KU News Release

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in Manhattan

LAWRENCE — New University of Kansas students and their parents from Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Pottawatomie and Riley counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 12, in Manhattan.

The KU Alumni Association and its Flint Hills chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at Advanced Dental Arts, 4201 Anderson Ave., Suite A. 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.

Larry Stoppel of Washington, chapter president, is coordinating the event with alumni association representatives Heath Peterson, director of Kansas programs; Mike Davis, senior vice president of programs; and Danny Lewis, director of national chapters. 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.

Abilene 67410: William Boswell, Kendra Brummer. Katherine Divel, Kyle Keller, Nathaniel Rowe, Amanda Seurer and Mark Sidener

Axtell 66403: Amy Stallbaumer

Belvue 66407: Jessica White

Chapman 67431: Rebecca Stout

Clay Center 67432: Bethany Penner

Emmett 66422: Benjamin Byers

Fort Riley 66442: Richard Gibbs, Alana John, Jessica McCoy, Timothy Richardson and Heather Smith

Frankfort 66427: Austin Boeckman

Green 67447: Kevin Jones, Alexandra Moore

Herington 67449: Ashley Evans, Benjamin Gonzolas

Home 66438: Cassi Fitzgerald, Allison Voet

Junction City 66441: Abbey Bauman, Hye Byun, Miranda Davis, Erica Geiger, Daniella Gonzalez, Kathryn Locke, Anastasia Magana, Alivia Magana, Edward Morehouse, Keishly Perez, Phuc Pham, Arius Reynoso, Antoin Wagner, Lance Warren and Breyawna Washington

Louisville 66547: Kristopher Velasco

Manhattan 66502: Bailey Adolph, Lakin Anderson, Deneige Barr, Travis Baughn, Eric Brunner, Catherine Carmichael, Allison Colburn, Rebecca Coonrod, Tyler Cox, Mary Enoch, Sinclaire Erdwien, Michael Fee, Chelsea Foust, Hillary Green, Jodi Hageman, Taylor Hawk, Emily Herl, Jacob Hessman, Robyn Hull, Elizabeth Husted, Katie Jarvis, Laura Jevons, Lauren Johnson, Adam Jones, Erin Kinney, Jeffrey Kitchel, Rachel Kittelson, Charles Knutson, Bharath Krishnamoorthi, Thea Lease, Amelia Lewis, Adam McCann, Matthew McCarthy, William Meyer, Danielle Moccia, Alexander Moran, Shane Nichols, Fernando Ochoa, Scott Ogilvie, Emily Parsons, Taylor Patterson, Andrew Pierce, Alyce Reneberg, Drew Rhodes, Amanda Sachdeva, Morgan Sandell, Kathryn Scanlan, Skyler Schlageck, Samantha Smith, Gregory St. Amand, Anna Tatarko, Feliesha Thomas, Morgan Titus, David Trenary, Michael Turner, Sierra Upton, Laura Weaver, John Weick, Elizabeth Wells, Lindsey Wepking, Lynda Westervelt, Justin Wheatley, Anne Windholz, Kynsley Wollenberg and Linda Wright

Marysville 66508: Nicole Brown, Sterling Clark, Angela Sutton and Brandon Thorngate

Ogden 66517: Tashayla Garrett

Riley 66531: Alexa Backman and Darrin Yuhn

Saint Marys 66536: Christopher Gockel, Travis Grauerholz, Michelle Pearl, Cecilia Rojas, Sarah Perry and Jennifer Redding

Solomon 67480: Kenneth Betz, Tanya Byarlay, Brittnee Catlin, Robert Fair, Kristina Mann and Brad Musselman

Vermillion 66544: Michelle Gerstner and Tommie Massie

Wamego 66547: Amanda Peters, Tanner Spreer and Jacob Stratton

Waterville 66548: Shelby McNary and Tyler Wieland