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:
Decatur County
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Oberlin: Adrienne D Pauls; Nathan Jon Simonsson
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.
Decatur Community High School: Kurt Robert Olson; Alyssa Marie Rippe
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Decatur County students graduating with honors.
Dickinson County
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Abilene: Regina Kay Berns; Robert Quenten Bolin; Lauren Kaye Davis; Grant Shae Kinney; Joshua Tyler Linn; Lori Ann Marcum; Emily Marilyn Myers; Jessica Renee Rempe; Amie Marie Rodda; Douglas Schneider; Kathleen Sexton
Carlton: Shannon Wilson
Chapman: Brandi Erichsen
Herington: Torey Nicole Berndt; Brandon W Schroeter
Hope: Crysta Marie Brockmeier; Samantha Jo Coup; Andrew James Dillon
Solomon: Jarrod Alan Janssen; Joseph Clay Janssen; Haley Renee Jones; Katlen Lovelace; Samantha Rose Schmaderer; Kate Elizabeth Whelchel; Ryan Thomas Whelchel
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.
Abilene High School: Tiffany Stevenson; Kyle Mitchell Van Horn
Chapman High School: Shelby Forrester; Emily Kay Haynes; Paula Schlossinger Kurtz; Brandon Michael Stroda
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
No students receiving graduation honors listed Dickinson 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.
Abilene High School: Shane Michael Nichols, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science; Kyle Mitchell Van Horn, Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts
Chapman High School: Paula Schlossinger Kurtz, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science
Doniphan County
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Denton: Allison Renee Thompson
Troy: Jena Marie Johnson
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.
Doniphan West High School: Brittany Renee Schmitz; Kayla Mae Schmitz
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Doniphan County students graduating with honors.
Douglas County
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 SEMESTER HONORS
Baldwin City: Callie V Craig; Colby Leigh Heckathorne; Julie Catherine Hill
Eudora: Connor William Hartpence; Logan Douglas Hartpence; Maresa Lorene Hornbaker; Scott Hornbaker; Charles Mersmann; Meghan Padgett; Sam Patrick Scott; Kyle Christian Snow
Lawrence: Brittany Nicole Bruhns; Allen Burkart; Daniel Paul Carter; Tennery A Carttar; Joel Timothy Christiansen; Emily Kathleen Coon; Charlotte Elise Denning; Taylor Marie Fulton; Jacqueline Kathleen Heim; Cameron Robert Hershiser; Nels Jacob Hotvedt; Whitley Jackson; Alexandria Ann Koppes; Paula Marie Kyriakos; Parker Thomas Liebl; Lindsay Leigh Luina; Leanne Renee Milleret; Thomas Andrew Nieto; Kaylee Jayne Oberzan; Lauren Rose Ollila; Kelsey Noelle Peavey; Christina Picicci; Emily Kathleen Poholsky; Neal Keith Rasmussen; Leah Rutledge; Michelle Sauer; Michelle Danae Smith; Rebecca Lynn Stack; Sean Johnson Stenseng; Heather Dawn Tidd; Katherine A Turner; Amanda Weishaar; Lucas Owen Wempe; Jacob Robert Woodard
Lecompton: Margaret Leigh Kuhlman; Adam Christopher Lesser; Ashley Diane Lesser
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.
Baldwin High School: Nicole Marie Lordemann
Eudora High School: Mary Ellen Cox
Lawrence Free State High School: Adam Alexander Emerson
Lawrence High School: Darcy Caitlin McDonough; Camila Arlene Sanders
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING 2011 GRADUATION HONORS
Eudora: Charles Mersmann, Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Business Administration
Lawrence: Allen Burkart, Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Business Administration; Ali Jo Pistora, Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science; Evan Tyrrell Rapp, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science; Adrienne Leigh Struble, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science
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.
Eudora High School: Mary Ellen Cox, Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Family Studies Human Services