K-State fall 2006 commencement ceremonies set for Dec. 8 and 9

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News release prepared by: Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, 785-532-6415, ebarcomb@k-state.edu

Thursday, November 30, 2006

COMMENCEMENT
K-STATE FALL 2006 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES SET FOR DEC. 8 AND 9

MANHATTAN -- More than 1,350 Kansas State University students are candidates for degrees at the university's fall commencement ceremonies Friday, Dec. 8, and Saturday, Dec. 9, in Manhattan and Salina.

K-State will hand out more than 1,150 bachelor's degrees, nearly 200 master's degrees, about 50 doctoral degrees and about 30 associate degrees. Nearly 50 students will receive multiple degrees. More than 100 students earned degrees through K-State distance education programs.

Ceremonies include:

* K-State Graduate School, 1 p.m. Dec. 8, Bramlage Coliseum.
* K-State at Salina, 7 p.m. Dec. 8, Kansas Highway Patrol Headquarters, Troop J, 2025 E. Iron Ave., Salina.
* College of Arts and Sciences, 9 a.m. Dec. 9, Bramlage Coliseum.
* College of Human Ecology, 9 a.m. Dec. 9, McCain Auditorium.
* College of Education, 10:30 a.m. Dec. 9, Bramlage Coliseum.
* College of Business Administration, noon Dec. 9, Bramlage Coliseum.
* College of Agriculture, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 9, Bramlage Coliseum.
* College of Engineering, 3 p.m. Dec. 9, Bramlage Coliseum.

Videotapes of the ceremonies may be ordered through the K-State Student Union Bookstore, 1-800-KSU-CATS or 785-532-6583.

A reception for distance education graduates will be 2:30-4:30 p.m. Dec. 8 in the Flint Hills Room at the Union. The reception also will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation of K-State's Division of Continuing Education. For distance education students unable to attend their on-campus ceremony, a virtual commencement ceremony is available at http://www.dce.k-state.edu/commencement

Speakers for the Dec. 8 ceremonies include Pete Souza, an international photojournalist and former White House photographer for President Reagan, for the Graduate School, and Col. George Boyd of the Civil Air Patrol for K-State at Salina.

Speakers for ceremonies Dec. 9 include Andy Tompkins, Kansas education commissioner from 1996-2005, for the College of Education. Tompkins also will receive the first Dan and Cheryl Yunk Excellence in Educational Administration Award at the ceremony. Also speaking will be Michael Boland, professor of agricultural economics, for the College of Agriculture; Yasmin Patell, assistant teaching scholar of chemistry, for the College of Arts and Sciences; M. Duane Nellis, provost, for the College of Business Administration; Richard Gallagher, interim dean, for the College of Engineering; and Virginia Moxley, interim dean, for the College of Human Ecology.

Several K-State faculty members will be recognized at the Graduate School ceremony for their outstanding achievements. The honorees include three professors who were awarded K-State's highest rank of university distinguished professor earlier this year: John Blair, professor of biology; Daniel Marcus, professor of anatomy and physiology; and Richard Marston, professor and head of the department of geography. The ceremony also will include the presentation of the Commerce Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award to Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, professor of biochemistry, and Philine Wangemann, professor of anatomy and physiology.