College Corner
LCCC
The following Lehigh Carbon Community College students graduated during commencement ceremonies last May at the PPL Center, Allentown.
Allentown: Michael Adams, Samuel Ajayi, Yordano Alvarado, Lysbeth Anchundia, Brandon Apgar, Maries Aponte, Bryan Araujo, Merquiadez Arce, magna cum laude, Julissa Arias, Tabitha Ariza, Maria Arteaga, Brianna Artiachi, Anita Asnani, Allison Austin, magna cum laude, Jaileen Azcona, Theresa Bellevue, Kara Betzenberger, summa cum laude, Donna Binkley, cum laude, Kristal Bodon, Dayanaraliz Bonilla, Devon Boyle, Kayte Bridger, Chad Brown, cum laude, Chenny Burgos, Destra Burrell, Nicole Campbell, magna cum laude, Adonis Cannon, Nati Casso, Rachel Castellan, Robert Castillo, Ria Castronova, Alina Centeno, Daniel Chua, Camelle Clarke, Noel Colon, Daniel Conrad, magna cum laude, Mercedes Conway, Keliw Cordero, Richard Cruz, magna cum laude, Matthew Damminger, Dorkyann De La Cruz, Isatu Deen, Franny DeJesus, Esvard D’Haiti, Alissa DiLuzio, Benjamin Dinon, cum laude, Tue Doan, cum laude, Tejas Dodia, magna cum laude, Stephanie Donchez, Sammar Dorvil, Jordan Drauch, Fali Duka, Matthew Easterwood, Mustapha El Hammouni, Samantha Elias, Jennifer Espinal, Yissette Espinal, Christopher Esposito, Yoselin Euceda, Jonathan Evans, Michelle Farver, Lizbeth Fernandez, Zuleyka Fernandez-Cuevas, Leanna Freeman, summa cum laude, Victoria French, Jeffrey Gable, Cassidy Garcia, cum laude, Gabriel Garcia-Bernardi, Cassandra Garistina, Darian Gaten, Jarrett Gayl, Leanne George, Leesa George, Samantha Getz, cum laude, Benjamin Gilbert, cum laude, Gregory Goletz, Chelsea Golightley, Sonia Gonzales, magna cum laude, Luz Gonzalez, Jon Gough Herauf, Jack Graham, Andrea Griffin, summa cum laude, Edgar Guadarrama, cum laude, Fitzgerald Guzman, Francisco Guzman, Natasha Hague, magna cum laude, Caitlin Harris, Max Hefele, Samantha Heintzelman, Natasha Henry, Alicia Hivizdak, Cecilia Holguin Veras Mejia, Peter Hughes, Elizabeth Hutnick, Phongvu Huynh, Edmund Ibrahim, Rebecca Inhoff, Gloriann Irizarry, Christine Jacoby, Mohamed Mazaher Jaffer, Jessica Jean-Baptiste, Marleny Jiminian, Tyler Johnson, Jencia Jones, Monique Jones, Stephanie Jones-Shive, Guillermo Juarez, Matthew Kehl, Erin Kelly, Cynthia Kemmerer, cum laude, Joseph Kennedy, Stephanie Koren, Gregory Kuntz, cum laude, Manuel Lajara, Courtney Lasko, Melissa Lebeduik, Ruth Leclerc-Matias, cum laude, Victoria Longo, Oscar Lopez, James Lovera, Miguel Luciano Fernandez, Roman Luknicki, Lisa MacDonald, Robert Madigan, cum laude, Milagros Maldonado, Matthew Malitsky, magna cum laude, Fadi Mamari, Valerie Mancia, Gabrielle Maramag, cum laude, Erick Marfil, Stephanie Marmolejos, cum laude, Eva Marte, Augie Martinez, Davianny Martinez, cum laude, Paula Mastroianni, magna cum laude, Daniel Matengo, Jahnyce Matos, Trista Mazsa, Caitlin McCormick, Gabriel McNabb, cum laude, Brian Medina, Jazmine Melendez, Monica Minkiewicz, Theophilus Mixon, Roberto Monroig, cum laude, Diana Morales, cum laude, Denae Mosley-West, Eamon Moyer, Andrea Napolitano, Ngoc Nguyen, Kadeegha Nicholson, summa cum laude, Raelynn Nolan, Hossein Norouzzadeh, Beatriz Ortega, Danny Ortiz, Maria Ortiz Soto, Gaberial Otero, Jizette Ozoa, Erika Padua, Kenya Palacios, Alicha Pantoja, Leslie Parker, Juan Parrales, Jonel Payano, Nicholas Pena, William Pena, Marcos Perez, Jenna Perkins, Hannah Phillips, Sebastian Pompa, Liam Power, summa cum laude, Timothy Purcell, Idalina Quintana, Maria Quintana, Ciara Ramos, Glorimary Renovales, Nathan Resendez, Ashley Reyes, Jesse Reyes, Donald Richards, summa cum laude, Richard Riedy, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Hector Rodriguez, Yudelka Rodriguez, LaNaija Rodway, Kelsie Rosa, Asia Rozier, Brandon Rutkowski, Isaias Sanchez, cum laude, Carmen Santana, magna cum laude, Francisco Santana, Stephanie Santiago, Johann Santos, Leeann Scalici, Natalie Schrantz, Tyler Schrenk, Alexandra Sellers, cum laude, Lynn Sfanos, summa cum laude, Jeyanna Shattah, Saschelle Simms, magna cum laude, Daniel Sirotnak, Amanda Smicker, cum laude, Ingrid Smith, Mairini Soto, Maria Staniszewski, Charles Studzienko, Mila Sulthana, Kristen Suriel, Jessica Tatum, Beatriz Tejeda, Gabrielle Thies, Kiwana Tonge, Hannah Toomey, Adalberto Torres, cum laude, Keith Torres, Leslie Torres, Hanh Tran, magna cum laude,
