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
WABAUNSEE COUNTY
Alma: Emily Jayne Gehrt, Stephanie Ann Tolbert
Alta Vista: Jessica Kaitlin Zimmerman
Eskridge: William David Busch, Sami Lee Rutledge
Harveyville: Kendra Jean Mitchell
Maple Hill: Jacob Lowell Gleason
Paxico: Erin Marie Kraus
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.
Mission Valley High School: Chris John Anderson
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Maple Hill: Jacob Lowell Gleason, summa cum laude with a B.S. in agriculture
Paxico: Rebecca Lynn Short, cum laude with a B.S. in human nutrition
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
WALLACE COUNTY
Sharon Springs: Bracey Fischer, Brett A Keller, Preston Allen Smith
Weskan: Hollie Nicole Mckinney
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.
Weskan High School: Preston Allen Smith
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Wallace County students graduating with honors.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Clifton: Andrea Marshall
Greenleaf: Leaanne Vivian Diederich, Jared Dean Hatesohl
Haddam: Elise Marie Hardenburger
Hanover: Cindy Jo Bruna, Whitney Michelle Doebele, Chantel Marie White
Hollenberg: Kirk A Loges
Morrowville: Chantel Leigh Frager, Luke Frager
Palmer: Ashtyn M Meyer, Dana Elizabeth Oehmke, Natalie Renee Wilgers
Washington: Steven Michael Colgrove, Carrie Anne Gilliam, Kayla Marie Penning, Caitlin Jennifer Sherlock, Katie Lynn Wilson, Megan Nicole Wilson
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Clifton: Andrea Marshall, summa cum laude with a B.S. in construction science management
Linn: Rachael Ann Heck, cum laude with a B.S. in human ecology
Washington: Megan Nicole Wilson, cum laude with a bachelor of science and cum laude with a B.S. in education
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
WICHITA COUNTY
Leoti: Trenton John Wilke
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Wichita County students graduating with honors.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
WILSON COUNTY
Benedict: Aaron Scott Engelman
Fredonia: Ashlee Brooke Brown, Carissa Jean Rogers, Teresa Anna Siegele
Neodesha: Lacey Renae Mcclayland
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.
Neodesha High School: Jancey Saunders Hall
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Neodesha: Lauren Elizabeth Bauman, cum laude with a B.S. in education
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
WOODSON COUNTY
Yates Center: Jessica Ann Boone, Elizabeth Ann Dick, Zachary Ryan Louderbaugh, Kyle Jay McGee
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.
Yates Center High School: Gary Allen Morris, Larita Ann Tipton
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Yates Center: Elizabeth Ann Dick, summa cum laude with a B.S. in business administration
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
WYANDOTTE COUNTY
Bonner Springs: Kristen Cecelia Beeves, Daniel Dercher, Kara Michelle Douglas, Erica Meria Freeman, Taenecia Marie Gaines-Bey, Joseph Ross Kelly, Jaci Nicole Livers, Matthew Poje, Eric Spiess, Rachel Anne Steinhauser
Edwardsville: Abagail Kathryn Polys
Kansas City: Drew Eugene Dobbeleare, Marcela Gonzalez, Steven Allen Melton, Traci Smiley, Angelica Soto, Stephanie Denise Stoway, Cecilia Marian Stump, Amanda Thomas
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.
Bishop Ward High School: Jacob Matthew Mark, Zachary Keith Mark
Bonner Springs High School: Katherine Ann Killingsworth
Turner High School: Catherine Paliwoda
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Bonner Springs: Joseph Robert Sullivan, cum laude with a B.S. in chemical engineering
Kansas City: Elizabeth Anne Ploetz, magna cum laude with a bachelor of science
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.
Bishop Ward High School: Zachary Keith Mark, summa cum laude with a B.S. in business administration
Saint Teresas Academy: Meredith Lynch, magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts; Julie Marie Shuss, magna cum laude with a B.S. in business administration