HYANNIS – The 53rd commencement of Cape Cod Community College takes place today at the Melody Tent in Hyannis. The program begins at 4 p.m. with a processional led by The Highland Light Scottish Pipe Band.
An invocation by James Kershner, a journalism professor at the school who is a practicing Buddhist, will be followed by welcoming words from Cape Cod Community College President John L. Cox, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Associate Commissioner Katy Abel, and Ralph F. Cahoon III, the chairman of the college board of trustees.
Student speaker Jasmine Owens will address her classmates, followed by commencement speaker Thomas R. Kennedy Jr., co-founder of BackOffice Associates, a successful technology firm begun in Harwich.
Eight students completed a degree program within the Commonwealth Honors Program, which designates the graduate as a Commonwealth Honors Scholar, and guarantees transfer to the Commonwealth College at UMass/Amherst or an Honors Program at any Massachusetts State College or University.
Those students are Jenna M. Andrade, Larissa G. Da Silva, Amanda Fadum Hall, Nicole Paine, Joshua William Richards, Mathilda Cloonan, Wesley Dancause and Noah Lynch.
Below is the list of today’s graduates.
The following students earned associate of science degrees in the college’s Business Administration program:
Accounting: Emily Louise Andrews, Amy Lynn May Bogue, Shari A. Fish, Anita Todorova Koceva, Andrea Marie McEachern, Nina Ristovski, Adenise Santos, Tita P. White.
Business Transfer: Michael Peter Cappadoro, Olivia Casano, James Dahill, Nikol Dansak, Vicki D. Deardon, Meredith Flynn, Rigzin Ghale, Christopher T. Glasheen, Misty L. Harris, Megan Maurita Kelly, Denzel J. Lomba, Bruno Luna, Calvin D. Mathis III, Michael Stephen Megnia, Elana Courtney Neal, Jasmine H. Owens, Mikhail A. Patrick, James Michael Petrizzo, Yauheniya Sabacheuskaya, Jordan James Sweeney, Zachary J. Vaughn, Tyler L. Williams, Leeje Young.
Hospitality Management: Samantha L. Abrahamson, Sierra M. Andrews, Emily E. Bombardier, Kristina Elizabeth Callahan, Stephen L. Chanona, Sean J. Clancy, Melissa S. Collins, Arianne Elizabeth Damon, Matthew E. Eldredge, Sarah M. Hall, Donald C. Lobo Jr., Amanda E. Lods, Sarah J. Orr, Mariah Pena, Alyson Katherine Picard, Ryan A. Pimentel, Darko Ristovski, Renata Sapovalova, Karen St. Amand, Danielle Worrell.
Management: Veronica N. Chipman, Arwen M. DelVecchio, Daniela Marcia Ferreira, Cheyenne Taylor Galvin, Shawnee,Mayumi Gresh, Timothy A. Higgins, Linda Kidd, Sophia Ligonde, Megan R. Mahan, Julie A. Manchester, Carl N. Monroe, Lawrence A. Oliver, Katerina N. Pena, Jesse Luke Robbins, Margarita Sergeeva, Valeria Figueiredo Silva.
Marketing: William E. Schromm
Certificate, Bookkeeping Clerk: Wilmine Adolphe, Barbara Agatha Bohere, Plamena Georgieva, Maryann Hughes, Patrice C. Lucero, Kateryna Mason,
Sue E. Murphy H Debra A. Pierce PTK Sheila J. Pina HH Richard L. Plunk HH Leandro De Castro Rosa Adenise Santos
Susan G. Sharpe, Pamela J. St John, Silvani Teixeira, Michelle D. Tobey, Tami Frances Zine.
Certificate, Computerized Accounting: Barbara Agatha Bohere, Plamena Georgieva, Maryann Hughes, Jill Julin, Patrice C. Lucero, Kateryna Mason, Kathleen H. Peterson, Debra A. Pierce, Sheila J. Pina, Sarah A. Roberts, Wellington C. Souza, Tami Frances Zine.
Certificate, Culinary Arts: Matthew Bazycki, Kristina Elizabeth Callahan, Melissa S. Collins, Theresa M. DeRosa, Edward C. Morceau, Ivaylo Pavlov.
