Students from this area who were Kansas State University summer 2009 graduates included Ashley Nicole Arndt, master’s degree in curriculum and instruction and Stacy Rae Keck, bachelor’s degree, both of Emporia; Matthew Lee Combes of Burlington, bachelor’s degree; Daniel Peter Allegre, master’s degree in electrical engineering, and Dylan Wight Evans, bachelor’s degree in agriculture, both of Lebo; Jennifer Kay Wellnitz of Neosho Rapids, bachelor’s degree in agriculture; and Erica R. Huggard of Reading, master’s degree in curriculum and instruction.
Students from this area who were summer 2009 graduates of the University of Kansas included those from Emporia, all graduates of Emporia Senior High School: Morgan Diane Dreyer, bachelor’s degree in journalism and strategic communications, daughter of Kenneth and Shirley Dreyer;Jeffrey Matthew Geitz, internal medicine certificate; and Jennifer Leigh Hull, master’s degree in education; and Heather Lee Hayes of Burlington, bachelor’s degree in general studies and psychology, graduate of Burlington High School and daughter of Richard Hayes.
Students from Emporia who were summer 2009 graduates of Wichita State University were Cynthia S. Moore, master’s degree in nursing, and Julia A. Williams, bachelor’s degree in nursing.