News release prepared by: Julie Fosberg, 785-532-6415, media@k-state.edu
Note to editors: If a county or state is not listed, there were no honor students from that area. If a Manhattan area address was given as a permanent address, the student will be listed in the permanent address county and also in the county for the high school of record.
Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011
K-STATE AWARDS SEMESTER, GRADUATION HONORS FOR FALL 2010
MANHATTAN -- Nearly 3,000 students earned semester honors from Kansas State University for their academic performance in the fall 2010 semester, while 122 students have received December 2010 graduation honors to recognize outstanding academic performance in their undergraduate careers.
Students earning semester and/or graduation honors receive commendations from their deans, with the honors recorded on their permanent academic records. K-State semester honors are awarded to students who earned a 3.75 grade point average or higher for the semester. Students had to be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours of graded course work.
December 2010 graduation honors include 30 students who graduated summa cum laude from K-State for having an academic average of 3.95 or higher; 42 students graduated magna cum laude for an academic average of 3.85 to 3.949; and 49 students graduated cum laude for an academic average of 3.750 to 3.848.
K-State students earning semester honors and students earning graduation honors, by county and hometown:
Nebraska
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
Amherst: Christopher Gugel
Beatrice: Julianne Christine Jensby; Ross Daniel Jensby
Bellevue: Alexis Kathleen Kiel; Josef Hector Lang
Blair: Jenna Marie Gentzler
Chappell: Christopher Jobman Morris
Danbury: Alyssa Marie Rippe
Dix: Colton Anthony Daum
Elkhorn: Elizabeth Ann Faltin; Hannah Jean Gordon; Matthew Browning Hull; Mallory Ann Larsen
Fremont: Courtney Shuree Cook
Gibbon: Lauren Jader
Gretna: James Woodrow Rittenberger
Lavista: Chandler Nichole Whaley
Lincoln: Sophia Josephine Dongilli; Betsy Alyse Philippi; Melanie Anne Thomas; Jamie Leigh Weiser
Milburn: Leigh Ashley Wacker
Oakland: Maxwell Aaron Andersen
Omaha: Paul Daniel Fey; Lucia Rose Finocchiaro; Katelyn Brooke Macholan; Ariel Anne Vanhouse; Charles Deloss Viers; Ryan William Zapotocny
Ord: Amanda Easson Duvall
Papillion: Callie Ann Erickson; Glen Patrick Jarrett; Scott Daniel Johnson; Melissa Kaye Woodworth
Platte Center: Shannon Faith Goedeken
Plattsmouth: Megan Okeson
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Nebraska students graduating with honors.
New Mexico
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
Albuquerque: Joseph Bartley Kinney; Bhumieka Patel
Carlsbad: Haley Merritt Jones
Clovis: Cory Alexander Young
Los Alamos: Bryant Letellier
Texico: Katie Bryn Mayfield
Tucumcari: Caitlyn Marisa Romero
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no New Mexico students graduating with honors.
New York
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
Altona: Karlie Elizabeth Sorrell
Webster: Chad Robert Foust
West Point: Asucena Ochoa Romero
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Brooklyn: Qiuxia C Chen, cum laude with a bachelor of arts and cum laude with a B.S. in agriculture
North Carolina
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
Locust: Brandy Danielle Cleveland
Wake Forest: Jamie Thomas Schendt
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no North Carolina students graduating with honors.
North Dakota
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
Mandan: Natalie Marie Laubner
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no North Dakota students graduating with honors.