Certificate, Customer Service: Brian Duane Harnois
Criminal Justice Program, Associate in Science Degree: Dennis Edward Alker Jr., Francesca A. Andrews, Tyla E. Berbig, Matthew E. Blondin, Christopher Yates Burns, Krystal R. Cappola, Dennis P. Chase Sr., Riley C. Doyle, Sheryl Eddy, Tracy J. Ennes, Joseph T. Gibbs, Judith A. Kaplan, Tina Michelle Lehane, Mark Allen MacIver, Loren P. Orpen, Ryan J. Parent, Daniel James Rodrigues, Gerardo A. Santana, Kerri Ann Scaramuzzo, Madison Bristol Schluter, Samantha Soares, Brendan M. Sullivan, Travis Wesley Wright.
Certificate, Law Enforcement: Krystal R. Cappola, Kaitlin M. Jordan.
Certificate, Paralegal: Kellen Hariadne P. Francescon, Erin L. Olmstead, Samantha M. Santos, Danielle L. Short, Jean I. Sullivan.
Dental Hygiene Program, Associate in Science Degree: Ariel Arra, Terrance W. Blanchard, Christine Boudria, Monika M. Chabior, Jessica Chapman, Sandra J. Cobb, Melissa Curtis, Johanna L. Ghossein, Kimberly Grace, Griffin Mahrya Hart, Laura Haley Henderson, Erin Elizabeth Ladd, Elizabeth Martin, Edyta Orzeszyna, Kaitlin Porter, Jessica Razee, Alina Salustiano, Latoya Santos-Miller, Alexandra Nicole Whelan.
Early Childhood Education Program, Associate in Science Degree: Rebecca Lyn Blanchette, Michelle D. Burns, Donna Chepren, Mikaela Marie Colameco, Alicia Drever, Rebekah Lyn Eldridge, Julie Christine Fawcett, Rachael Elizabeth Hathaway, Sarah Marie Jordan, Linda J. Mayo, Mary-Frances Kroyak, Michelle M. Micklos, Jessica Marie Nee, Samantha N. Para, Felicia A. Robichaud, Mary Williams.
Certificate in Early Childhood, Infant & Toddler Concentration: Kara A. Carr, Caroline Tansey.
Certificate in Early Childhood, Preschool Concentration: Hannah Claire Smith, Justine Marie Whelan.
Environmental Technology Program, Associate in Science Degree: John J. Durcan, Jane Charlotte Evangalyn Fernandes, Bryan J. Kent, Steven K. Parks.
Certificate, Coastal Zone Management: Hannah Marie Baker, Jane Charlotte Evangalyn Fernandes, William A. Lynch, Steven K. Parks.
Certificate, Environmental Site Assessment: Erin M. Barrepski.
Certificate, Geographic Information Systems: Blaine Borden, Kelsey Riesebieter.
Certificate, Horticulture: Valerie Susan Davis, Jacob A. Marshall.
Certificate, Water Supply: Monika Kapuscinski.
Fire Science Program, Associate in Science Degree, Fire Science: Graham R. Doyle ,Richard William Johnson III, Jesse Thomas Reardon, Diego L. Torres.
Fire Science EMS Option: Ryan David Clarke Nathan R. Coughlan, Brandon A DeLuca, Christopher W. Field, Joseph E. Peltier, Kimberly R. Sylvia.
Certificate, Paramedic: Matthew J. Happel, Kimberly R. Sylvia, Ellis F. Taylor.
Information Technology Program, Associate in Science Degree: Katsiaryna Barodka, Adam Thomas Bordieri, Stephanie M. Chesky, Alex J. Cliff, Sean R. Dzenawagis, Bryan Finnegan, Lance Edward Giannelli, Jane C. Hapenny, Gregory H. Hiller, Adam Joseph Mason, Dorothy Dinnie Montini, William R. Rice, Courtney Robertson.
General Administrative Assistant: Deborah M. Perry
Medical Office Administration: Joan Marie Andrews, Angela V. Camara, Jose Tarcisio M. Carneiro, Alyssa R. Flynn, Kassandra Lee Riffe.
Certificate: Database Design: Kent B. Smedley.
Certificate, General Office Administration: Kathleen Peterson.
Certificate, Medical Coding & Billing: Jacqueline J. Beckman, Catharine A. Bogue, Jennifer M. Carroll, Yolanda L. Neal, Erica M. Nielsen, Pamela J. Ocampo, Heather J. Perry, Douglas Quinn, Renee Debra Ryan, Tori June Wedmore, Adrian R. Wilt.
