Over 250 Students Participate in Commencement Ceremonies
ALMA, Mich. -- Alma College announces that over 250 degree candidates were eligible to participate in the college's 2008 Commencement ceremony on Saturday, April 19, 2008. Also eligible to participate were five students who completed degree requirements in December 2007: Brianna Johnson of Fenton, Rachel Pelton of Midland, Emily Wieland of Petoskey, William Banks of Prudenville and Kyle Ryan of Reese.
Key to degrees awarded by Alma College: B.A. = Bachelor of Arts; B.S. = Bachelor of Science; B.F.A. = Bachelor of Fine Arts; B.M. = Bachelor of Music; P.O.E. = Program of Emphasis.
Students are listed alphabetically by their hometown.
Degree Candidates
| Jessica Drefke | Adrian/Tecumseh High School | B.A., English |
| Jennifer Fry | Adrian/Clinton High School | B.A., education |
| Michael Saigh | Algonac/Algonac High School | B.A., business administration |
| Emma Ouellette | Allen Park/Melvindale High School | B.A., communication |
| Elizabeth Saylor | Allen Park/Allen Park High School | B.A., exercise and health science |
| Melissa Barclay | Alma/Alma High School | B.A., psychology |
| Nanette Beckmann | Alma/Alma High School | B.S., biology |
| Mitchell Boyer | Alma/Alma High School | B.S., physics |
| Amanda Brady | Alma/Alma High School | B.A., art and design |
| Reynaldo Castellon | Alma/Alma High School | B.A., psychology |
| Alex Catlin | Alma/Alma High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Joseph Cline | Alma/Ithaca High School | B.A., business administration |
| Emily Covington | Alma/Mt. Pleasant High School | B.A., business administration |
| Donald Easlick | Alma/Caro High School | B.A., business administration |
| Tracey Fuller | Alma/Alma High School | B.A., education |
| Kristina Hug | Alma/Alma High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Peter Martin | Alma/Alma High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Jonathan Powers | Alma/Alma High School | B.S., chemistry/mathematics |
| Katherine Renkie | Alma/Alma High School | B.A., biology |
| Monica Rentfrow | Alma/Ithaca High School | B.A., English |
| Morgan Whitmore | Alma/Alma High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Jessica Neumann | Alpena/Alpena High School | B.S., biology |
| Ann Armbruster | Ann Arbor/Washtenaw Technical Middle College | B.M., music |
| Travis Berklund | Arcadia/Onekama High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Jenniffer Campbell | Ashley/Wesleyan Holiness Academy | B.A. and B.M., music |
| Natalie Cordes | Barton City/Alcona Community High School | B.S., chemistry |
| Benjamin Catlin | Battle Creek/Farmington High School | B.A., history |
| Lauren Ruhland | Bay City/John Glenn High School | B.S., biology |
| Zachary Zanotti | Bay City/Bay City Central | B.A., mathematics |
| Elizabeth Podufaly | Big Rapids/Big Rapids High School | B.A., English |
| Andrea Hazen | Blanchard/Chippewa Hills High School | B.A., P.O.E. in music technology |
| Benjamin Place | Boyne City/Boyne City High School | B.S., chemistry |
| Jordan Voice | Boyne City/Boyne City High School | B.A., business administration/political science |
| Kristin Collins | Breckenridge/Breckenridge High School | B.A., business administration/sociology and anthropology |
| Mallory Hick | Breckenridge/Breckenridge High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Alexander Cartwright | Brighton/Hartland High School | B.A., psychology |
| Colleen O’Toole | Buchanan/Buchanan High School | B.A., religious studies/sociology and anthropology |
| Katie Boyer | Cadillac/Cadillac High School | B.A., business administration |
| Christina Thueme | Casco Township/Marine City High School | B.A., economics |
| Taylor Fisher | Charlevoix/Charlevoix High School | B.S., biology |
| Craig Boyles | Charlotte/Charlotte High School | B.F.A., art and design |
| Ryan Coon | Cheboygan/Cheboygan High School | B.A., history |
| Rachel Dotson | Chelsea/Chelsea High School | B.A., political science/communication |
| Melissa Morcom | Chelsea/Chelsea High School | B.A., business administration |
| Kimberly Hoeltzel | Clawson/Clawson High School | B.A., international business administration |
