NEWS RELEASE
May 1, 2023
The Dunbar School Alumni Association, Inc. will be hosting their 11th Dunbar School reunion July 21-23, 2023 at the Homewood Suites in Salina, Kansas.
This year’s reunion theme will be, “Dunbar School: Evoke the Legacy – Let It Shine”. The two-day reunion includes a memorial service for deceased Dunbar School alumni and an evening banquet. The keynote speaker for the Saturday evening banquet will be Dr. Karnia Yager, Assistant Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, Long Island, New York. Dr. Yager is the granddaughter of the alumni association’s oldest alumnus, Dr. Virginia Hill Bell.
The DSAA are planning activities for all age groups during their Friday-Sunday reunion. The association celebrated the 100thanniversary of Dunbar School this past November. Most recently, Dunbar School was featured in the latest issue of the Kansas Magazine, which is available on-line and at over 300 retail stores and newsstands. The article on Dunbar School was written by former Salinan and free-lance writer, Melinda Briscoe.
More information about the 11th Dunbar School Reunion will be available from Dr. Jennifer Gordon at dunbaralumnisalina@gmail.com.