October 20
Four KU students competing for Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell scholarships (Honors students Sam Atherton, Earl Brooks, Amanda Shriwise and Brenna Daldorph)
October 8
KU announces fall 2009 Summerfield, Watkins-Berger scholars (Honors students Jessica Jasmine Roach, Grant Mathew Stoner, Kay Ann Riedl, Mathew Elijah Patterson, Heather Ann Bergman, Jenna Michelle Steffen, Robert Guy Parry, Tabitha Leigh Marcotte, Jacob William Rhodes, Jenna Noel Hodges, Jeffrey Allen Cailteux, Evan Joseph McDermot, Stephen Evans Nichols, Ian Walter Weidling, Elizabeth Anne Buchanan, Melanie Tara Campbell, Kevin Patrick Garrett, Adam Benjamin Lewis, Mathew Guy Vestal, Tain Zhang, Hannah Elain Holloway, William Ryan Cleek, Auguste Christine Hudall, Brittany Nichol Krutty, Zachary David Lee, Alex Micheal Rippberger, Daniel Patrick Simon, Paige A Brewer, Joshua Thomas Dean, John Santo Dibaggio, Shannon Marie Faucett, Jeffrey Thomas Hoffman, Vinit Snehal Nanavaty, Pierce Timothy O'Neill, Kathryn Lee Songer, Viktoriya Tulchinskaya, Megan Anne Watson, Samantha Alexandra Benson, Bernadette Ann Myers, Hannah Marie Westhoff, Audrey Shamet, Cooper Lucas Nickel, Michael Paul Albert, Brendan James Allen, Alexandra Ruth Orr, Jake Logan Garrett, Casey Lynn Freeman, Graham Jordan Ray, Bharath Krishnamoorthi, Taylor Ramsey Patterson, Cameron Shell Atwill, Emma Watson, Alexandra P Chase, Helen Joseph Jin, Kayla Kathleen Mitchell, Max Joseph Martin, Sarah Rachelle McCabe, Luke Brinker, Brooke Elizabeth Finger, and Jennifer Elizabeth Burrows)
KU homecoming officers announce 10 finalists for Ex.C.E.L. Awards (Honors students Scott Toland, May Davis, Chelsea Mertz, Molly Sailors, and David Wilcox)
October 7
KU announces National Merit, National Achievement, National Hispanic scholars (Honors students Nina Mathew, Timothy Clark, Jeff Miller, Rebekah Curry, JoAnn Doll, Rodolfo Torres, Peter Whitaker, Ian Schoeck, Glenn Dunne, Owen Martin, Dane Mitchell, Zach Poskin, Matthew Sullivan, Dakota Henke, Lauren Beesley, Joseph Vusich, Austin Moss, Nathan Hoffmann, Natasha Kothari, Michael Virgo, Whitney Kleinmann, Daniel Gritz, Erin Reid, Bailey Reimer, Jenny Curatola, Connor Blankenship, Benjamin Whitlow, Emily Parsons, Michael Claman, Joseph Stuever, Christina Brummett, Rebecca Mandelbaum, Ethan Locke, Alex Applegate, Kyra Hagan, Matthew Werner, Michael Myers, Evaleena Struttman, Christopher Cole, Molly Biegel, Alexandra Free, Christopher Novosel, Chelsea Steel, Joseph Sandt, Robert Healey, Christos Romanas, and Natalie Pak)
September 23
Perfect college entrance exam scores earn five KU freshmen top scholarships (Honors students Daniel Gritz, Nina Mathew, Emily Parsons, and Bailey Reimer)
September 3
KU appoints committee to find College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean (Honors Director, Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett)
August 29
Growing an Economic Development Opportunity (Honors student Margaret Tran)
August 26
Five Outstanding KU Students Chosen to be Hall Center Scholars (Honors students Julia Barnard, Earl Brooks, Bethany Christiansen, Melissa Melling and David Wilcox)
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences announces recent scholarships (Honors students James Allen, Erin Atwood, Lindsey Bugbee, Elija Burton, Bethany Christiansen, Kalin Holthaus, Ben Hornung, Yvonne Kamau, Kelsy Kinderknecth, Cassandra Lamar, Jennifer Logue, Abbigail Long, Oscar Lu, Zachary Macchi, Luke McCune, Kristen Meier, Chelsea Mertz, Rebecca Milburn, Nicholas Mott, Jacki Murdock, Anne Nzuki, Cynthia Oben, Emily Owens, Sandra Ristovska, Marc Thomas, Mary Sheldon, Jack Shteamer, Jason Stevens, Chantz Thomas, Kathryn Unruh, Christian Watkins, Samuel Watson, Gregory Weseloh, David Wilcox, Aubrey Wilson, Savannah Windham, and Bradley Wine)
July 30
KU alumnus wins national Cleveland Art Prize (Honors alumnus Nathaniel Beau Hancock)
July 14
KU sophomore selected to participate in Oxfam leadership program(Honors student Meredith Wood Walrafen)
July 13
Campus Closeup (Honors Alum Whitney Baker)
June 24
KU announces 128 new Dole Public Service Scholars(Honors students Elizabeth Buchanan, Jennifer David, Allison Derks, Dakota Henke, Joseph Kellum, Brittany Krutty, Dylan Mochal, Pierce O'Neil, Gelareh Samandi, Bethany Schirmer, Sarah Stern, and Megan Watson )
April 9
KU senior wins Oxford-Cambridge Scholarship for biomedical research (Honors student Stephanie Ann Hill)
April 2
KU announces 20 students selected as 2009-10 orientation assistants (Honors students Jerry Wohletz, Laura Draxler, Anne Frizzell, Garrett Kelly, Hali M. Baker, Mathew Shepard, Corey Flanders and Katie Harr)
