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KU announces 22 students selected to serve as 2008-09 orientation leaders
Orientation leaders for 2008 are pictured on the stairwell at KU Endowment offices. Front row, from left: Jennifer Harness (standing on first step), Katie Harr, Alicia Kranker, Jacque Lumsden and Antwan Winkfield. Second row: Elizabeth Bartkoski, Arnold Phommavong, Megan Do and Jen Mayer. Third row: Rachel Burchfield, Leslie Fischer, Rachel Glover, Steven Elliott (wearing glasses) and David Turvey. Fourth row: Nathan Mack, Darian Nave and Matt Eniquez. Last row: Sam Millikan, J. Brendan Shaw and Garrett Van Gotten. Not pictured: Ellen Jardon and Hali Baker.
LAWRENCE — Twenty-two University of Kansas students have been chosen as assistants for KU’s new student orientation programs this summer.
Ten of the students are returning for another year as orientation assistants: Hali Baker, Council Grove senior; Elizabeth Bartkowski, Basehor senior; Matt Enriquez, Topeka junior; Jacque Lumsden, Wichita junior; Nathan Mack, Lawrence senior; Darian Nave, Kansas City, Kan., senior; Arnold Phommavong, Springdale, Ark., senior; Leslie Fischer, Jefferson City, Mo., senior; Antwan Winkfield, Kansas City, Mo., senior; and John Brendan Shaw, Milwaukee, Wis., senior.
Orientation assistants are hired through a process that includes essay writing, group interaction activities, a five-minute speech and final interview. The assistants prepare for orientation sessions by attending three weeks of training that covers KU academic and student services, public speaking, interaction with the public and diversity issues.
New student orientation programs, which are tailored to students’ fields of study, offer information about KU to first-time freshmen, transfer students and readmitted students. The programs are designed to help students with their academic, social and personal transitions to KU and to reduce anxieties about attending college.
Summer and fall orientation dates will be announced in April. During the summer, the schedule will include 13 freshman sessions, two transfer sessions and one transfer and re-admit session during the summer. The two fall sessions will offer one for freshmen and another for both freshmen and transfer students.
Orientation assistants are listed below by hometown, major, parents’ names and high school or equivalent.
CRAWFORD COUNTY
From Frontenac 66763
Alicia Kranker, sophomore in design, daughter of Brian and Mary Kranker; St Mary’s-Colgan High School, Pittsburg.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
From Lawrence 66047
Nathan Mack, senior in communication studies and Slavic languages and literatures, son of John Mack.
David Turvey, sophomore in pre-business, son of Robert and Ginny Turvey; Lawrence Free State High School.
DICKINSON COUNTY
From Abilene 67410
Steven Elliott, junior in music education, son of Gregory and Vicky Elliott; Abilene High School.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
From Ottawa 66067
Jennifer Harness, senior in biology and pre-medicine, daughter of David and Cynthia Harness; Ottawa High School.
JOHNSON COUNTY
From Mission 66202
Sam Millikan, sophomore in communication studies, son of Jeffery and Rebecca Millikan; Shawnee Mission North High School.
From Overland Park 66213
Ellen Jardon, sophomore in pre-secondary education, daughter of Galen and Marta Jardon; Olathe East High School.
Jennifer Mayer, senior in foreign language education, daughter of Patrice A. Mayer; Blue Valley Northwest High School.
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY
From Basehor 66007
Elizabeth Bartkoski, senior in management, daughter of John and DeAnn Bartkoski; Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City, Kan.
MORRIS COUNTY
From Council Grove 66846
Hali Baker, senior in the journalism and mass communications (strategic communications emphasis) and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, daughter of David and Cheerie Baker; Council Grove High School.
NEOSHO COUNTY
From Chanute 66720
Garrett Van Gotten, junior in pre-business and pre-law, son of Gary and Jackie Van Gotten; Chanute Senior High School.
SEDGWICK COUNTY
From Wichita 67204
Katie Harr, senior in psychology, daughter of Alan and Debra Harr; Wichita High School East.
From Wichita 67205
Jacque Lumsden, junior in American studies, pre-dentistry and pre-law, daughter of Karla Tedder; Wichita Collegiate School.
From Wichita 67207
Megan Do, freshman in political science, pre-journalism and pre-law, daughter of Huong Huynh and Hien Do; Wichita High School Southeast.
From Wichita 67218
Rachel Glover, junior in psychology, daughter of Tom and Terry Glover; Kapaun Mount Carmel High School.
SHAWNEE COUNTY
From Topeka 66610
Rachel Burchfield, junior in journalism and mass communications (news and information emphasis), daughter of Joy Burchfield; Washburn Rural High School.
From Topeka 66614
Matt Enriquez, junior in communication studies and philosophy, son of Joselito and Diana Enriquez; Washburn Rural High School.
WYANDOTTE COUNTY
From Kansas City 66104
Darian Nave, senior in elementary education, son of LaVeda Davis; F.L. Schlagle High School.
ARKANSAS
From Springdale 72764
Arnold Phommavong, senior in design and journalism and mass communications (strategic communications emphasis), son of Sam Phommavong; Springdale Senior High School.
MISSOURI
From Jefferson City 65109
Leslie Fischer, sophomore in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, daughter of James M. and Hannelore Fischer; Jefferson City High School.
From Kansas City 64110
Antwan Winkfield, senior in social work, son of Patricia Thornton; Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts.
WISCONSIN
From Milwaukee 53212
John B. Shaw, senior in English, son of Michael Mahar and Mary Shaw; Milwaukee High School of the Arts.
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