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Near-Record 551 Students to Graduate Monday from Western Nevada College

Western Nevada College is graduating one of its largest classes ever, with 551 students graduating with 592 degrees and certificates during a commencement ceremony today, Monday, May 22 at the Marv Teixeira Pavilion in Carson City.

Uniquely, 89 of the 2017 graduates are high school students who participated in WNC’s Jump Start College. These students will receive their associate degrees a week or two prior to receiving their high school diplomas. Go here for the list of graduates.

The ceremony begins at 10 a.m., with Nevada Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison providing the commencement’s keynote address. The Marv Teixeira Pavilion is located at 111 E. William St. on U.S. Highway 50.

A record 556 graduates earned 598 degrees and certificates last year.

WNC’s class of 2017 includes:

Carson City
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — ACCOUNTING
Amy Scaffidi
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS
Michael Scot Atkinson
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Jason M. Dewitt, Norma Isaacs, John Lawlor, Justyn Alexander Wheeler
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — COMPUTER NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY
Ian Joseph Hoffman
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Danielle Rebecca Perinn
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — DEAF STUDIES
Lenna M. Fagan, Katie Harvey, Ashley Dawn Lyford-McGowan, Shannon Ashley Marsh, Mariya Lianya Roser, Craig Smith
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — GENERAL BUSINESS
Chelsea L. Dalton, Leopoldo Franco, Janet L. Marrone, Luis Armando Rizo-Rodriguez
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
Debra Ann Draper, Jesus Fernandez Garcia, Suzanne Marie Pipho
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Charles Jay Anderson IV
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — MANAGEMENT
Laura Borntrager, Eric S. Nielsen
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — NURSING
Courtney Lee Aragon, Andrea Avila Ruiz, Robert Timothy Barlow, Melissa Marie Black, Jemuel Purificacion De Leon, Amanda Nicole Dines, Emma Garcia, Amber Grabow, Katharyn Elizabeth Kurek, Jessie J. Perez, Kristen Pier, Kelsey Marquis Ricketts, Andres Rios Ruiz, Juliana Russell, Morgan Tingle, Kendall C. Valdez
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — AUTOMATED SYSTEMS
Tanya Michelle Garland, David Richard Guntner
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — MACHINE TOOL
Garrett Christopher Altus, Kellie A. Ballam, Jeremy Allan Earwicker, Brandon William Shirey
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — WELDING
Garrett Christopher Altus, Bryce E. Fuller
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Rachel Read Andersen, Hannah Anderson, Bryce Eric Antila, Deeann Bahnsen, Jose Alfredo Banuelos-Ruiz, Jesse Barker, Adrian Barrera, Francisco Barrios, Brandon Hieronymus Black, Noelle Christine Bonas, Adela Bracamontes, Tera Sharice Bruhn, Colby Chaston Buenteo, Jesica Teresa Cacho, Sabrina Michele Cacioppo, Luis Camacho, Ricardo Castaneda-Arambula, Jose Cervantes Rodriguez, Tanisha Chacon, Maria De Jesus Coba, Jacob Tyler Connell, Alexa Marie Cooper, Kassady Nadine