KU News Release

KU to honor 35 high school seniors from five north-central counties April 10

LAWRENCE — Students from 11 Kansas high schools will be honored Thursday, April 10, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.

A total of 35 seniors from high schools in Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips and Smith counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:15 p.m. dinner program in the Dane G. Hansen Memorial Plaza Community Room, 110 W. Main St., Logan.

The Kansas Honors Program began in 1971 and has honored more than 100,000 students. Scholars rank in the top 10 percent of their high school senior classes and are selected regardless of curricula, majors, occupational plans or higher-education goals. Honorees’ names are listed below.

During the ceremony, each student will receive an American Heritage Dictionary in hardback and CD versions, presented by Heath Peterson, director of Kansas programs for the KU Alumni Association.

David Johnston, director of marketing and Internet services for the KU Alumni Association, will speak to the students and their parents and guests.

Honored students will be guests of the alumni association and KU Endowment; parents and area alumni are welcome to attend at a cost of $10 each.

Community volunteers collect reservations, coordinate details and serve as local contacts for the event. Carol Bales of Logan and Dave Rankin and Rob Wenzl, both of Phillipsburg, will be the site coordinators as well as county coordinators for Graham, Phillips and Smith counties. Other county coordinators are Kevin Baughman and Tom Baumann II, both of Norton, for Norton County and Philip Hardman of Osborne for Osborne County.

The Kansas Honors Program is made possible through KU Endowment and proceeds from the Jayhawk license plate program.

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