The K-State Alumni Fellows Program, sponsored by the Alumni Association, the President's Office and the Deans' Council, recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves in their careers.

Since 1983, the program has brought successful alumni back to campus to meet with students and faculty and to share their expertise in the classroom and at informal settings.

Fellows are chosen by each college to return as distinguished guests and as mentors, friends and counselors. They are honored in recognition of the ultimate measure of a university – not curricula, facilities or programs, but the quality of its alumni.

 

Meet our 2024 Fellows below:

Shelly Kessen ’96

College of Agriculture
Shelly Kessen ’96 

Senior vice president and partner, FleishmanHillard

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Doug Mann ’85

College of Architecture, Planning and Design
Doug Mann ’85

President of corporate development and HNTB board of directors

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Adam Rack ’13

College of Arts and Sciences
Adam Rack ’13

Co-founder, Revino

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Brad Rundquist ’95, ’00

College of Arts and Sciences
Brad Rundquist ’95, ’00

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Dakota

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Rob Schneider ’79

College of Business Administration
Rob Schneider ’79

Managing partner, Prairie Capital Management

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Christian Z. Goering ’05, ’07

College of Education
Christian Z. Goering ’05, ’07

Professor of English education, University of Arkansas

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Jesse Schriner ’92

Carl R. Ice College of Engineering
Jesse Schriner ’92

Global commercial cloud leader, Microsoft

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Jake Quigley ’06, ’09, ’11

Global Campus
Jake Quigley ’06, ’09, ’11

Vice president of operations, Benchmark Senior Living

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Elizabeth J. Abraham ’95

Graduate School
Elizabeth J. Abraham ’95

Director of new product strategy, Corning Life Sciences

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Andrea Albright ’05

College of Health and Human Sciences
Andrea Albright ’05

Executive vice president, Walmart Sourcing

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Kirk Demuth ’07

College of Technology and Aviation
Kirk Demuth ’07

Vice president of operations, Perennial Climate

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Howard Erickson ’59

College of Veterinary Medicine
Howard Erickson
’59

Professor emeritus, College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University

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View a list of past Alumni Fellows.