News release prepared by: Julie Fosberg and Katie Mayes, 785-532-6415, media@k-state.edu
Note to editors: If a county or state is not listed, there were no honor students from that area. 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.

Friday, Jan. 30, 2009

K-STATE STUDENTS EARN SEMESTER, GRADUATION HONORS

MANHATTAN -- Nearly 1,800 students earned semester honors from Kansas State University for their academic performance during the fall 2008 semester.

In addition, 102 students received December 2008 graduation honors to recognize their outstanding academic performance as undergraduates.

Students earning semester and/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 to 3.849 academic average.

Graduating summa cum laude in December 2008 were 23 students, while 41 graduated magna cum laude and 38 graduated cum laude.

The following students, listed by county and hometown, have earned semester and/or graduation honors from K-State:

 

 

Counties   Allen, Anderson and Atchison Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Brown and Butler Chase, Chautauqua, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley and Crawford Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan and Douglas Edwards, Ellis and Ellsworth Finney, Ford and Franklin Geary, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley and Greenwood Harper, Harvey, Haskell and Hodgeman

Jackson, Jefferson, Jewel and Johnson Kearny, Kingman and Kiowa Labette, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Linn, Logan and Lyon Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Miami, Mitchell, Montgomery and Morris Nemaha, Neosho, Ness and Norton Osage, Osborne and Ottawa Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie and Pratt Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley, Rush and Russell

Saline, Scott, Sedgwick, Seward, Shawnee, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens and Sumner Thomas and Trego Wabaunsee, Wallace, Washington, Wilson, Woodson and Wyandotte   Out-of-state   Arizona California, Colorado and Connecticut Florida Georgia

Idaho, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Montana Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina and North Dakota Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon South Carolina and South Dakota Texas Utah Vermont and Virginia Out of Country

 

NOTE: If a county or state is not listed, there were no honors reciepients from that area.