UNK confers record number of degrees

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

KEARNEY, Nebraska -- A record number of graduate students received their degrees Friday, May 4, at the University of Nebraska at Kearney Health and Sports Center.

In all, 167 graduate students were awarded degrees. The next largest group of graduate students to earn degrees was in the summer of 1991 when 163 were graduated. The total number of students receiving degrees will be 647, which is within one of matching the 1992 all-time record of 648, according to Robyn Schoenebeck of the UNK Office of the Registrar.

Undergraduate Degrees:

BA - Bachelor of Arts

BAE - Bachelor of Arts in Education

BS - Bachelor of Science

BSE - Bachelor of Science in Education

BFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts

BGS - Bachelor of General Studies

BM - Bachelor of Music

Graduate Degrees:

EDS - Education Specialist

MA - Master of Arts

MAE - Master of Arts in Education

MS - Master of Science

MSE - Master of Science in Education

MBA - Master of Business Administration

NOTE: Subject abbreviations in listings include:

ADMIN, Administration; BIOL, Biology; BUS, Business; CHEM, Chemistry; COMM, Communication; COMP, Comprehensive; CONST, Construction; DEVEL, Development; DIST, Distribution; ECON, Economics; EDU, Education; ELEM, Elementary; EMPH, Emphasis; END, Endorsement; ENVIR, Environmental; GEO, Geography; INDUS, Industrial; INFO, Information; INTERP, Interpretation; MARK, Marketing; MATH, Mathematics; MGMT, Management; MOD, Moderate; MUS, Music PHYS, Physical; PROD, Production; SCI, Science; SECOND, Secondary; SCHL, School; SOC, Social; STU, Students; SP ED, Special Education; SYS, Systems; TECH, Technology; THEA, Theatre; TRANS, Translation; VOC, Vocational.

NOTE: HONORS. Students graduating with honors have the honors and selected honors organizations noted after their names. Honors, along with the grade point averages necessary to earn those honors, include: summa cum laude, 3.90-4.00; magna cum laude, 3.80-3.89; cum laude, 3.70-3.79; and honorable mention, 3.50-3.69. Honors organizations and the designations listed after students' names include: Honors Program (H), Mortar Board (MB) and Phi Kappa Phi (PKP).

Area graduates are listed in alphabetical order by hometown.

Bartley: Kimberly Ellicott, BSE, Communication Disorders, Summa Cum Laude, H; Timothy Sladek, MBA, Business Administration Culbertson: Joshua Kershaw, BSE, Mathematics 7-12, Magna Cum Laude

Curtis: Kyle-Lynn Hughes, BS, Interior Design Comp; Jacob Sandman, BA, English; Whitney Schroeder, BS, Criminal Justice Comp

Eustis: Jerud Banzhaf, BS, Industrial Technology, Honorable Mention; Lisa Cochrane, BS, Business Administration Comp; Ryan Wetovick, BAE, Health & PE K-12: Chelsea Wolf, MSEd, Speech Language Pathology

Farnam: Megan Larson, BS, Business Administration Comp, Honorable Mention

Hayes Center: Amanda Fornoff, BS, Business Administration, Honorable Mention: Audra Kennedy, BS, Biology Comp, Summa Cum Laude, PKP

Imperial: Sagan Carman, BS, Business Administration Comp, Summa Cum Laude, H; Erica Pirog, BS, Exercise Science, Cum Laude, H; Trevor Roenfeldt, BS, Business Administration Comp, Magna Cum Laude

McCook: Emily Cappel, BS, Business Administration Comp; Sara Cappel, MSEd, Speech Language Pathology; Courtney Guthrie, BS, Criminal Justice; Johnathan Haag, BS, Agribusiness Comp; Talia Placzek, MSEd, Community Counseling; Charles Sepers Jr., BS, Psychology, Summa Cum Laude; James Stone, BS, Construction Management Comp; Hannah Vontz, BS, Psychology, Honorable Mention

Palisade: Kiane Alberts, BS, Recreation, Park & Tourism Management Comp; Sasauna Alberts, BS, Social Work Comp, Honorable Mention