Students Participate in Commencement Ceremony
ALMA, Mich. -- Alma College announces that over 250 degree candidates were eligible to participate in the college's 2009 Commencement ceremony on Saturday, April 18, 2009. Also eligible to participate were two students who completed degree requirements in December 2008: Hillary Bard of Elwell and Anna Zichi of Williamston.
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
| Samantha Russell | Alba/Mancelona High School | B.A., English |
| Sara Van Over | Adrian/Adrian High School | B.A., political science |
| Abigail Grieve | Alden/Kalkaska High School | B.S., chemistry |
| John Vance | Algonac/Algonac High School | B.A., history |
| Reid Cuddy | Allen Park/Allen Park High School | B.S., physics/mathematics |
| Joseph Moscheck | Allen Park/Allen Park High School | B.M., music |
| Lora Trzeciak | Allen Park/Allen Park High School | B.S., business administration/chemistry |
| Jamie Christian | Allenton/Armada High School | B.A., business administration |
| Brittany Anderson | Alma/Alma High School | B.A., education |
| Zachary Comer | Alma/Alma High School | B.S., exercise and health science/business administration |
| Nathan Glitman | Alma/Alma High School | B.M., music |
| David Karr | Alma/Alma High School | B.A., history |
| Kimberly Lyon | Alma/Alma High School | B.A., history |
| Jesse Ramirez | Alma/Alma High School | B.A., international business administration |
| Sarah Seals | Alma/Alma High School | B.A., communication |
| Lisa Snider | Alma/Mio-AuSable High School | B.A., political science |
| Joree Stone | Alma/Alma High School | B.A., psychology |
| Sawyer Plume | Alpena/Alpena High School | B.A., psychology |
| Lilly Pritula | Ann Arbor/Manchester High School | B.A., international business administration |
| Megan Marsh | Attica/North Branch High School | B.A., exercise and health science |
| Brad Collins | Auburn/Bay City Western High School | B.A., history |
| Kelly Durr | Bad Axe/Bad Axe High School | B.S., physics |
| Leslie Gerbracht | Barryton/Chippewa Hills High School | B.M., music |
| Paula Colburn | Battle Creek/Lakeview High School | B.A., education |
| Kelsey Hughes | Battle Creek/Harper Creek High School | B.S., biochemistry |
| Drew Emge | Bay City/John Glenn High School | B.S., P.O.E. in global health care and policy |
| Margaret Hewitt | Bay City/Bay City Central High School | B.A., history |
| Amber Keyes | Bay City/Nouvel Catholic Central High School | B.A., psychology |
| Samantha Lazarowicz | Bay City/Bay City Central High School | B.A., business administration |
| Colin Murad | Berkley/Berkley High School | B.A., business administration |
| Kaitlyn Smith | Berkley/Berkley High School | B.A., business administration |
| Tracy Blessing | Birch Run/Birch Run High School | B.A., education |
| Michael Dearie | Birmingham/Groves High School | B.A., philosophy |
| Allison Brong | Boyne City/Boyne City High School | B.A., business administration |
| Mary Miles | Breckenridge/Lansing Catholic Central | B.A., education |
| Tara Roberts | Breckenridge/Breckenridge High School | B.A., theatre and dance |
| Lindsay Cain | Bridgeport/Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy | B.S., biology |
| Kristi Cash | Brighton/Brighton High School | B.A., education |
| Cierra Dinsmore | Cadillac/Mesick High School | B.A., English |
| Kristen Haight | Cadillac/Cadillac High School | B.A., English/political science |
| Abigail Zukausky | Cadillac/Home School | B.A., English/German |
| Ashley Hennen | Canton/Salem High School | B.A., English |
| Stephanie McGuire | Canton/John Glenn High School | B.S., biology |
| Laura McKendry | Canton/Canton High School | B.A., business administration |
| Christine Wheatley | Canton/Salem High School | B.S., mathematics |
| Brian McBride | Caro/Caro High School | B.A., history/social studies |
| Kelly Ross | Caseville/Caseville High School | B.A., education |
| Kimberly Gillhespy | Cedar Springs/Cedar Springs High School | B.A., business administration |
