Kansas State University Class of 2007

Topeka Capital-Journal, The, May 21, 2007

MANHATTAN - More than 2,600 students were candidates for degrees from Kansas State University. Commencement ceremonies were May 5 for K-State at Salina and May 11 and 12 on the K-State campus in Manhattan.

Awarded were 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 received degrees through K-State distance education programs.

Graduates from northeast Kansas included:

ATCHISON COUNTY

Atchison: Calvin Lawrence Banks, BS, mechanical engineering; Adam Ryan Goodpasture, BS; Christopher Ryan Handke, BS, agribusiness; Kelly Lynn Kearney, BS, business administration; Curtis Dane Kipple, BS, computer engineering; Brady J. Nolan, BS, business administration; Jessica Ellen Peters, BS; Jeremy Daniel Schletzbaum, BS, construction science and management; Caitlin Noel Wagner, master of accountancy

Cummings: Cory William Brown, BS, construction science and management

Lancaster: Erin Nicole Kanning, BS, business administration; Jason William Kleopper, BS, agriculture

Muscotah: Nathan Wayne Smith, BS

BROWN COUNTY

Fairview: Joshua James Spellmeier, BS

Hiawatha: Stuart Marshall Aller, BS; Katie D. Compton, BS, business administration; Wyatt Nicholas Kerl, BS, agriculture; Scott Everett-Paul Logan, BS, aeronautical technology and AT; Kindra Nicole Maze, BS, family studies and human services; Bradley Duane Robert, BS, agriculture; Carla R. Schuster, BA

Horton: Melinda Elizabeth Kiehl, BS, dietetics; Elizabeth Eileen Linck, BS; Kelsey J. Ross, BFA

Morrill: Edwin Charles Brock, BS; Chance Robert Steele, BS, agriculture

Robinson: Kody Lee Winterscheidt, BS, agriculture

CHASE COUNTY

Strong City: Daniel Joseph Mushrush, BS, agribusiness

CLAY COUNTY

Clay Center: Jessica Marie Backhus, BS; Shaun Leonard Doyle, BS; Lorria Deneice Graham, BS; Nathan Wade Hartenbower, BS, civil engineering; Natalie Leiszler, BA and BS, business administration; Michaela Ann McClure, BS, elementary education; Travis John Meier, BS, construction science and management; Matthew E. Melton, BS, agriculture; Nathan Neil Persinger, BS, business administration

Lindsey Ann Pfizenmaier, BS, elementary education; Allan Dale Schmale, BS, agriculture; Joseph John Schurle, MBA; Shon Christopher Slingsby, bachelor of architecture; Kara Valette Taddiken, BS, human nutrition and BS, dietetics; Janet Lynn Thurlow, BS, computer systems technology, BS, technology management, AS and AT; Joshua James Woellhof, BS, agriculture

Green: Joseph Donald Moore, BA

Wakefield: Heather Renee Allen, BS, family studies and human services; Edith Kay Floro, BS, elementary education

CLOUD COUNTY

Concordia: Angela Christine Anderson, BS, elementary education; Starla Leona Balthazor, BS, elementary education; Jeremy K. Duis, BS; Jennifer Marie Funk, BS (education); Allegra Holly Hood, BS, business administration; Braden D. Istas, BS, business administration; Stacy Marie Johnson, BS; Jamie Leigh Koch, BS; Andrew S. Mitchell, BS, agriculture; Dustin Thomas Ringer, BS, electrical engineering; Kyle M. Sothers, AT and BS, engineering technology; Bryce James Wheeler, BS, business administration

Jamestown: Bradley Dean Kearn, MS; Audrey Elizabeth Smith, BS, elementary education

Miltonvale: Blake William Graham, BS, construction science and management

COFFEY COUNTY

Lebo: Daniel Peter Allegre, BS, electrical engineering; Kyle James Barr, BS, agriculture; Beth Ann Combes, BS, family studies and human services

New Strawn: Brian Christopher Hopkins, BS, milling science and management

DICKINSON COUNTY

Abilene: Patricia E. Ackerman, Ph.D.; Melanie Rene' Everson, BS; Jesse Dee Hale, BS, computer engineering; Amber Marie Kaegbein, AS; Monette Lorine McKeeman, BS; Dallas Scott Meneley, BS, elementary education; Jessica Renae Murphy, BS; Heather Laine Parker, BS, family studies and human services; Natalie Jane Robson, BS, business administration; Adam C. Williams, bachelor of architecture; Hannah Jo Wilson, BS, business administration

Chapman: Lindsey Kay Altwegg, BS, agribusiness; Fred Mark Kreiman, AT; Michael Douglas Marston, BS, agriculture; Jennifer Joan McLaughlin, BS, business administration; Drew Walter Snitker, BS, business administration

Enterprise: Alicia Ruth Gilliland, BS, elementary education

Herington: Jesse Gene Biehler, BS, athletic training; Nathan John Hailey, BS, business administration; Marcus James Hawkes, MBA; Zoe Leigh Lampe, BS, family studies and human services; Sarah Lee Sabata, BS; Edward Alan Vahsholtz, BS

Hope: Hans B. Brehm, BS, mechanical engineering

Solomon: Jamie Craig Adamson, BS; Andrea Gene Humphrey, BS, business administration; Morgan Ann Luthi, BS; Christopher Sean Ostrom, MS; Craig Adam Riordan, BS, business administration

Woodbine: Alyson Laurene Deines, BS; Jacob Russell Riffel, BS, mechanical engineering

DOUGLAS COUNTY

Baldwin: Emilie Nicole Ahrens, BS, mechanical engineering; Samantha Kay Milligan, BS, agriculture; Holly Ann Oakleaf, BA; Jordan Ely Ulrich, BS, agriculture