OCTC Graduates and Program Awards

December 2020

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (12/17/2020) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) normally holds a December commencement ceremony to honor graduates from the summer and fall semesters. Since a traditional graduation ceremony was prohibited, faculty and staff volunteers delivered "Congratulations Graduates" yard signs to students' homes in the region. Those outside the region will receive window banners in the mail. 363 students from fall and summer were awarded 645 certificates, 61 diplomas, and 326 associate degrees. An alternative ceremony will be planned for the spring as health restrictions allow. All graduates from May and December will also be invited to the next scheduled in-person ceremony.

The OCTC Outstanding Program Student Awards are exemplary students nominated by faculty in the program area and included: Art-Jereal McKenzie & J.C. White, Chemistry-Ashley Rice, Construction-Sarah McDonald, Computer & Information Technology-Scot Tooley, Criminal Justice-Paul Sims, Education- Hannah Salmon, Fire/Rescue Science Technology-Kane Baker, Healthcare Facilities Leadership- Justin Wantaja, Mathematics-Olivia Kate Taylor, Welding Technology- Weldon Connor.

The Other Discipline Awards are selected based on individual criteria, the TRiO Award was given to Sheila Marie Bowlds.

Owensboro Community & Technical College Honors Graduates are denoted with a single asterisk as a *Graduate with Distinction, earning at least 45 credit hours (for a degree) or 30 credit hours (for a diploma) at a KCTCS college, earning a GPA of 3.4-3.59 on all work attempted; or a double asterisk as a **Graduate with High Distinction, earning at least 45 credit hours (for a degree) or 30 credit hours (for a diploma) at a KCTCS college, earning a GPA of 3.6 or higher on all work attempted.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded the following students Associate in Arts degrees: Gabrielle Lynn Alstad, Hallie Bryn Baird, Bailee Elizabeth Baker, McKenzie Ann Barnett**, Jennifer Ashely Beasley, Sarah Jae Bellamy*, Molly Bellar, Bria Board*, Sheila Marie Bowlds*, Noah Michael Brown**, Robyn Brown, Alyson Marie Burgans, Moesha Byrd, Madison Ernestine Carr, Tristin Wyatt Cartwright**, Jayden Lynn Cecil**, Seara Chambers, Alec Michael Clark*, Price Chapman Cowan, Nathaniel Shane Cox*, Caitlyn Brooke Crabtree, James William Crofton, Alicia Lynn Davis**, Dana Michelle Donaldson, Baylee Nicole Doolin, Heather Dawn Doss**, Magan Dukes, Sydney Morgan Ellis, Carey Evans*, Jacob Fogle, Jaime Lashawn Forsythe**, Stephanie Renee Garrett, Olivia Gerteisen, David Gross, Holli Dacia Grubb**, Mikayla Rose Hamilton, Sierra Kirstin Hamilton, Brianna Marie Hardesty*, Angel Kaye Harrington, Amber Faye Haynes, Kiersten Haynes, David Douglas Hicks, Ethan Tyler Hillard, Taylor Hines*, Katelyn Charlene Howard, Ivy Reed Humphrey, Hannah Perry Hunt**, Amber Michelle Isbill**, Kallie Lynn Jarboe**, Nancy Estelle Jones, Noah Benjamin Knight, Allison Rose Knott, Syphonie Leigh Kussman, Logan Allen Lake*, Kayla Lancaster, Alyssa Nicole Liebert, Morgan Lovins, Marisa Sky Martinez, Haley Brooke Masterson**, Amanda Beth Matthews, Shannon Rechelle Mattos*, Jamie Rose Maurer, Deana Kay McClellan, Nathan Forrest McDonald, Brittani McGrew, Jade Nicole McKenney, Sam Christopher Miller, Jacob Mills, Corryn Adrianna Mitchell, Zach Gray Mooney*, Nick Moorman, Charlie Morales, Holly Ann Munoz*, Jaden Tyler Nelson, Page Leeanne Noble, Halle Christine Olson, Brady O'Bryan Oost*, Prem D. Patel, Kathy Payne*, Ashby Kate Piper*, Jacob Alexander Roberts, Blake Daniel Rumage, Hannah Elizabeth Salmon**, Brooke Sangalli**, Cassandra Rose Schluntz*, Derek William Seaman**, Kyle Seaton, Tristian Sims, Misty Arlene Sloan*, Amber Delynn Smiley, Kelsey Smith, Abby Gayle Stevenson, Olivia Ryan Story**, Alexander Jacob Sutton**, Hannah Quinn Taylor, Haley Nicole Tong, Austin Whitmer Tyler, Victoria Eugene Wagner**, Grace Walker, Sierra Sinclaire Watkins, Bailey Jo Weikel, Jennifer Whitaker, Mary Helen White, Calee Faye Whittaker*, and Maria Shavon Wimsatt.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded the following student an Associate in Fine Arts degree - Visual Art: Dakota Wade Butler, Jereal McKenzie, and Jeffrey Carl White**.