Cowger, Mhervin Justin Dagdagan, Margaret Dalinet, Tiffany Brianna Day, Amie Cherie Dunn, Cody Ryan Elliott, Christopher Espinoza, Jerami Adam Esquer, Heather Thomas Evans, Emily Fernandez, Sydney J. Fowler, David Edward George Fristed, Deanna Lynn Fuentes, Marcela Garcia-Baltierra, Morgan Gillott, Ryan Joseph Gonzalez, Diana Laura Gurrola, Danika Rae Heister, Karina Hernandez Diaz, Christine Marie Higley, Alexander William Holcomb, Steven James Hughey, Sandra Luz Ibarra, Alex Michael James, Kelly Anne Johnson, Linda Ann Jones, Christina Louise Keehne, Ryan Jerome Kochen, Savannah Law, Rocio Ledezma, Shelby Jeanne Lee, Lorena Lemus, Briseida Yale Lozano, Kaitlin Rose Lucky, Cassandra Berlyn Luster, Juan Macias, Laura Corine Main, Benjamin James Martin, Joseph Martin McClure, Dylan McDermott, Chyna Metz-Bannister, Gavin Meyers, Michelle Leann Miller, Brianna E. Millett, Vanessa Moreno, Heather Mounce, Alison A. Orris, Dustin James Parker, Kelsey Penrose, Kristen Pier, Daniel William Pittenger, Alondra Cruz Ponce, Lynsie Powell, Jennifer Marie Ramirez, Jennifer Marie Ramos, Jose Alonso Reyes-Lomeli, Hannah Nicole Rickman, Haley Lynn Ridgely, Jennifer Rojas, Danielle Schmidt, Katrina Marie Shorten, Daniel L. Skinkis, Meagan Marie Slater, Rachel E. Smith, Reanna Dawn Stroup, McKennah Grace Tackett, Aaron John Ternau, Richard Charles Tucker, Jeremiah Daniel Ussher, Kyle Vaughn, Caroline Vess, Matthew Sean White, Roxanne Marie Williams, Michele Lannette Young
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Deborah Anne Alves, Martin Louis Padilla, Catherine Starks
ASSOCIATE OF BUSINESS
Adrian Barrera, Mary Cano, Claudia J. Cervantes, Chelsea Therese Kivi, Rocio Ledezma, Andrea Rodriguez Torres, Aaron John Ternau, Jeremiah Daniel Ussher, Kami Kristeen Vega, Kori Walkama
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Jose Reynaldo Ayala, Valarie M. Bagwell, Kellie A. Ballam, Jose Alfredo Banuelos-Ruiz, Jayson Somerset Berry, Debra Ann Draper, William Clayton Feltner, Jennifer F. Hill, Kathlene J. Mazy, Shelby Lynn Powell, Irma Alicia Rubio, Patrick Michael Smith, Maria Del Carmen Tavera, Alice J. Valdez, Crystal Marie Varner, Susanne Whimple, Timothy Dylan Williams
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Shania Jonlene Adams, Taylor Dean Adams, Matthew David Aymami, Andrea Christina Campbell, Sarah Marie Conner, Joeseph Richard Crump, David Eugene Cyr, Alysha Deynzer, Jessica Tomari Gordon, Cliff Edward Hoggatt, Micheal Paul Hurlbert, Taylor Krupp, Chance Allen MacDonald, Maegan McKean, Sharon Elizabeth Montiel, Jose Antonio Obregon, Shayla Schmidt, Jessica Ann Shouppe, Kendra Maureen Talavera, Fernando Torres, Michael Colin Weitzel, Jarod Michael Williams
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY — CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Jackson Glynn Sutton
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Katie Harvey, Ashley Dawn Lyford-McGowan, Shannon Ashley Marsh, Rachel E. Smith
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — BOOKKEEPING
Jeannine Kechely
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Eric Johnson
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
Jesus Fernandez Garcia, Miriam Gabriela Gonzalez-Meza Garcia
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — NETWORK SUPPORT TECHNICIAN
Ian Joseph Hoffman, Michael Brian Proctor

