KU selects outstanding graduates to carry banners for May 18 ceremony

LAWRENCE -- University of Kansas seniors and graduate students who have excelled academically will carry banners for KU's 13 schools and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences during commencement ceremonies May 18.

As banner carriers, the students will lead their school groups in the traditional march down Mount Oread at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18, for KU's 131st commencement ceremonies in Memorial Stadium.

Banner bearers in turn will join university officials on the platform as candidates from each school stand together for the ceremonial conferring of degrees.

The students' names, degrees, parents or guardians, high school alma mater and the schools they represent are:

BOURBON COUNTY
From Fort Scott
Matthew Foster, fourth-year student in medicine, son of Melvin and Susan Foster; Fort Scott High School graduate; School of Medicine.

DOUGLAS COUNTY
From Lawrence
Jelica Ristic, master's degree student in business, daughter of Gordon and Linda Penny; Lawrence High School graduate; School of Business.
Elizabeth Yoder, senior in nursing, Lawrence High School graduate; School of Nursing.

JEFFERSON COUNTY
From Meriden
Amy Myers, senior in clinical laboratory science, daughter of Arlan and Peggy Myers; Jefferson County West High School graduate; School of Allied Health.

JOHNSON COUNTY
From Leawood and Big Bow
Ammie Jones, master's degree student in social work from Big Bow, daughter of Violet Thygesen of Leawood; Olathe South High School graduate; School of Social Welfare.

From Overland Park
Lindsey Burch, senior in elementary education, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Burch; Shawnee Mission South High School graduate; School of Education.

From Shawnee
Tamra Arnold, senior in pharmacy, daughter of William E. and Diane Arnold; Kearney Senior High School graduate; School of Pharmacy.

MITCHELL COUNTY
From Beloit
Julie Mealiff, senior in piano, daughter of Dave and Linda Mealiff; Beloit High School graduate; School of Fine Arts.

SEDGWICK COUNTY
From Wichita
Katie Rose Mitchell-Koch, senior in chemistry, daughter of Lawrence and Melanie Mitchell; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

SHAWNEE COUNTY
From Topeka
David Harold, senior in business administration and mechanical engineering, son of John and Linda Harold; Topeka West High School graduate; School of Engineering.

STANTON COUNTY
From Big Bow and Leawood
Ammie Jones, master's degree student in social work, daughter of Violet Thygesen of Leawood; Olathe South High School graduate; School of Social Welfare.

IOWA
From Fairfield
Jamison Shipman, law student, son of Walter and Ann Shipman; School of Law.

NEBRASKA
From Omaha
Kara Ryckman, senior in strategic communications, daughter of Kirk and Debbie Ryckman; Millard West High School graduate; School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

BRAZIL
From Rio de Janeiro
Camila Querasian, senior in architecture; School of Architecture and Urban Design.

GERMANY
From Berlin
Andreas Gille, doctoral student in pharmacology and toxicology, son of Haus-Guslav and Maria Gille; Graduate School.