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We bring holiday
greetings from the KU family, along with
great news to bolster your Jayhawk spirits and provide
plenty of bragging points for conversation with friends
and family during the season.
From  Athletics: Three KU teams advanced to postseason
play. Congratulations to the women's volleyball
and soccer players, and the football team, on its way
to Orlando for KU's first bowl appearance since 1995.
Read about travel, watch parties and pep rallies at
the 2003
Tangerine Bowl, and register in our contest to win
a bowl
souvenir pack.
From the Alumni Association: "Come Together"
and celebrate KU at the Rock Chalk Ball Feb. 6 at the Overland Park Convention
Center & Sheraton Hotel. Support academic excellence
and enjoy an evening of camaraderie.
From
the KU Endowment Association: KU
First, the largest fund-raising campaign in KU history,
also has reason to celebrate: It has surpassed its goal
of $500 million, and leaders will continue the drive
to raise money for scholarships, fellowships, professorships
and building projects.
Finally, to finish your last-minute shopping, check
out new
gift ideas from the Alumni Association; unique
holiday items from the KU Bookstores, and official
Tangerine Bowl gear from kustore.com.
Warmest wishes from the Hill —
The Kansas Alumni Association
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The University of Kansas Medical Center Alumni
Associations have established a new alumni award
this year, the Early Career Achievement Award. Read
More
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 Top
Stories
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Personal loss inspires professor's video for
people with Parkinson's
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Dance professor Janet Hamburg has created a seated
exercise program to help people cope with Parkinson's
disease, which affects more than 1 million Americans.
The video includes detailed instruction, a half-hour
exercise regimen and tips for daily living. Read
more
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Professor's book on meat industry, features
Garden City
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A new book presents the first comprehensive study
of the companies and workers who prepare food
for our tables. Slaughterhouse Blues: The Meat
and Poultry Industry in North America, is
co-authored by KU Professor Don Stull
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Wilt Chamberlain leaves $650,000 for KU scholarships,
athletics
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The legacy of the legendary Wilt Chamberlain
will continue at KU through a $650,000 gift from
his estate. The gift from Chamberlain, '59, who
died in 1999, establishes four endowed funds for
scholarships, KU men's and women's athletics,
and a Special Olympics clinic.
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KU
First
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KU First total surpasses $500 million; campaign
will continue
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KU First: Invest in Excellence, the largest fund-raising
campaign in KU history, has exceeded its goal
of $500 million, and the drive will continue in
order to raise support for scholarships, fellowships,
professorships and building projects.
Read more
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This
Week In KU History
December 3, 1956: Wilt Chamberlain,
arguably the most dominant player in the history
of basketball, makes his spectacular KU debut
by scoring 52 points as the Jayhawks crush Northwestern
in Allen Field House.
Read
the full story.
Read more
dates for This Week In KU History
This Week In KU History is a project
of the KU Memorial Unions.
Learn
more.
Copyright 2003
University of Kansas Memorial Corporation
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