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KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic June 18 in Oakley

LAWRENCE — New University of Kansas students and their parents from Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and Wallace counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 18, in Oakley.

The KU Alumni Association and its Northwest chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at Annie Oakley Park, Fifth and Price streets. 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: Jeff Mason and Travis Daise, both of Goodland, president and vice president, respectively; Paul Steele of Colby, secretary; and Kurt Vollersten of Oberlin and Mike Day of St. Francis, co-chairs of student recruitment. 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, Kansas Honors Program coordinator; Mike Davis, senior vice president for alumni programs; and Heath Peterson, director of 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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