KU News Release

KU Alumni Association to welcome new students at June 5 picnic in Hutchinson

LAWRENCE — Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Reno County will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, in Hutchinson.

The KU Alumni Association and its Reno County chapter will greet the new Jayhawks at the Carey Park Homebuilders Shelter, 9 Emerson Loop. 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 also will receive a free T-shirt.

Jeff and Marla Eriksen and David Neal, all of Hutchinson and on the chapter’s steering committee, and Heath Peterson, director of Kansas programs for the alumni association, 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:

Buhler: Benjamin Appel and Ann Wilson

Hutchinson: Daniel Allen, Mychal Augustine, Joseph Bachand, Marshall Beauchamp, Brandon Beckerman, Addison Bell, Halea Boydston, Sean Buchanan, Karrah Christenson, Kelsey Collins, Courteney Colvin, Lacey Deardoff, Sarah Duarte, Rebecca Dukelow, Corey Ellis, Jordan Fee, Amanda Gion, Wil Heitschmidt, Jette Higgins, Kristen Honeycutt, Mick Johnson, Marshall Kelley, Keri Kenning, Allison Kisner, Ezekiel Kunze, Taylor Mann, Grant Mccormick, Amanda Parker, Reece Petrik, Lindsay Pfannenstiel, Max Rintoul, Noel Rivard, Jessica Romero, Valerie Shea, Eric Sidebottom, Lucas Singleton, Joseph Stallman, Samuel Starks, Laura Weidensaul, Brandon Wooten and Kelsey Wyer.

South Hutchinson: Renee Hudson

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