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Each August more than 10,000 KU students participate in a longtime University tradition, Hawk Week. The official welcome week signals the beginning of the school year and helps students learn how to take full advantage of all that KU has to offer.
Alumni, too, can take advantage of all things KU: Fall is traditionally a season of alumni gatherings and a packed University events schedule, featuring great times on the Hill.
Our “Ultimate Guide to Fall Events, featuring KU Football” makes it easy for you to mark your calendars for upcoming events and make your way back to campus this fall to reconnect with old friends and meet new Jayhawks. Football weekends feature reunions, including a School of Architecture reunion. Sept. 9-10, a School of Education “Party on the Patio” Sept. 17, the Medical Center’s centennial gala Sept. 17, and Black Alumni Weekend, which will be among many special events during Homecoming, Oct. 28-29.
You’ll also want to join in the Touchdown Tailgates at the Adams Alumni Center. We’re reviving these celebrations, starting with the first home game Sept. 3. Join the Association for game-day food and televised games from around the nation, then head over to Memorial Stadium to cheer on the ‘Hawks.
And when KU is on the road, the Alumni Association will be there—at the Kansas State Fair Sept. 9-18, football pre-games in Big 12 cities, or professional society and chapter meetings in your area.
We hope to see you this fall.
Warmest wishes,
The Kansas Alumni Association
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 Crimson & Blue Centennial Gala set for Saturday, September 17
Love a great party? You won't want to miss "A Rhapsody in Crimson & Blue, Centennial Celebration & Awards Gala" on Saturday evening, September 17 to celebrate the School of Medicine's centennial. It will be a party that can happen only once a century! In addition to this special anniversary gala, class reunion activities, campus updates, tours and much more are planned throughout the weekend. Read more in the KUMC Beat.
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Alumni to receive accolades for KU service
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The Alumni Association will honor the 2005 winners of the Fred Ellsworth Medallion Sept. 16 at the Adams Alumni Center. The four honorees are William R. Docking, c’73, b’77, l’77, Arkansas City; Sally Roney Hoglund, c’56, Dallas; A. Scott Ritchie, c’54, Wichita; and Gale Sayers, d’75, g’77, Chicago. Read more.
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Test your KU knowledge: Is it Hayworth or Hahworth?
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Did you say “Hay-worth” or “Hah-worth” when pointing out KU’s biological sciences building?
If you want to prove your credentials as a true KU insider, you should pronounce it the way preferred by Erasmus Haworth, for whom the hall is named. Read more.
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Creative Quark adventure receives grant to teach kids about science
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KU physicists, designers, educators and writers hope to introduce schoolchildren to nature's tiniest building blocks, called quarks, and perhaps spawn a TV series, thanks to a nearly $200,000 National Science Foundation grant. Read more.
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KU at the State Fair
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KU spotlights new addition to Kansas State Fair booth
KU will put a big smile on the faces of Jayhawk fans at the 2005 Kansas State Fair Sept. 9-18 in Hutchinson. "Many of the 300,000 visitors to the KU booth at the Kansas State Fair have asked why we didn't sell Jayhawk merchandise," said Margey Frederick, director of special events. "So this year we will." Read more.
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Week In KU History
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August 24, 1894: Dr. Simeon Bishop Bell, a Wyandotte County physician and real estate speculator, offers KU $75,000 in land and money to build a new hospital and medical college in present-day Kansas City, Kansas. 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.
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Issue
43, August 2005