| Emily Smith | Clayton/Adrian High School | B.A., education |
| Avis Groath | Clinton Township/Fraser High School | B.A., foreign service/political science |
| David Henson | Clinton Township/Chippewa Valley High School | B.A., international business administration |
| Lauren Russell | Clinton Township/Chippewa Valley High School | B.A., communication |
| Haley Filhart | Coleman/Calvary Baptist Academy | B.A., business administration/English |
| James Lang | Coleman/Coleman High School | B.A., business administration |
| Krista Pennington | Comstock Park/Comstock Park High School | B.A., theatre and dance |
| Katherine Smith | Comstock Park/Comstock Park High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Nathan Weirauch | Dansville/Dansville High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Katelynn Matonich | Davison/Davison High School | B.A., English |
| Anne Willenborg | Dearborn/Edsel B. Ford High School | B.A., business administration |
| Katherine Bruder | Dearborn Heights/Cranbrook Kingswood School | B.A., Spanish/communication |
| Emelia Shroyer | Decatur/Decatur High School | B.A., foreign service/political science |
| Jessica Broadhurst | Delton/Delton-Kellogg High School | B.S., biology |
| Venias Jordan | Detroit/Frank Cody High School | B.A., education |
| Samantha Spedoske | DeWitt/Sexton High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Alexander Wagner | East Tawas/Tawas Area High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Eric Noseda | Eastpointe/South Lake High School | B.A., art and design |
| Bethany Eldred | Edmore/Montabella High School | B.A., history |
| Shannah Ford | Elk Rapids/Elk Rapids High School | B.A., business administration |
| Elijah Woolcott | Elk Rapids/Elk Rapids High School | B.A., undeclared |
| John Chellis | Ellsworth/Ellsworth High School | B.A., exercise and health science |
| Jason Latz | Elsie/Ovid-Elsie High School | B.A., education |
| Alana Raab | Elsie/Ovid-Elsie High School | B.S., biology |
| Karly Grant | Elwell/Carson City-Crystal High School | B.A., education |
| Trevor Waldron | Elwell/Alma High School | B.M., music |
| Jillian Sadler | Engadine/Engadine High School | B.A., international business administration |
| Michael Lovely | Essexville/Garber High School | B.A., business administration |
| Colin Wasiloff | Farmington Hills/Farmington High School | B.S., physics |
| Taylor Erwin | Fenton/Fenton High School | B.A., art and design/business administration |
| Brianna Johnson | Fenton/Fenton High School | B.A., theatre and dance |
| Salina Maxwell | Fenwick/Central Montcalm High School | B.A., business administration/history |
| Ryan Wilson | Fenwick/Belding Area High School | B.A., business administration/communication |
| Abigail Way | Fowlerville/Fowlerville High School | B.S., athletic training |
| Nicholas Maciulis | Frankenmuth/Frankenmuth High School | B.S., chemistry |
| Carla Luchies | Fremont/Fremont High School | B.A., psychology |
| Benjamin Queen | Garden City/Shrine High School | B.A., undeclared |
| Matthew Gorman | Gladwin/Gladwin High School | B.S., biology |
| Tracy Hair | Gladwin/Gladwin High School | B.A., education |
| Mallory Heslinger | Grand Blanc/Powers Catholic High School | B.A., history |
| James Lunde | Grand Ledge/Grand Ledge High School | B.A., history/religious studies |
| Samantha Pavolko | Grand Ledge/Grand Ledge High School | B.A., political science |
| James Abrams | Grand Rapids/Manistique High School | B.A., communication |
| Jennifer Gaston | Grand Rapids/Northwest High School | B.A., education |
| Ivyrose Hess | Grand Rapids/City High School | B.S., biology |
| Brett Knight | Grand Rapids/Thornapple Kellogg School | B.S., athletic training |
| Sadie LaPonsie | Grand Rapids/West Catholic High School | B.S., biology |
| Angela Schuhardt | Grand Rapids/Catholic Central | B.A., English |
| Rebecca Peacock | Grandville/Grandville High School | B.A., English/theatre and dance |
| Geri Gaskell | Greenbush/Oscoda Area High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| David Lapham | Greenville/Cadillac High School | B.S., biochemistry |
| Katelyn Moy | Greenville/Greenville High School | B.A., political science |
