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:

Hamilton County

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS

Syracuse: Amanda Christine Erwin

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.

Syracuse High School: Stephanie Michelle Moreland

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Hamilton County students graduating with honors.

 

Harper County

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS

Anthony: Ashlin Brae Cox; Nanthanat Tongdaeng

Harper: Lacie Frances Darnell

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Harper County students graduating with honors.

 

Harvey County

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS

Burrton: Katie Nicole Nightingale

Halstead: Michael Lloyd Claussen; Nathaniel Dean Edwards; Nathan Eugene Gleason; Andrea Jane Gundy; Terra N Unruh

Hesston: Aubrey Nichole Nickell

Newton: Brian Busenitz; Slade Byran Headrick; Trevor Brooks Kaufman; Grant W Loescher; Tabitha Lm O'Neal; Allison Paige Tanner; Chrystiana Mae Voth; Kendall John Voth; Janessa Diane Wedel

Sedgwick: Brittany Nicole Grattan

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.

Hesston High School: David J King

Newton High School: Daniel Ramsey Jones; Lindsay Jordan Vannaman

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS

Halstead: Camille Marie Thibault, Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Agriculture

Newton: Aubrie Grace Adams, Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Education

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.

Halstead High School: John Robert Oehlert, Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science

Hesston High School: Lindsey Janzen, Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Education

Newton High School: Jeremy Patrick Wulf, Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science; Aaron Jantzi Yoder, Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Agriculture

 

Haskell County

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS

Satanta: Kendal Blaik Clawson; Shelby Esta Hill

Sublette: Kate Elizabeth Cearley; Brett Adam Holloway; Zachary Ricketts; Lainie Rae Sjeklocha; Lindsay Jordan Vannaman; Mallory Hope Weidner

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS

Sublette: Kate Elizabeth Cearley, Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Business Administration

 

Hodgeman County

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS

Jetmore: Joshua Russell Burns; Kyle Nuss

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Hodgeman County students graduating with honors.