OCTC 2017 DECEMBER COMMENCEMENT AND HONORS CEREMONY

Owensboro, KY (12/15/2017) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) held a December commencement ceremony to honor graduates from the summer and fall semesters. 384 students from fall and summer were awarded 524 certificates, 61 diplomas, and 307 associate degrees at the ceremony held December 14, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at the RiverPark Center, located at 101 Daviess Street in Owensboro. OCTC student Alex Mindrup was the student speaker, and Autumn M. Rickard delivered the invocation and benediction for 2017 ceremony. The degrees were conferred by OCTC President, Dr. Scott Williams and OCTC Board Chair, Jefferson B. Carpenter. The outstanding program honors graduates included: Miranda Filbert - Computer & Information Technologies, Zachary Hickey - History, Kayron Lalonde - Industrial Maintenance Technology, and Tiffany Pruden - Medical Information Technology.

The following Owensboro Community & Technical College students were awarded Certificates in the denoted discipline. Air Conditioning Technology - Robert E. Baize, Zachary Dale Conkright, Nicholas Keith Doss. Auto Body Collision Repair Technology - Dennis Lane Crick, Jr., Robert Thomas Rice. Automotive Technology - David Brian Barker, Wesley McClure Taylor. Business Communication - Haley Ann Huston. Computer & Information Technologies - Trevor Wayne Dale, Miranda L. Filbert, Melissa Gayle Hicks, Noah Brice Minton, Daniel Allen Murphy, Theron Plain, Jared Lee Ralph, Matthew Ray Wimpelberg. Computerized Manufacturing & Machining - Wondall Thomas Bates, Joseph Dewayne Byars, Joshua Robert Hall, Austin Tyler Moskos. Construction Technology - Kujali Jermaine Brown, Christopher D. Cunningham, Michael James Kinney. Diesel Technology - Dylan M. Bender, Dillon M. Browning, Dennie C. Grider, Mitchell Allen Knott, Timothy Skylar Leonard, Kyle Everett Patton, Levi Neil Pinkston, Logan Wayne Price, Colton Thomas West, Joseph Tyler Winfield. Emergency Medical Services Paramedic - Christa LeAnne Dant. Engineering & Electronics Technology- Caleb Virgil Bell, Micaiah David Grieser, Justin Joseph Povey, Corville J. Voyles, Drew Alan Young. Fire Rescue Science Technology - Keyshia Deann Barnes, Anna Elizabeth Berry, Drew Matthew Bratcher, Caleb Butler, Tyler Wayne Cash, Robert James Glenn, Jesse B. Hicks, Kailyn Elizabeth Hughes, Seth Adam Jellison, Clayton Allen Lanham, Kayla M. Nall, Benjamin Calvin Nanney, Sheri Lynn Nobles, Amber J. Pruitt, Cody Neal Ramburger, Carter James Rice, Chelsea Marie Scheidegger, Hunter Bryce Stanley, Caleb Simpson Taylor, Andrew Jean Wilson. Healthcare Foundation - Shane Alan Jackson, Stephen Gary York. Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education - Carissa F. Bell, Hannah E. Enoch, Ashton Brooke Hall, Megan L. Hill, Jessica Grace Morgan, Mackenzie S. Nation, Kendra Ann Simpson, Suzanne Leigh Tivitt, Bridgett Denise Ward. Manufacturing Industrial Technology - Steven Allen Abney, Jordon Gabriel Beck, Caleb Virgil Bell, Dylan M. Bender, Gregory Chase Boarman, James Christen Boutcher, Dillon M. Browning, Nicholas Lane Carman, Ryan Aaron Carmon, Tim Carrico, Micaiah David Grieser, Paden Douglas Hadley, Joshua Robert Hall, Jacob Tyler Hancock, Mitchell Allen Knott, Kayron Faye Lalonde, Timothy Skylar Leonard, Blake Austin Morgan, Johnathan Keith Morris, John Granvil Neal, Kyle Everett Patton, Lee Clinton Paulsen, Bradley Scott Phillips, Levi Neil Pinkston, Justin Joseph Povey, Logan Wayne Price, Jonathan R. Sheriff, Kenneth Bradley Spencer, Devin Cody Townsend, Corville J. Voyles, Joseph Tyler Winfield, Drew Alan Young, Christopher D. Zoglmann. Medical Information Technology -Jennifer Dianne Cecil, Cheryl Marie Cronin, Christina Joyce Eades, Keshia Dawn Mckeown, Shelby Morgan Murphy, Hollie Katherine Phelps, Jamie Lynn Potter, Tiffany Megan Pruden. Medical Lab Technician - Jasmine Alexis Moorman, Tijuana Jo Noffsinger, Maranda Lou Render, Carter James Rice, Terri Lynn Sharp, Amanda Rose Simpson, Breanna Nicole Turner, Anthony Allen Wedding, Aaron James Wells, Victoria Payton Whitmer, Tracy Lorene Wood. Practical Nursing - Ariel L. Aud, Hannah Barrow, Hope Elizabeth Boue, Alexis Rhiannon Bowlds, Whitni Brianne Brandle, Ashley Nicole Brown, Aliyah Dasha Burden, Traci Nicole Casallas, Shelby Lin Chambers, Ciara Jade Clark, Mikayla A. Conkright, Lorri June Crabtree, Stephen Crowe, Kaitlyn Nicole Daugherty, Jamie Leigh Decker, Guy Troutman Eddins, Ashley Nicole Edmonson, Nichole Marie Fentress, Mackenzie Belle Fisher, Adaline Hattie Fulkerson, Lizbeth L. Gonzalez, Samuel Heath Griffin, Stephanie Ann Hatfield, Brittany Nicole Hawes, Lauren Alexandria Heath, Tonya Renae Henning, Mackayla Annemarie Henry, Brooklyn Kierra Hinton, Jacob Heath Huff, Dylan Johnson, Hope V. Johnson, Alexis Faith Jones, Obafemi Fisayo Kehinde, Courtney L. Kemper, Beverly Gail Kirkpatrick, Laura Jo Kirkpatrick, Jordan Tyler Lee, Alexander Louis Love, Abigail Elizabeth Lowery, Jessica Mae Maren, Jessica Elaine Miller, Katelynn Michelle Miller, Kerry Agnes Miller, Katlyn N. Patrick, Chelsey Nicole Peeler, Latasha Nicole Powers, Mikayla JoyAnn Rearden, Traci Lynn Renfrow, Heather Rhea Revlett, Rachel Kaley Richards, Elizabeth Zepeda Rizo, Grace E. Sallee, Aaron Lee Sandefur, Sarah Elizabeth Timberlake, Jordan Paul Tindall, Ashlyn Brooke Vessels, Tiffany Leann Weeks, Olivia Williamson. Welding Technology - Jack Henry Cecil Hagan, Zachary Tyler Hendrix, Nathan Thomas Jackson, Charles Elbert James, Helmuth Quinton Klessig, Chase M. Trogden, Francis Colton Wight.

