KU News Release

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in Atchison

LAWRENCE — New University of Kansas students and their parents from Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson and Nemaha counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, in Atchison.

The KU Alumni Association and its Northeast chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at the home of Butch and Mary Ball, 1711 Country Club Road. 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.

Chad Ball of Atchison, chapter steering committee member, and alumni association members Stefani Gerson, coordinator of student programs; Jen Alderdice, assistant vice president of student programs; and Lindsey Lawrence, student intern, are coordinating the event. 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.

For more information or to make reservations, visit www.kualumni.org, call the KU Alumni Association at (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 hometowns and ZIP codes.

Atchison (66002): Brent Arnold, Evan Berry, Rebecca Campbell, Wen Chen, Joel Haug, Nathan Ricklefs, Sharon Roeder, Andrea Sitek and Margaret White

Baileyville (66404): Kyle Strathman

Circleville (66416): Lea Anderson

Everest (66424): Maloree Marr and Blaine Sutton

Fairview (66425): James Reynolds

Hiawatha (66434): Erin Logan and Nicholas Sanner

Highland (66035): Jonathan Collins and Elijah Dunn

Holton (66436): Kelsey Krogmann and Melbien Anthony Tinio

Hoyt (66440): Brodie Belt, Diana Benoit and Sheila Love

Mayetta (66509): Brianna Christian, Breanna Eck and Jessica Huff

Sabetha (66534): Christian Busch and Marisa Ross

Seneca (66538): Melissa Altenhofen, Lauren Bowman, Kylee Carlson, Dylan Engelken, Brynne Haverkamp, Chelsea Linden, Ethan Rethman, Jacob Taylor and Susan Todd

Troy (66087): Christina Ivey, Stephanie Schneider and Madison Twombly

Whiting (66552): James Marshall

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