News release prepared by: Julie Fosberg and Andy Badeker, 785-532-6415
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.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

K-STATE STUDENTS EARN 2008 SPRING SEMESTER, GRADUATION HONORS

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University is awarding more than 1,600 students semester honors for their academic performance during the 2008 spring semester.

In addition, more than 350 students are earning May 2008 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 who graduate with an academic average of 3.95 or higher; magna cum laude to graduates with an academic average of 3.85-3.949; and cum laude to graduates with a 3.750-3.849 academic average.

Graduating summa cum laude in May 2008 were 110 students, while 130 students graduated magna cum laude and 120 graduated cum laude. Ten students who received multiple degrees also earned graduation honors for each degree earned.

The following students, listed by county and hometown, are earning K-State semester and/or graduation honors:

 

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

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

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

Maryland, Masssachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Montana Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and North Dakota Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico South Dakota Tennessee and Texas Virginia West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming   Out of country

 

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