Owensboro Community & Technical College Honors Graduates are denoted with a single asterisk as a *Graduate with Distinction, earning a GPA of 3.4-3.59 on all work attempted; or a double asterisk as a **Graduate with High Distinction, earning a GPA of 3.6 or higher on all work attempted.

The following Owensboro Community & Technical College students were awarded Diplomas in the defined discipline. Air Conditioning Technology - Robert E. Baize**, Zachary Dale Conkright. Automotive Technology - Wesley McClure Taylor. Computerized Manufacturing & Machining - Wondall Thomas Bates**, Joseph Dewayne Byars, Austin Tyler Moskos. Construction Technology - Kujali Jermaine Brown, Christopher D. Cunningham*, Michael James Kinney**. Diesel Technology - Dylan M. Bender, Timothy Skylar Leonard*, Levi Neil Pinkston, Logan Wayne Price, Joseph Tyler Winfield**. Fire Rescue Science Technology - Eric Jason Grimes*,Andrew Jean Wilson**. Healthcare Facilities Leadership - Lynn M. Ward-Kenney. Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education - Ashton Brooke Hall, Mackenzie S. Nation*, Bridgett Denise Ward*. Manufacturing Industrial Technology - Steven Allen Abney, Jordon Gabriel Beck**, Gregory Chase Boarman, Nicholas Lane Carman, Ryan Aaron Carmon, Tim Carrico**, Micaiah David Grieser*, Paden Douglas Hadley**, Joshua Robert Hall**, Jacob Tyler Hancock, Kayron Faye Lalonde**, Blake Austin Morgan, Clinton Matthew Morris, Johnathan Keith Morris**, John Granvil Neal**, Lee Clinton Paulsen, Bradley Scott Phillips**, Justin Joseph Povey, Cody Dakota Schroader, Kenneth Bradley Spencer, Devin Cody Townsend, Corville J. Voyles**, Drew Alan Young*, Christopher D. Zoglmann. Welding - Christopher Logan Bosley*.

