By Staff
Southwestern Michigan College held its spring commencement exercises for 2004-2005 graduates in a ceremony April 30 in the Zollar Sports Center on the Dowagiac campus.
Sherman L. Ostrander, superintendent of Edwardsburg Public Schools, addressed graduates.
Ostrander was director of financial aid for SMC from 1985 to 1987.
The ceremony conferred 335 associate degrees and certificates to SMC graduates.
Sixteen students from the SMC School of Nursing and Human Services received nursing pins during a ceremony held prior to the college's commencement ceremony.
Pastor Jamie Saylor of Keeler Church of God gave the invocation and benediction.
The SMC Symphonic Band and SMC Chamber Singers provided music under the direction of Dr. Jonathon Korzun.
A reception for graduates and their families and friends was held immediately following the commencement in the College Commons in the College Services Building. Associate and certificate degree recipients are:
Caleb Adams
Steven Allain
Beau Allard
Augustus Allen II
Christopher Alphenaar
Julie Andersen
Haley Andress
Franky Anglemyer
Walter Archer
Michele Arms
Meghan Bailey
Pamela Bailey
Amanda Bale
Susan Barnes
Shawnt Bass
Rich Beckermeyer Jr.
Holly Bender
Megan Bennett
Rachelle Bent
Karen Bickel
Adele Biek
Angelica Bigsby
Brett Bischoff
Jolene Black
Janquell Blosser
Pamela Boepple
Victor Booker
Aly Bounkhoun
Brandi Bowman
Consuela Bownes
Joseph Braun
Trisha Brazo
Brent Brewer
Becky Brock
Dawn Brooks
Linda Brossman
Loretta Bupp
Jeffery Burnham II
Julie Capron
Lola Carnell
Jessica Carpenter
Sarah Castelluccio
Shimanga Chikonka
Connie Chupp
Melissa Clanton
Janelle Clark
Daniel Cloutier
Chris Cochran
Sarah Colburn
Stevyn Compoe
Kristie Conrad
Anthony Coughenour
Robert Craft-LaVanway
Pamela Cunningham
James Curry
Jessie DaHainaut
Jessie Davis
Kelly Delaney
Ashley DeLoach
Richard DeLong
Marlene Deming
Yvonne DeMorrow
Patricia Dodson
Douglas Duchesneau
Patrick Duff
Penny Eichorst
Agnes Ekonde
Brandi Evans
Andrew Evans
Jessica Evans
Amber Ewalt
Laura Fell
James File
Rebekah Fisher
Steven Fleming
Jeffery Fletcher II
Karen Forrest
Aaron Foust
Carol Fowler
Seth Frame
Amber Frays
Amy French
Joseph Frey
Kimberly Fugate
Steven Gagnier
Nicole Gardner
Christi Gardner
Angela Garrelts
Courtney Gause
Renee Gentry
Heather Gibson
Mary Glossinger
Blake Goff
Tracy Goswick
Brian Grabemeyer
Scott Grabemeyer
Michael Grant
Ronda Greene
Sherri Greenfield
Jeff Griffin
Helen Griffin
Angela Gulliver
Elizabeth Gumns
Brian Guritz
Joe Ann Harris
Joel Hartline
Jason Hayden
Nancy Haywood
Marcie Hemenway
Stephanie Hershberger
Denise Hill
Laura Hinegardner
Nora Hipshear
Samantha
Hollingsworth
LaRonda Holman
Judith Holmes
Kathryn Holy
Brienne Hoover
Jerry Hornburg
Keary Horter-Fletcher
Michael Horvath
Jennifer Houchin
Angela Howard
Ana Huaringa
Alice Huggard
Scott Hunt
Jessica Hunter
Kaycee Huston
Michael Irwin
Thomas Isbrecht
Jared Jaecks
Kimberly Jann
Jennifer Jepkema
Jessica Jerz
Ashley Jewell
Nancy Johnson
Melody Jones
Anita Jones
Benjamin Jones
Jon Juhasz
Melissa Kachur
Joyce Kariuki