Dayton
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — ACCOUNTING
Ashley Nicole Boelter, Dee Allen Scott
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Brian Salazar
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Isabella Anderson
Sonja Lee Sexton
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — DEAF STUDIES
Margaret Anne Bulthuis, Cody Elias Shepard
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
Sean Keith
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — MANAGEMENT
Kaitlin A. Cortes, Jennifer Estrada
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — NURSING
Tammy Lois Guinn, Shannon Christine Murray, Amber Cristina Svensson
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — GENERAL INDUSTRIAL
Joseph Davis Alton III
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — MACHINE TOOL
Cory Allison
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — WELDING
Cory Allison
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
David Micheal Anderson, Amanda Angeles, Megan Rae Bowling, Jessica Kay Brown, Jordan Ashley Buckner, Margaret Anne Bulthuis, Amanda Cathleen Caccamise, Aztlan Elizabeth Carrillo, April Lissette Castaneda, Kyra Coty, Natalie Delbecq, Joseph Patrick Filippi, Kealohi Kamaleinani Fuller, Laurel Hunt, Kayla Ann Jost, Monica Kho, Breana Nicole Kjeldgard, Jessica Landa, Amber Lang, Christine Malone, Kristina Rose Mason, Asa McGill-Howe, Sydney Hazel Neighbors, Leticia Ochoa Carrillo, Rachel Nicole Polito, Gemma Ramirez, John Scott Rogacs, Brenda Lynn Saylor, Riley Scott Shumway, Christina Silva, Matthew Ray Tomlinson, Michelle Jennifer Torres, Leobardo Vega, Megan Nadine Walsh, Oakley Wayne Workman, Kelly Benazir Zuniga-Aviles
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Garrett Geoffrey Knudson, Darin Gary Riggin
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Shannon Dawn Alton, Whitney A. Bullion, Elvira Valerevna Gladwill, Monica Kho, Joseph Randall Starnes, Nichole Marie Trotter, Kareen Emilie Weaver, Madelyn Marie Westbrook
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Mallory Brooke Dickenson, Travis Doll, Ian Mackenzie Hopper, Grace Elizabeth Leval, Jared Samuel Logan, Marcos Saylor, Richard Fenway Shafer, Vidal Solis, Ricardo Vega Blanco, Madelyn Marie Westbrook
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Cynthia Carrillo
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — BOOKKEEPING
Ashley Nicole Boelter
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — BUSINESS
Kaitlin A. Cortes

Fallon
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — ACCOUNTING
Marlene Lynn Heines
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Youki Clare, Kari Ann Gonzalez
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — MANAGEMENT
Sherri Tonya Anderson, Marlene Lynn Heines
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — NURSING
Ryan Michael Donahue, Collette Regina Finley, Kristen BriAnne Hill
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Jamie Marie Ball, Kaitlyn Beauregard, Kayla Bailee Bekiares, Stephen Parker Benecke, Janice Diane Bonds, April Cervantes, Misaki Clare, Chace Emanuel Cleckley, Colton James Coverston, Haley M. Davis, Isabel de la Cruz Martinez, Cassidy Nicole East, Devyn Johnathan Frederick, Andrew Glen Gilliland, Jacob Harris, Caleb G. Hendrix, Sierra M. Hyde, Sarah Anne Inglis, Carlee Renae Jackson, Dalton Lee Kaady, Arriauna Tishauna Kidd, Brian Joseph Koch, Davis G. Koenig, Rosemary Morgan Kufalk, Kyndra Anne Leary, Cosandrra Carol Marsh, Victoria E. Mattern, Melanie Barbara Nuckolls, Samantha Marlane Palomares, Summer Pell, Raymond Peter Plasse, Malory Pruitt, Lana Lee Quint, Moranda Richard, Meghan Marie Rosario, Grace Marie Rowan, Leigh Scott, Ethan Samuel Smith, Paige McKinley Thorn, Ruby Ugalde, Ryan Matthew Ware, Sarah Washburn, Melyssa Ashley Williams, Jacob Dalton Zamora
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Apra D. Kidd
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Taura Casias, Taylor Ann Davids, Kristen BriAnne Hill, Shane Michael Weaver, Denise Ailene Youles
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
McKenzie Ann Feest, Vivian Marie Jusino, Michael David Richards II, Whitney Melea Skabelund, Lawrence Alan Smith, Alyssa Lynn Stockard, Orion Lynn Vick II
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — BOOKKEEPING
Theresa Lynn Barnes, Andrew Eugene Souza
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — BUSINESS
James A. Hertz, Robert Kevin Hicks
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
Sara L. Dowling
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — NETWORK SUPPORT TECHNICIAN
Thomas Christopher Bynum
Fernley
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Ascencio Gregory Gutierrez, Carol Weaver
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — GENERAL BUSINESS
Sharon Brandt Linhart
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — NURSING
Stephanie Jeanine Asher, Susana Yesenia Renteria
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — AUTOMATED SYSTEMS
David Gordon Russell, Joseph Weigel
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Blaine Hunter Briggs, Karena M. Corbin, Nadia Dawood, Graciela Concepcion De Leon, Jeanna Dawn Flint, Hallie Rainah Jim, Bronson J. Knight, Jennifer Rebecca Logan, Jonathan Gerard Ludwig, Hunter Michelle Meisner, Lia Ojendyk, Jeffrey H. Stanford, Samuel Ethmer Wright
ASSOCIATE OF BUSINESS
Alisha Fawn Little
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Susana Yesenia Renteria
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Tesla Lyon
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT - AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Lupe S. Fernandez
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — BOOKKEEPING
Devin Johnson
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS
Joseph Weigel