The following Owensboro Community & Technical College students were awarded an Associate in Arts Degree: Siobhan Marie Abel, Mary Elizabeth Adams, Amber Lea Baize, Misty Dawn Banes, Christy Lynn Bartley**, Brian T. Baxley, Kristin LaShay Bennett, Caitlyn Michelle Benton, Lauren Ashley Berry*, Ciera Dawn Boyd, Mollie Alexandra Bozarth, Ellen Ruth Braden**, Brennah Ann Brashear, Jonah Lee Brawner, Kelly Jade Bruington, Jesse Lynn Callaway**, Haley Kay Carman, Christie Marie-Able Christie, Lashawnda Paige Cole*, Darrell Wayne Coomes, Jennifer Ann Cooper**, Megan Lynn Cox, Whitney Nichole Cox, Samuel Dale Crowe, Jade Morgan Daffron, Martika Noelle Douglas, Robert Ray Drane, Haliee Rose Dukes, Rebekah J. Duplantis, Brittany Nicole Edmonson**, Jessica Lexine Embry*, Shelby Brooke Embry, Kathryn Feldpausch, Bryce Jerome Garris, Leeanna Gibson, Nathan Hawkinson, Zachary T. Hickey*, Jessica Aaron Honadle, James Blake Howard**, Megan Elizabeth Howard, Brianne Elizabeth Huggins**, Amber Larae Hurt, William Colton Igleheart, Benjamin Ross Johnson, Rachael Renee Kassinger**, Alexis Nicole Keown, Tiffany Ann Lauer*, Russell Wayne Lawson, Samantha Jayne Leonard, Alyssa Nicole Liebert, Brianna Kay Lindsey, Faith Lowe, Larrissa Taylor Loyd, Lindsey Taylor Magan, Joshua Tyler Mahoney, Megan Elizabeth Manire, Erin Nicole Minton*, E'Naesha Bryniece Mitchell, Madison Layne Morris**, K'Lynn Alese Morrow, Mary Grace Murphy, Jordan Michelle Murray*, Kaylynn Nicole Nunnes, Tara O'Shan, Julia Ruth Patterson, Emily Renee Paul, Andrea Denise Payne, Jamie Lynn Potter, Tiffany Megan Pruden, Kasey Ann Render, Nina Jo Renfrow, Autumn M. Rickard*, Anna Marie Roberts**, Mallarie Korin Roegele, Jessica Erin Rummage, Garrett Louis Scott**, Mark William Seaman, Alexis Kay Shears, Hannah Michelle Sowders**, Kasey Lee Stewart, Kyle Steven Tardif, George Taylor, Andrew Rollie Thornquist**, Alondra Toribio**, Devin Cody Townsend, Victoria Ann Trimble, Alicia Renae Ward, Journey Sullivan Ward, Hannah L. Wedding, Dartanion N. Winstead, Megan Elizabeth Woodall, Melissa Kay Woodcock.

The following Owensboro Community & Technical College students were awarded an Associate in Science Degree: Tesa Lee Bell**, Joseph Blake Booker**, Mollie Alexandra Bozarth, Branson Coleman Brooks, Aliyah Dasha Burden, Taylor Camp, Kelsie Leigh-Ann Carroll, Nickea Keign Chambers, Madison Marie Connor**, Carrie Anne Cooper, Amanda Cornelius, Kevin Gene Coy**, Jessica Ryan Davis, Tiffany E. Duncan, Whitney Elizabeth Francis**, Leah Mechelle Fulkerson, Christina A. Greene, Madison L. Hagan*, Baylee A. Hall, Tori Lynn Hardin**, Stephanie Ann Hatfield, Nathan Hawkinson, Matthew Dixon Hay, Laine Elizabeth Hermes, Amber Marie Howard, Margie Lynn Huff, Alishia Jean Johnson, Chelsie Kay Johnson, Alexis Faith Jones**, Kristen J. Jones, Sarah A. Jones, Megan Latham, Tiffany Ann Lauer*, Ginny L. Layman, Karey Leach, Presley Nicole Lee, Samantha Jayne Leonard, Samantha F. Likens, Morgan Lashel Logsdon, Morgan Ann-Louise Lovins, Elisa Bailey Lyles, Lindsey Taylor Magan, Megan Elizabeth Manire, Brandon Joseph Maren, Marianna Marie Marshall*, Madison Brooke Mattingly*, Kasey L. Midgette**, Darby N. Midkiff, Lauren Renee Miller, Jaycee Leigh Moad, Madison Layne Morris**, Amanda Jean Murphy, Mary Alyssa Nowak, Emily Renee Paul, Chelsey Nicole Peeler, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Pitman, Tiffany Megan Pruden**, Mallory L. Puckett**, Madeline Brooke Raley, Jared Lee Ralph**, Courtney T. Ray, Lauren Ashby Rice, Allie Kathryn Richards**, Bailey Roberts, Jordan Lee Roberts**, Kaitlyn Nicole Roberts, Mallarie Korin Roegele, Riley Evan Roth**, Armando Ruiz, Gregory Logan Scott*, Joshua Aaron Senters, Hadley Diane Shepherd**, Lora Elizabeth Sickling**, Tyler Emerich Sovar, Derrick Matthew Statts, Mary Hprawsha Sumlut**, Patricia Ann Teasley, Sara Beth Thomas, Felicia N. Tinnell, Trinity J. Washington, Colby Wayne Westerfield, Andrea Michelle Williams, Josie Raye Williams, Kari L. Willinger*, Jennifer Michelle Withers, Melissa Kay Woodcock, Cynthia Nadine Woods**, Allison Lynne Yeckering.

