News release prepared by: Julie Fosberg, 785-532-2535, media@k-state.edu
Note to editors: If a county or state is not listed, there were no students earning degrees or honors 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, Sept. 15, 2010

K-STATE AWARDS 2010 SUMMER DEGREES, GRADUATION HONORS

MANHATTAN -- Nearly 550 students completed degree requirements from Kansas State University this summer, with 28 students earning graduation honors for their outstanding academic work.

Degrees earned include nearly 300 bachelor's degrees, nearly 200 master's degrees, more than 35 doctoral degrees and several associate degrees. Some students earned multiple degrees.

Six students graduated summa cum laude, K-State's top graduation honor. Ten students graduated magna cum laude and 12 graduated cum laude. Summa cum laude graduates earned a 3.95 or higher cumulative academic average at K-State. Students qualify for magna cum laude with an average of 3.85 to 3.949, and students with averages of 3.75 to 3.849 graduate cum laude.

Summer 2010 graduates had the option of participating in K-State's May 2010 commencement ceremony or fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 10-11.

K-State students earning degrees and students earning graduation honors include:

 

Counties   Atchison Barton, Bourbon and Butler Chautauqua, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Cowley and Crawford Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan and Douglas Edwards, Ellis and Ellsworth Finney, Ford and Franklin Geary, Gove, Grant and Gray Haskell and Harvey Jackson, Jefferson and Johnson

Kearny, Kingman and Kiowa Labette, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Logan and Lyon Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Miami, Montgomery and Morris Nemaha, Neosho and Norton Osage and Ottawa Pottawatomie and Pratt Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley, Rooks and Russell Saline, Sedgwick, Seward, Shawnee, Sheridan, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens and Sumner

Thomas Wallace, Washington, Wilson, Woodson and Wyandotte   Out-of-state   Alaska, Arizona and Arkansas California, Colorado and Connecticut Georgia Illinois, Indiana and Iowa Maryland, Masssachusetts, Minnesota and Missouri

Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina Ohio and Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina and South Dakota Tennessee and Texas Utah Virginia Washington and Wisconsin   Out of country

 

NOTE: If a county or state is not listed, there were no graduates from that area.