News release prepared by: Julie Fosberg and Andy Badeker, 785-532-6415
Note to editors: Students are listed by county and hometown. 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. If a country or state I not listed, there were no honor students from that area.
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
K-STATE AWARDS SEMESTER, GRADUATION HONORS
MANHATTAN -- More than 1,700 students earned semester honors from Kansas State University for their academic performance during the 2007 fall semester.
K-State also is awarding 129 students December 2007 graduation honors in recognition of their outstanding academic performance as undergraduates.
Students earning semester or graduation honors receive commendations from their deans, with the honors recorded on their permanent academic records. Students receiving semester honors rank in the top 10 percent of their class within their respective colleges and were enrolled in at least 12 semester hours of graded course work.
K-State awards summa cum laude to students with an academic average of 3.95 or higher; magna cum laude to students with an academic average of 3.85 to 3.949; and cum laude to students with a 3.750-3.849 academic average.
Graduating summa cum laude in December 2007 were 29 students, while 38 students graduated magna cum laude and 62 graduated cum laude. Three students who received multiple degrees also earned graduation honors for each degree earned.
The following students, listed by county and hometown, are earning semester and/or graduation honors from K-State:
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 SEMESTER HONORS
CHASE COUNTY
There were no students listing Chase 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.
Chase County High School: Paul Evan Hartley
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Chase County students graduating with honors.
Chase County High School: Paul Evan Hartley, Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in agriculture
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 SEMESTER HONORS
CHEROKEE COUNTY
Baxter Springs: Kyle Jacob Essley
Galena: Casey Jo Wilkinson
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Cherokee County students graduating with honors.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 SEMESTER HONORS
CLARK COUNTY
Ashland: Travis Michael McCarty
Minneola: Preston Wade Minor
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Clark County students graduating with honors.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 SEMESTER HONORS
CLAY COUNTY
Clay Center: Bethany Michelle Brown, Michael Stanley Hatesohl, Matthew King James, Bethany Ann Penner, Xiao Bin Zhang
Green: Stephan Christopher Gibson
Longford: Kim Ann Kendall
Wakefield: Rebecca Diane Keim
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
Clay Center: Joanna Louise Seley, Cum Laude with a B.S. in family studies and human services
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 SEMESTER HONORS
CLOUD COUNTY
Aurora: Nicolette L Begnoche
Clyde: Paige Marie Girard, Adam Q Koch
Concordia: Breann Nicole Johnson, Michelle Renea Johnson, Stuart Charles Warkentin
Glasco: Kayla Jean Lange, Andrea Lynn Wisbey
Jamestown: Michael Dean Anderson
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
Clyde: Adam Q Koch, Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in athletic training; Nena Rae Pierce, Cum Laude with a B.S. in elementary education
Concordia: Christopher Cody Nease, Cum Laude with a B.S. in electrical engineering
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 SEMESTER HONORS
COFFEY COUNTY
Burlington: Sara Elizabeth Jones, Jeffrey Todd Wilson
Le Roy: Isaac Cole Specht
New Strawn: Julie K Hawley
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.
Burlington High School: Amanda Jane Walker
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Coffey County students graduating with honors.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 SEMESTER HONORS
COMANCHE COUNTY
Coldwater: Adam Christopher Hamor
Protection: Benjamin Thomas Murphy
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Comanche County students graduating with honors.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 SEMESTER HONORS
COWLEY COUNTY
Arkansas City: Daniel Thomas Maslen, James Francis Swanson
Burden: Brandon Lee Rice
Winfield: Cody J Barthuly, Jonathan P Grow, Ali Teresa Johnson, Anna Palle Knackstedt, Peggy Annette Roths
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.
Winfield High School: Scott Alan McSpadden
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
Winfield: Jennifer Danielle Sturich, Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in human nutrition
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 SEMESTER HONORS
CRAWFORD COUNTY
Franklin: Jene Marie Ann Hofer, Vincent Michael Hofer, David A Widmar
Girard: Brian M Coomes, Meredith Anne Duling, Erin Danielle Grotheer, Lindsay Beth Lehman, Lisa Lynn Thompson
Pittsburg: Ashley Nicole Coulter, Lloyd Daniel Martin
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Crawford County students graduating with honors.