March 31
Two KU students win Goldwater scholarships; two earn honorable mentions(Honors students Brandon DeKosky, Rebecca Getman, Christopher Martin and Richard Robinson)
KU debaters bring home National Debate Tournament championship(Honors student Nate Johnson)
KU students earn credit working as interns for officials in Topeka(Honors student Scott Toland)
March 19
KU announces student award winners from Kansas IDeA symposium(Honors students Ben Kurth, Nan Wang, Brandon Hidaka, Stephanie Hill, Stephen Folmsbee, and Jamie Lyn Wenke)
March 18
Debater March Madness sends KU to four national championship tournaments(Honors students Patrick Kennedy, Andrew Jack and Nate Johnson)
University Theatre stages 'Anna in the Tropics'(Honors student Alexander Salamat)
March 13
KU engineering students help with rebuilding New Orleans(Honors students Erin Diel and Mary "Dorothy" Adams)
March 12
KU nominates two juniors to compete for Udall scholarships(Honors students Lara Pracht and Margaret Tran)
March 11
Four KU students competing for national Goldwater scholarships(Honors students Brandon DeKosky, Rebecca Getman, Christopher Martin, and Richard Robinson)
March 9
KU students to volunteer March 16-20 at seven Alternative Spring Breaks sites(Honors students Ben Berning, Hannah Nusz, and Alan Schurle)
March 6
KU announces Undergraduate Research Award winners for spring 2009(Honors Director Stan Lombardo, Associate Director Mark Daly and students Shylo Bundy, Gina Lorenz, Bob Wiggin, Brenna Daldorph, Kathryn Basye, Rae Ann Anderson, William Pass, Bradley Klee, Andreas Teschner Graf, Katharine Kaur Sangha, Kyle Axton, Kate Mallula, Emily Arnold, Christopher Martin, David Wilcox, Scott Han Sheu, Thomas Hardy, Scott Mitchell, Katherine Harr, Rohit Subramanian Venkatasubban, Andrew Oberthaler, Jason Stevens, Kristen Cowan, Jamie Lyn Wenke, Stephanie Atwood, William Burns, Robert Gordy, Heather Wurtz, Stephen Folmsbee, Rebecca Totten, Sara Edwards, Alessandra Ainsworth, Stephen Riegg, Sierra Falter, William Pflug, Mary Sorrick, and Vanessa Copple)
March 4
KU names 15 Kansas Asia Scholars for 2009(Honors student Jennifer Ann Mayer)
March 3
KU announces 2009 Kansas IDeA Network scholarship recipients(Honors Faculty Fellow Jim Orr and students Justin Moyers, Bob Wiggin, Benjamin Kurth, Brandon Dekosky, Chantz Thomas, and Jason Stevens)
March 2
Experienced KU administrator named director of University Honors Program(Honors Faculty Fellow and future Director Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett)
February 19
University Theatre to stage ’60s hit ‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’(Honors student Jeremy Ims)
February 18
Two KU students advance in national Truman scholarship competition(Honors students Julia Groeblacher and Margaret Tran)
February 17
Just like men’s basketball team, KU debaters win at K-State(Honors students Andrew Jack, Tim Ellis and Patrick Kennedy)
February 12
KU nominates five students for national Truman scholarship competition (Honors students Cooper Allton, Julia Groeblacher, Margaret Tran, Bob Wiggin and Alison Zeigler)
February 10
KU senior wins 2009 Gates Cambridge Scholarship (Honors student Thornton Thompson)
January 30
KU to honor 2009 University Scholars at Jan. 31 men’s basketball game (Honors students Lily Boyce, Megan Razak, Clarissa Wedemeier, Revecca Sullivan, Matthew Gieschen, Nicholas Mott, Nicholas Curry, Aubrey Wilson, Bethany Christiansen, Chantz Thomas, Michael Tetwiler, Annette Becker, Mathew Shepard, Becca Braun, Lauren Schimming, Sarah Greenup, Ariel Tazkargyk, John Hagerty, Katherine Blankenau, and Angela Oguna; Honors Program Director Stan Lombardo and Honors Program Associate Director Sue Lorenz)
January 29
January 23
KU debaters win West Georgia tournament and cash in (Honors student Nate Johnson)
January 22
This spring's University Lecture Series to focus on creativity (Honors Associat Director Sarah Crawford-Parker)
January 16
Two KU students compete in national music teachers contest (Honors student Allison Akins)
January 14
KU faculty, students plan to join historic inauguration and Day of Service events(Honors students Amanda Pierce, Sara Shannon, Chelsea Mertz, Andrea Peterson, Michael Smith, and Ali Zeigler)
January 9
KU mathematics department awards $3,600 in scholarships for spring semester (Honors students Megan Godsey, Anthony Livengood, Emily Dellwig, Jeremy Ims, Isaac Fees, Scott Mitchell, Aaron Matthew Andra, Michael Shook, Subhankar Halder, Aditya Ghate, and Bat-Ulzii Luvsansharav)