| Justin Rito | Grosse Ile/Grosse Ile High School | B.M., music |
| Kaitlin Logan | Harbor Springs/Harbor Springs High School | B.A., business administration |
| Ramae Lewis | Harrison/Harrison High School | B.A., business administration |
| Jacquelyn Jaqua | Harrisville/Alcona High School | B.A., exercise and health science |
| Brandon Smith | Harrisville/Alcona High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Danielle Moss | Hart/Benzie Central | B.S., athletic training |
| David Korte | Haslett/Haslett High School | B.A., undeclared |
| Erin Hemerling | Hastings/Hastings High School | B.S., athletic training |
| Jamie Diener | Hemlock/Hemlock High School | B.A., psychology |
| Margaret Ryder | Hersey/Reed City High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Candace Bonkowski | Highland/Lakeland High School | B.A., communication |
| Joshua Robare | Hillsdale/Hillsdale High School | B.A., mathematics/political science |
| Ashley Hicks | Holt/Holt High School | B.S., chemistry |
| Joshua Caswell | Houghton Lake/Houghton Lake High School | B.A., education |
| Erika Fitzgerald | Houghton Lake/Houghton Lake High School | B.A., education |
| Matthew Foley | Howell/Powers Catholic High School | B.S., mathematics |
| Mark DeMull II | Hudsonville/East Kentwood High School | B.M., music |
| Anthony Rosenblum | Huntington Woods/Berkley High School | B.A. and B.S., business administration/exercise and health science |
| Amanda Brewster | Jenison/Jenison High School | B.A., political science |
| Renee Pietila | Jenison/Jenison High School | B.A., art and design/psychology |
| Amanda Abramczyk | Johannesburg/Johannesburg-Lewiston | B.S., biology/Spanish |
| Rachel Gerds | Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Christian High School | B.A., English |
| Mackenzie Hunter | Kalamazoo/Gull Lake High School | B.A., psychology |
| Drew Johnson | Kent City/Kent City High School | B.S., athletic training |
| Ashley Wojtas | Kent City/Kent City High School | B.A., education |
| Mark Kraft | Lachine/Alpena High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Lydia Duddles | Lake City/Lake City High School | B.A., business administration |
| Mary Parsons | Lake City/Lake City High School | B.A., Spanish |
| Ashley Korson | Lake Leelanau/St. Mary High School | B.A., education |
| Alison Mulvaney | Lansing/Okemos High School | B.A., business administration |
| Valerie Nebbeling | Lansing/Lansing Catholic Central | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Lillian Peterson | Lansing/Lansing Catholic Central | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Tyler Wellman | Lansing/DeWitt High School | B.A., history |
| Katie Seagraves | Lapeer/Lapeer East High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Lindsay Wagner | Lapeer/Lapeer East High School | B.A., English |
| Thomas McGuire | Lincoln/Alcona High School | B.A., history |
| Trevor Leser | Linwood/Bay City Western High School | B.S., chemistry |
| Emilee Syrewicze | Luther/Pine River High School | B.A., political science |
| Julie Opperman | Lyons/Portland High School | B.S., biology |
| Melvin (Sonny) Koch IV | Macomb/Chippewa Valley High School | B.A., history |
| Scott Snyder | Macomb/Chippewa Valley High School | B.A., business administration |
| Heather Saputo | Macomb Township/East Detroit High School | B.A., art and design/business administration |
| Shannon Dier | Madison Heights/Bishop Foley High School | B.A., psychology/sociology and anthropology |
| Andrew Sawin | Manton/Manton High School | B.S., biochemistry |
| Melissa Carstens | Marquette/Marquette High School | B.A., education |
| Derek Chamberlain | McMillan/Newberry High School | B.A., business administration |
| Rachel Naiukow | Merritt/Houghton Lake High School | B.S., biology |
| Nicholas Nicholas | Metamora/Lapeer East High School | B.A., English |
| Kari DuFort | Midland/Bullock Creek High School | B.A., English |
| Chadwick Hall | Midland/Midland High School | B.A., business administration |
| Kyle Hill | Midland/H. H. Dow High School | B.S., biochemistry |
| Margaret Jacques | Midland/Midland High School | B.A., communication |
| Rachel Pelton | Midland/Merrill High School | B.A., business administration/communication |