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded Associate in Science degrees to the following students: Taylor Ann Adkisson, Waqar Ahmed*, Sophia Katherine Allen*, Jourdan Ann Ballard, Rachel Bandy, Cassandra Olivia Barnett, Parker Bates**, Allie Christen Belcher, Robert Kollin Bland, Elizabeth Ann Boarman*, Kyla Elizabeth Boling, Lexie Ann Boling, Brynnan Michelle Booth**, Luke Martin Bramschreiber, Tammy Renea Bratcher, Gavin Isaac Brown**, Stacie Burgess, Madison Taylor Calhoun*, Kayla Danielle Calloway, Brittany Campbell, Alexis Mackenzie Carlisle, Kelsey Brooke Carlisle, Laryssa Michelle Carter, Hannah Nicole Clark, Steven C. Clark, Chad Mason Coleman, Lucas James Corley, Lugene Hope Costello*, Brianna Nicole Cox*, Matthew Christopher Coyle, Saphire Crabtree, Shane Aaron Daugherty**, Sydnie Nicole Dills, Chelsea Alexis Early, Brooke Alexandria Ellis, Carey Evans*, Jacob Fogle, Jaime Lashawn Forsythe**, Brenna Nicole Franzman, Chloe Ann Fulton**, Jessalyn Paige Gray, Madison Faith Gray, Kaleb Matthew Gregory**, David Gross, Dylan Hardison, Makayla Shevonne Hayden*, Haley Haynes**, Dylan Scott Heifner, Skyla Fawn Hodskins**, Ann Marie Howard**, Katelyn Charlene Howard, Senecca Tashell Howard, Wyatt Porter Hunley, Graci Anne Judd, Brandy Keelin, Katlyn Paige Kirk**, William Knott, Rayvin Marie Lacefield, Mycah Mae Lindsey*, Shannon Rechelle Mattos*, Hannah Caroline McDaniel, Sara Rachel McLean*, Kurtis Bryce Moore, Brady Joe Morphew, Adam Christopher Mullican, Kathlynn Grace Nicholson, Noah Owen, Elizabeth Grace Phillips**, Demetre Malcolm Phipps, Savannah Nichole Ray, Darin Matthew Reynolds, Braelyn Rhodes, Ashley Britton Rice, Brigita Koterine Robertson**, Alexis Rowan, Shaedy Scott, Jessica Shannon, Harley Madison Slaughter*, Elizabeth Ann Smith, Gerald Clinton Snell, Cara Jo Storm*, Olivia Ryan Story**, James Matthew Sutherland, Natalie Michelle Tanner*, Janel Tierney, Haley Nicole Tong, Trent Allen Tucker, Scarlett Nicole Vitek**, Kiean Ladell Washington, Erika Jo Wertz*, Christopher Aaron Wethington, Mary Helen White, Madison Claire Wilkerson, Chasity Williams, and Macey Woo.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Administrative Office Technology program: Janel Tierney.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Air Conditioning Technology program: David Garland Certain, Matthew Gage Mattingly, Jefferson Douglas Parker, Dalton Wayne Porter, Adam Taylor Sandefur*, and Troy Shawn Trogden.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Agriculture program: Tyler Wayne Johnson, Ashlie Lynn Snow, and Myers Walker**.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Automotive Technology program: Joshua Case, Billy Duke, Tyler Dakota Johnson, Erin Micka Raley, and Ryan Chapman Wimsatt.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Business Administration program: Emmie Elizabeth Brumley, Lori Ann Henton**, Kimberly Martin*, Amanda Beth Matthews, Cody Wade Miller, Thomas Morris, Jason Paul Nash, Madison Marie Oelheim*, Jonathan Rhodes**, and Jenifer Wilcox.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Computerized Manufacturing & Machining program: Marco A. Alonzo, Juan Carlos Alonzo Francisco, William Cody Ballard, Diana Bermejo, Gabriel Alexander Boileau, Nathaniel Scott Brandle, William James Castro, Logan Scott Dowden, Regina C. Frazier, Brandy Hall, Denver S. Huff, Charles Wayne Jackson, Michael Zachary Lewis, Matthew Gage Mattingly, Austin Jay Newton, Jefferson Douglas Parker, Prem D. Patel, Ashley Michele Philpott, Hunter B. Ranson, Samuel Hayes Shipp, Jonathan Dean Stallings, Kevin Ray Stewart**, Joshua Trent Vender, and Francis Colton Wight**.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Computer & Information Technologies program: Ethan James Ashby, Comanche Shane Estes, Jazz-Mijn Fernandez, Scott Aden Johnson, Derek Matthew Lindsey**, Alexander Franklin Matthews, Jordan Wade Nugent, Chance Clifton Thompson, Frederic Samuel Tindle*, Scot Alan Tooley**, Courtland Lee Williams, and Rebecca Ann Worthington**.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Criminal Justice program: Pamela Diane Adams, Jalyn Faylee Burroughs, Destiny Jo Istre, Logan Allen Lake*, Justin Daniel Rhinerson, and Paul Arn Sims.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Construction Technology program: Sarah Morgan McDonald and Tyler Jacob Taylor.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Diesel Technology program: Logan Boyken, Dalton Wade Curtis, and Bradley Jacob Neal.