Grayson College holds Commencement on Friday

Grayson College is preparing to award 353 degrees and certificates in its

Winter Commencement ceremony Friday, Dec. 12. The ceremony will start at 10:00 a.m. in Cruce Stark Auditorium at the college’s Denison campus.

                Students receiving Associate of Applied Science degrees (except Associate Degree Nursing), Associate of Science degrees, Associate of Arts Teaching degrees and Certificates of Completion will participate in the 10:00 a.m. ceremony. Associate Degree Nursing students will graduate and complete their pinning ceremony that evening at 7:00 p.m.

                The College is continuing its tradition of inviting a former student to deliver the keynote address. This year’s keynote speaker is a locally familiar and respected public servant, Richey Rivers. Rivers is the Auditor for Grayson County, a post he’s held for more than 20 years.  Rivers began his higher education career at Grayson College before transferring to Baylor University to earn a bachelor’s degree. While at GC, Rivers was active in Phi Theta Kappa, the college’s honor fraternity.

 

                Music for family seating, processional and adjournment for the 51st commencement ceremony will be provided by Kristin Alexander. Norma Gomez, accompanied by Alexander, will perform the National Anthem. The invocation and benediction will be presented by Bernie Gallagher, director of the Baptist Student Ministry at GC.

                GC President Jeremy McMillen will present opening remarks and introduce the Board of Trustees before Vice President of Student Services Regina Organ certifies the degrees. McMillen and the Board of Trustees will confer the degrees. McMillen will also recognize the outstanding contributions of retiring administrator, Donna Byrum who retired after serving since 2006 in the College’s Adult Basic Education program. Vice President for Information Technology Gary Paikowski will present the graduates as they walk across the stage to receive their diploma.

                Grayson awards degrees in Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Associate of Science (AS), Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) and Certificates of Completion (CERT). Students with exceptional grade point averages are noted for their distinction. Those with 3.70-3.84 graduate with cum laude (C ) , gpa of 3.85-3.99 as magna cum laude (M) and 4.0 as summa cum laude (S). Students earning certificates of completion with A’s in all certificate classes are listed with ‘honors’ (H). Students completing the requirements of the Honors College program are designated with (HC).

                Candidates for graduation, listed by hometowns, for 2014 include:

Allen, TX: Sheneta Smith Coleman (CERT), Amanda Rian Hamilton (AAS), Noell 

Yvonne Hanby

 (AAS), Oscar Manuel Martinez (CERT), Stacey Bernell Smith (AS)

Anna, TX: Mark David Murray (CERT), Elizabeth Irene Rolbiecki (AAT)

Argyle, TX: Rachel Diane Sutton (AS)

Bells, TX: Suzanne Rich Broussard (AAS-S), Dorene Marie Jette (AAS), Chase 

Chandler Perkins (CERT), Misty Dawn Smith (2 AS), Breann Bailey Wilburn (CERT)

Bokchito, OK: Haily Christina Cross (CERT)

Bonham, TX: Cody Del Austin (AS), Jerred Wayne Brown (AAS, 2 CERT), Buddy 

Charles Hanson (CERT-H), Christopher Lynn Healy (CERT), Heather Lea Sears 

(AAS-C), Natasha Faith Simons (AS), Bryant Eugene Smith (CERT), Melodie Marie Sullivan (AAS)

Calera, OK: James Henry St. Clair (CERT), Brandon Dean Tolley (CERT-H, 2 CERT)

Celina, TX: Belinda Calderon (CERT), Luke Bryant Cudnik (CERT), John Phillip Maternowski

 (CERT),

Collinsville, TX: Beth Suzanne Harville (AS), James Richard Underwood (AAS)

Commerce, TX: Bethany Dianna Gidney (AAS)

Corpus Christi, TX: Francisco Trey Rodriguez (AS)

Dallas, TX: Tony Vasquez Jr (CERT-H), Andrew Reuben Wortrich (AAS)