| Terra Teague | Monroe/Monroe High School | B.A., business administration |
| Brett Sanborn | Montrose/Clio High School | B.S., mathematics/physics |
| Tatiana Rivard | Morley/Morley-Stanwood High School | B.A., psychology |
| Aaron Assmann | Mt. Pleasant/Mt. Pleasant High School | B.S., biology |
| Amy Gaudard | Mt. Pleasant/Mt. Pleasant High School | B.A., education |
| Scott Ribitch | Mt. Pleasant/Mt. Pleasant High School | B.S., biology |
| Aaron Weisberger | Mullett Lake/Cheboygan High School | B.S., biology |
| Christina Jancek | Muskegon/Muskegon Catholic Central | B.S., chemistry |
| Jacquelyn Jorgensen | Muskegon/Reeths-Puffer High School | B.S., athletic training |
| Brittany Rice | Negaunee/Negaunee High School | B.A., communication/Spanish |
| Raymond Foley | New Hudson/South Lyon High School | B.A., history/political science |
| Jaclyn Freeman | North Branch/North Branch High School | B.A., history |
| Elizabeth (Maggie) Simon | North Muskegon/North Muskegon High School | B.A., psychology |
| Angela Szatkowski | North Muskegon/North Muskegon High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Sarah Long | Okemos/Okemos High School | B.A., psychology |
| Patrick Doherty | Oscoda/Oscoda Area High School | B.A., business administration |
| Leah Hart | Oscoda/Oscoda Area High School | B.A., psychology |
| Nathan McDonald | Oscoda/Oscoda Area High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Shane Pinger | Ossineke/Alpena High School | B.S., chemistry |
| Rachel Ferris | Ovid/Ovid-Elsie High School | B.S., biology |
| Rachael Krefman | Paw Paw/Paw Paw High School | B.A., psychology |
| Derek Curry | Peck/Peck High School | B.A., business administration |
| Hadley Boehm | Perry/Morrice High School | B.S., biology |
| William Lambert | Petoskey/Petoskey High School | B.A., business administration |
| Emily Wieland | Petoskey/Petoskey High School | B.S., biology |
| Duane Willson | Petoskey/Petoskey High School | B.M., music |
| Melissa Gorsegner | Pigeon/Michigan Lutheran Seminary | B.A., education |
| Brian Deakin | Pinckney/Pinckney High School | B.S., mathematics |
| Kelly Friedland | Pleasant Lake/Northwest High School | B.A., political science |
| Kathleen Hammerschmidt | Plymouth/Salem High School | B.S., biology |
| Brian Lenneman | Portland/St. Patrick Catholic High School | B.A., business administration |
| Amanda Weber | Portland/St. Patrick Catholic High School | B.A., psychology |
| William Banks | Prudenville/Houghton Lake High School | B.A., exercise and health science |
| Megan Gallagher | Redford/Redford Union High School | B.A., theatre and dance |
| Andrea Whalen | Redford/Mercy High School | B.A., business administration |
| Kyle Ryan | Reese/Reese High School | B.A., communication |
| Elizabeth Freed | Riverdale/Shepherd High School | B.A., business administration |
| Joseph Kreft | Rives Junction/Mason High School | B.S., chemistry |
| Kelly Schwartzkopf | Rochester/Almont High School | B.A., business administration |
| Meagan McGrath | Rochester Hills/Our Lady of the Lakes High School | B.A., education |
| Bradley Potts | Rochester Hills/Rochester High School | B.A., communication |
| Carly Uthoff | Rockford/Rockford High School | B.A., communication |
| Phoebe Renne | Rodney/Chippewa Hills High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Asia Ameluxen | Roscommom/Roscommon High School | B.A., communication |
| Carlie Alchin | Roscommon/Roscommon High School | B.A., English |
| Brian Thomas | Roscommon/Roscommon High School | B.A., music |
| Kirsten Leestma | Royal Oak/Kimball High School | B.A., education |
| Megan Thompson | Royal Oak/Dondero High School | B.S., biology |
| Ashley Gombar | Saginaw/Heritage High School | B.A., education/English |
| Ashley Matuzak | Saginaw/Nouvel Catholic Central | B.A., business administration |
| Noah Thormeier | Saginaw/Heritage High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Alec Weir | Saginaw/Michigan Lutheran Seminary | B.S., biology |
| Derrick York | Shelby Township/Romeo High School | B.A., theatre and dance |
| Marion (Megan) Gillis | Shepherd/Shepherd High School | B.A., undeclared |
