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Michelle Elkins '87
Director of alumni awards and engagement
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Alumni Fellows
April 23, 2026
Join us at the upcoming Fellows banquet to celebrate this year's honorees.
Since 1983, the Fellows 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 2026 Fellows below:
College of Arts and Sciences
Summer Lewis ’05
Summer Lewis ’05
International partnerships and program consultant, True Roots
College of Arts and Sciences
Ron Wasserstein ’84, ’87
Ron Wasserstein ’84, ’87
Executive director, American Statistical Association
Carl R. Ice College of Engineering
Gabriel Hernandez ’95
Gabriel Hernandez ’95
Vice president, transmission and distribution division, Burns & McDonnell
Graduate School
Mona Choi Dexter ’08
Mona Choi Dexter ’08
Vice president, military and veteran affairs, Comcast NBCUniversal
College of Health and Human Sciences
Dené Mosier ’97, ’14
Dené Mosier ’97, ’14
President/CEO, Kansas Children’s Discovery Center
College of Technology and Aviation
Lt. Col. Matthew A. Shelly ’05
Lt. Col. Matthew A. Shelly ’05
Strategic war planner and A-10C pilot, United States Air Force
College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Ralph Richardson ’69, ’70
Dr. Ralph Richardson ’69, ’70
Dean emeritus, K-State College of Veterinary Medicine
Dean/CEO emeritus, K-State Olathe