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<\/p>\nColumbia, CA…Columbia College will hold its 47th Commencement on Friday, April 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the Oak Pavilion. A reception for the graduates, their families, friends and guests will be held immediately after the ceremony in Carkeet Park next to the pavilion. The 145 students in the 2016 graduating class have earned 141 Associate of Arts Degrees and 129 Associate of Science Degrees. Thirty Four students will graduate with Distinction (cumulative grade point averages of 3.75 or better) and 34 will graduate with Honors (earned grade point averages between 3.5 and 3.74).<\/p>\n
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Twenty-five graduates earned more than one Associate degree: Brittanny Lee Allen, Christina K. Arel, Susan Mary Battaglia, Connor N. Beatty, Kaitlyn Marie Brennan, Rebecca Anne Brown, Jared W. Conn, Brooke Lee Fulkerson, Michael J. Gardiner, James Cass Garrigus III, Julie Alexandria Glahn, Hannah Margaret Grabowski, Sarah Ann Kirkman. Kevin Allen Koppinger, Austin Robert Lunde, Luke Tygar McCarthy, Brandon M. Neal, Gabrielle Amanda Petersen, Katelyn Ann Sammann, Elizabeth K. Spetter, Emily Ora Tuggle, Dakota James Wanamaker, Dylan Jesse Wanamaker, Christina M. Wilkinson, David Warren Wirtanen.<\/p>\n
Both associate degrees and certificates will be presented to Brian R. Beasley, Rebecca Anne Brown, Anthony Greg Hardin, Daniel Vital Ligthart, Sydney M. Lyon, Jacob William Sardella-Ditler, and Vanessa Renee Schopper. In addition to conferring of degrees, seventy-nine students will be presented with Certificates of Achievement at the ceremony.<\/p>\n
By hometowns or residing cities, members of the Columbia College graduating class of 2016 are:<\/p>\n
Altaville
\nSunshine D. Allen
\nAdriana Lili Alvarez<\/p>\n
Angels Camp
\nJodi B. Arroyos
\nTanner Michael Croshaw
\nKatie M. Gianelli
\nKenia Munguia-Penaloza<\/p>\n
Arnold
\nHaley Kimberly Crum
\nSeth Matthew Greene
\nTina C. Jones
\nAdam A. Klein
\nHeidi LaRee Lawson
\nGabriel D. Orvis<\/p>\n
Atherton
\nRosendo Jose Dolores Amaya Wood<\/p>\n
Big Oak Flat
\nBrandy B. Johnson<\/p>\n
Brentwood
\nAlec Daniel Espino<\/p>\n
Burson
\nChristina Lynn Armstrong
\nJane M. Kelley<\/p>\n
Carmichael
\nJeffrey Scott Pleskus<\/p>\n
Chico
\nLyndie Margaret Martens<\/p>\n
Chino
\nSheila Defeo Adea<\/p>\n
Columbia
\nNicholas Patrick Bateman
\nEvan Mathew Christian
\nEmily Rose Fuller
\nCandice Cormack Johnson
\nNicholas David Johnson
\nDaniel Vital Ligthart
\nAnjel Marie Porter<\/p>\n
Copperopolis
\nBecky Michelle Castiglione
\nSusann Gauthier
\nKayle Lynn Hamilton
\nEdward Alan Kraucyk
\nMandy Joan McRae
\nMariah Denise Mercado
\nJohn R. Rohrabaugh
\nIvan Corona Ruiz
\nTommi Josephine Velasquez<\/p>\n
