KU News Release

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in Kingman

LAWRENCE — New University of Kansas students and their parents from Barber, Harper, Kingman and Pratt counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, in Kingman.

The KU Alumni Association and its South Central chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at the home of Mark and Amy Keeney, 1108 W. Eureka. 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.

Dan and Marcia Suiter of Pratt and Mark and Amy Keeny of Kingman, chapter board members, are coordinating the event with alumni association representatives Nikki Epley, director of reunions; Stefani Gerson, director of student programs; and Marcus Hicks, director of programs. 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 KU Alumni Association invited transfer students and incoming freshmen whose enrollment deposits were received by the Office of Admissions and Scholarships by May 1. The guests are listed below by their hometown ZIP codes.

Coats 67028: Brittney Jean

Cunningham 67035: Samuel Albers and Jessica Watkins

Hardtner 67057: Chance Sterling

Kingman 67068: Sydney Boyer, Jeremiah Cooley, Morgan Hawkins, Tate Henry, Sarah Keeny, Emily Meisenheimer, Riley Milford, Haley Miller, Carrie Phelps, Jaclyn Stasa, Lauren Vanlandingham, Karly White and Kristen Wollen

Murdock 67111: Kaitlin Kuszmaul

Norwich 67118: Sloane Lewis

Pratt 67124: Brent Bergner, Benjamyn Eastes, Jake Garrett, Christopher Nicholson and Jessica Voss