News release prepared by: Julie Fosberg, 785-532-2535, 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.
Friday, June 24, 2011
K-STATE AWARDS SEMESTER, GRADUATION HONORS FOR SPRING 2011
MANHATTAN -- More than 3,000 students earned semester honors from Kansas State University for their academic performance in the spring 2011 semester, while 337 students have received May 2011 graduation honors to recognize outstanding academic performance.
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.
May 2011 graduation honors include 111 students who graduated summa cum laude from K-State for having an academic average of 3.95 or higher; 111 students graduated magna cum laude for an academic average of 3.85 to 3.949; and 115 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:
California
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Fountain Valley: Wendy Lai
Lancaster: Mason Robert Ray
North Hollywood: Belle Calkin
Oceanside: Mario Zunic
Orange: Adam Patrick Rezner
San Diego: Kyle Waldie
Santa ana: Kennedy Year
Santa Clara: Timothy Tse
Solvang: Brandon Christopher Meza
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no California students graduating with honors.
Colorado
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Breckenridge: Rochelle Dee Wilson
Burlington: Hayley Suzanne Orth
Castle Rock: Bailey Marie McHenry
Centennial: Jena Biondolilo; Michelle Diane Gutknecht; Ashley Nicole Kelican
Cheyenne Wells: Jennifer Lynne Larsen
Colorado Springs: Jeremy Lloyd Bushnell; Cody Daniel Fager; Matthew Morley; Lucas Robert Plant
Denver: Elizabeth Anne Haddox; Aaron M Woodard
Fort Collins: Spencer Jordan Anduss; Megan Corinne Sawyer
Franktown: Courtney Tracy
Greeley: Kaitlyn Marie Jerome; Sarah Marie Swenson
Highlands Ranch: Patricia Ann Bastine; Dean Thomas Eckhoff; Tyler Joseph Jacobson; Melissa Lynn Ross
Holyoke: Kirk Matthew Lenz
Lakewood: Lauren Winnen
Lamar: Mark Allen Siemsen
Littleton: Joshua Dean Goldstein; Susan Leigh Norris; Lisa Nicole Ringstrand; Brianna Noelle Stevens; Erin Amanda Walker
Lone Tree: Nicholas Sean Rome
Montrose: Sarah Abigail Thompson
Monument: Derek Schneweis
Otis: Emily Mollohan
Parker: Kelsey Marie Lind; Brittany Andriana Stevens
Walsh: Alex Nicole Hetrick
Windsor: Katie Marie Samples
Woodland Park: Eric August Dernbach
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
Arvada: Hannah Rani Leventhal, Cum Laude with a B.S. in Agriculture
Boulder: Erin Marie Kane, Magna Cum Laude with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine