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
NEBRASKA
Adams: Allan Edward Richardson
Beatrice: Benjamin Alan Christensen, Julianne Christine Jensby
Bellevue: Alexis Kathleen Kiel
Blair: Jenna Marie Gentzler
Chappell: Christopher Jobman Morris
Danbury: Alyssa Marie Rippe
Eagle: Kelsey Renee Fiddes
Elkhorn: Elizabeth Ann Faltin, Matthew Browning Hull, Mallory Ann Larsen
Elm Creek: Nathan Ryan Keep
Gibbon: Lauren Jader
Hastings: Ashley Elizabeth Rethorst
Kearney: Channing Alexander Navis
Lavista: Chandler Nichole Whaley
Lincoln: Amanda Ball, Whitney Buchmann, Megan Marie Haney, Cynthia Leann Knudsen, Britney Weiser, Jamie Leigh Weiser
McCool Junction: Samantha Ray White
Oakland: Brooke Johanna Lechtenberg
Odell: Kristin Michelle Scheele
Offutt AFB: Ashleigh Renae Herd
Omaha: Margaret Ann Baumann, Michael Gaylord Boeck, Matt Lawal Brown, Robert John Dorman, Sarah Patricia Guinane, Katelyn Brooke Macholan, Kari Anne Phelan, David Ryan Smith, Sarah Lynn Taphorn, Charles Deloss Viers
Papillion: Nick Adam Brainard, Callie Ann Erickson, Kayla Marie Le, Matthew William Sommer, Melissa Kaye Woodworth
Platte Center: Shannon Faith Goedeken
Utica: Justin Gene Wiemer
Valentine: Dustin Lee Davis
West Point: Robert Kreikemeier, Kimberly Ann Meiergerd
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Elm Creek: Nathan Ryan Keep, cum laude with a B.S. in agriculture
Hastings: Ashley Elizabeth Rethorst, cum laude with a bachelor of science
Lincoln: Whitney Buchmann, magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts
Mccook: Danielle Rose Pettera, cum laude with a B.S. in business administration
Omaha: Sarah Patricia Guinane, magna cum laude with a bachelor of science; Kari Anne Phelan, summa cum laude with a B.S. in business administration; Sarah Lynn Taphorn, cum laude with a bachelor of science
West Point: Robert Kreikemeier, cum laude with a B.S. in agriculture
Valentine: Dustin Lee Davis, magna cum laude with a B.S. in agriculture
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
NEVADA
Ruby Valley: Sara Ellen Morrison
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Ruby Valley: Sara Ellen Morrison, cum laude with a B.S. in agribusiness
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
NEW HAMPSHIRE
There were no students from New Hampshire receiving semester honors.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Nashua: Yaicha Marie Peters, cum laude with a doctor of veterinary medicine
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
NEW JERSEY
Boonton: Jacob Matthew Kiefer
Pitman: Kelly Ann Harris
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no New Jersey students graduating with honors.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque: Joseph Bartley Kinney, Bhumieka Patel
Farmington: Karyna V Pearce
Portales: Caroline Anne Knudson
Tucumcari: Caitlyn Marisa Romero
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
Albuquerque: Lee Sienna Lechner, summa cum laude with a bachelor of science
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
NEW YORK
Greenport: Lara McNeil
Webster: Chad Robert Foust
West Point: Asucena Ochoa Romero
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
East Berne: Rebecca Jean Kryzak, cum laude with a doctor of veterinary medicine
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 SEMESTER HONORS
NORTH CAROLINA
Black Mountain: Michael James Keenan
Wake Forest: Jamie Thomas Schendt
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no North Carolina students graduating with honors.