Denison, TX: Christopher Michael Bain (AAS, 2 CERT), Kayla Nicole Baker (AS), 

Hunter Reed Ball (AS), Rodney Waide Barber (AS), Crystal Nicole Beltran (AS),
Jessica Dawn Boaen (AS), Paige Nicole Braxton (AS), Norma Jean Brown (CERT),
Teresa Anne Bruno (AS), Kristina Michelle Burns (CERT), Monica Fanny Chavarri
Pereyra (AAS-S), Christian Sabrina Chilton (AAS, 2 CERT), Chasity Lynne Davis
(AS), Michael Wayne Dunn (AAS), Andrew Todd Dutton (CERT-H), Ryan James
Greenwood (AAS), Seth Shallus Greenwood (AAS), Kirsten Ragnhild Haraldsen
(AS), Christine Dianne Harding (AAS), LaDonna Rae Kimsey (AAT), Gwydion
Drew Laubach (AS), Christian Cheyenne Lawrence (AAS, 2 CERT), Bridgit
Marian-Nicole Le (2 AAS, 2 CERT), Amanda Dene Leasure (AAT, AS), Phillip
Douglas Lefas (AAS), Travis Kyle Looney (CERT-H), Alysha Chantel Lora (2 AS),
Angelica Solana Luna (AAT), Rogelio Marrufo (AS), Tracy Lynn Matheny (AAS),
Heather Ann Mayorga Vazquez (CERT), Katrina Kay McIntire (AS), Keith Alan
Milks (CERT-H), Brittney Danielle Mitchell (AAS), Devin Scott Morris (AAS),
Patty S Moss (AAS-C, CERT-H, CERT), Tammra Kay Motley (AAS, 3 CERT),
Blake Ellis Murphree (CERT), Kayla Delayne Mygrant (AAS), Brenton Alan
Neasbitt (AAT), Shanda Diane Palmer (AS), Kirby Diane Pratt (CERT), Henry
Grady Presley (AAS), Carmesha Dane Ransom (AS), Dakota Carol Reese (AAS), 

Brandon Paul Rice (AS), Jeremiah Lamont Rivers (CERT), Austin Tyler Ross
(CERT-H), Deanna Danine Ross (AAT), Gregory Robert Schultz (CERT-H),
Rachel Paulette Shroeder (AAS), Dillon Sloane Smathers (AAS), Richard Thomas
Stowers (AS), Shawn David Tomlinson (CERT), Debbie Lynn Underwood (AAS),
Dianne Sue Walker (AAS), Marty Harrill White (AAS), Katy Ann Wright (AAS)

Dorchester, TX: Candace Hope Haggard (AAS)

Durant, OK: Brandon Colter Bates (AS), Phillip Courtney Hales (CERT), Crystal
Gail Harwell (AS), Nathan Thomas Hendrickson (CERT), Maria Aquinaldo Igay
(AAS), Lindsay Allyn Lansinger (AAS-S), Whitney Nicole Phillips (AS), Elizabeth
Ashley Stafford (AAS)

Ector, TX: Gerald Dylan Anglin (CERT),

Farmersville, TX: Tonya Shawn Ann Harris (CERT), John Dylan Hayes (AAT)

Frisco, TX: Jennifer Thanh Doan-Pham (AAS), Joanna Lynett Sanchez (AAS),
Denise Marie Schlossin (AAS-C), Julia Shomakhiya (AAS)

Garland, TX: Lindsay Hoefer Martin (AAS)

Gunter, TX: Jacob Matthew Dunning (AAS), Melissa Jeanette Frank (AS), Jesus
Arnulfo Fuentes (CERT), Jacinda Leigh-Anne Hinkley (AAS), Zackary Kyle
Shaver (CERT-H),

Houston, TX: Nicholas Patrick Ellis (AS)

