K-State Spring 2007 graduates -- Geary 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:

GEARY COUNTY

Fort Riley: Jacque Richard Collins, B.S. in family studies and human services; Phillip Alan Dye, bachelor of science; Cheryl Elizabeth Elligan, bachelor of science (education); Melissa Marie Gulley, bachelor of science; Crystal Gail Jackson, B.S. in family studies and human services; Dee Dee Marie Kelley, bachelor of science; Kevin J Sorenson, B.S. in computer engineering

Junction City: Audrey Lynn Boller, bachelor of science; Ryan J Bulson, B.S. in family studies and human services; Ashley Nicole Egan, B.S. in human ecology; Sun C Felix, bachelor of science; Tiffany Ann Harris, bachelor of science; Rachelle Lynn Hartzell, bachelor of science; Melissa Dawn Hildebrand, B.S. in agriculture; Angelika Lajoya Huguley, bachelor of arts; Natasha Lynn Kelly, master of science; Erin Louise Lawrence, B.S. in family studies and human services; Mekuria Malede, master of architecture; Craig Elliott McLean, bachelor of arts; Angela Kaye Miller, B.S. in business administration; Carlos A Morales, B.S. in business administration; Austin Lynn Murphy, B.S. in agriculture; Daniel Lamont Nash, bachelor of science; Joshua Steven Opat, bachelor of science; Deann Ricks Presley, doctor of philosophy; Joshua Lank Rathbun, B.S. in construction science and management; Mary Elizabeth Schmutz, bachelor of science (education); Kolia Mailani Souza, B.S. in apparel and textiles; George Bradley Ulrey, bachelor of science; Dilsa I Urriola, bachelor of science (education); Janice Wagner, B.S. in elementary education; Gary Lewis West, master of public administration; Megan Elizabeth Wickersham, doctor of veterinary medicine; Joshua Ethan Wolnik, B.S. in agriculture; Nicole R Wood, bachelor of science

Milford: C Judson Beemer, B.S. in computer engineering; Ashley Siobhan Cooper, B.S. in mechanical engineering; Rebecca L Miller, B.S. in human ecology

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.

Junction City Senior High School: Heather Renee Allen, B.S. in family studies and human services; Erica Lynn Cain, bachelor of arts; Khad Antoine Crabbe, bachelor of arts and bachelor of music; Danielle Karissa Elder, B.S. in elementary education; Emily Ann Mattingly, master of arts; Han M Moon, bachelor of science; Heidi Lavelle Paulson, bachelor of arts

Saint Xavier High School: Austin Jameson Boller, B.S. in hotel and restaurant management