Gardnerville
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Kyle E. Mock
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Chrystal Kwast
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
Jenny Elaine Barton
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — NURSING
Patrick C. Binder, Larissa Crumm, Rebecca Rose Givens, Katrina Gabrielle Joy, Mitchell Dale Miller, Bryanna Schinzing
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS
Austin Lawrence Byers
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — GENERAL INDUSTRIAL
Richard Thompson
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — WELDING
Noah James Kelly
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Henry Colton Bates, Laura Marie Baxter, Audrey Rose Clark, Alexandra M. Hamblin, Alexys Hood, Kiran Hothi, Brooklyn Sabrina Ives, Isabel Andrea Meza, Carlee Monson, Danielle Denise Osborn, Zachary V. Owen, Gabriel Poole, Ellicia Dominique Ramos, Kaitlyn Paige Rublaitus, Ellie Mae Stankus, Tara Leigh Van Patten, Shiloh Gail Webb, Leslie Marie Wright
ASSOCIATE OF BUSINESS
Louis Obed Hernandez
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Trevor Allan Curry, Dustin L. O'Niell, James Rollins, Timothy J. Smithen
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Charles B. Cryderman, Melissa Downes, Kyle Alex Johnson, Michael Anthony Lucas, Gregory Alan Paul, Esteicy Citlaly Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Carissa Ashley Swan, Jose L. Viveros, John Votel
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — WELDING
Dustin L. O'Niell

Genoa
ASSOCIATE OF BUSINESS
Kaitlyn Tamily Lera
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Anna Marie Graham

Henderson
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Austin Edmund Barry

Incline Village
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Mariana Acevedo
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Carissa Collins
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — 911 DISPATCH TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Mariana Acevedo

Las Vegas
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Kyle R. Cuaycong, Grace Galvao Machado, Joshua Mill, Iulia Octavia Nita, Alexa Fernanda Orozco Rodriguez, Maxwell Paris, Oscar Nicholas Paris, Zhea Shontrice Price, Harmony Ann Ruth, Kanen J. Ryu, Ricky N. Smith

McGill
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Maria Wahl

Minden
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — ACCOUNTING
Sevil A. Monge
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — DEAF STUDIES
Leah Marie Davey, Zorina Shepard
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — NURSING
Nicole B. Brown, Jenifer Rose Hubbell, Christine Sherah Sinclair
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — WELDING
Craig Joseph Black
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Christina Renee Beaty, Craig Joseph Black, Michaela Nancy Brewer, Sandra Cruz, Leah Marie Davey, Joshua B. Galarza, Jessica Haglund, Sayuri Hess, Jamie Louise Nelson, Annika Layne Peterson, Dominique Nicole Tarter, Amanda Janae Weaver, Whitney Oneida Weaver
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Margie Ella Davidson
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Claudine Boucher, Jean-Pierre Lazcano, Justin T. Pope
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Collin Bilger, Bradley David Dawson, Nicholas Nolan Kever, Rachel M. Merino
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Whitney Oneida Weaver
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — WELDING
Craig Joseph Black

