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<\/p>\nColumbia, CA…Graduation is one of the most important milestone in the academic journey of students. The entire campus community looks forward to the commencement ceremony with family and friends of the graduating class. Because of the extraordinary circumstances due to the COVID 19 pandemic, Columbia College cancelled its 51st Commencement Ceremony following the guidelines issued by the California Department of Public Health. Each and every student graduating this year will have the opportunity to return to the campus and walk formally with the class of 2021 next Spring. Although this graduating class will not get to walk in the traditional graduation ceremony, the college\u2019s Graduation Committee has created packages for each graduating student to include a congratulatory letter from the college president – Dr. Santanu Bandyopadhyay, a graduation cap, tassel, cords and\/or sashes for special program involvement, leadership, and\/or high GPAs.<\/p>\n
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Since the state declared the stay at home orders, Columbia College transformed its entire operation to the remote learning mode. The class of 2020 showed exemplary resilience to overcome the unexpected challenges and completed their degrees and\/or certificates. Their sheer determination and ability to adjust to a fast evolving environment is a testament to the fact that they are well prepared to accept any obstacle that might come their way in the years to come. \u201cWe at Columbia College are honored and humbled to be a part of your academic journey. I wish I had the opportunity to shake your hands and congratulate you personally on your significant accomplishment. I would love to see you back at the graduation ceremony next year\u201d, said Dr. Santanu Bandyopadhyay, President of Columbia College, to the graduating class. This year, Columbia College\u2019s Graphics Media Coordinator, Molly Hart created a special frame that the Class of 2020 can upload to their Facebook page; students can take a picture of themselves in their cap, tassel, and cords and post it on Facebook for family and friends to see.<\/p>\n
Among the graduating class, 81 Associate of Arts Degrees will be conferred, 92 Associate of Arts Transfer Degrees, 165 Associate of Science Degrees, and 39 Associate of Science Transfer Degrees. 67 students will graduate with distinction (cumulative grade point averages of 3.75 or better) and 51 with honors (between 3.5 and 3.74 grade point averages).<\/p>\n
Those who will receive more than one degree are Lisa Canales, Tabatha Hooter, Kayla Klidies, Tabitha Kluth, Colton Myers, Devin Odom, Michael Reis, Carley Ross, Lena Schulke, Curtis Torcia, Joseph Tullus, Rebecca Valdes, Jonah Vassar, Christopher Wells, and Emma Williams.<\/p>\n
Alameda
\nAmanda Gravelle<\/p>\n
Alamo, CA
\nJoseph Gantz<\/p>\n
Altaville
\nAkasha Clearwater*
\nBrian Teets<\/p>\n
