KU News Release

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students to picnics in Chanute, Galena

LAWRENCE — New University of Kansas students and their parents from Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson and Woodson counties will be welcomed into the KU family at one of two Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnics coming up in southeast Kansas.

New students can attend picnics Thursday, June 21, in Chanute’s Bowl-Mor Lanes at 1502 Santa Fe, or Wednesday, July 11, in Galena’s Schermerhorn Park, 3511 S. Main.

KU Alumni Association Tri-State Chapter officers Henry Menghini of Pittsburg, president, and Brian Smith of Galena, vice president, and representatives of the KU Alumni Association will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at the picnics. 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.

KU Alumni Association coordinators for the Chanute event are Jen Alderdice, director of student programs, and David Ochoa, membership coordinator. Coordinators for the Galena event are: Mike Davis, senior vice president for alumni programs; Heath Peterson, director of Kansas programs; Danny Lewis, assistant director for alumni programs; and Ochoa. 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 mingle with students to answer questions and offer advice.

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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