The following Owensboro Community & Technical College students were awarded an Associate in Applied Science Degree in the defined discipline. Agriculture Studies - Sarah Elizabeth Pence. Air Conditioning Technology - Zachary Dale Conkright. Automotive Technology - Dylan Jay Duke. Business Administration Systems - Kimberly Joy Ammon, Amy Lachelle Burk, Travis B. Clark, Krupa R. Chavda*, Heather Dawn Doss*, Kenneth Edward Knight**, Dillin Keith Renfrow, Charity Nicole Roberson**, Katie Michelle Sutherlin, Taylor Renee Tosh, Katie Mae Willis. Computer & Information Technologies - Nicholas Regan Bruton**, Trevor Wayne Dale, Miranda L. Filbert**, Melissa Gayle Hicks**, Eric M. Houtchen, Noah Brice Minton, Daniel Allen Murphy, Theron Plain, Jared Lee Ralph**, Matthew Ray Wimpelberg. Computerized Manufacturing & Machining - Wondall Thomas Bates**, Joseph Dewayne Byars, Austin Tyler Moskos. Criminal Justice - Alanna Camille Beaver, Zachary Keith Moad, Paul Yovani Styke. Diesel Technology - Dillon M. Browning, Dennie C. Grider, Mitchell Allen Knott**, Timothy Skylar Leonard*, Kyle Everett Patton, Levi Neil Pinkston, Logan Wayne Price, Joseph Tyler Winfield**. Emergency Medical Services Paramedic - Vickie Ann Belcher, Christa LeAnne Dant, James Leo Szyszkiewicz, Tracy Ann Warner. Engineering & Electronics Technology - Micaiah David Grieser*, Justin Joseph Povey, Drew Alan Young. Fire Science Technology - Eric Jason Grimes*, Andrew Jean Wilson**. General Occupational Technical Studies - Steven Allen Abney, Robert E. Baize**, Jordon Gabriel Beck**, Kujali Jermaine Brown, Christopher D. Cunningham*, Joshua Robert Hall**, Michael James Kinney**, Amanda Pope Link*, Jacob Allen Miller, John Granvil Neal**, Wesley McClure Taylor. Healthcare Facilities Leadership - Mark Edward Robinson*, Jason Drury Wright. Human Services - K'Lynn Alese Morrow. Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education - Ashton Brooke Hall, Mackenzie S. Nation*, Kendra Ann Simpson, Bridgett Denise Ward*. Manufacturing Industrial Technology - Steven Allen Abney, Jordon Gabriel Beck**,Gregory Chase Boarman, Nicholas Lane Carman, Ryan Aaron Carmon, Tim Carrico**, Micaiah David Grieser*, Paden Douglas Hadley**, Jacob Tyler Hancock, Kayron Faye Lalonde**, Blake Austin Morgan, Clinton Matthew Morris, Johnathan Keith Morris**, Lee Clinton Paulsen, Bradley Scott Phillips**, Justin Joseph Povey, Cody Dakota Schroader, Dalton James Snyder, Kenneth Bradley Spencer, Cory Lynn Statts, Devin Cody Townsend, Corville J. Voyles**, Drew Alan Young*, Christopher D. Zoglmann. Medical Information Technology - Jennifer Dianne Cecil, Cheryl Marie Cronin*, Christina Joyce Eades, Tori Lynn Hardin**, Shelby Morgan Murphy, Hollie Katherine Phelps, Tiffany Megan Pruden**. Nursing - Donald P. Bretz, Kaitlin Brooke Bullock, Misty Dawn Corum, Holly Nicole Davis, Angela Nicole Fitzgerald*, Kayla Ann Ford, Christina A. Greene, Heidi Marie Greulich, Taren Nicole Jarvis, Sarah A. Jones, Sara Jane Kirkpatrick, Hannah Beth Leach, Courtney T. Ray, Lauren Ashby Rice, Breanna K. Tron, Ashley Breanna Ball. Welding Technology - Christopher Logan Bosley*,Kevin Gene Coy**.

The following Owensboro Community & Technical College students were awarded an Associate in Fine Arts Degree in the defined discipline. Theatre Arts - Grayson K. Bryant, Valerie Beth McCrary**. Visual Art - Sandra Kaye Fariss*, Alyson Hope Johnson, Cassandra G. Voyles**, Mason A. Ward.

Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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OCTC Alum, Autumn Rickard with Dr. Scott Williams, OCTC President and Alex Mindrup, OCTC student, at the December Commencement ceremony for Owensboro Community & Technical College.