KU News Release

July 2, 2009
Contact: Jennifer Jackson Sanner, KU Alumni Association, (785) 864-4760.

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in El Dorado

LAWRENCE — New University of Kansas students and their parents from Butler, Elk and Greenwood counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, in El Dorado.

The KU Alumni Association and its Chisholm Trail chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at Pizza Hut, 1310 N. Main St. 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.

Scott Ennis of El Dorado, chapter member, is 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.

Augusta 67010: Blaine Crouch, Nellie Gillies, Nadina Goddard, Aaron Hamilton, Clayton Hamilton, Stephen Henry, Lee Jensen, Amanda Maly, Delaney Milbradt, Olivia Newfarmer, Alexa Poore, Drew Walker and William Wright.

Benton 67017: Brittany Kitchen, James Sellers and Katherine Vaupel

Douglass 67039: Logan Nispel

El Dorado 67042: Katharine Byard, Kelsey Colby, Tristan Connell, Hayley Davidson, Tyler Dennett, Sarah Keenan, Alexander Meisch, Eric Pierce, Brooke Poe, Kiel Riemann, Madelyn Satterfield, Troy Short, Sadee Terwort, Patrick Todd, Patrick Ward, Jesse Waugh and Michael Zepeda

Eureka 67045: Adam Colangelo and Kristi Marks

Hamilton 66853: Justin Davis

Leon 67074: Lauren Ferrell and Kay Riedl

Madison 66860: Cassandra Drake

Rose Hill 67133: Kellie Frazier, Nick Shepherd, Stephanie St. Clair and Jordan Stiles

Towanda 67144: Samuel Kueny, Jody Mosier, Danielle Nitcher, Steven Plummer and Kyle Walls

Whitewater 67154: Kyle Berg

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