Certificate, Medical Office Administration: Robert L. Muth, Janice M. Nelson, Cara Elisa Scichilone, Amanda Williams.
Certificate, Medical Receptionist: Jacqueline J. Beckman, Christina M. Boyan, Laura Elizabeth Ferri, Yolanda L. Neal, Renee Debra Ryan, Tori June Wedmore, Sarah D. White, Adrian R. Wilt.
Certificate, Networking: Bryan Long, Shawn R. Sanborn.
Certificate, PC Service Technician: Florent Aliu, Michelle A. Civetti, Michael Morea, Michael H. Pratt, Colleen L. Roy, Mark A. Williams.
Nursing Program, Associate in Science Degree: Nanette Abeid, Annette M. Bell-Thompson, Elizabeth Ann Benard, Mary-Anne Elizabeth Bjorkman, Ausra Bladyte, Michelle C. Bookach, Betty Bottina-Maxwell, Alsu Bryant, Daniel J. Burke, Jackie Cohen Burkey, Janelle Marie Carme, Stephanie Carvalho, Heather Ann Catala, Brittany M. Chace, Kristen Lynn Clarkin, Timothy B. Conway, Wanda Cutillo, Renee A. Czaplicki, Temisha Farrell, Karen P. Foss. Alicia Reardon Gold, Lisa Gould, Kerith Ann Hersey, J. Stanley Laine, Emily Chase Learned, Terri Lynn Lewis, Aaron Joshua Lom, Ryan E. Maas, Renee A. Maher, Charles F. McElroy Jr., Anne M. Menezes, Luisa Ramalho Moraes, Despina E. Moran-Devlin, Lauriene Farnesi Morin, Trisha Lee O’Hearn, Cristina Magdaluyo Pascual, Erica Abigail Powell, Anastasia Pundik, Vanessa A. Ramalho, Abigail L. Reed, Jorel J. Renelien, Stacey Lynn Richardson, Dayton Emily Lynn Ricker, Alexandar Ugo Saganic, Katsiaryna Ivanovna Sajin, Aziza Salmoun, Laura V. Scheel, Nancy M. Scott, Julia M. Seligmann, Liana V. Shaymardanova, Mary E. Silvia, Sarah H. Son-Theroux, Angela M. Stagakis, Rebekah Genevieve Stallings, Diana M. Stelma, Jesse Telford, Jaime Tierney, Suzanne Frances Tripp, Phurbu Tsering, Jana Vojtasova, Erin L. Whittemore, Pamela Zabielski, Laura M. Zukas.
Certificate, Diagnostic Technician: Nicole M. Agaman, Nadine K. Anderson, Grace O. Brown, Ariel M. Colby, Shannon Costello, Susan E. Dawe, Courtney K. Grandy, Brenda M. Hines, JianPing Hong, Nancy B. Leary, Lindsay Beth Long, Vanessa Pires.
Certificate, Massage Therapy: Rhiannon Bowles, Jennifer Clarke, Barbara J. Clemons, Monique Hislop, Lauren McDermott, John George Pells, Jesse M. Randolph, Adam T. Smith.
Certificate, Medical Assisting: Kelly Bosworth, Rebecca B. Davis, Maria Katia Drake, Ian Bruce, William Eldredge, Ashley Lynn Gessner, Jennifer Gounaris, Marissa L. Hartley-Torres, Stephanie Heaney, Jaimie A. Hindle, Kathleen A. Kelly, Nadine Lee Kutch, Nayelin P. Lopez Veras, Yan De Carvalho Luz, Benny Ely Rodriguez, Lynn Salsman, Racquel R. Shand-Maes, Jessica Erin Simmons, Michele St. Aubin, Elizabeth Stanley, Nancy Towers.
Certificate, Medical Interpreter: Svetlana Aleksandrova, Patricia P. Anlas, Maria Gil, Erica Hannon, Viviane O. Minihan, Flavio R. Oliveira Jr., Sabrina L. Ribeiro, Benny Ely Rodriguez, Tabatha H. Rubini.
Human Services Program, Certificate, Alcohol & Substance Abuse Counselor I: Chelsea R. Smith, Shahala Olimpia Assad.
Certificate: Alcohol & Substance Abuse Counselor II: Shahala Olimpia Assad.
