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.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

K-STATE AWARDS MORE THAN 2,000 STUDENTS SEMESTER, GRADUATION HONORS

MANHATTAN -- More than 1,700 students earned semester honors from Kansas State University for their academic performance during the spring 2009 semester. In addition, 329 students have received May 2009 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.

In May 2009, 96 students graduated summa cum laude from K-State for having an academic average of 3.95 or higher; 122 students graduated magna cum laude for an academic average of 3.85 to 3.949; and 111 students graduated cum laude for an academic average of 3.750 to 3.848.

K-State students earning semester honors and students earning graduation honors, by county and hometown:

 

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

Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell and Johnson Kearny, Kingman, 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, Russell

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

Illinois, Indiana and Iowa Maine, Masssachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi and Missouri Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and North Carolina Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina and South Dakota Tennessee and Texas Utah Virginia West Virginia

 

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