ATCHISON -- Local and area students recently earned degrees from Benedictine College in Atchison. 

The college graduated 317 students, including 19 with graduate degrees. Students graduated at the official end of the academic year on May 16, 2020. The college had hoped to hold Commencement Exercises in Wilcox Stadium on campus on July 25, but COVID-19 concerns and rising infection rates in the state of Kansas caused the Atchison County Health Department to cancel the delayed event.

Local and area students who earned degrees include the following.

Hillsboro:&nbsp;Mary Leihy, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Salina:&nbsp;Andrew Gormley, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;&nbsp;

Founded in 1858, Benedictine College is a Catholic, Benedictine, residential, liberal arts college located on the bluffs above the Missouri River in Atchison.&nbsp;

ATCHISON -- Local and area students recently earned degrees from Benedictine College in Atchison. The college graduated 317 students, including 19 with graduate degrees. Students graduated at the official end of the academic year on May 16, 2020. The college had hoped to hold Commencement Exercises in Wilcox Stadium on campus on July 25, but COVID-19 concerns and rising infection rates in the state of Kansas caused the Atchison County Health Department to cancel the delayed event.Local and area students who earned degrees include the following.Hillsboro:&nbsp;Mary Leihy, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Salina:&nbsp;Andrew Gormley, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;&nbsp;Founded in 1858, Benedictine College is a Catholic, Benedictine, residential, liberal arts college located on the bluffs above the Missouri River in Atchison.&nbsp;

Local, area students earn degrees from Benedictine College