Certificate: Human Services: Monica A. Benjamin, Jessica Holcomb, Lawrence Hiltz, Sarah M. Newton, Laura T. Russell, Christina M. Soltis, Neil S. Tanger, Megan Maurita Kelly, Jeanne M. Walsh.
Certificate, Graphic Design: Eliza M. Austin-Richardson.
Associate in Arts Degree: Domonique Victoria Aaron, Samantha Jane Abate, Ethan William Adams, Chelsey F. Albrecht, Taysha Lin Allen, Matteo B. Aluisy, Ryan Alwardt, Calista Helene Amato, Jenna Marie Andrade, Susan E Antonellis, Victoria A. Arute, Kathy A. Aspden, Eliza Marie Austin-Richardson, Alexander Ryan Ayala, Michael A. Baggan, Rachel C. Banas, Nicole Marie Barbel, Corinne E. Barkas, Lori Susan Barr, Christopher R. Bartley, Dacia Antoinette Beans, Shantoll A. Beaumont, Shane Aloysius Blaney, Christopher L. Bloom, Nikko Vic G Boco, Molly Katherine Booth, Rhiannon Bowles, Kyle R. Bowman, Daniel J. Branzetti, Steven Brazil, Christopher Brosnan, Dylan Patryk Broszkiewicz, Amanda N. Brown, Ellen Taylor Brown, Eric Brown, Mackenzie Elizabeth Brown, William Lloyd Brown.
Kettuley Brenda Campos, Sharon Lee Capie-Gibbs, Timothy Ryan Carroll, Bridget E. Casey, Stephen M. Catto, Mary Dunn Cauley, Michael G. Cavic Jr., Gina Celeste, Amanda Sara Chipman, Miranda Christen, Kayleen C. Christie, Caleb A. Clarke, Odesha Clarke, Daniel Kurtz Clausen, Joshua Clifford, Mathilda Josefin Tollesson Cloonan, Maria Grace Cohen, Nathaniel E. Colerick, Jennifer C. Conlon, Coleman John Conway, Marissa B. Costa, Shaun R. Coughlan, Terese M. Coulon, Connor Cox, Melum Coombs, Chelsie Croft, Timothy Cuff, Rebecca Marie Cully.
Larissa Da Silva, Kimberly Ariann DaCosta, Michael Anthony Daddona, Jack S. Daly, Wesley B. Dancause, Aimee L. Dauphinais, Rochelle A. Dawkins
Dawn M. Deacon, Stephanie L. Dearborn, Molly K. DeMayo, Holly Jean Demers, Kiara Skye dePreaux, Haydn M. DeRosa, Allison Derosier, Joanne M. Desrosiers, Francesca Maria Digeronimo, Maria Angela Do Carmo, Amber R. Donalson, Matthew Martin Donlan, Michelle L. Doran, Alec Anderson Doyle, Justin A. duBois, Sarah J. Duchesney, Ashley Dulak, Molly Elizabeth Dwyer.
Elise M. Edson, Brendon Eldridge, Kara Fay Erdel, Cynthia Ervin, Amanda Jean Fadum Hall, Bryan Feeney, Kelly Lee Ferguson, Kathleen Ayers-Ferland, Graham Drew Ferrari, Alexander Daniel Ferreira, Alyson Victoria Fleck, Randi M. Gallerani.
Daniel Gardner, Adam M. Gaudreau, Amanda M. Gay, Randolph Gerson, Matthew J. Giarrusso, Teresa M. Gillis, Jessica Harmony Gow, Shawnee Mayumi Gresh, Christina Nicole Griffith, John M. Grover, Natalya Rose Guglielmo, Breanna N. Gustafson, Keith David Haley, Tiffiny Hall, Maria Del Pilar Hanks, James Allen Hanrahan IV, Marcelli Siqueira Hansen, Joseph A. Hill, Claudia Jeannine Hinkle, Patrick Kondel Holmes, Stacie Lynn Holmes, Brett R. Hultgren, Melissa Hutchinson.
Alicia Ryan Iacovelli, Mahnoor Java, Christopher M. Jones, Mariah Orchid Kelley, Andrew Francis Keohan, Michelle Dawn Kilburn, Krystal Killen,
Kara Lee King, Andrea M. Kirby, Samantha Tema Klarer, Jeffrey-Michael Klun, Alexander Knight, Korey Althea Krikorian, Katharine Kruysman, Benjamin Anthony Kushigian.
