Deborah M. Jansen of Kelso graduated summa cum laude from Southeast Missouri State University as the 59th student in the history of the university to earn a perfect cumulative 4.0 grade-point average.
She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Kappa Omicron Nu honor societies. She majored in dietetics and has been accepted to a 12-month internship at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass.
Jansen is the daughter of Martin L. and Mary Jane Jansen of Kelso. She is a 1991 graduate of Notre Dame HIgh School and a 1987 graduate of St. Augustine Grade School.
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