A total of 765 students completed associate, bachelor’s or graduate degrees at Fort Hays State University in the fall 2016 semester.
Local graduates are: Ellinwood: Kristi Lynn Dewerff, Bachelor of Science in elementary education; Great Bend: Tory Marie Arnberger, Bachelor of Science in business education (teacher licensure), Hanna Marie Kircher, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Jordan B. Klima, Bachelor of Business Administration in finance (financial planning), Miles Auston Orth, Bachelor of Business Administration in finance (banking), Lindsay Kay Peters, Master of Science in counseling (clinical mental health); Hoisington: Alan David Collier, Bachelor of Science in health and human performance (K-12 teaching and coaching) and Bachelor of Science in secondary education, Brian Gerald Schauf, Bachelor of Science in information networking and telecommunications (computer networking), Andrea B. Willesden, Bachelor of Science in elementary education; Pawnee Rock: Loretta Lynn Lauer, Bachelor of Business Administration in management (human resource); Kinsley: Krysten Nicole Brake, Bachelor of Science in chemistry (forensic science); Ellsworth: Kourtenay Rebecca Sherwood, Bachelor of Science in elementary education; Wilson: Kaci C. Nichols, Master of Science in education administration; Ness City: Drew Anthony Clarke, Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting (public); Ransom: Linda Michell Carter, a Bachelor of Science in elementary education, Kaitlyn E. Flax, an Associate of General Studies in (education); Burdett: Bradley Enstrom Parker, Master of Science in Education (transition to teaching); Larned: Sydney Noelle Blanton, Master of Business Administration (marketing), Kyle Keith Grant, Bachelor of Science in agriculture; Rozel: Tristen Kyle Galliart, Bachelor of Science in organizational leadership; Little River: Erin Elizabeth Wilson, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; LaCrosse: Matthew Kwame Kumi, Master of Science in education administration; Gorham: Phillip Quade Nowak, Bachelor of Science in agricultural business; Luray: Elaina Renae Haberer, Bachelor of Science in mathematics (teaching) and a Bachelor of Science in secondary education, Garrett Fredrick Keith, Bachelor of Science in health and human performance (recreation); Russell: Shawn Kyle Ellis, Bachelor of Science in information networking and telecommunications (computer networking); Heather M. Pohlman, Bachelor of Science in communication sciences and disorders, Kayla Renee Schneider, a Bachelor of Arts in psychology; Macksville: Adam Douglas Oak, Bachelor of Science in technology studies (construction management); St. John: Tracey K. Post, Master of Science in Nursing (education).