Stay connected with Jayhawks everywhere
We believe your Jayhawk journey should never end. And though you may not be on campus anymore, you can still stay connected to all the people and things you loved at KU!
Member Benefits
Access
- Access to exclusive members-only KU items
- Member appreciation gifts at events
- Members-only giveaways
First opportunity to register for popular events like Rock Chalk Ball, Jayhawk Roundup, Hawktoberfest and more!
Celebrate your Jayhawk pride and that hard-earned KU diploma with a stylish degree frame, handsome diploma frame with tassel holder, or a unique diploma display featuring the Allen Fieldhouse or Campanile.
Choose your favorite University of Kansas diploma frame from our partners at Churchill Classics, then customize and make it your own!
Showcase your University of Kansas pride in style with Jostens’ collection of stunning class rings. Browse multiple designs and order a ring that celebrates your University of Kansas accomplishments and your style.
The Ambler Student Recreation Center is located on the KU Campus. KU Alumni Association members have the following benefits:
- Member access for $7 per day or $25 per month
- Buy an annual members for $300 (limited number available)
- Spouses and domestic partners of members are eligible for the same rates
- Access to the Outdoor Pursuits Program, which includes the ability to check out bikes, tents, canoes, and camping equipment.
Content
Four printed issues of Kansas Alumni magazine mailed each year, plus digital access to the magazine
Our monthly members-only enewsletter, News from the Nest, contains the latest campus, alumni and student news and is delivered straight to your inbox
- Exclusive, members-only content for registered users who are members
- Member giveaways and contests
- Breaking news alerts from KU
Members receive our annual calendar with beautiful campus scenes, mailed with the fall issue of Kansas Alumni magazine.
Savings
- 10-20% discount on catalog, online or in-store items at the KU Bookstore, the official merchandise partner of the KU Alumni Association
- Includes the Kansas Union, Burge Union, and Edwards Campus locations
- Excludes textbooks, other exclusions may apply
- To receive your KU Alumni member discount online, add your 10-digit alumni ID number in the “special instructions” box in the last step of the checkout process. KU Bookstore will cross-check their current membership and will then apply the discount on all eligible items on the backend. Please use the same email address for your online order that you receive emails from the KU Alumni Association at in order for the bookstore to match your order with your alumni record.
- Discounts at favorite restaurants, retailers, theme parks, travel vendors and more with our discount program, exclusively for members
- Access the program through the KU Alumni app
Your KU Alumni Association has partnered with select insurance companies to provide you with cost-effective group rates and discounts.
Home, Auto, Business and Recreational
Quality coverage at a great price. Farmers Insurance® has coverage options that you can customize and lots of ways you could save with discounts and Policy PerksSM. Farmers offers a broad range of product offerings including Home, Auto, Business, and Recreational insurance. Call 800-840-8646 today to find out more about switching to Farmers Insurance.
Life, Health, Dental, Vision, Long-term Care and Travel
Click here for more information.
All of our affinity partners are required to keep personal information confidential.
- 10% discount on tickets for Lied Center Presents performances
- Discount available in-person at the ticket office or by phone
- Have your Alumni Association membership card available when you buy tickets
- KU Alumni Life and Presidents Club members may dine at Lawrence Country Club on the day before, day of and the day after KU football and basketball games (excluding Mondays and Fridays)
- Reservations are required: call 785.843.2866, ext. 6
- Lawrence Country Club membership is not required
20% off books published by University Press of Kansas
The Osher Institute is a part of KU Continuing Education that is committed to creating accessible and innovative learning environments throughout Kansas and Greater Kansas City, with a special focus on participants age 50 and older.
- Members are eligible for a $10 discount of the first course fee of $45
Members receive 10% off all Kaplan graduate and college prep courses withe code (not valid with any other discounts and offers)
Contact Gordon Taylor at 800.987.3608 and identify yourself as a member of the KU Alumni Association to receive the following benefits:
- 60% off your next move with North American Van Lines
- FREE replacement cost insurance for your move
Ways to Engage
The Presidents Club
Members of the KU Alumni Association’s Presidents Club annually give $1,000 or more to help support the creation and expansion of programs to better serve KU and its alumni, friends and students.
To give now to the Association, please make an online gift through KU Endowment. For more information about endowed funds for the Alumni Association contact Angie Storey, senior vice president for donor relations, at 785.864.4761 or toll free at 800.584.2957.

Flying Jayhawks
The Flying Jayhawks program offers all graduates, former students, families and friends the chance to travel among the camaraderie of fellow Jayhawks through discovery, adventure and education.
The program provides enrichment through the exploration of other cultures and lifestyles while strengthening loyalty, friendship, commitment and communication among a unique community drawn together by KU.
The Flying Jayhawks program welcomes anyone interested in travel; graduates, former students, families and friends. You need not hold a KU degree to travel with the Flying Jayhawks, but you must be a member of the KU Alumni Association.

Jayhawk Book Club
The Jayhawk Book Club is open to all alumni, students and friends of KU.
Each semester, KU Libraries staff will select a book and create discussion questions. The discussions will take place in a closed Facebook group, and you can participate as much or as little as you like.
Not on Facebook? You can still participate! We’ll send monthly emails that will include the discussion questions, and we will also schedule online chats to discuss the book.




Keep KU in the palm of your hand with the KU Alumni app!
- Join, renew or upgrade your membership
- Read Kansas Alumni magazine
- Activate Student Alumni Network
- Access the Free Food Finder for students
- Find events in your area
- Get the latest KU and alumni news
- Access members-only discounts
The KU Alumni app, powered by Kansas Lottery, is for all students, alumni, friends and fans of the University of Kansas. Rock Chalk!
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Contact us for more info

Angie Storey
Senior Vice President of Donor and Member Relations
Email
angiestorey@kualumni.org
Call
785.864.4761

Austin Johanning
Assistant Director of Membership
Email
ajohanning@kualumni.org
Call
800.584.2957