KU News Release

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

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

The KU Alumni Association and its Santa Fe Trail chapter will greet the new Jayhawks at the Lakeside Cabin, 1101 E. Euclid. 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 also receive a free T-shirt.

Larry Chaney of McPherson, Santa Fe Trail chapter president, 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:

Canton: Andrea Bishop

Chase: Chelsee Poskey and Hannah Root

Halstead: Matthew Pjesky

Hutchinson: Meredith Sourk

Lindsborg: Amy Dauer, Braden Krinhop, Brittney Scott, Eric Hawk, Mariah Spellman and Sara Nelson

Little River: Abby Galyon

Lyons: Michael Hines

Marion: Lauren Helmer and Zachary Helmstead

McPherson: Anna Archer, Blake Tillman, Brooke Brewer, Clayton Morrow, Cody Fawl, Cortney Graham, Hunter Hess, Jacey Krehbiel, James Loving, Jill Nowak, Johnson Hawkinson, Jonathan Shorman, Jordan Young, Joseph Reber, Seth Mowbray and Stephanie Schulz

Newton: Alison Loyd, Andrew Pouch, Atiqullah Ahmadullah, Breona Martinez, Caroline Robb, Chacour Koop, Corinne Nilsen, Elijah Klein, Grace Choe, Jeff Karr, Kirstin Blosser, Marie Scheffler, Matthew Ahlstedt, Matthew Hutton, Thomas Linn, Ty Buller and Zachary Roberts

North Newton: Karissa Wonders, Matthew Krehbiel and Paloma Olais

Peabody: Benjamin Eldridge

Sedgwick: Megan Ollendieck

Sterling: Breanna Roach, Brittany Bagby, Joseph Stromberg, Kaleb Humphreys and Paige Nowlan

Walton: Anna Unruh

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