Coulterville
\nKaren S Peracca<\/p>\n
Davis
\nHana Elizabeth Moskovitz<\/p>\n
Fresno
\nMichael D. Martinez<\/p>\n
Galt
\nMiranda A. Dunn
\nMichael Nathan Meserole II<\/p>\n
Groveland
\nRicardo A. Olvera
\nDakota James Wanamaker
\nDylan Jesse Wanamaker
\nChristina M. Wilkinson<\/p>\n
Hathaway Pines
\nLindsey Marie McTague<\/p>\n
Jackson
\nJackson Rogers Israel<\/p>\n
Jamestown
\nChristina K. Arel
\nJered Lee Bodenhausen
\nMichael Dean Bullard
\nAyla S. Console
\nWhitney Ranee Everhart
\nWillow Arielle Flowers
\nEmily Alice Lang
\nKimberly Ann Morris
\nLaci Cheyanne Phillips
\nJacob William Sardella-Ditler
\nJessica Caitlin Scholz
\nBradley M. Sullivan
\nJordan Ray Taylor
\nAubrey May Walker<\/p>\n
Knights Ferry
\nKyle Amanda Hauskens<\/p>\n
La Grange
\nEmily A. Harper
\nAudrey Elizabeth Harper<\/p>\n
Livermore
\nTaylor Michael Class<\/p>\n
Lockeford
\nBrian Nicholas Chapin<\/p>\n
Lodi
\nJoel F. Arambula<\/p>\n
Long Barn
\nMatthew B. Peters<\/p>\n
Merced
\nSteven E. Camacho<\/p>\n
Mi Wuk Village
\nMatthew Albert Ettinger
\nAmy Joelle Flanagan
\nJanette Rachelle Herrera
\nDiana Renee Kurpiewski
\nMary Margaret Monteverde<\/p>\n
Modesto
\nAnthony R. Berbena
\nToni Heather Ruiz
\nMorgan Marie Teese<\/p>\n
Mokelumne Hill
\nConnor N. Beatty
\nKeely Helena Canniff
\nGalen Michael Canniff
\nSean M. Figel<\/p>\n
Mountain Ranch
\nMagdalena Nichole Stevens<\/p>\n
Murphys
\nCourtney Lynn Brooksher
\nAdam Glenn Camden
\nAnthony Raymond Campbell
\nEmily Anne Chichester
\nTara Ashley Cookson
\nNicholas F. Odani
\nKarl Owen Gerhardt Riedel
\nFrederick D. Ziepfel<\/p>\n
Newman
\nRandi Christine Tidwell<\/p>\n
Oakdale
\nBianca N. Anderson
\nNicolette T. Biagi
\nDillon Robert Cain
\nDevin Anthony Donahue
\nJacquelyn Esquivel
\nTiffany L. Friedlos
\nHaley Alycia Garza
\nLillian Hamer
\nTroy J. Holder
\nTyler Andrew Hopkins
\nKevin Allen Koppinger
\nMegan N. Lute
\nTiara Noel Marquez
\nMelissa Ann Middlemiss
\nBrandon M. Neal
\nEmelie Dulcinea Pepito
\nCarey Joseph Rivera
\nIriana Ruiz
\nKatherine Ruth Steele
\nBrittany Lee Sterba
\nChristopher James Sulhoff<\/p>\n
Rancho Palos Verdes
\nPaige Eva Dearborn<\/p>\n
Ripon
\nConner James Norton
\nKatelyn Ann Sammann<\/p>\n
Sacramento
\nChristina K. Arel<\/p>\n
Salida
\nAllison L. Senk<\/p>\n
San Andreas
\nJacqueline M. Gibson
\nMary Kate Gore
\nChristina Marie Slocum<\/p>\n
Sierra Village
\nBrandon M. Badgley<\/p>\n
Sonora
\nSean William Adams
\nKayla Mariah Adams
\nMonika Jannel Aldabe
\nBrittanny Lee Allen
\nElise Marie Amend
\nErika Anselmi
\nEmily M. Atwood
\nBrittany Danielle Boucher
\nAmanda Lea Brennan
\nKaitlyn Marie Brennan
\nRebecca Anne Brown
\nPaige Nicole Bryant
\nRyan M. Carr
\nJeremy Ryan Dana
\nDeidre Antoinette Darone
\nKimberly Victoria daSilva
\nDrake McDonald Davis
\nChristy G. Davis
