K-State's 140th class

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K-State's 140th class
Commencement ceremonies set for May 5, 11, 12

K-State is preparing to present degrees to more than 2,600 students at commencement ceremonies in Manhattan and Salina. The class of 2007 is the 140th to graduate from K-State since the first class graduated in 1867.

Spring 2007 commencement ceremonies

* K-State at Salina -- 10 a.m. May 5, Kansas Highway Patrol Training Center Administration Building

* Graduate School -- 1 p.m. May 11, Bramlage Coliseum

* Veterinary Medicine -- 3:30 p.m. May 11, McCain Auditorium

* Arts & Sciences -- 8:30 a.m. May 12, Bramlage

* Architecture, Planning & Design -- 10 a.m. May 12, McCain

* Education -- 11 a.m. May 12, Bramlage

* Business Administration -- 12:30 p.m. May 12, Bramlage

* Agriculture -- 2:15 p.m. May 12, Bramlage

* Human Ecology -- 4:15 p.m. May 12, Bramlage

* Engineering -- 6:15 p.m. May 12, Bramlage

To be presented include more than 2,230 bachelor's degrees; nearly 290 master's degrees and 170 doctorates; and more than 70 associate degrees. Nearly 140 students will receive multiple degrees; 66 students are earning degrees through distance education.

Videotapes of the ceremonies may be ordered through the K-State Student Union Bookstore.

Commencement speakers, by college, include:

* Barry Flinchbaugh, professor emeritus of agricultural economics at K-State, for the College of Agriculture. Flinchbaugh is an expert on farm policy, farm economy, development and exporting and helped draft the 1996 Freedom to Farm law.

* Ted Spaid for the College of Architecture, Planning and Design. A principal and co-founder of SWT Design, St. Louis, Mo. Spaid is known for his knowledge of park planning, landscape design, horticulture, environmental design, sustainable practices and landscape maintenance procedures. He is a 1984 K-State graduate.

* Nelson Galle for the College of Arts and Sciences. Galle is chair of the Kansas Board of Regents, to which he was appointed in 2003. He received a bachelor's degree from K-State in 1958 and a master's in 1964.

* Roger McHaney, K-State professor of management and Coffman Chair for University Distinguished Teaching Scholars, for the College of Business Administration. He teaches in the areas of management of information systems, information resources management and systems analysis.

* Matthew Christensen for the College of Education. Christensen teaches United States history at Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, where he was named Teacher of the Year in 2004. He is a K-State alum and a consultant in the area of learning disabilities and the use of self-advocacy.

* Elizabeth A. Unger for the College of Engineering. Unger is K-State's vice provost of academic services and technology and dean of continuing education. At K-State, she has overseen the creation of more than 40 high-tech classrooms, developed K-State Online and created the Information Technology Assistance Center.

* Leonard K. Peters for the Graduate School. Peters is vice president of Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, where he leverages the company's efforts in science and math education and defines partnerships with universities in high-speed, broadband-width networking for research and education.

* Virginia Moxley, dean of the College of Human Ecology, for the college. Moxley was named dean in December 2006 after serving as interim dean. She frequently speaks on interinstitutional academic alliances and is a founding member of the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.

* Wyatt Thompson for K-State at Salina. Thompson, the "Voice of the Wildcats," is the main anchor and play-by-play announcer of the Kansas State Sports Network. He also serves as host of TV's "Ron Prince Show" and joins Prince, K-State head football coach, on a weekly radio call-in show on the K-State Sports Network.

* Bonnie Rush, professor and interim head of the department of clinical sciences, for the College of Veterinary Medicine. She received the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence in 2002 and the Carl J. Norden Distinguished Teaching Award in 1996 and 2003.

May 3, 2007 / Vol. 29, No. 20