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By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Originally published 02:29 p.m., May 27, 2008
Updated 02:29 p.m., May 27, 2008
Going to med school
Hanna Peterson of Emporia has been accepted into the University of Kansas School of Medicine where she will begin classes in August. She is a 2004 graduate of Emporia High School and will graduate with top honors from Washburn University on Saturday. During the summer of 2007, Peterson traveled abroad and attended classes at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England. She currently serves as vice president of the Tri Beta Biological Honor Society and works for the Ronald McDonald House in Topeka. She is the daughter of Ed and Janet Peterson of Emporia. She is the granddaughter of Betty Rice of Emporia and Ed and Patricia Peterson of Osage City.
Receives master’s degree
Kevin L. Briggs of Emporia recently received a master’s degree in health services administration from the University of Kansas and also received the 2008 Professional Development Award from the KU Department of Health Policy and Management. Briggs graduated earlier from the University of Kansas with two bachelor’s degrees, one in nursing. His research practicum was “A Comparative analysis and Description of the Swedish Healthcare System and Nursing Practice with the United States.” He works for the Shawnee Mission Hospital. Briggs, the son of Albert Lee and Gerri Briggs of Emporia and formerly of Reading, is a graduate of Northern Heights High School.
Completes honors
Anne Catherine Kretsinger, who received a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of Kansas in May 2008, also was a participant in the KU cording ceremony which honors those seniors who have completed the University Honors Program and the University Scholars Program. She is the daughter of W. Brock and Mary Kretsinger and a graduate of Emporia High School.
Place in soil contest
Paul Hartley of Emporia, a graduate student in agronomy at Kansas State University in Manhattan, received sixth place honors at the 2008 national contest as a member of the K-State Soil Judging Team. The KSU Soil Judging Team received first place overall at the 2008 national contest.
Leah Ferdinand of Reading, senior at Kansas State University in Manhattan, who is studying agronomy, received second place honors as a member of the K-State Soil Judging Team at the contest.
In honor society
Andrew Reece Roland of Emporia was one of 47 Washburn University students recently inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi national honor society. Roland, a graduate of Emporia High School, is a junior studying public administration, nonprofit management and economics. He is the son of Dan and Sharon Roland of Emporia.
K-State graduates
Emporians who were May graduates from Kansas State University included Erin Diane Bachman, bachelor of arts degree; Kimberly Jo Barrett, bachelor’s degree in elementary education; Julianne Michelle Black, bachelor’s degree in architecture; Kristin Lee Bosiljevac, bachelor of arts degree; Lucas James Brooks, master’s degree in interior architecture and product design; Johanna Katherine Catlett, bachelor’s degree in business administration; Dustin T. Hamman, bachelor’s in mechanical engineering; Kacey Faith Harper, bachelor’s degree in family studies and human services; Alexander Jay Lyon, bachelor of science degree; Sarah B. Priest, bachelor’s degree in music education; Betty Sanchez, bachelor’s degree in elementary education; Danielle Nicole Senn, bachelor’s degree in business administration; Ryan Leland Sudlow, bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering; Kerra Nicole Traylor, bachelor’s degree in elementary education; Tyler Dean Whitmore, bachelor’s degree in agriculture; Sheila Lyn Zeller, bachelor’s degree in business administration.
Graduates of Emporia High School who also received KSU degrees in May were Melissa Ann Cade, bachelor of science; Timothy Ralph Davidson, bachelor’s degree in civil engineering; Cassandra Dawn Hogan, bachelor’s degree in agriculture; Christina Jo Murray, doctor of veterinary medicine; Dane Stephen Pletcher, bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering; Donnie James Tabares, bachelor of science.
Area students who received degrees included:
COFFEY COUNTY
Burlington — Travis Lee Crooks, bachelor’s degree in agriculture; Sara Elizabeth Jones, bachelor of science; Robert Loren Merry, bachelor’s degree in business administration; Jeffrey Todd Wilson, bachlor’s degree in mechanical engineering; Trisha Lynn Culbertson (Burlington High School), master of science.
Lebo — Nathaniel Ryun Combes, bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering; Megan Annette Gourley, master’s degree in accounting; Kyle Andrew Hinterweger, bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering; Keith David DeDonder (Lebo High School), doctor of veterinary medicine and master of science.
LeRoy — Tasha G. Harvey, bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering.
New Strawn — Julie K. Hawley, bachelor’s degree in business administration.