| Daniel Laatz | Cedar Springs/Cedar Springs High School | B.A., communication |
| Catherine Millon | Cedarville/Les Cheneaux-Cedarville High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Nicholas Sulak | Central Lake/Boyne City High School | B.A., communication |
| Tracey Birman | Charlotte/Charlotte High School | B.A., history |
| Heather Keenan | Charlotte/Charlotte High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Craig Knaffle | Cheboygan/Cheboygan High School | B.A., business administration |
| Katherine Porter | Cheboygan/Cheboygan High School | B.A., history |
| Joshua Olgine | Chesaning/Home School | B.A., undecided |
| Franklin Newman | Clare/Sacred Heart Academy | B.A., business administration |
| David Lewis | Coleman/Coleman High School | B.A., history/social studies |
| Amy Seidl | Croswell/Croswell-Lexington High School | B.A., history/social studies |
| Stephanie VanSteenburg | Davison/Davison High School | B.F.A., art and design |
| Amy Wiles | Davison/Genesee Christian School | B.A., education |
| Christina Hall | Decatur/Decatur High School | B.S., biology |
| Antuan Davis Featherstone | Detroit/Cass Technical High School | B.A., business administration/P.O.E. in organizational leadership |
| Maria Quintana | Detroit/Cass Technical High School | B.A., art and design/business administration |
| Emily Naert | DeWitt/DeWitt High School | B.A., education |
| Ricardo Saenz | DeWitt/DeWitt High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Austin Schaar | DeWitt/DeWitt High School | B.S., biology |
| Thomas Krause | East Jordan/East Jordan High School | B.A., exercise and health science |
| Sharre Elliott | East Lansing/Ovid-Elsie High School | B.A., art and design/business administration |
| Earl Elowsky | East Tawas/Michigan Lutheran Seminary | B.F.A. and B.A., art and design/business administration |
| Adrienne Wagner | East Tawas/Tawas Area High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Sarah Schmidtke | Edenville/Midland High School | B.A., music |
| Hillary Bard | Elwell/Alma High School | B.A., theatre and dance |
| Zachary San Miguel | Elwell/Alma High School | B.A., Spanish/economics |
| Adam Carrick | Essexville/Garber High School | B.A., business administration |
| Steven Rose | Essexville/Garber High School | B.A., psychology |
| Lindsey Voss | Essexville/Garber High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Evan Finley | Farmington Hills/North Farmington High School | B.A., political science |
| Travis Martin | Fennville/Fennville High School | B.A., exercise and health science |
| Megan Crawford | Fenton/Fenton High School | B.A., English/Spanish |
| Angelica Luttrell | Fenwick/Carson City-Crystal High Sch | B.S., biology |
| Clark Geerlings | Ferndale/Ferndale High School | B.A., religious studies |
| Hannah Wingo | Ferndale/Ferndale High School | B.A., psychology |
| Jasmine Edwards | Flint/Flint Southwestern Academy | B.A., English |
| Kirsten McNally | Frankenmuth/Frankenmuth High School | B.S., biology |
| Matthew Chasnis | Freeland/Freeland High School | B.A., business administration |
| Matthew Foley | Freeland/Freeland High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Dylan Sova | Freeland/Freeland High School | B.S., exercise and health science/biochemistry |
| Pauline Hagedorn | Gaylord/St. Mary Cathedral | B.A., communication/music |
| Danielle Tholl | Gaylord/St. Mary Cathedral | B.S., exercise and health science |
| John Hawkins | Gladwin/Gladwin High School | B.S., exercise and health science/Spanish |
| Danielle Smith | Gladwin/Gladwin High School | B.S., biology |
| Amanda Bishop | Goodrich/Goodrich High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Michael Bradburn | Grand Blanc/Goodrich High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Corey White | Grand Blanc/Grand Blanc High School | B.S., biology |
| Lindsay Copeland | Grand Ledge/Grand Ledge High School | B.A., theatre and dance |
| Kristin Senter | Grand Ledge/Grand Ledge High School | B.A., business administration |
