KU News Release

July 8, 2008
Contact: Jennifer Jackson Sanner, KU Alumni Association, (785) 864-4760.

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in Manhattan

LAWRENCE — New University of Kansas students and their parents from Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley and Washington counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, in Manhattan.

The KU Alumni Association and its Flint Hills chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at Advanced Dental Arts, 4201 Anderson Ave., Suite A. 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.

Chapter leaders Larry Stoppel, Washington, president; Steve Pierson, Hanover, vice-president, and Ellen Remsing, Manhattan, student recruitment chair; and alumni association representatives Heath Peterson, director of Kansas programs, Jamie Winkelman, assistant director of alumni programs, and David Johnston, director of marketing and Internet services, 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 by their hometowns and ZIP codes below.

Abilene (67410): Keegan Cole, Sarah Hettenbach, Stephanie Holm and Katlen Lovelace

Blaine 66549: Courtney Schooler

Blue Rapids 66411: Kirk Duensing

Clay Center (67432): Mary Adkins and Joel Gilmore

Ellsworth (67436): Sierra Mathos

Fort Riley (66442): Rocio Ramirez

Frankfort (66427): Christopher Getman and Merica Schreiner

Ft Riley (66442): Quinn Gaunt

Green (67447): Jessie Caley

Herington (67449): Joshua Patterson

Junction City (66441): Amanda Easley, Reema Gandhi, Marilyn Jackson, Chinyere Onyeador and Brett Salsbury

Manhattan (66502): William Anderson, Hannah Archer, Erin Bremer, Nicole Briggs, Hollie Bylkas, Austin Carne, Jeff Dickinson, Osama El-hamoudeh, Timothy Ellis, Caitlin Gilliland, Kaleb Hawk, Jacob Herman, Maggie Horigan, Sean Koopman, Heather Lund, Corrie Lundberg, Ian Maatta, Havana Mahoney, Donald Martin, Scott Moir, Ian Opit, Leslie Reece, Robert Scharmann, Amanpreet Singh, Jeri Smith, Brian Sultana, Hazel Tully, Kelsey Welliver and Emily Wilcox

Manhattan (66503): Britney Cowan, Isaac Fees, Kaitlin Gannaway, Megan Hardy, Diane Hughes, Chelsea Jennings, Bowen Li, George Marchin, Monica Melhem, Levi Riley, Kara Walker, Sushu Wang, Michael Welle, Sheldon Wilson, Nicholas Yetter, and Kathryn Zarka

Marysville (66508): Courtney Holle, Michael Huerter, Alicia Ring, Phillip Schmitz and Eric Wassenberg

Onaga (66521): Aaron Trippel

St Marys (66536): Janel Wietharn

St George (66535): Audrey Peterson

St Marys (66536): Jarrod Smith

Wakefield (67487): George Vlasak

Waterville (66548): Lindsey Coggins

Westmoreland (66549): Aaron White

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