Kansas State Announces Students Earning Semester Graduation Honors

Kansas State University has announced recipients of academic honors for the recently completed spring 2000 semester and
the names of students earning May 2000 graduation honors.

More than 1,400 students earned semester honors. The students rank in the top 10 percent of their class within their
respective colleges and completed 12 or more hours of graded course work during the semester. The honors are recorded
on the students’ permanent academic records and they receive commendations from their college deans.

Graduation honors were awarded to 191 students who earned degrees in May 2000, including three students who earned
multiple degrees. In all, 52 students graduated summa cum laude, the top graduation honor; 10 students graduated magna
cum laude; and 132 students graduated cum laude.

Summa cum laude graduates earned a 3.95 or higher cumulative academic average at K-State. The remaining students in the
upper 3 percent of their college graduating class graduate magna cum laude, while the remaining students in the upper 10
percent of the class graduate cum laude. Doctor of veterinary medicine degree recipients earn graduation honors based on
courses completed in the professional program.

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

RILEY COUNTY SEMESTER HONORS

Manhattan: Fawwaz Mohammad Abu-Awwad, Diana Lucia Adams, Geri Lin Anderson, Jessica Lynne Anderson,
Kimberly D. Baldwin, Jared Lynn Barnhart, Amie Kay Begnoche, Stasia Ann Bembenek, Mandy Elizabeth Bennett, Ryan
Nichole Bennett, Traci J. Benninga, Charissa Elaine Bertels, Lucas Britton Bessire, Thomas Russel Boggs, Kimberly Gay
Boss, April Marie Bowman, Kimberly Marie Bradley, Darren Shawn Brooks, Lauren Elizabeth Browne, Shaun Dion
Budhram, Dustin Ray Anthony Burton, Steven Duane Cameron, Aleksey Vladimi Casco-Figueroa, Catherine Smith Childs,
Stephanie Dawn Claar, Casey Michael Clark, Rebecca Anne Clark, Jeremiah Alan Couey, Jennifer Dawn Cox, Scott M.
Crumley, Chris Cruz, Tracey Ann Curcio, Chet Dewayne Davidson, Kevin Ryan Day, Tara Lynn Dean, Tiffany Shannon
Dean, Jedediah Ashton Deitrick, David Anthony Detweiler, Dustin A. Doebele, Christopher Martin Donnelly, Emily L.
Dossett, Jeffrey Derek Ebert, Elaine Irene Egan, Jennifer Lynn Ehmke, Nathan Allen Emig, Natalie Rose Fehlman, Monica
Lynn Fink, Amanda Rene Forsyth, Nathan E. Fosse, Adriane Joy Freyenberger, Emily Luise Genter, Erin Elizabeth Glynn,
Alicia Anne Goheen, Darrell Gerald Grifka, Esteban J. Guillen, Jami Lynn Habluetzel, Amy Michelle Hageman, Dustin S.
Hamil, Terri Lynne Hanenkamp, Matthew Paul Harlow, David Alexander Hartnett, Micah P. Hawkinson, Chandra Jo
Hayes, Jaimie Michelle Hays, Allison Christine Hedgepeth, Melina C. Hemphill, Mauricio Herrera, Amanda Marie Hilley,
Christie Ann Hirschfeld, Richard Allen Hofer, Alissa Dawn Hoover, Selena Muree Hopkins, Matt Lorn Hoppock, Jamie
Celeste Houghton, Erin D. Howerton, Tara Liane Hupp, Amy Michelle Irwin, Jennifer Lynn Jaax, Tracey Cris Jackson,
Jennifer Lee Jefferson, Anna Hertha Jeppsson, Melissa Kay Johnson, Angela Marie Johnston, Josef Karas, Vladimir
Karasek, Lisa M. Kaus, Kevin Mark Kelley, Christine Lucia Kerschen, Elise T. Kershner, Sarah C. Ketter, Amy Beth
Kimball, Sarah Lynn Klingler, Ryan Benjamin Koch, Matthew Alex Kohls, Sandra Jane Koo, Anna Margaretha Kooistra,
Blanka Krejci, David Joseph Kuhlman, Vanessa Jory Kuonen, Kristen Marie L’Ecuyer, Jennifer Lynn Lahm, Amy J. Lake,
Pek Yee Leow, Brian Harold Lobmeyer, John Robert Lolley, Tara Lynne Lundberg, Kale Hampton Mann, David John
Manowski, Tara Renee Marmie, Lisa Marie Mathews, Marisa Dawn Maune, Nickolus L. Meisel, Elizabeth Catherine
Miller, John E. Moberg, Ali H. Mohammad, Duaa Hassan Mohammad, Jamie Alison Montgomery, Joung-Hyun Moon,
Katherine Elizabeth Morris, Amy Danielle Mortimer, Katie Rebecca Mosier, Ashley M. Mullin, Michael Ross Murphy,
Gregory Allen Myers, Kathleen Anne O’Brien, Christopher R. Ostermann, Ann Marie Otto, Joseph David Pacey, Joshua
Aaron Paquette, Nathan Kimball Parker, Stacey Lynn Paul, Molly C. Payne, Lisa Marie Petty, Maureen Lauren Phillips,
Adam Glen Polansky, Amber Marie Polansky, Sarah Jane Price, Lisa M. Primeaux, Elizabeth Ellen Pritz, Christopher Jon
Probst, Andrew Spencer Raaf, Maury Ann Redman, Amanda L. Reed, Kristen Elena Reed, Richard Martin Renneke, Sara
Lynne Reppert, Maria Nicole Richards, Nolan C. Riley, Cory James Roberts, Sarah Elizabeth Rogers, Christopher Michael
Rosol, Tomek P. Rys, Anna Henrika Sandbacka, Tagan Lene Sapp, Megan Michelle Scheidt, Chelsea Laurel Schmidt, Jami
Marie Schmidt, Jeanette Schuler, Micah Joel Seybold, Aprill Nahlyn Sherman, Michael Glenn Shockey, Angela S. Smith,
Segen Elizabeth Smith, Tara Kimberly Smith, Sean Thomas Snyder, Amanda Kyann Springer, Brian Edwin Stith, John
Quinten Sumners, De Anna Kay Sundermann, Allayne Christine Sundt, Jason Timothy Swartz, Laura Marie Swenson,
Michella Switzer, Jacob Stewart Taussig, Isaac Russell Thompson, Leslee Garette Thornton, Aaron Matthew Townsend,
Darcy Lea Troyer, Dustin B. Urban, Michael Bradley Vallis, Jennifer Nicole Vandahl, Hilary Erin Wahlen, Adina Dawn
Walker, Yong-Hui Wallace, Ann Elizabeth Walsten, Kristina Marie Watson, Thomas Weiler, David M. Wichman, Stacy
Elaine Williams, Shane Marshall Williford, Billie Kae Winter, Jennifer Kelly Woodford, Deborah Jean Wootton, Craig Carl
Yunk

