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Source: Carla Jones, 785-532-6432, cjones@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Beth Bohn, 785-532-6415, bbohn@k-state.edu

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

K-STATE'S SILVER KEY NAMES NEW MEMBERS FOR 2008-2009

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's Silver Key, a sophomore leadership honorary emphasizing community service, has selected its members for 2008-2009.

To be eligible for Silver Key, students must have at least a 3.0 grade point average. This year's initiates must be 2007 high school graduates and be in their first year at K-State.

Silver Key adviser Carla Jones, assistant vice president and senior associate dean of student life, said the group selects 35-38 freshmen each year for membership. Silver Key members participate in a variety of community service activities throughout the year. Past projects include highway cleanup, food drives and helping children and the elderly.

New members of Silver Key include:

Bethany Bohnenblust, agricultural communications and journalism, Altamont; Carrie Dotson, pre-professional business administration, Andover; Taylor Allen, public health nutrition, Atchison; Taylor Wedel, mechanical engineering, Buhler; Kelsie Ball, family studies and human services, Eureka; Brandon Barrett, mechanical engineering, Garden City; Joshua Mans, pre-professional secondary education, Garden Plain.

From Greater Kansas City: Kelby Polfer, apparel marketing, Leawood; Kaley Hagemann, pre-professional business administration, Rachel Schultze, pre-professional business administration, and Scott Soptick, pre-professional business administration, all of Lenexa; Alex Edwards, pre-journalism mass communication, Courtney Minnich, pre-professional elementary education, and Kyle Reynolds, pre-professional business administration, all of Olathe; Alisha Ernst, hotel restaurant management, and Annie Oliver, pre-physician assistant, both of Prairie Village; Kathryn Murphy, pre-professional secondary education, Roeland Park.

Michael Fee, advertising, Hiawatha; Taylor Concannon, political science, Hugoton; Megan Garden, fine arts, and Andy Newsum, agriculture education, both of Hutchinson; Benjamin Harvey, industrial engineering, Lawrence; Bethany Clements, kinesiology, Logan; Danny Unruh, food science and industry, Manhattan; Alan Winter, mechanical engineering, Mount Hope.

Katherine Maier, apparel and textiles, and Stephanie Mars, pre-professional elementary education, both of Ottawa; Nam Nguyen, chemical engineering, Phillipsburg; Kyle Merklein, civil engineering, Prairie View; Morgan Sandell, pre-pharmacy, Republic; Emily Surdez, agriculture education, Sabetha; Kristi Mendenhall, modern languages, Salina; Kristin Gleason, family and consumer education, St. John; Kezia Huseman, biology, Tonganoxie.

From Wichita: Ryan Biedron, pre-professional architectural engineering; Jon Simpson, open option; and Sam Spiess, pre-professional architectural engineering.

From out of state: Lauren Parker, agricultural communications and journalism, Greenwood, Ark.; Casandra Robinson, mechanical engineering, Rolling Hills, Calif.; and Julianne Jensby, food science and industry, Beatrice, Neb.