K-State Spring 2007 graduates -- Dickinson County

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Spring graduation candidates

News release prepared by: Julie Fosberg and Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, 785-532-6415
Note to editors: Students are listed by county and hometown. If a student is receiving more than one degree, all degrees to be earned are listed with the student's name. This listing does not include graduation honors, which will be released in June along with the list of students receiving semester honors. 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.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007 K-State commencement

K-STATE PRESENTING DEGREES TO MORE THAN 2,600 STUDENTS

MANHATTAN -- More than 2,600 students are candidates to receive degrees from Kansas State University. Commencement ceremonies are Saturday, May 5, for K-State at Salina; and Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May 12, on the K-State campus in Manhattan.

To be awarded include more than 2,230 bachelor's degrees, nearly 290 master's degrees and 170 doctorates, and more than 70 associate degrees. Nearly 140 students will receive multiple degrees. This spring, 66 students are receiving their degrees through K-State distance education programs.

Candidates for degrees from K-State include:

DICKINSON COUNTY

Abilene: Patricia E Ackerman, doctor of philosophy; Melanie Rene' Everson, bachelor of science; Jesse Dee Hale, B.S. in computer engineering; Amber Marie Kaegbein, associate of science; Monette Lorine McKeeman, bachelor of science; Dallas Scott Meneley, B.S. in elementary education; Jessica Renae Murphy, bachelor of science; Heather Laine Parker, B.S. in family studies and human services; Natalie Jane Robson, B.S. in business administration; Adam C Williams, bachelor of architecture; Hannah Jo Wilson, B.S. in business administration

Chapman: Lindsey Kay Altwegg, B.S. in agribusiness; Fred Mark Kreiman, associate of technology; Michael Douglas Marston, B.S. in agriculture; Jennifer Joan McLaughlin, B.S. in business administration; Drew Walter Snitker, B.S. in business administration

Enterprise: Alicia Ruth Gilliland, B.S. in elementary education

Herington: Jesse Gene Biehler, B.S. in athletic training; Nathan John Hailey, B.S. in business administration; Marcus James Hawkes, master of business administration; Zoe Leigh Lampe, B.S. in family studies and human services; Sarah Lee Sabata, bachelor of science; Edward Alan Vahsholtz, bachelor of science

Hope: Hans B Brehm, B.S. in mechanical engineering

Solomon: Jamie Craig Adamson, bachelor of science; Andrea Gene Humphrey, B.S. in business administration; Morgan Ann Luthi, bachelor of science; Christopher Sean Ostrom, master of science; Craig Adam Riordan, B.S. in business administration

Woodbine: Alyson Laurene Deines, bachelor of science; Jacob Russell Riffel, B.S. in mechanical engineering

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: Candace Copeland Jacobson, doctor of veterinary medicine; Michelle Kelly Layne, bachelor of science (education); Stephen Jules Vilcot, bachelor of science

Chapman High School: Melissa Dawn Hildebrand, B.S. in agriculture; Dana Marie Hunter, B.S. in family studies and human services; Natasha Lynn Kelly, master of science; Shaun G Kluesner, B.S. in business administration; Austin Lynn Murphy, B.S. in agriculture