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: Megan Molitor, 785-532-1566, molitor@k-state.edu; and Julie Fosberg, 785-532-1542, jfosberg@k-state.edu
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
Achieving excellence: Semester honors to more than 3,200 students for outstanding academic work
MANHATTAN -- More than 3,200 students earned semester honors from Kansas State University for their academic performance in the fall 2011 semester.
The university awards semester honors to students who earned a 3.75 grade point average or higher for the semester. To qualify, students had to be enrolled in at least 12 hours of graded course work. Students earning semester honors receive commendations from their deans, with the honors recorded on their permanent academic records.
K-State students earning semester honors by county and hometown include:
Counties Allen, Anderson and Atchison Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Brown and Butler Chase, Chautaugua, Cherokee, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Cowley and Crawford Decatur Dickinson, Doniphan and Douglas Edwards, Ellis and Ellsworth Finney, Ford and Franklin Geary, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley and Greenwood Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskell and Hodgeman Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell and Johnson Kearney, Kingman and Kiowa Labette, Lane, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Linn, Logan and Lyon | Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Miami, Mitchell, Montgomery, Morris and Morton Nemaha, Neosho, Ness and Norton Osage, Osborne and Ottawa Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie and Pratt Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley, Rooks, Rush and Russell Saline, Scott, Sedgwick, Seward, Shawnee, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens and Sumner Thomas and Trego Wabaunsee, Wallace, Washington, Wichita, Wilson and Wyandotte | Out-of-state Alabama, Alaska and Arkansas California, Colorado and Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho, Illinois and Iowa Maine, Maryland, Masssachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and North Dakota | Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon Rhode Island Pennsylvania South Carolina and South Dakota Texas Utah Vermont and Virginia Washington and Wisconsin |