Angels Camp
\nMariana Baron
\nHalee Davis**
\nHailey Ellard
\nSydney Johnson
\nClaudia Loomis
\nStacy Simpson
\nMackenzie Steele**
\nBailey Van Zant**<\/p>\n
Arnold
\nJustice Ballard-Brown
\nThomas Bradshaw<\/p>\n
Bakersfield
\nIsley Castro<\/p>\n
Bay City, Michigan
\nChristina Yarch<\/p>\n
Brewster, Massachusetts
\nKarley Rojas-Vienneau<\/p>\n
Camp Connell
\nDevon Bitner<\/p>\n
Cold Springs
\nLiberty Rimmer<\/p>\n
Columbia
\nAaron David**
\nFranziska Daumberger
\nLynsey Gookin**
\nAmy McQueary<\/p>\n
Copperopolis
\nShileen Andico**
\nAleena Bjorson
\nDaniel Burdick
\nGrace Garcia
\nHeather Mangano<\/p>\n
Coulterville
\nKati Baca**
\nCassandra Marler<\/p>\n
Dinuba
\nJulian Torres<\/p>\n
Dublin
\nMichael Reis<\/p>\n
Escalon
\nJacob Alvarado<\/p>\n
Fair Play
\nBonnie Porter-Kotzebue<\/p>\n
Fremont
\nCurtis Torcia
\nCameran Pascual<\/p>\n
Groveland
\nLaura Hafer**
\nLuis Alecio<\/p>\n
Ione
\nMadeline Odom<\/p>\n
Jamestown
\nAdriana Carrera*
\nSonja Gion**
\nRebecca Kohl*
\nCrystal Pombo**
\nKendra Pope
\nRussell Phillips
\nKimberly Rown<\/p>\n
Knights Ferry
\nNatasia Sweet<\/p>\n
La Grange
\nBrady Cole
\nKirstin Leventhal**<\/p>\n
Lake Don Pedro
\nGracie Henderson*<\/p>\n
Las Vegas
\nAshley Del Ponte**<\/p>\n
Livermore
\nHolly Julson
\nMelvin Wignall*<\/p>\n
Los Banos
\nMax Pugh<\/p>\n
Maine
\nApril Howard*<\/p>\n
Manteca
\nRebecca Valdes<\/p>\n
Mariposa
\nKimberly Jaekle
\nJessica Segale*
\nAlyssa Tomerlin<\/p>\n
Modesto
\nAlexa Lininger
\nAustin Salazar
\nEthan Smith
\nAmora Stevenot<\/p>\n
Mountain Ranch
\nCarina Swann**<\/p>\n
Murphys
\nAlison Epperly
\nEmma Hampton*
\nCristina Shockey*
\nElena Smith**
\nAdrian Tennant
\nJulia Weist
\nTyler Wieland
\nClaire Wiley
\nEthan Yeadon*<\/p>\n
Newman
\nRyan Roberts<\/p>\n
Norwich, CT
\nJennifer Edwards*<\/p>\n
Novato
\nDaniel Eggert<\/p>\n
Oakdale
\nLaci Blount
\nLisa Canales**
\nBrooke Cardoza*
\nMatthew Collier
\nZackary Coviello-Miller
\nMercades DeGroot
\nKaitlyn Diskson**
\nSteven Gazdik**
\nKaitlyn Hopkins*
\nMelissa Koppinger
\nKatie Liukkonen*
\nElla Nielsen
\nDevin Odom
\nDanikajo Parker
\nCarley Ross
\nTheodore Rossier
\nLena Shulke**
\nZachary Sears
\nLane Trapp
\nChristina Vermeulen<\/p>\n
Oakhurst
\nCarly Baldwin*<\/p>\n
Oakley
\nCameron Nielsen<\/p>\n
Paso Robles
\nColby Mathe**<\/p>\n
Pleasanton
\nBarrett Bulich
\nMackenzie Pinkney<\/p>\n
Railroad Flat
\nStephanie Riley<\/p>\n
Redding
\nIan Kenealy<\/p>\n
Ridgecrest
\nAngela Marley<\/p>\n
Riverbank
\nRebecca Smith<\/p>\n
Salinas
\nAbigail Trotter<\/p>\n
San Andreas
\nKate Kathan
\nPaul Moitu**
\nShana Molotch<\/p>\n
San Diego
\nJohn Navrides<\/p>\n
San Francisco
\nKaren Moore<\/p>\n
San Jose
\nSara Fisher**
\nChristopher Wells<\/p>\n
Sonora
\nStacia Auld
\nSharon Albertson
\nCrystal Anderson
\nTaylor Anderson*
\nBillie Balcom**
\nElizabeth Beath**
\nTroy Beebe
\nErik Betzenderfer*
\nOliver Bishop
\nKristen Bowly*
\nChristopher Burr
\nMichael De Vries**
\nKristen Dimas
\nBailee Dutra**
\nTyler Everhart
\nPhoenix Farris**
