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Local students among fall 2019 graduates of Fort Hays State University
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HAYS – Local and area students are among the 921 who completed associate, bachelor’s or graduate degrees at Fort Hays State University in the fall 2019 semester. 

The university conferred graduate degrees (master’s and Education Specialist degrees) on 248 students, bachelor’s degrees on 648 students, and associate degrees on 25 students. Thirteen students graduated with two degrees. 

Local graduates are: Ellinwood: Hannah Kathlyn Billinger, a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Bachelor of Science in secondary education; Andrea Cromwell Birzer, a Master of Science in counseling (school); Great Bend: Peyton Burkhart, a Bachelor of General Studies (child development), Krystal Marie Coleman, a Bachelor of Science in elementary education, Jonathan Robert Emig, a Bachelor of Science in biology, Laura Renee Harrington, a Bachelor of Science in organizational leadership, Meagan Renee Henry, a Master of Science in education administration, Phillip Dever Kepka, a Master of Science in geosciences (geography), Karen P. Muci-Ekberg, a Master of Science in Education (English for speakers of other languages), Brooke Ashley Riemann, a Bachelor of Science in elementary education, Jamie L. Rowan, a Bachelor of Science in elementary education, Dallas Alan Schmeidler, a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting, Karisa Corrine Schremmer, a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance, Joanne Renee Wondra, a Master of Science in counseling (clinical mental health), Kristen Marie Yarmer, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Hoisington: Jaime Michelle Byers, a Master of Science in Education (English for speakers of other languages); Kinsley: Amy Michelle Turner, an Education Specialist in advanced professional studies (education administration); Camelle Iliene Wassenberg, a Bachelor of Science in general science (biology); Ellsworth: Danica Lee Uhl, a Master of Science in education administration; Wilson: Megan Nicole Zelenka, a Bachelor of Science in general science; Ness City: Dylan J. Hamilton, a Bachelor of Science in agriculture (animal science); Larned: Landon Trey Erway, a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance, Colton Hunter Gladow, a Bachelor of Science in elementary education, Kristen Ann Pontius, a Master of Science in Education (transition to teaching), Zachary Matthew Stanton, a Bachelor of Science in computer science (physics); Lyons: David Tyler Crawford, a Bachelor of Science in information networking and telecommunications (computer networking), Dakota Hunter Nave, a Bachelor of Science in health and human performance (K-12 teaching and coaching) and secondary education; La Crosse: Ryan William Burton, a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Bachelor of Science in secondary education, Rosanna Lynn Torres, a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice, Taylor Scott Yohe, a Bachelor of Science in agricultural business; Liebenthal: Cristobal Guzman, a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice; McCracken: Stephanie Leanne Greenway, a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting (public); Dorrance: Kadie Martha Martin, a Bachelor of General Studies; Paradise: Heather Nicole Glenn, a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice, Gracyn Starr Miller, a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and foreign language (Spanish for specific purposes); Russell: Stephanie Anne Cross, a Bachelor of Social Work, Emilee Kaitlin Kuhlmann, a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing (general); Waldo: Payton Bradley Zweifel, a Bachelor of Science in biology; St. John: Audrey Mercer, a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting.