Category: Education

Six Kansas City, Kansas, students were awarded degrees from Rockhurst University in December.

Receiving degrees from Kansas City, Kansas:

• Joseph Alvey, Bachelor Science in Business Administration, Summa Cum Laude
• Kennedy Hernandez, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Cum Laude
• Christina Lai, Master of Science in Nursing
• Lisa Martin, Bachelor of Science in Nursing in RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Taelor Morris, Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Alexis Thompson, Master of Business Administration

Seven Wyandotte County students graduated from Emporia State University in December 2021.

Graduates from this area included:

• Andrea Marie Dater of Edwardsville, Kansas, Master of Library Science with a concentration in Health Information Professionals;
• Samuel Robert Brown of Kansas City, Kansas, Bachelor of Science in Psychology;
• Mackenzie R. Cantwell of Kansas City, Kansas, Master of Science in School Counseling;
• Sierra Katherine Hurd of Kansas City, Kansas, Master of Library Science with a concentration in Leadership and Administration;
• Dawnyel Lynn McCollum of Kansas City, Kansas, Master of Science in Special Education with a concentration in High Incidence Special Education;
• Carlos Eugene McDaniel of Kansas City, Kansas, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art with a concentration in Graphic Design; and
• Kelsey Anne Stoebick of Kansas City, Kansas, Master of Science in Instructional Specialist with a concentration in Reading Specialist -Pre K-12.

Emporia State University offers over 200 academic programs in the School of Business, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Library and Information Management and The Teachers College.

Two students from Kansas City, Kansas, have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Natalie Rose Frick, a sophomore, was named to the dean’s list in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. Her interest is sports media and communication, and advertising and public relations.

Abigail Meeyeong Grimm, a junior, was named to the dean’s list in the College of Business. Her interest is accounting.

Students in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications must have a minimum 3.7 grade point average to be named to the dean’s list.

Students in the College of Business must have a minimum 3.6 grade point average to be named to the dean’s list.