HAYS – Local and area students are among the 867 who completed associate, bachelor’s or graduate degrees at Fort Hays State University in the fall 2018 semester. 

The university conferred 222 graduate degrees (master’s, Education Specialist and Doctor of Nursing Practice), 625 bachelor’s degrees and 20 associate degrees. 

Claflin: Breanna Nicole Holmes, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Ellinwood: Michelle Danae Christiansen, a Master of Science in Education (reading specialist), Robert L. Fisher, a Bachelor of Arts in political science, Katherine Anna Revell, a Master of Science in education administration; Great Bend: Nicole D. Bieker, a Bachelor of Science in elementary education, Kody Cook, a Master of Science in instructional technology, John Patrick Doggett, a Master of Business Administration, Brigette Nicole Hartman, a Bachelor of Science in psychology, Joshua Wayne Holuska, a Bachelor of Science in information networking and telecommunications (computer networking), Katelyn Marie Kaiser, a Master of Science in counseling (school), Emilie Renee’ Regier, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Eric Lee Steiner, a Master of Science in special education; Hoisington: Angela Crystal Beck, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Emma R. Haynie, an Associate of General Studies (health promotion), Kayla Meadows, a Master of Science in counseling (school), Presley Denae Smith, a Bachelor of Science in elementary education, Darin Ray Poland, a Bachelor of Arts in history; Ellsworth: Jenna Sue Gourley, a Master of Science in special education, Nikki Renee Rohr, a Bachelor of Science in sociology; Wilson: Kaitlyn Makenzie Clark, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Brooke Ellen Hanzlicek, a Master of Professional Studies (human resource management); Bazine: Chad Ryersee, a Bachelor of Science in biology (wildlife); Ness City: Allyson Mary Rudd, a Bachelor of Science in agricultural business; La Crosse: Leslie Marie Engel, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Holly Sue Rebel, a Master of Science in Education (higher education student affairs), Melissa Deann Schlegel, a Bachelor of Science in elementary education; McCracken: Kevin Webster, a Bachelor of Science in geosciences (geology); Otis: Jennifer M. Chapman, a Bachelor of Science in elementary education, Timken: Keno Scott Hartshorn, a Bachelor of Science in information networking and telecommunications (computer networking); Gorham: Samantha J. Windholz, a Bachelor of Science in early childhood unified education; Lucas: Braden Scott Schultz, a Bachelor of Science in secondary education; Russell: Jessica M. Betts, a Master of Science in Education (reading specialist), Delia Dover, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Christopher James Risher, a Bachelor of Science in geosciences (geology), St. John: Alyson Smith, a Bachelor of Business Administration in management.