\nGabriel Fernandez
\nSelina Flores*
\nBethany Fowler*
\nMonica Fox**
\nMacey Fredrickson*
\nStarla Gallagher
\nNeil Gamez
\nChristopher Goebel
\nHeather Graham
\nJulia Grimes**
\nWendy Gull
\nAaron Hankins*
\nKatherine Harford*
\nAneke Harris*
\nBella Hatler
\nNatalie Hawks**
\nCassandra Herrera
\nSkylar Holt
\nTabatha Hooter
\nBrendan Hurley**
\nMadison Hutchison
\nChloe Johnson**
\nSydney Johnson
\nKayla Klidies
\nJennifer Koehler
\nDaniel Lamendola*
\nRian Land
\nNathan Logan
\nEvan Lopez
\nJessica Lucas**
\nBrittany Mantzouranis
\nKathy Marquez
\nTheresa Martin*
\nKrysta May*
\nAnna McCarthy
\nJessi McClenahan**
\nJami McClennahan**
\nAmber McGinnes
\nConor McNamara
\nJenna Montgomery*
\nHeather Montgomery
\nAmanda Moore-Bruce
\nJacob Moskowitz
\nSamantha Neese*
\nRosita Nelson**
\nAdam Norstrom**
\nRachel Nugent
\nSavanna Oellrich**
\nElza Parish
\nEmma Parola
\nSamuel Pearce*
\nJennifer Penrose
\nMackenzie Pinkney
\nHavilah Plaster**
\nZane Porter**
\nKatra Pritchard
\nMegan Rawlinson
\nMichael Reed
\nDamien Reyes
\nGrace Rhinehart
\nKayla Rolfe
\nVainqueur Rutikanga*
\nEunice Sanchez Terrazas
\nKeandre Santiago
\nAndrew Shepherd
\nBreanna Shoemaker
\nKaden Sparks-Davis
\nMorgan St. Pierre**
\nSonya Steele**
\nGabriella Taylor
\nJustin Taylor
\nSydney Taylor
\nKaarina Thompson*
\nDionicio Vargas
\nJonah Vassar
\nMorgan Vaugn**
\nAudrey Weeks
\nJada Williams**
\nJacob Wozynski*
\nWyatt Wunder**
\nAdrianna Zuniga<\/p>\n
Soulsbyville
\nCharlie Bendix**
\nNatalie Phillips*
\nJosiah Sponsler<\/p>\n
Stockton
\nYonnie Jackson
\nMadison Milligan
\nLandis Spivey
\nAlayna Williams
\nEmma Williams
\nTorrance
\nLydia Johnson<\/p>\n
Tracy
\nKylie Mantor**
\nSavannah Overton**<\/p>\n
Tuolumne
\nHunter Anderson
\nWilliam Antinetti**
\nCourtney Bixler
\nNicholas Burns
\nGlenn Cargain**
\nJustin Eisler**
\nCassidy Foster
\nGrace Fulkerson
\nWyatt Grognet
\nMelissa Hart*
\nTanner Krieg
\nDanika Lillie
\nNikolas Lillie
\nJoelle Ortmann*
\nShiloh Quincy
\nAdam Sonnberger
\nDavid Taylor**
\nKylie Wagstaff Carr
\nJustin Wycoff<\/p>\n
Turlock
\nTyler Martinez*
\nClayton Shields<\/p>\n
Twain Harte
\nSheila Blackburn*
\nCalista fields Richardson**
\nJadon Funk
\nAnastasia Hosek*
\nTabitha Kluth
\nJaden McCaffrey
\nMatthew Roberts
\nJared Turner**
\nGavin Walker
\nConnor Wikholm<\/p>\n
Vallecito
\nJared Burton*
\nLuke Dunn
\nRoss Rushdoony<\/p>\n
Valley Springs
\nJoline Blankenship
\nLauryn Boitano
\nDaniel Hill
\nAhtziry Macias
\nColton Myers
\nLandon Sudholt<\/p>\n
Visalia
\nChrista Nikiforuk<\/p>\n
Wileysville
\nHaley Griffith*<\/p>\n
No Hometown Listed
\nSean Duncan**
\nMarcus Word*
\nMartha Fisher
\nJames Gardner
\nDevyn Gonzales
\nPatricia Jacobs Chalk
\nWilliam Johnson Davis
\nMagaly Marin
\nJonathan Medina
\nMonika Riedel
\nKayla Rolfe
\nTimothy Rugo
\nCheyenne Schiller
\nHeather Shaddox
\nMaurice Woods
\nMarcus Woods*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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