Jeffrey Lake, Kristen Michelle Lambrich, Jasmine Linda Lamoreaux, Kathryn E. Landi, Colton Lange, Nicholas Matthew Lazott, Benjamin Leary, Jonathan Leary, Katherine Elizabeth Lebherz, Rafaela C. Lira, Juliette Locke.
Lexi Rose Maddox, Renato Vieira Mageste, Megan B. Maloney, Kathryn Rossanna Mann, Tiffany Marchisin, Elizabeth A. Margolis, Athena M. Marshall, Chelsea S. Martin, Anthony C. Mattei, Chandler Jeanine Mayberry, Callie A. McCarthy, Shannon Marie McCarthy, Jodie Melissa McDougal, Devin N. McGuire, Abigail L. McKee, Carly E. Melillo, Alyssa A. Mello, Nina E. Mello, John Francis Monahan, Jeffrey Monteiro, Hanna Elizabeth Morse, Sabrina Marion Mowatt, Jeremy Scot Mozeleski, Bethaney L. Murphy, Stephanie Lee Murphy.
Nathaniel D. Nasman, Timothy P. Nastar, Ryan Naticchioni, Dana Alyce Nelson, Eduardo Sene Neto, Christina Marie Neville, Debbie J. Nickerson,
Paige Nickinello, Marry Liz Nogueras, Hamza Noor, Christopher J. Nord, Judith Alward O’Brien, Pamela J. Ocampo, Liam Ohman, Stephanie M. O’Rourke, Richard Matthew Ortega, Yuleyca O. Ortiz, Nicholas Paul O’Sadcia, Ina Plamenova Ovalle.
Kristine R. Palmer, Justin A. Pannell, Debera Pascucci, Amber B. Pelkey, Leah Bondi Pickles, Vanessa Pires, Shawn Robert Potter, Kelsey L. Pratt, Lidwing, Pierre Raphael, Katrina Rose Raspa, Brion Albert Reichers, Morgan A. Reilly, Christopher A. Reinhold, Joshua W. Richards, Deyselucia M. Riker, Peter Joseph Rischitelli, Asia Gabriella Roberge, Melissa E. Roberts, Deanna Marie Rogers, Shaughnessy Frances Rogers, Melissa M. Romiza, Stephanie R. Ross, Michael J. Rufo.
Gioia Eve Sabatinelli, Jared Maurice Sacks, Chinda R. Samms, Mariana Sandarovscaia, Anna Elizabeth Sanker, Chelsea Michelle Santos, Cody T. Schmitz, Gretchen Anne Schwelm, Casey Anne Scrima, Trevor Sharnick, Doma Sherpa, Alison T. Shopshire, Michelle Lee Silva, Gabriel Silva Garcia, Marianna Andrade Simao, David W. Simmons, Alicia Ruth Simonds, Brittany Marie Slack, Chelsea R. Smith, Samantha Soares, Dolores Sokoloska, Christina M. Soltis, Kathryn L. Soto, Felipe Augusto Souza, Christine E. Spaulding, Megan Spawn, Amy L. Splitz, Alyssa J. St. John, Jon Tyler Stainbrook, Brittany M. Steuerwald, Jocelynn M. Sullivan, Hayden Christian Sumner, Andrea Michelle Sundberg, Zackery Tyler Surrette.
Neil Tanger, William Christopher Teed, Kimberly Rose Thompson, Stephanie T. Thompson, Samantha K. Thywissen, Jaime Tierney, James Tierney, Jayma Tilton, P Michelle D. Tobey Christine R. Towle, Patience Joy Uhlman, Michael Vacchi, Elizabeth VanWormer, Hilda Claudia G. Velloso, Mithsada Voravong, Perry Warner, Brian Washington, Maisie Watts, Alex Christopher Weare, Dawne Welch, Alexis Rae Wheeler, Marisa A. White, Sydney Gale Wilson, S. Benjamin Wirth, Leanne Marie Woods, Tasha Lee M. Wray, Sarah Elizabeth York, Benjamin William Young, Maxwell Young, Justice E. Young-Davis.
The following teachers were honored on the occasion of their retirement: Frances-Dee Burlin, Nancy Dempsey, Sally Polito, Margaret Rich, Nancy Shearer and Patrick Tatano.
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