Western Michigan University recently released a list of the students who graduated from the university at the conclusion of the spring 2017.

WMU students officially graduate at the end of the University’s four academic terms. These terms, and the month in which they usually end, are: fall semester, December; spring semester, April; summer I session, June; and summer II session, August. The University conducts formal commencement ceremonies for all but summer II session graduates, who have the option of participating in the June commencement ceremonies.

The University’s 2017 spring session exercises took place April 29.

The formal commencement, the 2017 summer semester exercises, was Saturday, June 24. The official list of those graduates is expected to be released in July 2017.

Visit wmich.edu/commencement for more information about WMU’s commencement schedule and policies.

Local graduates include:

Buchanan

• Nathan Joseph Henckel, bachelor’s degree in integrated supply management, magna cum laude

• Desiree Alexis Scoggin, bachelor’s degree in exercise science

• Elisabeth E. Scott, bachelor’s degree in university studies, summa cum laude

Cassopolis

• Lindsey Marie Wright, bachelor’s degree in elementary professional education

• Matthew A. Toney, bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering

Dowagiac

• Samuel Thomas Gantt, bachelor’s degree in music

• Jeremy T. Juday, bachelor’s degree in sales and business marketing, summa cum laude

• Jessica Kristina Karnes, bachelor’s degree in psychology: general psychology, cum laude

• Jessica J. Krueger, bachelor’s degree in dietetics

• Seth T. Robinson, bachelor’s degree in computer information systems

Edwardsburg

• Rachel Breden, master’s degree in communication

• John Russell Gaunder, bachelor’s degree in accountancy

• Tyler M. Hack, bachelor’s degree in human resource management, magna cum laude

• Jay Randall Penny, bachelor’s degree in journalism, cum laude

• Chase Edward Stone, bachelor’s degree in management

• Stacy M. Young, master’s degree in counselor education: marriage, couple and family counseling

Niles

• Mallory J. Dreibelbis, master’s degree in educational technology

• Jacob A. Fiero, bachelor’s degree in marketing, magna cum laude

• Rachael M. Horn, bachelor’s degree in freshwater science and sustainability, magna cum laude

• Autumn E. Lucero, master’s degree in psychology: behavior analysis

• Brian Haroldo Schmidt, doctorate in computer science,

• Bridgette M. Stone, master’s degree in family and consumer sciences

• Regina Marie VanGilder, bachelor’s degree in early childhood professional education, manga cum laude

• Tyler B. Weedon, master’s degree in sport management

• Dustin E. Wright, bachelor’s degree in marketing