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
TEXAS
Austin: Allison Marie Heidebrecht, 78750, L C Anderson High School
Coppell: George William Schultz, 75019, Trinity Christian Academy
Dallas: Mary Kaitlin Smith, 75205, Highland Park High School
Flower Mound: Charles David Jasinski, 75028, Trinity Christian Academy; Chelsea Victoria Nunn, 75028, Temple Christian Academy
Fort Worth: Christopher John Weiser, 76133, Southwest High School
Fritch: Paul Foster Edgington, 79036, Sanford-Fritch High School
Helotes: Casey Lee Anderson, 78023, Bishop Carroll Catholic High School
Houston: Abdullah Mohammed Alhawas, 77096, unknown high school; Amy Cathleen Jackson, 77379, Ronald Reagan High School
Katy: Carter William Jurica, 77449, Katy High School
Killeen: Marisela Maria Gutierrez, 76542, Junction City Senior High School
Kingwood: Sara Elisabeth Ege, 77345, Christian Liberty Acad School Sys; Kelsey Allee Krueger, 77345, Kingwood High School
Leander: Daniel Payne Wood, 78641, Vista Ridge High School
North Richland Hills: Allison Marie Voris, 76180, Andover High School
Panhandle: Carly Marie Haiduk, 79068, Panhandle High School
Plano: John Stephen Boidock, 75074, Bishop Lynch High School; Kayla Ann Moorse, 75025, Plano Senior High School
Round Rock: Megan Elizabeth Kulas, 78664, Stony Point High School
San Antonio: James Benson Mcglone, 78209, Alamo Heights High School
The Woodlands: Whitney Marie Wulf, 77381, The Woodlands High School
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2007 GRADUATION HONORS
Allen: Kaitlyn Marie Mchale, Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in elementary education