News release prepared by: Julie Fosberg, 785-532-6415, media@k-state.edu
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.

Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011

K-STATE AWARDS SEMESTER, GRADUATION HONORS FOR FALL 2010

MANHATTAN -- Nearly 3,000 students earned semester honors from Kansas State University for their academic performance in the fall 2010 semester, while 122 students have received December 2010 graduation honors to recognize outstanding academic performance in their undergraduate careers.

Students earning semester and/or graduation honors receive commendations from their deans, with the honors recorded on their permanent academic records. K-State semester honors are awarded to students who earned a 3.75 grade point average or higher for the semester. Students had to be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours of graded course work.

December 2010 graduation honors include 30 students who graduated summa cum laude from K-State for having an academic average of 3.95 or higher; 42 students graduated magna cum laude for an academic average of 3.85 to 3.949; and 49 students graduated cum laude for an academic average of 3.750 to 3.848.

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

 

Thomas County

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

Colby: Heath Christian Bieker; Katie Lynn Friesen; Mitchell Gregory Gatz; Henry Lamm; Taylor Nicole McLemore; Janessa Anna Rasmussen; Cody A Wark; Logan Marie Wark

Gem: Todd Matthew Ziegelmeier

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.

Golden Plains High School: Andrew Gerald Broeckelman; Jonathan Paul Broeckelman

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Thomas County students graduating with honors.

 

Trego County

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 SEMESTER HONORS

Wakeeney: Teran Ayn Frick; Chad Wesley Jamison; James D Schreiner

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 GRADUATION HONORS

There were no Trego County students graduating with honors.