Kansas University announces candidates who completed degrees during the fall 2008 semester. Because KU conducts only one formal commencement ceremony each year, many students graduating in the fall and summer terms will return for the traditional walk down the hill May 17.

Area candidates are:

• Baldwin City — Matt Brungardt, Sonja Combest, Tanya Eckman, Dennis Golden, Carey Humble, Richard Jarvis, Vivian Johnson, Brett Knappe and Caleb Sternadel.

• Basehor — Amy Rousselo and Steven Sutlick.

• Bonner Springs — Tyler Davis, Cherish Freeman, Lindsay Herre, Megan Mackey, Tucker Stransky, Jessica Ventura and Mario Villarreal.

• De Soto — Alexander Busche, Rebecca Davis, David Linhardt and Kelcie Longaker.

• Eudora — Mark DeArmond, Debbie Elder, Stephanie Filardo, Grant High, Shelby Stice and Christina Wood.

• Lawrence — Candice Ackerman, Heather Amthauer, Christine Anderson, Heather Anderson, Sherman Anderson, Ranjit Arab, Meryl Baker, Gregory Ballenger, Christopher Beard, Cory Belt, Emmanuel Birdling, Andrew Blackford, Jordan Blair, Galen Blakeman, Daniel Brumley, Andrew Burkitt, Susan Campbell, Octavia Chang, Janet Chen, Marisol Cisneros, Melia Clark, Hilda Cokrojoyo, Megan Connerly, Jerald Cook, Theron Cook, Laura Cooper, Christopher Cording, Jason Daniels, Shawn Daubert, David Davidson, Joshua Davis, Michael Davis, Natasha DeVore, Molly Des Baillets, Whitney Devine, Geneva Diamond, Kendra Dresner, Cynthia Edmondson, Ginger Ellenbecker, Matthew Farley, Jordan Ferguson, Kristofer Finger, Erin Finzer, Michael Folendore, Rebecca Gant, Gregory Gaumer, Diane Genther, Jessica Gerard, Danya Goodman, Shannon Gorres, Jane Graham, Amy Hangen, Bethany Harris, Susan Harvey, William Hecht, Ji Hong, Anthony Houchin, John Hughes, Michael Hughes, Tonia James, Nicolas Jaumard, Jessica Johnson, Michael Johnson, Aaron Jones, Christopher Jones, Nicole Jones, Matthew Khomsi, James Kilpatrick Jr., Mary Klayder, Brian Knisley, Rachel Koch, Adam Lafferty, Pui Lam, Jonathan Lane, Ryan Lantz, Laura Lavoie, Susan Lawhorn, Joshua Lawrence, Matthew Linden, Callie Long, Rabat Mahmood, Shanna Mahoney, Paul Makanui, Shaktivir Manohar, Thomas Maples, Tara Marriage, Aftan Martin, Axah McCalla, Jeffrey McCombs, Craig McCullah, Kirby McGovern, Aaron Meyer, Nathan Milburn, Faisal Mirza, Christy Monsson, Thomas Motl, Steven Noble, Kwame Nti-Addae, Leslie O’Brien, Lou Ochs, Adam Painter, Colin Paley, Ankur Patel, Bailey Pike, Justin Pins, Meghan Pollard, Heidi Pritchard, Stephen Ramsdell, John Redding, Timothy Reed, Lindsey Rich, Laura Rowland, Wade Rush, Rachelle Saathoff, Jacquelyn Samp, Devin Scrogum, Thomas Seay, Caitlin Shanks, Jing Shen, Thomas Shorock, Brian Sifton, Tara Sims, Steven Sloan, Jeanette Smith, Brenna Spurgeon, Anson Stancliffe, Andrew Stiles, James Stuit, Lucas Tappan, Jacob Thibodeau, Porntida Treemaneekarn, Adam Van Horn, Jennifer Vierrether, Jose Villafana, Rachel Voorhies, Steven Waldren, Patrick Watkins, Catherine Womack, Craig Wood, Deborah Young and Philip Zacharias.

• Lecompton — Janette Funk, Matthew Kuhlman, John Ledford, Jenny Memmott, Owen Metheny and Heng Tran.

• Ottawa — Erica Garcia, Lisa Johnson, Tyler Kuehn, Meghan Miller, Zachary Proctor and Kristina Zhilkina.

• Tonganoxie — Megan Gier and Levi Huseman.