Howe, TX: Abby Kirsten Allison (CERT-H), Michael Craig Bryant (CERT), Kristy 

Diane Bustos Kerley (AS-M), Reba Gayle Conner (AAS), Danielle Marie Farrell
(CERT), Jacob Ryan Grant (CERT), Dalton Scott Harris (AAS), Cody Joe King
(AAS), Collin Ryan Lankford (AS), Sara Elizabeth Lopez (AAT-C ), Brandon Lee
Lewis Ozuna (CERT-H), Jeffrey Ryan Peace (CERT-H), Christine Annette
Sandmann (AS), Eduardo Andre Webber Jr (CERT)

Leonard, TX: Dylan Ray Blackburn (AAS), Leah Katherine Shulze (CERT)

Little Elm, TX: Adriana Salamanca Butler (AAS), Alexandra Bianca Smith (AS)

McKinney, TX: Gregory Maurice Ross Brown (AS), Ian Gregory Carter
(AAS, 3 CERT), Ashley Michelle Fletcher (AAS), Cynthia Yesenia Frias (AAS-M),
William Charles Johnson (CERT), Edward Mwangi Maina (AAS), Whitney Marie
Martin (AAS), Leslie Diane Severn (CERT), Kimberly Faith Stone (AAS), Johnathan
Steven Warner (AAS)

Melissa, TX: Emily Michelle Berghauser (AAT), Michael Andrew Mosier (AAS)

Missouri City, TX: Ezindu Ukegbu (AAS)

Nevada, TX: Jamie Elizabeth Dick (AAS)

Paris, TX: Carneshia Renea Gray (CERT-H)

Pilot Point Jacob Daniel Frost (AAS)

Plano, TX: Oretha Marie Mennsfield (AS), Paige Ann Paladino (AAS), Susan A Seelie
(AAS), Anne Le Tran (AAS)

Pottsboro, TX: Abbi Christine Bergman (AAS), Abigail Alyse Clark (AAS), Kent
Richard Combs (CERT-H, CERT), Luke Lee Fairbrother (AS), Jarred Allen Hargrove
(CERT-H), David Allen Harman (AAS-S, 3 CERT-H), Jay Samuel Hennen (AS),
Steven Ray Hill (CERT), Jordan Danielle Moore (AS), Rachel Joyce Moore (AAT),
Tammy Lynn Price (AAS, 2 CERT), Timothy Joel Thomas (CERT-H)

Quanah, TX: James Taylor Finnerty (AAS, CERT),

Sadler, TX: Alexandra Kaye Boren (AS), Erica Dawn Lanham (AAS, 2 CERT),

Savoy, TX: Chad Everette Hickerson (AAS-C, CERT-H, 2 CERT), Stephanie Michelle
 Reed (AAT)

Sherman, TX: Sheila Rene'e Abbott (AS), Robert Andrew Adams (AS), Elizabeth
Diane Allen (AAS), Steven Jay Allen (CERT-H), Nicki Lynnette Anderson (2 AS),
Kelsey Marie Armstrong (AAS), Amanda Renee Ball (AAS, 2 CERT), Kyle Luther
Barclay (AS), Macy Leigh Bell (AAS), Hector Alexander Beltran (AS), Brittney Lee
Benge (AAS), Phyllis Kay Ashley Billmeier (CERT), Gerard Henry Bowers (4 AAS),
Ashley Elaine Campbell (AAS), Angela Elaine Capt (AAS), Tyler Austin Carroll
(CERT-H), Brandy Lynn Clark (AS), Gary Shane Crawford (2 CERT), Erin Michelle
Crichton (AAS-C), Charles Barrett Crocker (AAS-M), Kambria Nicole Dansby (AS),
Heather Nicole Drinnon (AAT), Rosalie Ann Dunn (AAT), Christopher Brian Ehrlish
(AAS), Ellyn Lynae Fairchild (AS), Christi Renea Fisher (AAS), Emily Dianne Flanders
(AS), John Anthony Flores (CERT), Shellie Deann Gaskins (CERT), Tina Mae Gutierrez
(AAS), Taylor Anthony Hansard (AAS), Douglas Edward Hansen (AAS), Benedict
Joseph Harrahill (AAS), Erica Danielle Hayden (AAT), Micah Stephen Hayes (AAS),
Leah Noreen Helmick (AAS), Cassondra Brooke Hicks (AAS-C), Anthony Jerome
Holland (CERT), John Marshall Holloway (CERT-H), Shannon Rene Howard (AS),
Cody Lee Hunter III (CERT), Aaron Dwain Ivy (AS), Tyler Brooks Jacobs (AAS),
James Cardwell Johnson (CERT), Corey Lee Jones (AS), Alxa Dawn Kane-Rolen (AS),
Diwas Karki (AS), Deborah Ann Lansinger (CERT-H), Sireyda Valdez Lara (AS),
Kimberley Michelle Lay (AS), Taylor Elizabeth Lowery (AS), Gokul Maniventhan
(AS), Veronica Mata (AAS), Amber Leigh McConkey (AS), Meghan Elissa McGovern
(AAS), Carrie Lynn McKee (AAS), Sydney Michelle Millhollon (AAS),Destani
Michelle Mohrmann (CERT), Andrea Marie Moog (AS), Honore Fon Ndoh (AAS), 

