KU News Release

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in Colby

LAWRENCE — Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and Wallace counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, in Colby.

The KU Alumni Association and its Northwest chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at the Senior Progress Center, 165 Fike Park St. 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.

Jeff Mason of Goodland, 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.

Atwood 67730: Erica Huntington, Samantha Leitner and Roy Palmer

Brewster 67732: Megan Allen

Colby 67701: Kristin Cox, Nicholas Howard, Rebecca Howard, Aubrette Stephens and Robert Weiss

Goodland 67735: Courtney Sheldon and Tanner Smith

Hoxie 67740: Katelin Neuenschwander

Quinter 67752: Edward Machen