Clyde Toland Reflects on a Century of KU Family Tradition
It will come as no surprise to fellow alumni that many families truly seem to have KU in their DNA. Their family trees have generations of Jayhawks filling its branches. Clyde Toland (c’69, l’75) is proud to have 34 Jayhawks in his tree. “I believe in the importance of knowing your family’s roots…
Keeping science fiction a reality
James Gunn thanks KU for lifetime of opportunity with gifts that support legacy of creative output I can’t remember when KU wasn’t a part of my life. Officially, it began when my brother, Richard, enrolled as a junior in 1939, having combined his last two years of high school and his…
150 Years and Counting
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences plays major part in KU’s past, present and future The University of Kansas and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences go way back. From the time there has been a KU, liberal arts and sciences has been there in one way or another. When KU first opened…
Graduation Profile: Trading in computer screens for nature scenes
Rachael during her KU soil science lab classOne week into her first desk job, avid hiker and outdoorsman Rachael Boothe knew that she wanted to trade in her computer screen for fresh air and scenic views. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in management information systems, Rachael spent her…
Graduation profile: Passion for rural medicine shapes aspirations
Growing up in a town of less than 150 people tends to leave an impression on a person. Emily Lenherr’s experience was such a positive one, she planned her future around returning to it. Lenherr, a senior from Windom, is a neurobiology major on her way to the University of Kansas Medical…
Graduation Profile: An accidental Jayhawk learns to shine behind the scenes
Four years ago Gabe Alaniz never would have agreed that a liberal arts degree at a large, research university would be the best place to study theatre. Now? This accidental Jayhawk wouldn’t change a thing. First-generation college students face numerous challenges when arriving on a college campus…
Graduation Profile: Setting goals and never looking back
Evan Traylor is the kind of person who goes after what he wants and doesn’t look back. From his first campus tour, Evan knew KU was the right fit – so it was the only college he applied to. He decided on his double major in political science and Jewish studies and minor in leadership studies even…
Graduation profile: When opportunity knocks, senior answers
Kierstin McMichael is the definition of busy. Between leadership positions and jobs on campus, reading and studying hundreds of pages a week for her English major, working with not just one but two distinguished professors, and advising fellow students, she finds little time for sleep, let…
On the Boulevard
Why did you choose your major?Chelsea Whiteside, senior majoring in applied behavioral science major and minoring in sociology “I chose to major in Applied Behavioral Science because I absolutely love children and working with them was, of course, exactly what I wanted to do for the rest of my life…
Ann Birney: Historian and Performer
Ann Birney as Amelia Earhart with a Beech SNB-5 at the Combat Air Museum, TopekaIn the decades since her disappearance in the summer of 1937, famed aviator and Kansan Amelia Earhart has continued to captivate the interest of adventurers, historians, Kansans and more. Among her most dedicated fans…