Ogden: Wesley E. Lewis

Randolph: Laura Beth Good, Kristin Pearl Monser, Jennifer Reynolds Shultz

Riley: Heather L. Kellogg

RILEY COUNTY GRADUATION HONORS

Manhattan: Gavin Roland Budhram, summa cum laude, bachelor of science; Chet Dewayne Davidson, cum laude, bachelor
of science in chemical engineering; Kevin Ryan Day, summa cum laude, bachelor of science in civil engineering; Courtney
Linsdale Dunbar, cum laude, bachelor of science in family studies and human services; Nathan Allen Emig, summa cum laude,
bachelor of science in agribusiness; Elaine Irene Egan, cum laude, bachelor of science; Denise Marie Fair, cum laude, doctor
of veterinary medicine; Emily Luise Genter, summa cum laude, bachelor of science; Mark Joseph Koontz, summa cum laude,
bachelor of science in chemical engineering; Danna Jean Lethbridge, cum laude, bachelor of science in architectural
engineering; William Robrick Macdougall II, cum laude, bachelor of science; Stephen Michael Nicholls, cum laude, bachelor
of science in industrial engineering; Aaron William Orsborn, cum laude, bachelor of science in electrical engineering; Blenda
Eve Peterson, cum laude, bachelor of science in elementary education; Hyon Suk Phillips, cum laude, bachelor of science in
hotel and restaurant management; Amber Marie Polansky, cum laude, bachelor of science; Andrew L. Prescott, cum laude,
bachelor of science in business administration; Jaime Joy Schmidt, summa cum laude, bachelor of science in business
administration; Mary Kathryn Seltzer, cum laude, bachelor of arts; Segan Elizabeth Smith, cum laude, bachelor of arts; Erin
Elaine Smitha, cum laude, bachelor of science; Robert Matthew Stadel, cum laude, bachelor of science (education); Erika
Dawn Stonequist, cum laude, bachelor of science; Zarry Tavakkol, cum laude, bachelor of arts and cum laude, bachelor of
science; Aaron Matthew Townsend, summa cum laude, bachelor of science in construction science and management;
Tadayasu Uchiyama, cum Laude, bachelor of science; Jennifer Kelly Woodford, cum laude, bachelor of science in business
administration; Jessica H. Young, cum laude, doctor of veterinary medicine; Jill Lynne Yunk, cum laude, bachelor of science
in foods and nutrition

Ogden: Kelly L. Ballard, cum laude, doctor of veterinary medicine

Randolph: Nathan Webster Klocke, cum laude, doctor of veterinary medicine

Riley: Melanie Leigh Thomas, cum laude, bachelor of science in agriculture