Note to editors: Students are listed by county and hometown. If a student is receiving more than
one degree, all degrees to be earned are listed with the student's name. 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. If a county or state is not listed, there
were no graduation candidates from that area.
News release prepared by: Julie Fosberg and Katie Mayes, 785-532-2535, media@k-state.edu
Thursday, May 13, 2010
K-STATE SPRING 2010 GRADUATES TO NUMBER NEARLY 2,600
MANHATTAN -- Almost 2,600 students are set to graduate from Kansas State University in ceremonies this spring.
Ceremonies on K-State's Manhattan campus will be Friday, May 14, and Saturday, May 15. Commencement for K-State at Salina was May 8.
K-State is awarding nearly 1,960 bachelor's degrees, more than 450 master's degrees, nearly 170 doctorates and 40 associates degrees. More than 60 students are receiving multiple degrees.
Candidates for graduation include:
OUT OF COUNTRY
AFGHANISTAN
Shamim Naderi, master of arts in modern languages; Khalid Waziri, master of arts in modern languages; Hameedullah Yaqubi, master of arts in modern languages; Jamshid Habib, master of science in architecture; Ahmad Nasim Khoshgowar, master of arts in modern languages
BANGLADESH
Farhana Rahman, doctor of philosophy in civil engineering; Lutfa Akter, doctor of philosophy in electrical engineering
BRAZIL
Francisco R Seloto, bachelor of arts; Patricia Pereira Ramirez, bachelor of science in electrical engineering
CANADA
Elaine Newman, master of science in academic advising; Chandra Bahadur Manandhar, doctor of philosophy in civil engineering
CHINA
Kuan Wang, master of business administration; Kejia Li, master of science in electrical engineering; Peng Li, doctor of philosophy in biological and agricultural engineering; Feng Chen, doctor of philosophy in chemistry; Shifeng Ruan, doctor of philosophy in grain science; Ying Xu, doctor of philosophy in mechanical engineering; Yujun Wang, doctor of philosophy in physics; Jialu Sun, master of accountancy; Shanzhong Gong, master of science in biomedical science; Wei Gao, master of science in chemical engineering; Zhou, Ying, master of science in foodservice and hospitality mangegment/dietetics administration; Jianmin Zhou, master of science in grain science; Lixia Fan, master of science in statistics
COLOMBIA
Ivan DarÌo Monroy, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering; Juan Carlos Cruz Jimenez, doctor of philosophy in chemical engineering
COSTA RICA
Ana Lorena Barboza, doctor of philosophy in curriculum and instruction
ECUADOR
Luis Fernando Carranco Medina, master of software engineering
ETHIOPIA
Tirhas Gebreselassie Gebre, bachelor of science in industrial engineering; Yared Assefa, doctor of philosophy in agronomy
FRANCE
Walamitien Herve Oyenan, doctor of philosophy in computer science
GEORGIA
Ketino Kaadze, doctor of philosophy in physics
HONDURAS
Dominga Elizabeth Canales Medina, master of science in agricultural economics
INDIA
Raman Bansal, doctor of philosophy in entomology; Chitvan Khajuria, doctor of philosophy in entomology; Dipanwita Ray, doctor of philosophy in physics; Disha Deepak Rupayana, doctor of philosophy in psychology; Rashmi Dhankhar, master of arts in economics; Jose P. Abraham, master of science in architecture; Raghavendra G Amachawadi, master of science in biomedical science; Ranjit Prasad Godavarthy, master of science in civil engineering; Surya Teja Kallumadi, master of science in computer science; Ashish Panday, master of science in computer science; Sundeep Bollineni, master of science in electrical engineering; Vinayak Reddy Jakkula, master of science in electrical engineering; Divya Neela, master of science in electrical engineering; Deepthi Rampally, master of science in electrical engineering; Sweta Sutrave, master of science in electrical engineering; Nidhi Tare, master of science in electrical engineering; Minto Michael, master of science in food science; Rakshit Nanjunda Gowda, master of science in industrial engineering; Snehal Monteiro, master of software engineering; Devi Shravanthi Kallem, master of science in computer science; Sohini Roy Chowdhury, master of science in electrical engineering; Ginny Antony, doctor of philosophy in plant pathology; Nikhil Jagdish Churi, doctor of philosophy in industrial engineering; Sakshi Sunil Pahwa, master of science in electrical engineering; Gaurav Chauhan, master of science in computer science; Lopamudra De, master of arts in english; Kalyan Chakraborty, master of science in architecture
JAPAN
Keisuke Ito, bachelor of science in aeronautical technology; Sayaka Wayne, bachelor of science in hotel and restaurant management
KAZAKHSTAN
Kamilya Danabekovna Kassymbekova, bachelor of science in technology management; Laura Nurgaliyeva, bachelor of science in technology management; Alua Seitkassymova, bachelor of science in technology management; Baubek Toktagazin, bachelor of science in technology management
KOREA
Jae-Hoon Kim, bachelor of fine arts; Dai Un Choi, bachelor of science; Kyunghee Kim, master of science in biomedical science; Sookyong Kim, master of science in journalism and mass communication
KUWAIT
Khaled Ali Alqashan, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering
NEPAL
Arbin Rajbanshi, doctor of philosophy in chemistry; Tej Bahadur Shrestha, doctor of philosophy in chemistry
PALESTINE
Faraj Mohammad Hijaz, doctor of philosophy in food science
PARAGUAY
Alfredo Manuel Figueredo, bachelor of science; Nelson G. Cegla Schvartzman, bachelor of science in business administration
PHILIPPINES
Josephine De Guzman Mina Boac, doctor of philosophy in biological and agricultural engineering
POLAND
Aleksandra Anna Banasik, master of science in statistics
RUSSIA
Elena Pripisnova, master of business administration
SAUDI ARABIA
Sami Saad Al-Otaibi, bachelor of science in business administration; Abdullah Mohammed Alhawas, bachelor of science in computer engineering; Abdullah Mohammed Alhawas, bachelor of science in computer engineering; Yasser Saad Alarifi, bachelor of science in computer science; Meshari Abdullah Alnahari, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering; Hani Bashir Baba, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering; Nauaf M. Al-Sarrani, doctor of philosophy in curriculum and instruction; Mamdouh Medhat Al Tashkandi, master of science in architecture; Osamah Ahmed Alhamdan, master of science in architecture; Hanaa Abdulhafiz Jan, master of arts in english
SRI LANKA
Wijith Prasantha Munasinghe, doctor of philosophy in statistics
SUDAN
Peter Nyori, doctor of philosophy in genetics
TAIWAN
Yu Hsu, master of business administration; I-Ting Huang, master of business administration
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Maher F. Shehadi, master of science in mechanical engineering
UZBEKISTAN
Rustam T. Haydarov, master of science in journalism and mass communication
VENEZUELA
Soriana Pacheco, bachelor of science; Daniel Alejandro Lugo, bachelor of science in electrical engineering