\nGrisham Martin DelRosario
\nRachel Marie Dunn
\nGeorge Matthew Eaton
\nKonrad P. Ehresman
\nNatalie Vallon Evans- Randi
\nAndrea V. Foster
\nColton Wesley Fredrickson
\nBrooke Lee Fulkerson
\nSarah Cathryn Garcia
\nMichael J. Gardiner
\nRiley Lynn Gervin
\nVictoria K. Gray
\nChristopher Allen Gull
\nJennifer L. Hamrick
\nRichard G. Hanley
\nSusan Diane Holland
\nTaylor Holland Howell
\nAmanda Lou Johnson
\nCourtney Lee Junette
\nLorena Jurado
\nTanner Allen Keathley
\nSarah Ann Kirkman
\nLauren Elizabeth Lane
\nJoshua R. Lewicki
\nCarrie Catherine Lively
\nArnulfo Lopez-Dominguez
\nAustin Robert Lunde
\nAlex Taylor Lundeen
\nSydney M. Lyon
\nLogan C. Malavey
\nNoah Daniel Martin
\nJuan Manuel Maya
\nLuke Tygar McCarthy
\nAlexa Beatrice Meisner-Bogdahn
\nRita May Frances Merritt
\nTiana Rosalie Mohr
\nTravis James Moses
\nMichael David Murry
\nKatelynn Jewel Norton
\nKellie Marie Olsen
\nAmanda Lynn Opie
\nKristopher Jay Osward
\nGabrielle Amanda Petersen
\nPatrick Shane Proctor
\nLisa J. Reza
\nCarla Alexandra Salyers
\nVanessa Renee Schopper
\nRichard A. Shetter
\nEmily Ann Shumway
\nAbigail Janae Smith
\nHeather Lynn Smith
\nBreena Belle Smith
\nElizabeth K. Spetter
\nKristian Elgee M. Suni-En
\nAusten Robert Thibault
\nRachel Ann Thompson
\nDonald Truong
\nEmily Ora Tuggle
\nCaroline Joy Walsh
\nHaylee Ruth Westbrook
\nDavid Warren Wirtanen
\nLoretta R. Wright<\/p>\n
Soulsbyville
\nStacey Marie Finch
\nMarissa A. Harris
\nNicholas Daniel Lampkin
\nStarla J. Nelson
\nHope Noelle Nessl
\nStephen J.S. Rawls
\nScott E. Skatell
\nRoberta Renee Worth
\nJulianne Marie Wright<\/p>\n
Stockton
\nJared W. Conn<\/p>\n
Strawberry
\nThomas E. Brick<\/p>\n
Tehachapi
\nMary Pomeroy See<\/p>\n
Tuolumne
\nBethany J. Cook
\nCaitlin Patricia Egger
\nHannah Margaret Grabowski
\nAnthony Greg Hardin
\nGina-Maureen Hupp
\nAshley Marie Mixon
\nKyrstyn Brianne Patton
\nKaitlin Paige Rigmaiden
\nCurtis L. Smithers
\nTyler Jacob Starr<\/p>\n
Turlock
\nMarshall Gosling
\nJessie R. Rosas<\/p>\n
Twain Harte
\nSusan Mary Battaglia
\nBrian R. Beasley
\nMegan Emily Hummel
\nEmma Blythe Kitchen
\nAbby Linnae Kitchen
\nHeather Susan Montgomery
\nCourtney Elizabeth Ross-Tillman
\nNicole Ashley Schultz
\nLyndsy O’Ryan Smith
\nDanielle K. Martinez
\nNzembi Wathika<\/p>\n
Valley Springs
\nJessica Ann Conley
\nJulie Alexandria Glahn
\nShelby Lynn Goodwin
\nTegan Lynn Larson
\nTrista M. Pruett
\nLindsay Rose Warden<\/p>\n
Wallace
\nAbigail Morgan McDonald
\nCasey Logan Zaro<\/p>\n
Waterford
\nSarah Lee Ann Miller<\/p>\n
Woodbridge
\nJessica Rose Valinoti<\/p>\n
Lafayett, LA
\nTrevin Terrel Wilson<\/p>\n
Winnemucca, NV
\nAngelina Dianne Hinen<\/p>\n
Stillwater, OK
\nJames Cass Garrigus III<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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