KU News Release

June 23, 2009
Contact: Jennifer Jackson Sanner, KU Alumni Association, (785) 864-4760.

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in Pittsburg

LAWRENCE — Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Neosho, Montgomery and Wilson counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 4 p.m. Sunday, July 12, in Pittsburg. Students from Missouri and Oklahoma towns near Kansas also will attend.

The KU Alumni Association and its Tri-State chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at Lincoln Center, 710 W. Ninth. 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.

Henry Menghini of Pittsburg, chapter president, is coordinating the event along with alumni association representatives Joy Maxwell, assistant director, and Jennifer Sanner, senior vice president of communication. 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 schools and hometown zip codes:

FROM KANSAS
Altamont 67330: Alahna Broadway, Margaret Goodyear and Kayla Peoples

Baxter Springs 66713: Joseph Kellum and Cody Persinger

Caney 67333: Preston Harmon

Chanute 66720: Amber Clines, Sarah Crawford, Adam Erickson, Nathan Slaughter and Mark Ward

Cherryvale 67335: Mitchell Hucke

Coffeyville 67337: Karli Aitken, Lazaro Cardenas, Charles Davidson, Seth Foister, Michel Gates, Elijah Hershey, Will Jenkins, Melanie Lay, Amanda Lewman, Heysen Paredes, Sarah Rinkenbaugh, Mathias Sortore, Eric Wright and Skylar Wright

Columbus 66725: Lainie Fouts, Bailie Hatfield, Madison Overman, Andrew Schoech and Monica Soper

Elk City 67344: Brandon Daniels

Fredonia 66736: Kendall Fiscus, Matthew Fowler, Kourtney Martin, Jaran Shinkle, Erin Sommer and Shaunya Timmons

Frontenac 66763: Dallas Zumwalt

Galena 66739: Dawn Williamson

Girard 66743: Natalie Blair, Darian Kelly, Katlyn Leslie and Tanner Poppe

Independence 67301: Anita Chappuie, Austyn Claibourn, Brandon Kelley, Merrissa Palmer, Aubrey Papen, Nicole Peterson, Andrew Posch, Samuel Schroeder, Aiko Sharp, Allie Stephens, Grant Webster and Zachary Willis

Mulberry 66756: Breanne Burnick

Neodesha 66757: Caitlin Mahan and Ian Mckellar

Oswego 67356: Bradley Feagan

Parsons 67357: Caitlin Almond, Allison Brewer, Tiffany Gatton, Alexander Haynes and Jennifer Mosier and Matthew Wood

Pittsburg 66762: Meghan Barbieri, Clinton Bell, Rachel Butler, Alyssa Collins, Elyssa Fox, Bryan French, Kristal Gritzmaker, Lauren Hankins, Claire Howard, Kirby Kelly, Saltino King, Khristopher Marang, Nina Mathew, KateMinton, Jamie Naylor, Chase Richardson, Jordan Saia, Taylor Saia, Wesley Slavens, Charles Sloan, Sadie Smith, Breezie Trytek and Lily Williams

Riverton 66770: Jeremiah Hawley

Scammon 66773: Toby Ulery

Sycamore 67363: Miranda Smith

Thayer 66776: Dawna Leck

Walnut 66780: Danielle Smith

FROM MISSOURI
Butler 64730: Hope Nordyke

Carl Junction 64834: Lindsay Keys

Clinton 64735: Steven Catron and Rachel See

Harrisonville 64701: Andrew Cooper

Joplin 64804: Willliam Bender, Andrew Childs and Megan Mitchell

Nevada 64772: Paige Burton

FROM OKLAHOMA
Strang 74367: Devan Harris

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