KU News Release

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in Garden City

LAWRENCE — Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott and Wichita counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in Garden City.

The KU Alumni Association and its Great Plains chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at the Finnup Center, 312 Finnup Drive. 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.

Eric Keller of Garden City, chapter president, and Robin Schenck of Garden City, student recruitment chair, are coordinating the event with alumni association representatives Heath Peterson, director of Kansas programs; Mike David, 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.

Deerfield 67838: Bailey Crandall and Jacque Weber

Dighton 67839: Damion O’Brien

Garden City 67846: Samuel Blood, Andrew Chavez, Madison Cleland, Lauren Deaver, Ethan Doll, Ginger Douglas, Scott Duesing, Clayton Gossett, Juan Gutierrez, Mark Linenberger, Jennifer Luong, James McGowan, Valerie Melin, Daniel Moreno-Rodriguez, Tiffany Nguyen, Christina Nguyen, Brent Nuzum, Julian Ortiz, Rubie Peters, Danielle Quint, Patrick Salais, Brandon Tran, Serina Tran, Jonathan Tran, Kylie Travers and Maria Zaytseva

Leoti 67861: John Zamora

Marienthal 67863: Trinity Graff and Jessica Mastel

Scott City 67871: Monica Beeson, Lakin Dreiling and Jennifer Graham

Syracuse 67878: Philip Gould

Tribune 67879: Jasmine Dixon, Jennifer Fuller, William Harris and Benjamin Pierce