MORRIS COUNTY
Council Grove — Cheetha Marie Billbe, bachelor’s degree in apparel and textiles; Elizabeth Rene Brooks, master of science; Amanda Leigh Collier, bachelor of arts; Christy Suzanne Deweese, doctorate; Mika Rose Doornbos, bachelor of science; Katherine Grace Eads, bachelor of arts; Josh Stuart Seymour, bachelor’s degree in civil engineering; Jay Cody Troxell, bachelor of science; and graduates of Council Grove High School: Catherine Ann Bosch, bachelor of arts; Jesse Wayne Knight, bachelor’s degree in business administration; Russell Tyler Moore, master’s degree in agribusiness.
On homecoming
committee
Anna Miller of Council Grove, a junior at Kansas State University in Manhattan, who is studying accounting, was selected as a returning member to serve on the 2008 Homecoming Student Committee to assist with the Oct. 19-25 KSU Homecoming Week. She is the daughter of Bill and Debbie Miller.
Outstanding senior
A student from this area recognized for excellence by the KSU College of Agriculture was Christina Surintan Clariday of Cottonwood Falls, co-winner of the 2007-2008 Neil Drabbe Leadership Award for outstanding senior in bakery science and management. A graduate of Chase County High School, Clariday was honored at the recent Agriculture Awards Assembly. She also received her bachelor’s degree at the May commencement ceremonies.
In honor groups
Kelsie Ball of Eureka, student at Kansas State University studying family studies and human services was named a new member of K-State Silver Key for 2008-2009, a sophomore leadership honorary group emphasizing community service.
Jamie Ball of Eureka, a junior student at Kansas State University studying biology, was named a new member of K-State Blue Key Senior Honor Society for 2008-2009. She has received several honors, is a cancer research scholar and has received a Terry C. Johnson Cancer Center research grant. Both women are graduates of Eureka High School and daughters of Keith and Debbie Ball of Eureka.
Journalism scholars
Students from this area at the University of Kansas who received spring 2008 scholarships from the KU Journalism School are Joshua Owen Barker of Hamilton, son of Troy and Linda Barker, pre-journalism freshman; and Roger N. Wooldrige of Madison, graduate of Madison High School, journalism scholarship.
KU graduates
Area students who received degrees in May from the University of Kansas include:
Admire — Jessica Kate Bitler, bachelor’s degree in business and finance, graduate of Northern Heights High School, daughter of Anna Symmonds.
Burlington — Susan Elizabeth Paxton, master’s degree in urban planning, daughter of Joan Snyder; Bethany Lauren Scothorn, bachelor’s degree in education and sport science, graduate of Burlington High School, daughter of Dallas and Kris Scothorn.
Cottonwood Falls — Jordan Elizabeth Kline, doctor of pharmacy, graduate of Chase County High School, daughter of William L. and Kelley M. Fowler.
Council Grove — (graduates of Council Grove High School) Jamie Renee Zerbe Cunningham, doctor of philosophy and molecular, cellular and developmental biology; Cindy R. Heilman, bachelor’s degree in social work, daughter of Randy and Joyce Heilman; William H. White Jr., juris doctorate and master’s degree in business administration, son of William and Margaret White; and Marla Suzanne Mayberry, master’s degree in business administration, daughter of Linda Johnson; Janae Nicole Stockwell, master’s degree in occupational therapy, daughter of Marie Reece.
Hamilton — Lucas C. Short, bachelor’s degree in communication studies and business, graduate of Eureka High School, son of Larry and Kay Short.
Lebo — Emily Nichole Bobo, doctor of philosophy and English; Ashley Nicole Edwards, doctor of pharmacy, graduate of Lebo High School, daughter of Doyle and Lori Gourley.
Neosho Rapids — Greg Kevin Wellnitz, bachelor’s degree in education, graduate of Hartford High School, son of Kevin and Gwen Wellnitz. He also completed the University Honors Program and the University Scholars Program and was honored in the cording ceremony.
Olpe — Nicole Leann Schmidt, bachelor’s degree in business and management, graduate of Olpe High School, daughter of Brian Schmidt.
Going to Washington
Crystal Hinterweger of Lebo and Brandon Doebele of New Strawn will attend the 48th annual Government In Action Youth Tour in Washington, D.C. from June 12 through June 19. The two students competed for the trip and were selected and will be sponsored by Lyon-Coffey County Electric Cooperative. They will join 1,500 high school students from 45 states selected by their local rural electric cooperatives.
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