KU News Release

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in Wellington

LAWRENCE — New University of Kansas students and their parents from Chautauqua, Cowley and Sumner counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10, in Wellington.

The KU Alumni Association and its South chapter will greet the incoming Jayhawks at Slate Creek Lodge, 411 South West Road, Wellington. 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.

Bob Bourdette, chapter president, and David Andreas, co-student recruitment chair, both of Winfield; David Carr, board member, and Colette Kocour, secretary, both of Wellington; and association representatives Mike Davis, senior vice president for alumni programs; Heath Peterson, director of student programs; David Ochoa, coordinator for member relations; and Kevin Corbett, president, 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 hometown ZIP codes.

Argonia (67004): Ashley Adams

Arkansas City (67005): Robert Duren and Morgan Reese

Belle Plaine (67013): Andrew Fillmore

Conway Springs (67031): Kalynne Alloway

Oxford (67119 ): Megan Hicks and Lynsey Metz

Peck (67120): Alexis Linnebur

Udall (67146): Lane Krug and Caleb Rockey

Wellington (67152): Bailey Kem, Tiffany Kimbel, Matthew STocking and Brian Yearout

Winfield (67156): Hilary Barbour, Casey Chattam, Austin Eastman, Taylor Fell, Bobbie Fewins, Joel Finney, Lisa Jackson, Katlin Jackson, Jonathan Rankin, Kelley Reynolds, Jacob Sawyer, Taylor Stevenson, Kyle Watson and Alexandra Young.

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