KU H iIors Program recognizes Anderson)

The University of Kansas University

Honors Program and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will

jointly recognize members of the

Class of 2009 who have completed the University Honors Program and the University Scholars Program.

Rae Ann E. Anderson of Circleville

is a Senior Honors Medallion recipient.

She is the daughter of David and Sara Anderson and is studying psychology.

Members of honors program, university scholars were recognized

May 16 at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre

in Murphy Hall. A reception followed.

The ceremony honored more than

150 students who are completing the

University Honors Program and the University Scholars Program. This year, the honored students received gold medallions to wear during commencement

activities.

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MilitAWofficers set to complete KU program

LAWRENCE, Kan.

(AP) Ten U.S.

military officers and one

from Argentina are

about to complete the

first year of a new collaboration with the

University of Kansas. The officers will earn

master s degrees in supply chain

management and

logistics this weekend

through the university s

school of business. They completed the degrees

while also attending the Army s Command and

General Staff College at

Fort Leavenworth.

Each of the officers

has combat or

peacekeeping experience. The degree builds on their military

skills in supply and

logistics, while

incorporating best practices from the

civilian sector.

The director of the

program is Greg Freix, a

retired Army colonel. He

said based on the

success of the first year

and interest from other

officers, the program was likely to expand in

coming years.

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Scholarship Joel Schmelzle, who is majoring

in electrical engineering at the

University of Kansas, has been

notified that he is the recipient of

the Rollin S. Wade Memorial Scholarship.

The University of Kansas mathematics

department recognized its

students and faculty for outstanding

academic and teaching

achievements for the 2008-09 academic year at its 52nd annual

honors banquet.

Joel is a 2006 graduate of

Onaga High School and is the son

of Greg and Debbie Schmelzle o

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I5 KU researchers tracking butterflies

LAWRENCE (AP) University of Kansas researchers

are tracking monarch butterflies as they

migrate north from Mexico. Chip Taylor, director of Monarch Watch, says the

group is putting radio tags on the butterflies and following

them by airplane since Lawrence is on the migration

route.

National Geographic is also filming the radio tag

ging process. The technology has been used on other species,

but Taylor says it s the first time it has been used to

track the monarch.

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Vancao IT

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J)EGREES FROM KANSAS UNIVERSITY

Among students receiving dgrees

from Kansas University rÆcently

were these local graduates:

Samuel Joseph Schiageck, Maiihattan,

Bachelor of Fine Arts/Dcsign;

sign; Kodi Elizabeth Ann Castei,.

Riley, Bachelor of Science i

Aerospace Engineering; Mattbew Benjamin Eaton, Riley, Bacheldr,

of Arts/History & Bachelor of

Arts/Theatre and Film; Flint John

Neidenthal, Riley, Master of Arts/

eligious Studies.

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Brinker

scholars

announced The Brinker family is happy to

announce the winners of this year s

music scholarships in honor of their

mother, Audrey Brinker.

Russell Ronnebaum is currently

completing his Bachelor s degree in

Music at the University of Kansas,

and is planning to seek a Master of

Music in Piano at the University of

Arizona. Russell was a long-term student

of Mrs. Brinker s and is a pianist

who is inventive in his style and execution.

He has recently added composer

to his list of accomplishments.

Amy Stalibaurner is in the 2009

Axtell High School graduating class.

She was a piano student of .Mrs.

Brinker for four years. In addition to

piano, she plays the saxophone in the

Pep Band and sings in the choir. She

plans to attend the University of Kansas

in pursuit of a nursing degree.

James Shaughnessy is currently

attending Kansas State University,

seeking a degree in business management.

He took piano lessons from

Mrs. Brinker for nine years while

in grade school and high school.

He used his music to serve both his

church and school.

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(U Philip Rich, Valley Falls, was among the members I

of the class of 2009 at the University of Kansas who were recognized during commencemer ceremonies May 17 as recipients of top scholarships.

Rich completed a bachelor s in aerospace engineering. He has been awarded the Solon E. Summerfleld

scholarship that provides $4,500 a year for four years. He is the son of Donald and Theresa ich

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KU student earns highly competitive grant

to study in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia

If a biography tells a reader who a

person really is, what do the collective biographies of war-torn nations say about national identity?

Alphilde Dick, a University of

Kansas master s student from Perry; will tackle that question in libraries in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia thanks to a highly competitive grant.

Dick won a six-month, $6,000 Title VIII Southeastern Europe Research Grant from the American Council of

International Education, a program of the U.S. State Department.

