K-State Spring 2007 graduates -- Douglas 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:

DOUGLAS COUNTY

Baldwin: Emilie Nicole Ahrens, B.S. in mechanical engineering; Samantha Kay Milligan, B.S. in agriculture; Holly Ann Oakleaf, bachelor of arts; Jordan Ely Ulrich, B.S. in agriculture

Eudora: Kevin Wesley Lawson, bachelor of fine arts; Alison Doran Scott, bachelor of arts; Thomas Christian Stein, B.S. in business administration

Lawrence: Eva Carol Bauer, B.S. in family studies and human services; Hiral Naresh Bhakta, B.S. in business administration; Samit Dipon Bordoloi, master of science; Melissa Marie Bowers, bachelor of science; Amanda Kathryn Galyardt, bachelor of science; Christopher Steven Johnson, bachelor of science (education); Robert L Kircher, doctor of education; Jeffrey Adam Kling, B.S. in mechanical engineering; Lori Marie Lemesany, B.S. in agriculture; Jenna Corrine McGovern, bachelor of science; Elizabeth Marie Pendleton, B.S. in elementary education; Becky Lynn Ruhl, master of science; Matthew J Schindler, bachelor of arts; Jamie Elizabeth Segraves, bachelor of arts; Carly Michael Smith, B.S. in business administration; Jenna Diane Waltho, B.S. in human ecology

Lecompton: Molly Lyn Hoss, 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.

Baldwin High School: Amanda Jomin Brandenberger, bachelor of science; Christopher Matthew Hirschmann, B.S. in mechanical engineering; Melanie Erin Pelot, bachelor of science (education)

Eudora High School: Melanie Janae True, B.S. in architectural engineering

Lawrence Free State High School: Julie Anne Henry, B.S. in human ecology and B.S. in family studies and human services

Lawrence High School: Julie Brooke Carden, B.S. in agriculture; Mark Roger Flory, B.S. in agriculture; Elizabeth Ann Rowden, bachelor of science