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Greater Kansas City Area Alumni Network

The Greater Kansas City Alumni Network works to build and improve ties among KC-area alumni and supporters of KU; provides support of higher education; promotes University departments and strengthens the brand awareness of KU; and assists in efforts to recruit talented students to attend KU.

KC Events

Rock Chalk Ball

Rock Chalk Ball, hosted by the KU Alumni Association and the Greater Kansas City Alumni Network, is the premier annual fundraising event for Jayhawks in Kansas City. The event dates back to 1996.

KU Kickoff

KU Kickoff is a family-friendly annual event that celebrates the upcoming football season. The event includes the KU Band, Spirit Squad and mascots, along with speakers, food, music and more.

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Jayhawk Career Network | Finding Your Key to Happiness

Oct 13, 2021

| 11:00 am

Is the key to success your job title, status, or salary? If you could do anything you wanted, what would it be? Author, consultant, and happiness researcher Aliénor Salmon has studied these questions ever since she decided to leave her job at the United Nations to follow her dream and embark on a journey to learn how to dance through Latin America.

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Plan Ahead!

Oct

Jayhawk Career Network | Finding Your Key to Happiness

11:00 am

Online

Oct

Self Graduate Programs | SGF Symposium Lecture: Ibram X. Kendi

Kendi, one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist voices, will present “How To Be An Anticracist: A conversation with Ibram X. Kendi” at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, October 7, 2021, at the Lied Center of Kansas. His talk is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.

3:30 pm

Lied Center

Oct

Dole Institute of Politics | “Laughing at Myself: My Education in Congress, on the Farm, and at the Movies”

Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman returns to the Institute to discuss his autobiography, “Laughing at Myself: My Education in Congress, on the Farm, and at the Movies,” based on his fascinating career path, which took him from Kansas to D.C. and Hollywood.

7:00 pm

Online and Dole Institute of Politics

Oct

Dole Institute of Politics | Ft. Leavenworth: Pre-World War I French Military Doctrine and its Consequences

In the years prior to World War I, the French military wrestled with how to defend itself against a larger, more industrialized foe. Like the Great War’s other major combatants, the French pre-war doctrine proved to be ill-suited to meet the realities of the 1914 battlefield. This lecture will examine the factors that influenced the French Army’s pre-war doctrine, how the army envisioned fighting “the next great war,” and how it adapted its tactical strategy from 1915 to 1918, after its peacetime doctrine failed to secure France’s hope for victory in 1914.

3:00 pm

Online and Dole Institute of Politics

Oct

Dole Institute of Politics | 2021 Journalism & Politics lecture – Bob Dole: A Life in Public Service

This year marks 25 years since Senator Bob Dole left the United States Senate. In honor of this important milestone, the University Daily Kansan is releasing a multi-page feature on Senator Dole and his life in public service.

7:00 pm

Online and Dole Institute of Politics

Oct

Kansas Athletics | Late Night in the Phog

The 37th annual Late Night in the Phog presented by HyVee will take place on Friday, Oct. 1, at 6:30 p.m. inside historic Allen Fieldhouse.

6:30 pm

Lawrence, KS

Greater Kansas City Area Alumni Network Leaders

Jake Ballard

President

b'01

Sasha Boulware

Vice President & Rock Chalk Ball Co-Chair

c'98, g'00

Jason Booker

President Ex-Officio

b'99

Todd Moore

KU Cares Co-Chair

c'96

Curt Welter

KU Cares Co-Chair

d'10

Kirsan Caswell

Crimson & Blue Views Co-Chair

b'13

Melissa Evel

Crimson & Blue Views Co-Chair

j'01

Mitch Anderson

Programming & Events Co-Chair

c'12

Ashley McDonald

Programming & Events Co-Chair

j'04

Billy Marshall

Rock Chalk Ball Co-Chair

c'00

Sheri Hart

Student Recruitment Co-Chair

f'93

Chelan David

Student Recruitment Co-Chair

j'94

Jeff Ahlers

Membership Co-Chair

b'98

James Elliott

Membership Co-Chair

c'05

Amy Brozenic

Board Member

c'02

Jordan Garcia

Board Member

j'06

Kimberly Hobbs

Board Member

j'94

Grant Kollman

Board Member

c'10

Abby Stuke

Board Member

j'17

Megan Wombolt

Board Member

j'01

Leah Mountain

Board Member

c'04, j'04

Scott Mastenbrook

Board Member

c'90

Leah Vomhof

Board Member

d'02, g'12

Kelsey Galle

Assistant Director of Kansas City Programs

c'12

Greater Kansas City Area Network Leaders

President
Jake Ballard, b’01

Vice President & Rock Chalk Ball Co-Chair
Sasha Boulware, c’98 g’00

President Ex-Officio
Jason Booker, b’99

KU Cares Co-Chair
Todd Moore, c’96

KU Cares Co-Chair
Curt Welter, d’10

Crimson & Blue Views Co-Chair
Kirsan Caswell, b’13

Crimson & Blue Views Co-Chair
Melissa Evel, j’01

Programming & Events Co-Chair
Mitch Anderson, c’12

Programming & Events Co-Chair
Ashley McDonald, j’04

Rock Chalk Ball Co-Chair
Billy Marshall, c’00

Student Recruitment Co-Chair
Sheri Hart, f’93

Student Recruitment Co-Chair
Chelan David, j’94

Membership Co-Chair
Jeff Ahlers, b’98

Membership Co-Chair
James Elliott, c’05

Board Member
Amy Brozenic, c’02

Board Member
Jordan Garcia, j’06

Board Member
Kimberly Hobbs, j’94

Board Member
Grant Kollman, c’10

Board Member
Abby Stuke, j’17

Board Member
Megan Wombolt, j’01

Board Member
Leah Mountain, c’04 j’04

Board Member
Scott Mastenbrook, c’90

Board Member
Leah Vomhof, d’02 g’12

Assistant Director of Kansas City Programs
Kelsey Galle, c’12

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