Jayhawks in the News | August 26
Posted on Aug 26, 2016 in Alumni News and News
Find out what fellow Jayhawks are up to in our weekly edition of “In the News.” It’s like an online version of Class Notes. If you’ve seen Jayhawks in the news who should be featured, email us at share@kualumni.org.
Kelly: His journey to a job with the Olympics started in Omaha | Omaha World-Herald
Michael Cain, who won a gold medal at a Nebraska high school meet, this year watched Americans go for the gold from a lofty perch—as director of business development for U.S. Olympic Training Centers. Cain, j’98, l’01, was featured on our blog a few weeks ago.
Read full article
Meet the woman who inspired Prince’s ‘Little Red Corvette’ | CityPages
Mi-Ling Stone has always loved a good dance song. She, like everyone, found Prince’s 1983 hit “Little Red Corvette” an irresistible jam. Then she realized the song was about her. Stone, j’84, left Minnesota to attend the University of Kansas.
Read full article
Star hires Gary Bedore as Kansas Jayhawks basketball insider | Kansas City Star
Gary Bedore, who covered the Jayhawks for the first time as a KU student in 1978, has joined the Kansas City Star as the new “KU insider.” Bedore, j’79, previously worked for newspapers in Emporia and Oklahoma City before joining the Lawrence Journal-World in 1979.
Read full article
Former KU PG Russell Robinson relishes overseas career | KUSports.com
Former Kansas point guard Russell Robinson was back in town recently for his annual pilgrimage to the place he calls his second home. Robinson, c’08, played with various NBA summer leagues for three summers following his KU career, and he’s set to begin his ninth season playing professionally overseas.
Read full article
KU alumna Kimberly Williams returns to Lawrence to serve as Lawrence Arts Center CEO | University Daily Kansan
Kimberly Williams, b’79, is coming full circle back to Lawrence this September. She’ll replace Susan Tate, d’84, g’00, who is retiring from the position she’s held since 2009.
Read full article
Water Works: A Tulsa Artist Fellow explores a global phenomenon | The Tulsa Voice
Read about Rena Detrixhe’s artistic process for depicting water in various mediums. Detrixhe, c’13, earned a fine arts degree from KU and currently works from a studio in the Hardesty Arts Center in Tulsa.
Read full article
The Star hires Pulitzer Prize winner to head editorial board | Kansas City Star
A pair of Jayhawk journalists are heading back to the Midwest. Colleen McCain Nelson, j’97, who received a Pulitzer Prize for her work in editorial writing in 2010, will serve as vice president of The Star’s editorial board. Her husband, Eric Nelson, j’93, will lead digital news operations for the organization.
Read full article
Gifts establish medical oncology professorship at KU Medical Center | KU Today
A $1.3 million challenge grant from the Hall Family Foundation and a commitment of $650,000 from the Sunderland Family Fund will establish the A. Drue Jennings Professorship in Medical Oncology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, named in honor of Drue Jennings, d’68, l’72.
Read full article
PRSM Association selects Yanek as new CEO | Benzinga
The Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association, (PRSM), the authority on retail, multi-site facilities management, announced that its Board of Directors has selected Bill Yanek, l’01, as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the association.
Read full article
Karrie Clinkinbeard named managing attorney of Armstrong Teasdale’s Kansas City office | Armstrong Teasdale
Armstrong Teasdale announced that litigation partner Karrie Clinkinbeard has been elected to serve as managing attorney of the firm’s Kansas City office. Clinkinbeard, l’99, is the first woman elected to this role in the firm’s 115-year history.
Read full article
Have you heard news about a fellow Jayhawk, or maybe you have news of your own to share? Email us at share@kualumni.org, or fill out our Class Notes form to be included in a future issue of Kansas Alumni magazine. Read more about newsworthy Jayhawks.
