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Annual University Support Staff Retirement Dinner set for Oct. 17

The 28th annual University Support Staff Retirement Dinner will be held Oct. 17 in the Adams Alumni Center. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with a reception in the center’s All-American Room. Dinner will start at 6 p.m. in the Bruckmiller, McGee and All-American Rooms.

The dinner is an opportunity for the chancellor and provost to thank university support staff for their service to KU and to provide them with a memento for their service.

Thirty retirees have been invited to bring one guest. Friends and family members may make reservations by calling Human Resources and Equal Opportunity at 864-7346 by Oct. 15. Meals are complimentary for the retiree, one invited guest of the retiree and the departmental administrator who will introduce the retiree. The cost of dinner and dessert is $12 for all others.

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