Quyen Tran, magna cum laude, Joshua Urmy, magna cum laude, Bricy Vargas, magna cum laude, Michelle Vargas, Margaret Vasquez, Natalia Vazquez, Paola Vazquez-Gonzalez, Priscilla Velez, Crislainy Ventura, Kiana Vidal, Michelle Viggiano, Lucero Villanueva, Naomi Rachel Warmkessel, Andrew Waterman, Carter Werkheiser, Eric Werley, cum laude, Tonya Williams, Terrell Wilson, Marie Yocum, Kayleen Zambrano, Jackeline Zamora, William Zenie, cum laude, and Emily Zimmerman;
Breinigsville: Michael Arnold, cum laude, Kumuda Borkar, magna cum laude, Jordan Busits, Janet Dao, Justin Dwyer, Carole Easy, Myrena Frantz, cum laude, April Garza, Brayden Hrycko, Denise Kalisz, Joshua Masters, Bryan McNally, Lillian Nagle, Priya Nair, magna cum laude, Bronson Strampel, Sarah Weigel, cum laude, Natasha Welsh and Kelly Wertz;
Fogelsville: Christopher Carrero, Alicia Durst, magna cum laude, Erik Lessel, Tyler Nicholas, William Roth and Thomas Schiffert, magna cum laude;
Germansville: Seth Cydis, Matthew Green, cum laude, Daniel Hamm, Kasey Hinkle, Ashleigh Loeffler, Austin Muth and Melanie Zandarski;
Kempton: Stephanie Latta, magna cum laude, Leeann Woodring and Krista Zimmerman;
Kutztown: Susan Edmunds, magna cum laude, Patricia Gonzalez, Mrunal Shah and Jesse Stone;
Laurys Station: Leah Bryant, Kariann Coblentz, Desiree Pacheco and Garrett Stinnard;
New Tripoli: Isabel Batres, cum laude, Barbara Byler, Lauren Fenstermacher, magna cum laude, Courtney Guynn, Jared Haas, Lydia Harrington, magna cum laude, Serena Kichline, Nathanial Latham, Trisha Nagle, cum laude, and Krystal Ruhe;
Orefield: Gemma Abou Rjaili, Rory Azar, Jonathan Davanzo, Kailin Dent, summa cum laude, Erika Goedeke, Grace Hornung, Lynn Kester, Anthony Kibodeaux, Joshua Kibodeaux, Joshua Klase, cum laude, Kirk Miller, Katanya Moumblow, Dylan Moyer, Cindy Rodriguez Ruano, Peter Sabino, Victoria Schmall, Sarah Siegel, Sabrina Stewart, Rajees Sunil, Stelios Vlahos and Jessica Weaver;
Schnecksville: Makalah Bonner, Nicole Burns, Gianna Destefani, Wendy Gechter, Sherry Gombos, Kayla Lesser, cum laude, Megan McGonagle, Paul Schenkel, Ronald Smith, Marisa Thomas, Zachary Witty and Sofia Younes;
Slatington: Jacqueline Angle, cum laude, Melissa Brown, Alicia Buckno, summa cum laude, Kimberly Butler, Chance Delong, Rasheeda Hardison, Tyler Hughes, Elizabeth Kates, Shannon Kuzma, Alyssa Lancsak, Austin Lancsak, Amanda Papay, Jennifer Wentz, summa cum laude, and Beth White;
Trexlertown: Jennifer Beam, Joan Docherty and Amanda Ramos; and
Walnutport: Tabitha Centers, cum laude, Britani Eidem, Katie Kuntz, cum laude, Calvin Ortiz, Paul Penner, magna cum laude, and Jessica Weidner.
The following individuals received academic awards:
Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Award: Diana M. Morales of Allentown.
Professor Elizabeth (Bette) Hummer Memorial Award: Bricy Vargas of Allentown.
Occupational Therapy Assistant Outstanding Student Award: Kailin Dent of Orefield.
Occupational Therapy Assistant Student Scholarship Award: Samantha L. Getz of Allentown.
Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP) LCCC Chapter Service Award: Megan A. McGonagle, Schnecksville.
Computer Science Faculty Recognition Awards: Joshua T. Urmy, Allentown.
Joanne Gerken Graduation Speaker Awards: Merquiadez M. Arc of Allentown and Diana M. Fleming of Whitehall.