KU News Release

July 1, 2009
Contact: Jennifer Jackson Sanner, KU Alumni Association, (785) 864-4760.

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in Salina

LAWRENCE — Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Cloud, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Ottawa, Republic and Saline counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, in Salina.

The KU Alumni Association and its North Central chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at the Stiefel Theatre, 151 S. Santa Fe. 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.

Jim Trower of Salina, chapter president, is coordinating the event with alumni association representatives Jamie Winkelman, director of Flying Jayhawks; Michelle Miles, director of Kansas programs; and Lindsey Lawrence, intern. 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.

Belleville 66935: Regina Bird, Lauren Keefer and Hillary Woods

Beloit 67420: Kelsey Crawford, Jacee Simmons and Mariah Wendell

Brookville 67425: Lucas Ranker

Cawker City 67430: Alexandra Williams

Concordia 66901: Heather Bergmann, Leo Duran, Nicholas Schmitt and Christopher Ukens

Ellsworth 67439: Jessica Kepka, Jesse Mitchell and Tessa Shaw

Gypsum 67448: Shawn Anderson and Caitlin Weber

Lincoln 67455: Alex Jensen, Clinton Meyer, Amanda Thompson, Eric Thompson and Craig Venters

Lorraine 67459: Martin Hochman

Republic 66964: Robin Latham

Salina 67401: Cameron Atwill, Nicole Balderston, Hannah Bassett, Hannah Benyshek, Mitchell Chiles, Michael Claman, Todd Clark, Dylan Combs, Blaine Criss, Natalie Dominguez, Courtney Green, Janae Hake, Tiffany Hanchett, Hannah Hemmer, Ryan House, Lindsay Jones, Lucas Keenan, Blaine Knox, Kevin Kruse, Angela Larson, Sean Leary, Timothy Link, Kenneth Lueth, Maureen Mikinski, Deanna Millsap, David Mody, Skyler Myers, Paige Nguyen, Nicholas Ostmeyer, Shauna Owens, Nicholas Pahls, Jolieta Phachanla, Melissa Pham, Chelsea Pristach, Nicholas Puetz, Skyler Richardson, Zach Richter, John Shoup, Hillary Straub, Brent Sweany, Cole VanBlaricon, Ashley Vidricksen and Austin Wegner

The University of Kansas is a major comprehensive research and teaching university. University Relations is the central public relations office for KU's Lawrence campus.