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. July 12 in Pittsburg.
The KU Alumni Association and its Tri-State Chapter will greet the next generation of Jayhawks at Lincoln Center. Area alumni, students interested in learning more about KU and parents may attend the event without charge. Each new Jayhawk will receive a free T-shirt.
Henry Menghini, Pittsburg, Tri-State Chapter president, is coordinating the event, along with Alumni Association representatives Joy Maxwell, assistant director, and Jennifer Sanner, senior vice president of communications.
Anyone needing additional information or wishing to make reservations may visit www.kualumni.org, call the KU Alumni Association at 800-584-2957, or e-mail kualumni@kualumni.org.
Local student guests at the picnic include: 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, Kate Minton, Jamie Naylor, Chase Richardson, Jordan Saia, Taylor Saia, Wesley Slavens, Charles Sloan, Sadie Smith, Breezie Trytek and Lily Williams, all of Pittsburg; Dallas Zumwalt, Frontenac; Natalie Blair, Darian Kelly, Katlyn Leslie and Tanner Poppe, Girard; Breanne Burnick, Mulberry; Toby Ulery, Scammon; and Danielle Smith, Walnut.
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