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Electrical Technology program: Harley Thomas Bouvy, Tristan Lewis Bozarth, Trenton Allen Braunecker, Andrew Kyle Chapman, Colby Lee Clark, Kyler Evan Cook,Nathan Sean Doss*, Matthew Scott Edmonson*, Amanda Marie Hauser, Logan Lavon Himes**, Justin Patrick Keithley, Joseph Edward Mapes*, Matthew Gage Mattingly, Preston Thomas McCarthy**, Zachary Raymond Merritt**, Kaw Nay Moo, Chad Robert Mudd**, Keaton Brady Newcom, Jefferson Douglas Parker, Mason Leon Powell, Nicholas Jason Rummage**, Hunter Louis Shrewsberry**, Corey Allen Spalding*, Victor Keith Steele, Jonathan Mark Thompson**, Joshua Trent Vender, Ronald Benjamin Ward, and Christopher Wilson*.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Emergency Medical Technician program: Prem D. Patel.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic program: Jason Allen Forbis, Micah Anderson Hatcher, Allora Danielle Peck, Brittany Rene Poteet*, and Corey Lea Tucker**.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Engineering and Electronics Technology program: Steven Clark**, Seth Matthew Cooper**, Neil Frederick Kennedy Jr., Tyler Matthew O'Bryan**, and Steven Wayne Williams*.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following student in the Fire Rescue Science Technology program: Cassi Jean Pate, Latisha Agnes Smith, and Casey Allan Howard**.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the General Occupational Technical Studies program: Darrell Kevin Daniels, Zachary Brown Daniels**, and Joseph Edge.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Healthcare Facilities program: Steven Robert Adams II, Edwin M. Castro, John Spencer Hammond*, and Justin Dale Wantaja**.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Industrial Maintenance Technology program: Logan Lavon Himes, Matthew Gage Mattingly, Kaw Nay Moo**, Jefferson Douglas Parker**, Adam Lee Simmons, Joshua Trent Vender**, and Joel Scott Whobrey.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education program: Taylor Camp*, Amanda Rae Neighbors**, Esther Grace Shaffer*, and Pan Wa Sho.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Medicaid Nurse Aid program: Kaleb Matthew Gregory, Katlyn Paige Kirk, Alexis Rowan, and Morgan Taylor Smith.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Medical Assisting program: Brandi Berry, Patricia Diane Cecil*, Lyndsey Starr Davidson**, Linda Lou Donahue, Melissa K. Dukes, Ariel Mae Fleming**, Shannon Mae Fry, Emily Grace Garner**, Olivia Gerteisen, Sarah Elizabeth Gomez, Shawn Nicole Grozier*, Elyssa Joelle Lawrence, Amanda J. Littlepage, Shannon Rechelle Mattos*, Destiny Salmon, Amber Nichole Whitaker*, and Jessica Whittaker.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Medical Information Technology program: Barbara Jean Feldpausch, Melanie Leeanne Manasco, Ashley Nicole Muncy, Gwen Bernadine Payne, Haley Ann Payne, Bonita Jo Robinson**, Samantha Rae Sparks, and Macey Woo.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Nursing program: Brittany Noel Creson and Nichole Marie Fentress.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Phlebotomy/Healthcare Worker program: Janice Faye Brett, Coleman Jeston Crume, Olivia Katherine Daniel, Sydney Grass, and Allison Rose Knott.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Surgical Technology program: Whitney Nicole Gilmore, Leslie Kirk Osborne, Alexis Payton, Breanna Marie Rousey, and Shawna LeShae Tarrence.

Owensboro Community & Technical College awarded credentials to the following students in the Welding Technology program: Marco A. Alonzo, Juan Carlos Alonzo Francisco, William Cody Ballard, Diana Bermejo, Gabriel Alexander Boileau, Isaac Worth Bosley**, Sam Garrett Boswell, Nathaniel Scott Brandle, Terry Keith Burden, Sean Martin Byrne, William James Castro, Weldon Blaine Connor**, Logan Scott Dowden, Regina C. Frazier, Blake Ryan Glenn, Brandy Hall, Colby Addison Howard, Denver S. Huff, Charles Wayne Jackson, Edie Raquel Jennings, Kevon Nasheem Johnson, Michael Zachary Lewis, Simon Issac Lindsey, Eric Alex Massie, Matthew Gage Mattingly, Austin Jay Newton, Matthew Dylan Newton, Christian Ochoa*, Jefferson Douglas Parker, Ashley Michele Philpott, Blake Powers, Hunter B. Ranson, Logan Michael Severs, Ryker Samuel Shelton, Samuel Hayes Shipp, Jonathan Dean Stallings, Timothy John Thomas, Joshua Trent Vender, and Dorrian Andrew White.

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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