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:
Geary County
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Junction City: Jason Daniel Ackermann; Erin E Arnold; Sha-Ree' Lenea Castlebury; Jonathan Taylor Colston; Michelle Davi Cox; Allison Marie Coy; Angela Mae Deveraux; Joshua Ericson; Vikas Gandhi; Courtney Nichole Johnson; Leslie Anne Matthews; Elisa Ivette Mendoza; Martha C Montanez; James M Moore; Joseph Warren Nible; Heather Norman; Matthew Olson; Jeremy Jay Oman; Christy Nicole Augenstein Postlewait; Matthew Eugene Potter; Samantha M Purdy; Nicholas Alford Rau; Wellington Sage; Jennifer Seeman; Allison Leann Sherbert; Breann Michelle Sherbert; John Paul Sibbitt; Emily Catherine Stanford; Brandon Michael Stroda; Amanda Nichole Taylor; Herbert Paul Teope; Laura Ivette Vallejo; Shawn Mathew Williams; Melissa K Wood
Milford: Morgan Nicole Barcellona; Leota Jeannette Boisclair
Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.
Junction City Senior High School: Bailey Michelle Bohn; Raymond Scott Degan; Thomas Arthur May; Christopher Michael Robinette; Mark H Williams
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
Fort Riley: Jackie Leann Anschutz, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science
Junction City: Amanda Nichole Taylor, Cum Laude with a B.S. in Business Administration
Gove County
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Grainfield: Stacy Rene Schuster; Clayton Rudolph Zerr
Grinnell: Allison Lerae Dohm; Steven Rodney Mense
Quinter: Zachary Warren Nemechek; Brady Allen Reed; Quincey W Tuttle
Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.
Quinter High School: Russell Lynn Heier
Wheatland High School: Jill Elizabeth Kennedy; Kyle William Kennedy
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
No students receiving graduation honors listed Gove County as their permanent address.
Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.
Wheatland High School: Jill Elizabeth Kennedy, Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Family Studies Human Services
Graham County
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Hill City: Caleb Leon Burton; Joelene Diane George; Michael John Gerstner
Penokee: Travis Carl Helberg
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Graham County students graduating with honors.
Grant County
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Ulysses: Katarina Nicole Tusten
Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.
Ulysses High School: Seth Abraham Lovelady
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
Ulysses: Katarina Nicole Tusten, Cum Laude with a B.S. in Family Studies Human Services
Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.
Ulysses High School: Katarina Nicole Tusten, Cum Laude with a B.S. in Family Studies Human Ser
Gray County
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Cimarron: Brooke Nicole Fairbank; Haley Anne Lloyd; Amanda Marie Payne
Copeland: Heather Nicole Gibson; Megan Michelle Gibson
Ensign: Rebecca Goff
Montezuma: Audrey Ellen Holderness; Marisa Rene Love
Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.
Cimarron High School: Jacob C Reimer; Lindsay M Underwood
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Gray County students graduating with honors.
Greeley County
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Tribune: Grant Thomas Bergner; Zachary Allen Kail
Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.
Greeley County High School: Brian Joseph Hampel
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Greeley County students graduating with honors.
Greenwood County
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Eureka: Kelsie Jordan Ball; Wyatt Louis Bechtel
Hamilton: Tina Lee Ratcliff
Madison: Henry Lamont Ott
Piedmont: Kristy Diane Wedman
Editor's note: The students listed below gave an out-of-county permanent address. These students are listed by high school to get the news to their hometown newspapers.
Eureka High School: Brittany T Dennis
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Greenwood County students graduating with honors.