| Jamie Roggenbuck | Snover/Marlette High School | B.A., art and design |
| John Horne | South Lyon/South Lyon High School | B.A., economics |
| Erik Larsen | South Lyon/Mattawan High School | B.S., chemistry |
| Kandace Mallard | Southfield/Mercy High School | B.S., biology |
| Jason Matlock | Southfield/Southfield-Lathrup High School | B.S., chemistry |
| Joshua Shattuck | Spring Lake/Spring Lake High School | B.A., history |
| Patrick Theisen | St. Charles/Merrill High School | B.S., biology |
| Samantha Lyttle | St. Helen/Roscommon High School | B.M., music |
| Christopher Nobach | St. Johns/St. Johns High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Caitlin Fowler | St. Louis/St. Louis High School | B.A., mathematics |
| Elizabeth Heitsch | St. Louis/St. Louis High School | B.A., history |
| Tyler Martinez | St. Louis/Breckenridge High School | B.A., economics/philosophy |
| Wade Slavik | St. Louis/Fulton High School | B.A., mathematics |
| Kimberly Williams | Sterling Heights/Stevenson High School | B.M., music |
| Kyle Percival | Sturgis/Waverly High School | B.A., business administration |
| Kelly Stephens | Sturgis/Home School | B.S., biology |
| Brett Tomlin | Sumner/Alma High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Benjamin Smith | Traverse City/Traverse City West | B.S., biology |
| Adam Valentino | Traverse City/Traverse City Central | B.A., business administration/political science |
| Amy Wegener | Traverse City/Traverse City Central | B.A., business administration |
| Liana Easterby | Troy/Troy High School | B.A., business administration/communication |
| Jason Wilbur | Troy/Detroit Country Day School | B.A., business administration |
| Charles Rockwell | Tustin/Cadillac High School | B.M., music |
| Karl Recker | Ubly/Ubly High School | B.S., business administration/computer science |
| James Tibbetts III | Ubly/Ubly High School | B.A., business administration |
| Patrick Seymour | Union Pier/New Buffalo High School | B.A., business administration |
| Alyssa Gooch | Vermontville/Charlotte High School | B.A., education |
| Melissa Boguslawski | Warren/Lamphere High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Melanie McIntyre | Warren/Warren Mott High School | B.S., biology/P.O.E. in anthropology |
| Kali Edwards | Watervliet/Watervliet High School | B.S., biology |
| Melisa Potts | Wayland/Thornapple Kellogg School | B.A., biology/exercise and health science |
| Jared Steenwyk | Weidman/William Chrisman High School (Independence, MO) | B.A., Spanish |
| Megan Rasch | White Lake/Lakeland High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Jaye Bupp | White Pigeon/Sturgis High School | B.A. and B.S., music/mathematics |
| Sarah Graham | Wyoming/Rogers High School | B.M., music |
| Jennifer LaMay | Yale/Yale High School | B.A., political science |
| Ashley Masoner | Louisville, CO/Monarch High School | B.S., physics |
| Julie Gyssler | Des Plaines, IL/Maine West High School | B.A., education |
| Michael Yates | Plainfield, IL/Canton (Mich.) High School | B.A., business administration |
| Marita Urban | Westchester, IL/Immaculate Conception | B.A., education |
| Corinna Kizer | Webster, NY/Webster-Schroeder High School | B.S., biology |
| Kristina Kizer | Webster, NY/Webster-Schroeder High School | B.S., psychology |
| Meredith Szucs | Brunswick, OH/Brunswick High School | B.A., art and design |
| Lauren Cooper | Centerburg, OH | B.S., Spanish |
| Lauren Von Holten | Columbus, OH/Worthington Kilbourne | B.S., biology |
| Jessica Gradel | Curtice, OH/Genoa High School | B.S., biology/art and design |
| Jane Macdonald | Granville, OH/Granville High School | B.A. and B.S., theatre and dance/chemistry |
| Amy Bostelman | Napoleon, OH/Patrick Henry High School | B.A., education |
| Christy Penka | Perrysburg, OH/Perrysburg High School | B.A., English |
| Ricky Clarkson | Killeen, TX/Heritage High School (Saginaw, Mich.) | B.A., psychology |
| Adina Ramirez | San Antonio, TX/Lanier High School | B.A., political science |
| Brian Kilday | Newport, VT/North Country Union | B.A., theatre and dance |
| Evan Kay | St. Albert, AB, Canada/Paul Kane High School | B.A., psychology |
Posted: Sun, April 20th, 2008 at 4:20PM
