2020 Student Achievements
• Honor for excellence: Graduate teaching assistant in education earns prestigious scholarship from American Association of University Women.
• Excellence rewarded: Electrical and computer science doctoral candidate earns top-three ranking for his work at international event.
• Winning formula: Personal financial planning students take second in national competition.
• Powerful posters: Mechanical engineering doctoral candidate takes first place in national conference poster competition, while mechanical engineering-nuclear option undergraduates place in poster competition at American Nuclear Society meeting.
• Outstanding chapter: Construction science student chapter earns Chapter of Excellence Grant.
• National champs: Livestock Judging Team best in nation, earns 15th championship.
• Promising future: Two graduating education students named Teachers of Promise by Kansas State Department of Education.
• Top effort: Professional strategic selling student Cecilia Nancarrow places first at Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition.
• Concrete success: Architectural engineering student earns scholarship from Kansas City chapter of the American Concrete Institute.
• Transportation talent: Two regional & community planning students earn Eisenhower Transportation Graduate fellowships from U.S. Department of Transportation.
• Making a difference: College of Agriculture senior earns George Washington Carver Spirit of Innovation and Service Award.
• Premier publications: Royal Purple Yearbook, Collegian win national honors, as do student staff members.
• Fashion forward: Fashion studies team receives Optitex Technology Award from International Textile and Apparel Association.
• Perfect pianists: Two K-State piano students earn honors in Kansas Music Teachers Association competition.
• Making history: Doctoral student, West Point faculty member publishes book on liberation of the Philippines.
• Passion for fashion: Two fashion studies students showcase designs at Kansas City Fashion Week.
• Poster with pop: Doctoral candidate in nuclear engineering recognized for best poster by Idaho National Lab.
• Select fellowship: Physics doctoral student Kurtis Borne selected by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program to conduct thesis research at a DOE national laboratory.
• Online honor: Online business administration student Crystal Ritz receives 2020 University and Professional Continuing Education Association Central Region Outstanding Professional, Continuing, and/or Online Education Student award.
• Case made: Agricultural economics master's students win Agricultural and Applied Economics Association's national Case Study Competition.
• Super scholar: Architectural engineering student Diego Sanchez receives Gold Award scholarship from Mid-West Concrete Industry Board and Concrete Promotional Group.
• Case made: Agricultural economics master's students win Agricultural and Applied Economics Association's national Case Study Competition.
• Design superiority: Architecture student Natalie Grimm earns honorable mention in international design competition.
• World travelers: Six K-State students earn Gilman Scholarship to study abroad.
• Victorious video: Nuclear engineering doctoral student earns best video award at national conference.
• Cementing excellence: Student engineering chapter recognized with international excellence award by American Concrete Institute.
• Global problem-solver: Veterinary student using national scholarship to take on tick-related cattle disease.
• Scholarships for excellence: JCERT scholarships presented to six K-State Olathe graduate students.
• Recognition and reward: National online education alliance recognizes K-State grad student with scholarship.
• In the running: Financial planning team finalist in national financial competition.
• Super scholar: May 2020 graduate Sara Gammon receives Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship.
• Global leaders in the making: Two K-State students named Cargill Global Scholars.
• Potential reward: Two marketing students and two strategic communications students earn $1,500 scholarships by regional advertising organization.
• Shining lights: K-State architectural engineering students earn seven of 13 national scholarships from Besal Lighting Education Fund.
• Top design for diversity: Interior design students win national interior design video competition focused on diversity, inclusion.
• Emerging leader: Marriage and family therapy doctoral student earns diversity leadership scholarship from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Education that adds up: K-State personal financial planning students earn three of 12 national competitive scholarships.
• Drive with pride: K-State license plate program reaches $5 million for student scholarships.
• Diversity welcome: K-State named best college in Kansas for LGBTQ+ students.
• Financial literacy leader: K-State makes list of 1xbet sports bettingtop 50 financial literacy programs in U.S.
• Potential recognized: Kansas City Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals selects two K-State operations and supply chain management majors for scholarships.
• Where excellence grows: National agricultural education group recognizes K-State agriculture faculty, students with awards.
• A welcome honor: Hospitality management student earns scholarship from national food service organization.
• Honored for potential: Doctoral candidate Paula Silva winner of a Borlaug Global Rust Initiative 2020 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum Early Career Award.
• Rewarding research: Engineering doctoral candidate earns NSF grant for his work in medical device research and development.
• National recognition: Second-year veterinary student selected for national veterinary scholarship.
• Select honor: Interior design sophomore gets honorable mention nod for Udall scholarship.
• SMART choice: Mechanical engineering and math student selected for Defense Department's SMART Scholarship.
• Select scholars: Fulbright program recognizes two K-State students.
• Speaking excellence: Freshman member of sales, marketing and management honoray takes second place in national speakers competition.
• Elite scholar: Senior Sara Gammon is university's 36th Truman scholar.
• Teacher leader: Elementary education major Aundrea Bruna new president of Kansas National Education Association-Aspiring Educators for 2020-2021.
• Researcher kudos: Two graduate students earn honorable mention for 1xbet online games loginNSF Graduate Research Fellowships.
• Best in Kansas: Collegian editor-in-chief Kaylie McLaughlin named Kansas Collegiate Journalist of the Year.
• Award-winning media: K-State students earn honors for media work.
• National scholar: Physics major and undergraduate researcher Blaine Fry receives prestigious Goldwater scholarship.
• Putting students first: K-State receives national recognition for exemplary transfer pathways.
• Top scholarship winner: Architectural engineering student earns $10,000 scholarship from ASHRAE.
• Selling victory: K-State Sales Team members earn honors at national collegiate competition.
• Career scholarships: Two students receive district-level scholarships from the Kansas City chapter of ASHRAE.
• Ruling the airwaves: K-State students earn honors from Broadcast Education Association, Kansas Association of Broadcasters.
• Elite company: Veterinary student earns select scholarship for career promise.
• Research kudos: Three doctoral students earn honors for State Capitol poster presentations.
• Something to "sell"abrate: K-State Sales Team takes third in regional competition.
• The standard of excellence: K-State Black Student Union remains best in the Big 12 for the 12th time in last 15 years.
• In demand: New K-State graduates set record for employment, continuing education opportunities.
• Designer for the future: APDesign student again claims top honors in the national NEXT Competition.
• Research rewarded: Four K-State undergraduate researchers earn honors at K-INBRE Symposium.
• Super at sales: Sales Team takes second at intercollegiate competition.
• Superstar scholar: Biology doctoral student named 2020 Yale Ciencia Academy fellow.
• Ensuring our democracy: K-State recognized for student voter engagement.
• Global star: Anthropology student earns Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad.
• Key of success: Blue Key Senior Honorary named outstanding chapter, while two members earn national honors.
• Making waves: Amateur Radio Club takes second in collegiate competition.
• International honor: Three APDesign landscape architecture graduate students earn honorable mention in international design competition.
• Biology standout: Doctoral candidate Nick Barts receives prestigious Raymond J. Huey Award for research presentation at national meeting.
• Perfection in programming: K-State chapter of Association for Computing Machinery teams take second, third and fourth places in regional collegiate program competition.