Jennifer Kellerman
Christa Kelly
Martha Kemp
Wendy Kendrix
Steven Kessler
Delores Kiner
Christopher King
Christina King
Rhea Konopinski
David Krosschell
August Kuehn
Kenneth Kunze
Caroline Kusa
Jeffery Lace
Heather LaMore
Rhanda Lara Partida
Sara Lehman
John Leighton
Amy Lilly
Gloria Lockey
Christina Lopez
Erica Low
David Luthringer
Shaye MacDonald
Nicholas Mangold
Dustin Manry
Anthony Manthey
June Marsh
Maria Martin
Raymond Massey II
Megan Matthews
Anne Mawson
Tara McCarty
Thomas McCauslin
Tracie McKenzie
Andrew McKesson
Shiree
McNeal-Mitchell
Mercedee Mead
Tammie Mejer
Robert Metzger
Tumaini Mgomi
Kristy Miller
Larae Miller
Matthew Miller
Angelina Mitchell
Tawana Moore
Renee Moore
Lonnie Moore
Amanda Moore
Bridgette Morris
Cynthia Mosier
Lizette Myers
Mark Ndisya
Meredith Neary
Stephanie Neidlinger
Tracy Nelson
Jennifer Niedosik
John Nowicki
Shira Nugent
Sara Nutt
Katie O'Keefe
Helen Oliver
Jamie Oppenheim
Ian Orawiec
Maribeth Osborn
Sarah Osbstfeld
Amanda Ostrom
Mallette Pagano
Stephanie Parker
Christina Paustian
Tammie Peffley
Sara Pence
Amy Perkins
Wayne Perkins
Chad Perrin
Kelli Peterson
Jonathan Phillips
Keith Pitcher
Veronica Pockrandt
Ryan Poertner
Ashley Pompey
Daniel Pratt
Joshua Pratt
Monica Proctor
Angela Purucker
Kimberly Raab
Katherine Radewald
Josue Ramos-Crespo
Heather Ramsay
Shannon Ratliff
Patti Recollet
Rita Ritchie
Heather Roberts
Malisa Roberts
Deanna Robson
Ronald Rosenthal
Joseph Ross
Alia Ruiz
Michelle Runana
Kathy Runkle
Chris Russell
Joseph Sanders
Matthew Schilling
Justin Schoetzow
Trisha Schrader
Kristen Shepard
Jason Silveus
Andrea Silveus
William Skalla II
Elizabeth Smego
Debra Smikle
Katie Smith
Jodie Smith
Kimberly Smith
LaQuita Smith
Maurice Smith
Tennille Smith
Cathy Smith
Christine Smith
Penny Smith
Donald Stanfield
Sarah Stankus
Allison Stover
Jon Strefling
Gregory Strzyzykowski
Rhonda Sukich
Regina Sullivan
Anna Swanson
Rebekah Symonds
Erica Talcott
Barbara Thomas
Christine Thomas
Tamara Thornton
Paul Toney
Erin Tracey
Andrew Turner
Maggie Turner
Jessica Tuxhorn
Angela Valente
Jeremy Vanderkooi
Marianne VanDyke
Dawn Verburg
Silvana Viegas-Boyle
Marcus Vigil
Martha Vogl
Rachel Voorhees
Aaron Wagel
Joy Wagy
Teliza Walters
Jeremy Weinrick
Katie Westcomb
Lora Whitaker
Jennifer Wiley
Dawn Wilkings
Stephen Williams
Terra Wilson
Michael Wilson
Barry Wishin
William Witt
Amanda Woods
Shannon Wright
Melanie Wuthnow
Andrew York
Jesus Zapata
Michelle Zimmer
Twelve bachelor's degrees from the cooperative SMC/Ferris State University program were also awarded.
Students who received a bachelor of science degree through the Ferris State University program at SMC are Dawn Copley, William Gaideski III, Kevin Harris, Emily Henry, Brock Hostetler, Jennifer Kniss, Cheryl Luther, Nicole McQuade, Brenda Teshka, Stephanie Timm, Kathleen Yates, and Paul Zielbauer.
Graduates from the cooperative bachelor's degree programs with Western Michigan University and Bethel College received their degrees at their respective ceremonies on WMU's campus in Kalamazoo and Bethel College's campus in Mishawaka.