WSU grads
Students from this area who completed their degrees at Wichita State University and graduated this summer 2008 are Maria S. Velazquez of Emporia, bachelor’s degree in Spanish, and Shari L. Strawder of Burlington, master’s degree in nursing.
K-state grads
Summer 2008 area graduates of Kansas State University include Donnie James Tabares, graduate of Emporia High School, bachelor’s degree;
Jennifer Christine Flannigan, bachelor’s degree, and James Christopher Flannigan, master’s degree, both of Burlington;
Christopher Patrick Carathers of Cottonwood Falls, bachelor’s degree in agriculture, and Amanda J. Murrell, graduate of Chase County High School in Cottonwood Falls, bachelor of arts degree and bachelor of science degree in business administration;
Ryan Wade Pickett, bachelor’s degree, and Heather Suzanne Sovern, master’s degree, both of Council Grove and Jacob Dean Kelly, graduate of Council Grove High School, bachelor’s degree in agriculture,
Ella Alyson Reusser of Eureka, bachelor’s degree in business administration;
Heather Bethene Hamilton of Madison, bachelor’s degree in family studies and human services;
Ruth Elizabeth Brooks of LeRoy, bachelor’s degree in human ecology;
Kyle William Loschke of Osage City, master’s degree;
Brandon Snyder Smith of Overbrook, bachelor’s degree in apparel and textiles;
Micala Elizabeth Stallbaumer, graduate of Santa Fe Trail High School, bachelor’s degree in family studies and human services.
Mars Academy
Kegan Magathan, son of Howard and Bea Magathan, graduated from Mars Academy this summer at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. Mars Academy is a three-day residential camp for students entering grades 5-6. Developed by Cosmosphere staff, the Mars Academy program introduces campers to space science, while also emphasizing teamwork and problem solving in a face-paced learning environment.
As part of the program, Kegan learned the geology, climate, and conditions that exist on the Red Planet.