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 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.

Friday, June 24, 2011

K-STATE AWARDS SEMESTER, GRADUATION HONORS FOR SPRING 2011

MANHATTAN -- More than 3,000 students earned semester honors from Kansas State University for their academic performance in the spring 2011 semester, while 337 students have received May 2011 graduation honors to recognize outstanding academic performance.

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.

May 2011 graduation honors include 111 students who graduated summa cum laude from K-State for having an academic average of 3.95 or higher; 111 students graduated magna cum laude for an academic average of 3.85 to 3.949; and 115 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:

Allen County

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS

Elsmore: Scott Tyler Dodson

Humboldt: Mary B Hauser; Tanner Ray Korf

Iola: Maria Baker; Michelle Erin Kretzmeier; Ashton Lynne McIntyre; Dylan Michael Works

Moran: Aaron Scott Colgin; Robert Shea McEwan

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS

Humboldt: Emily Marie Schomaker, Cum Laude with a B.S. in Education

Moran: Jodie Lea Sager, Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Family Studies Human Services

 

Anderson County

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS

Garnett: Carston Dean Cooper; Jason Michael Wright

Greeley: Shane Houston Oram

Welda: Kevin Matthew Yoder

Westphalia: Sarah Beth Falke

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.

Anderson County High School: Amanda Danielle Bures; Johnnie C Parker

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS

No students receiving graduation honors listed Anderson County as their permanent address.

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.

Anderson County High School: Raeannah M Good, Cum Laude with a B.S. in Agriculture

 

Atchison County

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS

Atchison: Lillian M Cooper; Jill Renee Corpstein; Andrew Dale Purdy

Atchison

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.

Atchison County Community High School: Matthew Todd Kiehl; Trevor Thomas Lutz

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS

No students receiving graduation honors listed Atchison County as their permanent address.

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.

Atchison High School: Emily Jayne Gehrt, Cum Laude with a B.S. in Education