KU News Release

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in Wellington

LAWRENCE – New University of Kansas students and their parents from Chautauqua, Cowley and Sumner counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 9, in Wellington.

The KU Alumni Association and the South chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at a picnic in their honor at Slate Creek Lodge, 411 Southwest Road. Area alumni, new students, students interested in learning more about KU and their parents are invited to attend and enjoy complimentary food and beverages. Each new Jayhawk also will receive a free T-shirt.

Bob Bourdette of Winfield, chapter president, Colette Kocour of Wellington and local alumna Linda Stewart are coordinating the event with association representatives including Heath Peterson, director of Kansas programs; Mike Davis, vice president of alumni programs; and Kevin Corbett, president.

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 transfer students and incoming freshmen whose enrollment deposits were received by the KU Office of Admissions and Scholarships on or before May 1.

The guests are listed below by their hometowns and ZIP codes:

Arkansas City 67005: Minden Dice, Timothy Hewitt, Hannah Jones, Kasha Kelly, Seth O'Daniel, Vincent Saia, Jared Shelton, Jade Sparks, Nathanial Thomas, Emily Walker, James Wearing and Valerie White

Belle Plaine 67013: Jennifer Burrows and Georgia Stephenson

Burden 67019: Ashton Sudduth

Caldwell 67022: Whitney Bolden

Conway Springs 67031: Christopher Gerber

Parkerfield 67005: Hope Ramirez

Sedan 67361: Jeremy Chase

Udall 67146: Matthew Elliott, Cassie Mettling and Kendall Swint

Wellington 67152: Abby Gonzales, Eliot Holmes, Matthew Ricke and Jordan Tibbs

Winfield 67156: Katherine Cantu, Nicolas Champagne, Joshua Chesser, Bridgette Donley, Mary Felts, Nicholas Kadau, Lindsey Legako, Meredith Mccoy, Stefanie Neal, Alexandra Otte, Calon Patton, Jenna Steffen, Brent Turner, Joshua Turner, Tait White-Rasmusson and Bailey Young

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