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While returning students enjoy Hawk
Week, KU's annual fall welcome ritual, several alumni
groups also plan to make their own fun on campus.
On Sept. 25, the 1975
Sun Bowl team will return to Memorial Stadium; among
those in the stands that day will be Kansas
Honors Program volunteers from across the state.
During Homecoming Oct. 8-9, the Class
of '64 will celebrate its 40th anniversary, and black
alumni will gather for a reunion and special events
with students. These gatherings and more are planned
in conjunction with KU football weekends, those glorious
days when the Hill is ablaze in fall color.
So start planning your own return with our 2004 Ultimate Alumni Guide to KU Football and Gameday
Weekends. It provides everything you need to know
about special events—-and getting your game face
on with fellow Jayhawks at home or on the road.
And, as always, we bring you news about accomplishments
of alumni and faculty in varied disciplines, and we
encourage you to stay involved with your alma mater.
Warmest wishes from the Hill,
The Kansas Alumni Association
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Truck Driver Follows Medical Dream
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Richard Boyd, a father of six and a big-rig truck
driver from Sabetha, Kan.,
landed one of the 175 spots for the first year
of medical school. Why would
a 42-year-old trucker want to be a doctor, and
how did he beat the one-in-seven odds of landing
a spot in KU's School of Medicine? Read
More in the KUMC Beat.
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Stories
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Athens-bound Gruber stunned
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Charlie Gruber, a former KU track and field distance
standout from Denver, is headed to the Olympics
— and he can hardly believe it. Read
more.
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Hawk Week features events to welcome students
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More than 10,000 new and returning Jayhawks will
begin the new school year with Hawk Week, seven
days of activities and events Aug. 15 through
Aug. 21, helping ease their transition to college
life and begin their KU journey in the right direction.
Classes begin Aug. 19. Read
more.
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KU team links essential fatty acid in moms
to rate of infant development
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Infants whose mothers have higher levels of an
essential omega-3 fatty acid show more advanced
cognitive development, researchers at the University
of Kansas have found. Read
more.
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This
Week In KU History
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August 21, 1863: Confederate guerrilla
leader William Clarke Quantrill leads his infamous
raid on Lawrence, sacking the town and leaving
its surviving residents without financial resources
to help support the establishment of KU. Read
the full story.
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Read more dates for This
Week In KU History
This Week In KU History is a project of the KU
Memorial Unions.
Learn
more.
© 2004 University of Kansas Memorial Corporation
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This
Month in Kansas History
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August 1, 1854: The first party of settlers
sent out by the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company
reaches what will become present-day Lawrence. Read the full story.
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Read
more articles from KansasHistoryOnline.
KansasHistoryOnline is a project of the Hall
Center for the Humanities at the University of
Kansas and the Kansas State Historical Society.
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