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

LABETTE COUNTY

Altamont: Lucas Paul Hartman

Parsons: Beth Dringenberg, James Thomas Gilpin, Erin Elizabeth Strathe

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.

Labette County High School: Trace Allen Goodwin

Parsons Senior High School: Bradley Carl Cramer, Anna Lynn Hudson

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Labette County students graduating with honors.

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.

Eureka High School: Jamie Noelle Ball, summa cum laude with a bachelor of science

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

LANE COUNTY

Dighton: Shay Lynn Hastings

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Lane County students graduating with honors.

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

LEAVENWORTH COUNTY

Basehor: Klinton Wayne Brown, Jacob Matthew Mark, Zachary Keith Mark, Michael Adam Rich

Lansing: Curtis Allen Burgoon, Danielle Marie Glynn, Megan Elizabeth Hallinan, Cory Joseph Hardman, Jasmine Shene'E Holland, Lauren M Irvine, William Robert Pace

Leavenworth: Claire Jordan Baeuchle, James Patrick Bailey, Geoffrey Thomas Bradbeer, Cody Rose Dressler, Michelle Elizabeth Marie Foster, Claudia Renee Gurss, Chris Alan Hansen, Joseph Daniel Phillips, Laura Ann Romig, Brian Benjamin Tierney, Bethany Ann Wright

Linwood: Caren Ann Chellgren, Mary Ellen Cox

Tonganoxie: Amanda Kathleen Albert, Nicole Marie Allen, James Wesley Armstrong, Jake Steven Bontrager, Erica Graham, Jacob Martin Herrstrom

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.

Basehor-Linwood High School: Anne Elizabeth Shores

Lansing High School: Lori Brooke Flippo

Leavenworth Senior High School: Joshua Ray Davis, Donald Ray Hampton, Tiffanie Lynn James, Dixie Jean Portenier

Tonganoxie High School: Ali Jo Pistora

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

Basehor: Zachary Keith Mark, summa cum laude with a B.S. in business administration

Lansing: Lauren M Irvine, cum laude with a B.S. in dietetics; Jesse James Peters, magna 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.

Basehor-Linwood High School: Anne Elizabeth Shores, summa cum laude with a B.S. in business administration

Immaculata High School: Joseph Robert Sullivan, cum laude with a B.S. in chemical engineering

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

LINCOLN COUNTY

Beverly: Joshua Adam Gross, Rebecca Dawn Wieneke

Lincoln: Jamie Lynn Briscoe, Hillary Eileen Larsen

Sylvan Grove: Derek Lee Vonada

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.

Lincoln High School: Rebecca Dawn Wieneke

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

Sylvan Grove: Derek Lee Vonada, cum laude with a B.S. in electrical engineering

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

LINN COUNTY

Lacygne: Elaine Juchser Wagner

Mound City: Monica Catherine Johnson, Sara Michelle Leavitt

Parker: Justin Cole Diehm, Laine Anthony Raitinger

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.

Pleasanton High School: Rebecca Lynn Mobley

Prairie View High School: Ellen Rachel Elizabeth Verhaeghe

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Linn County students graduating with honors.

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

LOGAN COUNTY

Oakley: Traci Lurae Gosser, Nathan W Jurey, Steven Taylor Kelly, Alissa Nicole Krafft, Paul Henry Kuhlman, Hannah Deane Moorhous

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.

Oakley High School: Holly Ann VanSkike

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

Oakley: Victoria Marie Chaput, cum laude with a B.S. in education; Nicole Lea Keenan, magna cum laude with a bachelor of science

 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

LYON COUNTY

Allen: Brian Elliott Adee

Americus: Trevor Boyce, Jed Morgan Lee

Emporia: Crystal Bandel, Rachel Marie Dorsey, Kristen Mercedes Garcia, Brandon Heavener, Andrew Kent Heermann, Hilary Heinrichs, Jeffrey Thomas Hicks, Kelsi Hinz, Laura Jean Mosher, Nichole Renae Naab, Byron Robert Yeager, David Henry Zeller

Hartford: Clareen O'Connor, Sebastian Jacob O'Connor, Andrew Patrick Wiederholt

Olpe: Tanner John Coble, Drew Alan Pettijohn, Erica Suzanne Marie Stevenson, August Stueve

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.

Emporia Senior High School: Joel Timothy Christiansen

Olpe High School: Anna Christine Binder

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

Emporia: Crystal Bandel, summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts

Hartford: Sebastian Jacob O'Connor, cum laude with a bachelor of science

Olpe: Erica Suzanne Marie Stevenson, magna cum laude with a B.S. in family studies and human services