Mound House
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Terry Mitchell Jeter
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Charles Paul Patterson
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — DEAF STUDIES
Cynthia Caro Aguilar
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Shane Robert Blair, Vanessa Castaneda, Zachory Edmiston

North Las Vegas
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — DEAF STUDIES
Matthew Vincent Coyle
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Erika Mariah Santos

Reno
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Joshua Wayne Patterson
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Amber Ann Kern, Kevin Matthew Morris
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — DEAF STUDIES
Brandy Elizabeth Bradshaw, Leala Lierman
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — NURSING
Jamie Carol Folstad, Shawna Michelle Hewson, Pa Kang, Randall Dominic Oxoby, Holly Anne Peterson, Charlotte Marie Ratti, Antoinette Michell Rodie, Kayla Marie Sump
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Taylo Rae Bailey, Benita Marie Carbone, Keith Robert Carter, Danae' Candace Jones, Timothy Lichty, Nancy Lopez, Sherry Loving, Julliette Roxanne Roberson, Samuel John Strahan
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Kiplan Maurice Lee
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Melissa Theresa Cardnuto, Aaron Lee Ryer, Courtney Thompson
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Kasia Jorgensen, Taylor Parrish, Matthew Jason Sheldon
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Brandy Elizabeth Bradshaw, Leah Marie Davey, Leala Lierman

Silver Springs
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — DEAF STUDIES
Christa Marie Babbitt, Jessica A. Babbitt, Chelsea J. Gardner
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
Marika A. Olsson, Dowain Laroy Swain III
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Jeannie Dianne Klingman, Kayla Leigh Owen, Emma Robbins, Sahara I. Robbins, Kallie Jo Strong, Kassie Chloe Strong
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Christina Kellie Bowman, Madison Emilee King, Steven Larkin, Madison Theodore Richards
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Christa Marie Babbitt, Jessica A. Babbitt

Sparks
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE - NURSING
Michelle Marie Orner, Ariadna Valdez, Cipriano Zepeda
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Kayla M. Patterson
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Aaron Gyll, Ariadna Valdez
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Nicole Margaret Kull
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY — CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Martha Elizabeth O'Neill

Stagecoach
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Mark Andersen, Samuel Faulkner, Daniel J. Rhodes
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Halee Maree Gahr, Natalie McGuire

Stateline
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Iran Magaly Manzano

Virginia City
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
Brittani Jean Cormany
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY - WELDING
Samuel Howard Hunter
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Brittani Jean Cormany, Colt Mackenzie Smiley, Cassandra Cherie Woods
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Brittani Jean Cormany

Wadsworth
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Elizabeth Rose Hardin

Washoe Valley
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — DEAF STUDIES
Gennifer Marilyn White

Wellington
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — WELDING
Noah James Sopher

Winnemucca
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Javier Eli Venegas

Yerington
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Melissa Pursel
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Charles Vincent Bolton IV, Ally Clare Moreda

Zephyr Cove
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Margaret Suzanne Elias

Essex, United Kingdom
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Max Oliver Steven Kyte

Greenacres, Fla..
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Shanee Nicola Brown

Malden, Mass.
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Yashoda Mishra

Manlius, N.Y.
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — GENERAL BUSINESS
Joseph William Sisk

Markleeville, Calif.
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — MANAGEMENT
Cheryl E. Simmons

Pleasanton, Calif.
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS AND ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Charlotte J. Costello
Riverton, Utah
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Riley J. Ingram

South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — NURSING
Sherri Dawn Bermudez

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