KU News Release

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.

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