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
OSAGE COUNTY
Burlingame: Janelle Marie Easton
Carbondale: Cara Monique Katzer
Lyndon: Lindy Rae Brownback
Overbrook: Megan Marie Smith
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.
Santa Fe Trail High School: Terri Ellen Biester
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
Melvern: Kimberly Jo Benson, Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in business administration
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 SEMESTER HONORS
OSBORNE COUNTY
Downs: Jessica Lynn Martin
Osborne: Jennifer E Schurr, Hannah Michelle Thibault
Portis: Julie Kay Long, Clark Matthew Seaman
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.
Natoma High School: Karen Ann Patton
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Osborne County students graduating with honors.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 SEMESTER HONORS
OTTAWA COUNTY
Bennington: James Kale Monk, Daniel Patrick Ochs, David Stephen Ochs, Brandon Michael Salisbury, Rebecca Diane White
Minneapolis: Amy Elizabeth Davidson
Tescott: Leslie Erin Graves
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.
Bennington High School: Elizabeth Suzanne Holmgren
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
There were no Ottawa County students graduating with honors.
Bennington High School: Joshua Joel Holmgren, Cum Laude with a bachelor of science