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.
News release prepared by: Julie Fosberg and Beth Bohn, 785-532-2535, media@k-state.edu

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

K-STATE AWARDS SEMESTER, GRADUATION HONORS FOR SPRING 2010

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University is recognizing more than 2,850 students with spring semester honors and more than 320 students with graduation honors.

K-State students who earned a 3.75 grade point average or higher for the spring 2010 semester were awarded semester honors. Students had to be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours of graded course work.

Summa cum laude, K-State's highest graduation honor, was awarded to 103 students who graduated with an academic average of 3.95 or higher; 120 students graduated magna cum laude with an academic average of 3.85 to 3.949; and 125 students graduated cum laude with an academic average of 3.750 to 3.848.

Students earning semester and/or graduation honors receive commendations from their deans, with the honors recorded on their permanent academic records.

K-State students earning semester honors and students earning graduation honors, by county and hometown:

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

DECATUR COUNTY

Norcatur: Denton Christopher Bailey

Oberlin: Christopher Adam Larson, Nathan Jon Simonsson

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

Oberlin: Kellen Terel Doeden, magna cum laude with a B.S. in education

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

DICKINSON COUNTY

Abilene: Kimberly Nicole Davidson, Lauren Kaye Davis, Nicole Elaina Diehl-Kliemann, Haley Renee Jones, Grant Shae Kinney, Lori Ann Marcum, Kristen Diane Scheidt, Kara Jo Wilkins, Hillary Anne Wilson, Melinda Wodke, Rachel Grace Wood

Carlton: Shannon Wilson

Chapman: Lacey Jo Altwegg, Taylor Rae Degroat, Brandi Erichsen, Kevin Kohl Hoskins, Kristen L Wallace

Enterprise: Chase Thomas Dikomey, Hannah Louise Miller

Herington: Ryan Blake Albrecht, Brett Edward Blackwell, Carrie Lynn Cook, Tyson Daniel Utech

Hope: Crysta Marie Brockmeier, Andrew James Dillon, Zebadiah T Elliott, Haley Renee Sill

Solomon: Jarrod Alan Janssen, Samantha Rose Schmaderer

Woodbine: Lindsey Leigh Oakes

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.

Abilene High School: Tyler James-Lee Fennema, Shane Michael Nichols

Chapman High School: Paula Schlossinger Kurtz, Jenna Nichole Norton, Michael John Poland

Hope High School: Christine Lynn Baker

Solomon High School: Shaun William Hargadine

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

Abilene: Luke Snider, magna cum laude with a B.S. in education; McKenzie Jan Strunk, magna cum laude with a B.S. in business administration; Timothy Joel Wilkins, magna cum laude with a B.S. in education

Herington: Ashley Lynn Martinitz, cum laude with a B.S. in education

Hope: Kara Gruber, summa cum laude with a B.S. in agriculture

Solomon: Rebecca Roelofsen, magna cum laude with a B.S. in family studies and human services

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

DONIPHAN COUNTY

Denton: Melissa Dawn Boos

Highland: Joshua William Hargis, Sarah Walther

Troy: Jena Marie Johnson

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

Highland: Sarah Walther, cum laude with an associate of technology and cum laude with a B.S. in aeronautical technology

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

DOUGLAS COUNTY

Baldwin City: Callie V Craig, Kristen Renee Ferris, Colby Leigh Heckathorne, Nicole Marie Lordemann, Clare Elizabeth Miles, Hannah Rose Sigvaldson, Blake Evan Wieden

Eudora: Theron Craig Harper, Connor William Hartpence, Logan Douglas Hartpence, Charles Mersmann, Marian Germaine Mersmann, Stuart Tyler Wingebach

Lawrence: Sara Elise Bastemeyer, Sarah Jean Brooks, Allen Burkart, Weatherly Danielle Butler, Carmen Elizabeth Caffey, Joel Timothy Christiansen, Katelyn Galyardt, Cameron Robert Hershiser, Whitley Jackson, Tiffanie Lynn James, Paula Marie Kyriakos, Alyce M Loch, Chelsea Rene Morgan, Thomas Andrew Nieto, Samuel James Nitcher, Kaylee Jayne Oberzan, Thomas Andrew Parrish, Laura Christine Picicci, Ali Jo Pistora, Emily Kathleen Poholsky, Evan Tyrrell Rapp, Ashley Marie Robinson, Michelle Sauer, Margaret Joan Sorrick, Sean Johnson Stenseng, Aarynne Danae Struble, Adrienne Leigh Struble, Braden Zachary Thomas, Lucas Owen Wempe

Lecompton: Christopher Michael Ketter

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.

Baldwin High School: Christa Kay Torneden

Eudora High School: Mary Ellen Cox

Lawrence High School: Darcy Caitlin McDonough

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

Lawrence: Ruth Dorothy Gibson, cum laude with a B.S. in agriculture; John David Kihm, summa cum laude with a B.S. in business administration; Erin Beth Miller, magna cum laude with a B.S. in education; Aaron Shepard Trent, magna cum laude with a B.S. in education