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Alumni represent KU as leaders in their communities
and their professions. Nominate deserving grads for
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Distinguished
Achievement Award, or the Distinguished
Service Citation, the highest honor bestowed by
KU and the Alumni Association for service to humanity.
Black alumni encourage future leaders through their
student recruitment and career mentoring programs for
minority students. Black
Alumni Weekend, Oct. 8-9, will gather grads for
reunion activities and interaction with students.
A Jayhawk who was a model for generations of students,
longtime student union director Frank Burge, will be
remembered Sept. 28 in a celebration
of his life and birthday at the KU Memorial Union.
Also on the fall calendar is the second annual Jayhawk
Roundup in Wichita Oct. 16, a great gathering to
revel in the Crimson and Blue and raise funds for Wichita
students and KU Medical Center programs in Wichita.
Of course, fall means football, which for KU is off
to an exciting start. Our Ultimate
Guide to Jayhawk Football provides fans all they
need to know about pre-games and other alumni gathering
across the country. For additional information on all
sports, check out the new official Web site of KU Athletics, kuathletics.com.
Warmest wishes from the Hill,
The Kansas Alumni Association
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Changing Leadership at KUMC
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University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway
announced Aug. 17 that Executive Vice Chancellor
Donald F. Hagen, chief administrative officer
of the KU Medical Center since 1995, will retire
Dec. 31 and be succeeded by Barbara Atkinson,
executive dean and vice chancellor for clinical
affairs of the KU School of Medicine. Read
More.
Read
More in the KUMC Beat.
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 Top
Stories
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Alumni earn Association's highest honor for
KU service
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Three alumni are this year's winners of the Fred
Ellsworth Medallion, the Alumni Association's
highest honor for service to KU. They are Clay
Blair, b'65, EdD'69, Olathe; David Dillon, b'73,
Cincinnati; and Michael Shinn, e'66, Shaker Heights,
Ohio.
Read more.
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KU leaders collaborate on Integrated Marketing
Plan
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To help alumni and other members of the KU family
tell the University's success stories most effectively,
KU leaders from all campuses are crafting an integrated
marketing plan. Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway
explains why this historic effort is critical
to a top research university.
Read more.
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Rankings Roundup: Fiske, U.S. News and now
"IQ Campuses"
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Among the perennial college guide rankings, there's
a new gem this year for KU. Forbes magazine recently
named the University one of the top 10 "IQ
Campuses" in the nation.
KU joins such other top "IQ Campuses"
as the universities of Iowa, Michigan and Colorado,
and the State University of New York. Read more.
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Meningitis
vaccine alert
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At KU, the fear of meningitis is acute after
senior Andy
Marso was stricken in April. Today, he remains
at the University of Kansas Hospital, where he
is undergoing rehabilitation.
"Students living in any group housing, from
scholarship halls to a shared apartment, are at
an increased risk of contracting meningitis,"
said Dr. Mrya Strother, chief of staff of Student
Health Services. "We want all students and
their parents to know about meningitis and what
protection the vaccine can provide so they can
make an informed decision. Read
more.
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This
Month in Kansas History
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September 15, 1855: John Speer, editor
of the free-state Kansas Tribune, flouts the "Bogus
Legislature's" gag rule against criticizing
slavery with a blistering full-page broadside
that becomes known as "John Speer's Defy." Read the full story.
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more articles from KansasHistoryOnline.
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Center for the Humanities at the University of
Kansas and the Kansas State Historical Society.
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