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
MASSACHUSETTS
Stow: Nicole Leigh Clark
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Massachusetts students graduating with honors.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
MICHIGAN
Northville: Christopher Anthony Porreca
West Olive: Stephanie Kristine Lacy, Patrick Michael Stewart
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Dearborn: Bridget Joyce Garrity, summa cum laude with a doctor of veterinary medicine
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
MINNESOTA
Duluth: Cyndi Lea Preston
Mankato: Natalie Margaret Schreyer
Marshall: Jenna Leigh Surprenant
Medina: Laurel Leanne Johnston
Northfield: Margaret Jeanne Gaggioli
Pine Island: Michael Anthony Benike, Alison Rose Manthei
Saint Paul: Dominic Albin Krezowski
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Minnesota students graduating with honors.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
MISSOURI
Adrian: Joshua Ray Huenefeld
Amoret: Lindsey Jean Wilson
Belton: Julia Lauraine Black
Buckner: Staci Kay Reed
Chadwick: Jeremy Dale Sisco
Columbia: Ian Andrew Kilpatrick, Morgan Laura Pearn, Ryan Andrew Wilkerson
DeKalb: Samantha Jo Pierce
Des Peres: Katherine Jane Molaskey
Fenton: Heather Ann Haberberger
Florissant: Alexander James Hirbe, Leah Mack
Frontenac: Kasey Oksana Rudawsky
Gladstone: Kaitlin Marie Kilgore, Zachary Scott O'Keefe
Graham: Alex Gregory Callow
Grainvalley: Kyla Ann Copple
Grandview: Kathleen Renee Neugebauer, Kerri Allison Neugebauer, Rebecca Ellen Heinzler Sowers
Hamilton: Johnathan Martin Schieber
Hermann: Laura Ashton Browne
Higginsville: Paul Jacob Mintner
Independence: Cassie Jo Brown, Jauni Novak, Jared Thomas Pumphrey, Eva Melinda Steinman, Matthew Patrick Whetstone
Jefferson City: Scott Wylie Mcdonald
Kansas City: Kaitlin Colleen Adair, Tyler Benjamin Asby, Nick Becker, Audrey Marie Brown, Zachary Michael Buckmiller, Emily Therese Bullington, Kendall Lee Burns, Bradley Dewight Craig, Alyson Dewitt, Gonzalo Erdozain, Andrea Justine Fulks, Rebecca Michelle Gentry, Renee Marie Goodfriend, Chris Joseph Greer, Caleb Greinke, Wesley Miller Gross, Ryan Scott Halford, Josh Christman Heath, Lauren Anne Henton, Jasmin Elizabeth Hostin, Alex Jantsch, Madeleine Glynn Little, Michael Robert Luczak, David Joseph Macke, Lauren Michelle Mathewson, Rebecca Joyce Nyght, Jared Schelp, Keeley Brianne Smith, Clifford Leon Watkins II
Lake Saint Louis: Danielle Joy Dickson
Lake Winnebago: Elizabeth Whitney Kaifes, Lisa Karen Oberlechner, Danielle Nicole Rogers
Lebanon: Alice Lindsay Roam
Lee's Summit: Rachel Christine Janssen, Abbygale Quinn Newman, Allison Renee Seiler, Ross Patrick Hand, Monica Klawuhn, Allison Rebecca Mott, Lauren Denise Phillips, Shalin Bree Spani
Liberty: Payton Atwood Kirk
Manchester: Lauren Alexis Telker
Marceline: Joshua Doty Moore
Mayview: Timothy Andrew Wright
Moberly: Daniel Jordan Kliewer
Mound City: Catherine Jean Metzgar
Oak Grove: Corey K Brown
Parkville: Rachel Elizabeth Barth
Perryville: Caleb David Melchior
Saint Charles: Christy Lynn Phelps
Saint Joseph: Julia Nicole Brunner
Saint Louis: Colleen Finn, Mark Kennedy Holton, Lindsey Anne Telford Chelsey Marie Baliva, Adam Davenport, Kira Michelle Klein, Andrew Michael Sneed
Saint Peters: Katherine Marie Gallagher
Smithville: Eric Paul Grusenmeyer, Brian Joseph Kopp
Sunrise Beach: Danielle Rose Huskey
Washington: Jill Kathryn Schmitt
Wildwood: Jessica Marie Motz, Deanne Nicole Petersen
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Grainvalley: Kyla Ann Copple, cum laude with a B.S. in agribusiness
Lee's Summit: Allison Rebecca Mott, magna cum laude with a B.S. in business administration
Liberty: Kristen Marie Williams, magna cum laude with a B.S. in architectural engineering
Mayview: Timothy Andrew Wright, magna cum laude with a B.S. in agriculture
Mound City: Catherine Jean Metzgar, cum laude with a B.S. in human nutrition and cum laude with a bachelor of science
Saint Joseph: Sarah Loree Barnes, summa cum laude with a bachelor of fine arts
Saint Louis: Colleen Finn, summa cum laude with a bachelor of science; Andrew Michael Sneed, cum laude with a B.S. in architectural engineering
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
MONTANA
There were no students from Montana receiving semester honors.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Florence: Alissa Nicole Kauffman, summa cum laude with a bachelor of science