The grant was open not only to

graduate students, but to undergraduates and professors as well. She will

travel to Zagreb, Croatia, Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Belgrade, Serbia, from August through December to study biographies and autobiographies from authors in the region.

Dick, a graduate of Perry-Lecompton High School, heard about the

grant and worked with her adviser, Stephen M. Dickey, associate professor

of Slavic languages and literatures,

to form a proposal. It occurred to me that I had read

a lot of literature that was autobiographical,

or semi-autobiographical from the region, but there wasn t much scholarship on the topic, Dick said.

For the first half of the 1990s, the south Slavic region of Europe was engulfed in war. The War of

Secession pitted former Yugoslavian states against one another in several years of conflict. Dick will study what biographical literature from 1995 on

reflects about national identity. She ll

study at the University of Zagreb, University of Sarajevo and University

of Belgrade. I think biography and autobiography

reflect how we see ourselves, or how the author sees the subject,

and looking at this particular period I hope to find out what that says about their national identity. I m wondering if the genre proliferates like it does in America, where nearly everyone can write memoirs or an autobiography. If that s the case, what does popular biography say?

Upon her return, Dick will write

a 20- to 30-page synopsis of her findings.

She ll also likely use it as the

basis for her master s thesis. She expects to complete her master s in

2010.

Dick is the daughter of Gretchen Byer of Olathe and Michael Rees of

mpton.

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fl L Graduate From KU (

Several area students are part of more than 4,500 candidates for

degrees at th University of Kansas this spring.

Graduates rrepresenting 97 Kansas cou 43 other states, the

District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 59 other countries have

been announced by the University Registrar. KU s Class of 2009 numbers about 8,000, including 2,500 who

completed degree work In summer and fall 2008. Because KU conducts

only one form commencement ceremony each year, many of

these candidates for degrees returned Sunday, May 17, for the university s

137th commencement procession Into Memorial Stadium.

About 4,000 members of the Class of 2009 are expected to participate.

Area graduates are:

Jaime Leigh Baggett, Belvue, daughter of Paula Woodward, Graduate Master of Science in Education, Washburn Rural High School, lbpeka.

Ashley Beth Leonard, Belvue, daughter of Nancy Dekat, BSN Senior bachelor of Science in Nursing Wamego High School. Ashley Elizabeth Schooler, Blame, daughter of Mark and Dorothy Schooler, Bachelor of General Studies/Communication Studies, Rock Creek Jr-Sr High School. Mark L Stockham, St. George, son of Steven and Marcia Stockham, Bachelor of Science in Astronomy&Mathematics and Bachelor of Science in Physics, Mathattan High School. Marys Emilie Elizabeth Jordan, St. Marys, Master ofArta/Classics. Amy A Lindgren, Wamego, daughter of Cynthia Gareis, Bachelor of

Social Work GED - State of Kansas Katelyn Rose Sackrider Wamego, daughter of Steven and Nancy Sackrider Bacbelor of General Stuthes/Psycholog Wamego High School.

Brandon Johnson Tackett, Wamego, son of Robert and Rebecca Tackett, Bachelor of Arts/Biochemistry and Bachelor of Arts/Psychology Wamego High School. Rebecca Lynn lbtten, Wamego, daughter of Matthew Totten, Bachelor of Science

in Geology Fontainebleau High School, Mandevifie. Arianna D Williams, Wamego, daughter of Andrea Williams,Bachelor of General Studies/Women s Studies, Wamego High School. Jennifer Leigh Robb, Westmoreland, daughter of Carol and Kirk Robb, Bachelor

of General StudiesfPsycholog Rock Creek Jr-Sr High School.

Jackie Noreen Thrner, Alma, daughter of Jack and Tina Thrner, Doctor hysical Therapy, Wabaunsee Senior High School.

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Local stuth

complete h program at KU

Two Wamego stud nts were

among more than 150 U iversity of

Kansas students honored ntiy for

completing the Univers ty Honors Program.

Brandon Tackett an Rebecca

Totten were members o the Class

of 2009 honored May 1 , during a

recognition ceremony in e CraftonPreyer

Theatre in Murph Hall.

Students in the Unive ity Honors Program must complete freshman

tutorial and a combinatio of honors

courses and out-of-cia sroom experiences

such as studyi g aboard, internships, community service, or

undergraduate research graduate

from the program.

Tackett received a achelor of

Arts Degree in bioche istry and

Totten graduated with a achelor of! nce degree in geolog

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