KU News Release

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in Great Bend

LAWRENCE — Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Barton, Edwards, Pawnee, Rush and Stafford counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in Great Bend.

The KU Alumni Association and its Golden Belt chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at Barton County Historical Society, 85 S. Highway 281. 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.

Monty Strecker of Ellinwood 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.

Burdett 67523: Gabriel Dipman

Claflin 67525: Grant Miller, Remington Miller, James Musgrove, Holly Ney and Kelsey Strube

Ellinwood 67526: Joshua Maddy

Great Bend 67530: Evan Schenkel, Frederick Bader, Eric Degenhardt, Jessica Denney, Derek Ellis, Trey Giesen, Derricohn Lampe, Kiefer McCulley, Katie Nicolet, Kevin Pringle, John Sciacca, Alex Sheppard, Jeffrey Stos and Bryce Wells

Hoisington 67544: Logan Harmon and Danielle Reisner

Kinsley 67547: Christine Eslinger, Makenzie LaCost and Robert Parry

Larned 67550: Alexander Bradley and Andrea Mehringer

Saint John 67576: Andrew Grossardt

Stafford 67578: Allison Jackson and Tyler Setter