KU News Release

KU Alumni Association to welcome new students with picnic June 5 in McPherson

LAWRENCE — New University of Kansas students and their parents from Harvey, Marion, McPherson and Rice counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, in McPherson.

The KU Alumni Association and its Santa Fe Trail chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at a picnic in their honor at Lakeside Cabin, 1101 E. Euclid. 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 receive a free T-shirt.

Coordinating the event are chapter steering committee members Larry Chaney, McPherson, for McPherson County; Sue and Ted Ice and Bob Myers, all of Newton, for Harvey County; and Martin Tice, Marion, for Marion County; as well as Heath Peterson, director of Kansas programs for the KU Alumni Association. 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: Mike Davis, senior vice president for alumni programs; Danny Lewis, alumni programs coordinator; David Ochoa, member relations coordinator; and Peterson.

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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