KU News Release

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students to June 19 picnic in Great Bend

LAWRENCE — New University of Kansas students and their parents from Barton, Edwards, Pawnee, Rush and Stafford counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, in Great Bend.

The KU Alumni Association and its West Central chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at Veterans Memorial Park West Shelter, 17th Terrace and McKinley. 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: Monty Strecker of Ellinwood, president; Al Frame of Kinsley, vice president; Gayle Cromwell of St. John, secretary; Don Shorock of Great Bend, communications chair; Bob Roth of Larned and Bob Parrish of Great Bend, co-legislative chairs; Krista Smith and Perry Smith, both of Great Bend, co-student recruitment chairs; and Mike Best of Larned and Sheryl Schamaun of Great Bend, co-membership chairs. 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 of alumni programs; Heath Peterson, director of Kansas programs; and Jamie Winkelman, alumni programs coordinator.

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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