreland |
| Alison | McCourt | Onaga High School | 66521 | Onaga |
| Jill | Havens | Pittsburg State University | 66547 | Wamego |
| Charles | Copeland | Riley County High School | 66531 | Riley |
| Sarah | Schlageck | Riley County High School | 66503 | Manhattan |
| Kenzie | Cordt | Saint Marys High School | 66536 | St Marys |
| Brian | Edwards | Solomon High School | 67480 | Solomon |
| Marjorie | Coon | Valley Heights Jr-Sr High Sch, Blue Rapids | 66548 | Waterville |
| Jordan | Jacobson | Wamego High School | 66547 | Wamego |
| Lacey | Kennedy | Wamego High School | 66547 | Wamego |
| Paul | Tackett | Wamego High School | 66547 | Wamego |
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