Kelly Christine Norman (AAS, 2 CERT), Jordan Nze Mba (AS), Robert Gene Olson
(AAS, 3 CERT), Cody Garrett Ottmo (AS), Edward Darnell Owens (CERT), Xin Patin
(AAS), Beatriz Patino (AS), Sarah Rebecca Pearson (AS), Lisa Marie Perales (AAS-C),
Cicilia Elaine Prado (AAS), Claudia Prado (AAT), Kharissa Ryan Rallis (AS), James
Alton Rhoton (AAS), Shane William Rodriguez (CERT), Shannon Danette Roper

 (AS-M), Magdalena Rudovica (AAS), Christopher Claud Sakowski (AAS, CERT-H,
2 CERT), William Braden Schramm (AAS), Whitney Nicole Schultz (CERT-H),
LaJuana Ruth Scruggs (AAS, 2 CERT), Justin Deen Slagle (CERT-H), Jody Leigh
Smitherman (AAS), Robert Kyle Stephenson (AAS), Linda Sue Stewart (AS),
Rebekkah Lee Sutherland (CERT), Lynsie Selena Trevino (AAS), Richard 

Todd Tucker (AAS, CERT-H, 2 CERT), Stephanie Ann Tumlinson (AAS), Demi Jo
Ussery (AAS), Amber Rachelle Webb (AS), Clayton Michael Wilder (AAS), Rachel
Elizabeth Willingham (AAS), 

Terry Joe Woods (2 CERT-H), Brandon Eric Yowell (AAS)

Southmayd, TX: Amanda Carol Green (2 AS)

Telephone, TX: Brian Keith Haywood (CERT),

Thackerville, OK: Aaron Seth Brandle (CERT),

The Colony, TX: Jennifer Chon Hirsch (AAS), Heather Lynn Hoffman (AAS)

Tioga, TX: Sergio Aguirre (AAS, CERT-H, 2 CERT),

Tom Bean, TX: Everardo Falcon (AAS), Samantha Lee Ramsey (CERT), Halona
Nancy Todd (AAS)

Van Alstyne, TX: Lindsey Nicole McLain (AS-M), Erin Mackenzie Smith (AAS),
Denisa Marie Stewart (AS-C), Allyson Nicole Weber (AS), Janna Beth Whitley (AAS)

Whitesboro, TX: Dakota Jay Denton (AS), Michaella Belle Eldredge (2 AAT),
Ashley Renee Foxall (AAS), Victor Andre Howard II (AAS), Christine Ann McMath
(AS), William Cody Stayton (AS)

Whitewright, TX: Kevin James Hartwell (2 AS-M), Austin James Langford (CERT),
Paul David Lashley (AAS), Katherine Marrouche (AS), Margaret Rebecca Roberts (AAS),
Christina Desiree Thompson (AS-S), Taelor Brooke Williams (AS)