Kelly Gire Koenig of Monument, was among 1,092 graduates who
received degrees Dec. 16 at the University of Central Oklahoma in
Edmond, Okla. Koenig received a bachelor of fine arts degree in
graphic arts. The graduates include 957 being granted bachelor’s
degrees and 135 master’s degrees.

Monument’s Tara Marae Hester, a student at Kansas State
University, was awarded a $6,000 K-State Academic scholarship. More
than 5,200 KSU students are academic scholarship recipients for the
2006-2007 school year, totalling more than $9 million.

Kelly Gire Koenig of Monument, was among 1,092 graduates who
received degrees Dec. 16 at the University of Central Oklahoma in
Edmond, Okla. Koenig received a bachelor of fine arts degree in
graphic arts. The graduates include 957 being granted bachelor’s
degrees and 135 master’s degrees.