K-State’s Silver Key names new members for 2007-2008

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

MANHATTAN — Silver Key, Kansas State University’s sophomore leadership honorary that emphasizes community service, has its new members for the 2007-2008 school year.

Silver Key adviser Carla Jones, assistant vice president and senior associate dean of student life, said the group selects between 35 to 40 students for membership each spring. The students currently are in their first year of study at K-State and must have at least a 3.0 grade point average.

During the next school year, Silver Key members will participate in a variety of community service activities throughout the year. Past projects have included cleaning up along highways, food drives and helping children and the elderly.

New members of Silver Key for 2007-2008, their majors and hometown include:

Chelsey Mueller, pre-journalism and mass communications, Assaria; Samantha Bowman, nutritional sciences, Bucyrus; Kristen Henriksen, interior design, Courtland; Christopher Jones, chemistry, Derby; Rachel Day, business administration pre-professional, De Soto.

From Greater Kansas City: Marcela Gonzalez, industrial engineering, Kansas City, Kan.; Kevin Bamberger, business administration pre-professional, Lenexa; Jennifer Crainshaw, premedicine, Olathe; Claire Cody, arts and sciences-open option, Hailey Petersen, microbiology, and Ann Virgo, business administration pre-professional, all of Overland Park; and Josiah Cox, premedicine, Shawnee.

Gerald Stoskopf, agribusiness, Hoisington; Megan Dirks, business administration pre-professional, Hutchinson; Casey Cook, agricultural economics, Johnson; Keri Deaver, pre-veterinary medicine, Lakin; Donald Hampton III, business administration pre-professional, and Laura Romig, dietetics, both of Leavenworth; Robert Tibbetts, horticulture, Liberal; Danielle Devlin, business administration pre-professional, Manhattan; Jordyn Lister, communication sciences and disorders, Marysville; Amy Davidson, apparel and textiles, Minneapolis; Karen Honeyman, arts and sciences-open option, Oakley; Tyler Axman, food science and industry, Olmitz; Ashley Guenther, agricultural economics, Ottawa; Tana Smith, hotel and restaurant management, and Becky Sullivan, agricultural communications and journalism, both of Paola.

Phillip Harner, biological and agricultural engineering, St. George; Laurie Hildebrand, athletic training, St. John; Abbey Norris, pre-journalism and mass communications, and David White, agricultural communications and journalism, both of Wellington; Brian Moore, engineering, Westmoreland; Kristel Williams, pre-professional elementary education, Wichita; and Lindsey Roller, pre-professional secondary education, Woodbine.

From out-of-state: Victoria McKennan, environmental design, Fort Collins, Colo.; Abbi Sunner, nutritional sciences, Ankeny, Iowa; Samuel Brinton, mechanical engineering and music, Perry, Iowa; Sarah Guinane, kinesiology, and Maggie Waltz, environmental design, both of Omaha, Neb.; and Ashlyn Cheray, history, Richmond, Texas.

Carla Jones, 785-532-6432, cjones@k-state.edu

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