| Alexander Bouwhuis | Grand Rapids/Forest Hills Northern High School | B.S., biochemistry/Spanish |
| Anthony Datema | Grand Rapids/Union High School | B.A., music |
| Heidi Larr | Grand Rapids/East Kentwood High School | B.A., Spanish/sociology and anthropology |
| Reese Manikowski | Grand Rapids/Northview High School | B.A., psychology/English |
| Clayton Roberts | Grand Rapids/Central High School | B.A., English |
| Joseph Thiry | Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian High School | B.A., business administration/history |
| Kimberly Joki | Greenville/Greenville High School | B.A., foreign service/political science |
| Cody Moore | Greenville/Greenville High School | B.S., mathematics |
| David Dyer | Grosse Ile/Grosse Ile High School | B.A., psychology/theatre and dance |
| Meredith Campbell | Grosse Pointe Farms/Lansing Catholic Central | B.A., political science |
| Eric Braun | Hale/Hale High School | B.A., business administration |
| Emily Boerman | Hamilton/Hamilton High School | B.A., Spanish/sociology and anthropology |
| James Allen IV | Harbor Springs/Harbor Springs High School | B.A., foreign service/political science |
| Nicholas Hammond | Harbor Springs/Littlefield High School | B.A., history |
| Kaitlin Carolan | Harper Woods/Harper Woods High School | B.A., Spanish |
| Kristina Fuehring | Hart/Hart High School | B.A., business administration |
| Brittany Law | Hartland/Hartland High School | B.A., foreign service/economics |
| Hannah Henkel | Herron/Home School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Katie Alltop | Hesperia/Shelby High School | B.A., international business administration |
| Jessica Kennard | Hillman/Hillman High School | B.S., biochemistry |
| Kaitlin Reed | Hillsdale/Hillsdale High School | B.A., English |
| Kimberly McLeod | Holland/West Ottawa High School | B.A., psychology |
| Andrea Martz | Holly/Fenton High School | B.A., theatre and dance |
| Jason Fletcher | Ionia/Ionia High School | B.S., biology |
| Allison Doran | Ithaca/Ithaca High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Daniel Robey | Jackson/Home School | B.S., biology |
| Katelyn Ballard | Kalamazoo/Comstock High School | B.A., business administration |
| Thomas (T.J.) Stock | Lake/Beal City High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Erin Poulsen | Lakeview/Lakeview High School | B.A., education |
| Kerry Dembowski | Lansing/Grand Ledge High School | B.A., education |
| Daniel Gonzalez Morales | Lansing/Eastern High School | B.S., chemistry/biology |
| Ian Rideout | Lansing/Okemos High School | B.S., biology |
| Corey Wood | Lansing/Eastern High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Christopher Francis | Lapeer/Lapeer East High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Anthony Garcia | Lapeer/Lapeer West High School | B.A., business administration |
| Kevin Wenzel | Lapeer/Lapeer West High School | B.A., history/social studies |
| Katherine Green | LeRoy/Pine River High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Jesse Belkiewicz | Lexington/Addison High School | B.M., music |
| Daniel Fraser | Lexington/Croswell-Lexington High School | B.A., history/political science |
| Krista Avantini | Linden/Fenton High School | B.A., business administration |
| Kailey Ruggirello | Linden/Linden High School | B.A., business administration |
| Trista Geier | Livonia/Walled Lake Western High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Margaret Stump | Lyons/Portland High School | B.S., biology |
| Sara Ball | Macomb/Dakota High School | B.A., music |
| Elizabeth Knapp | Macomb/Dakota High School | B.M., music |
| Beth Kirchenberg | Manistee/Manistee High School | B.M., music |
| Amy Rockafellow | Manton/Manton High School | B.A., art and design/philosophy |
| Jeremy Stephens | Maple Rapids/Fulton High School | B.A., communication |
| Patricia Wales | Marquette/Marquette High School | B.S., biology |
| Stephannie Hesch | Mason/Mason High School | B.A., education |
| Jo Mollhagen-Jaksa | Mattawan/Mattawan High School | B.A., art and design |
| Andrea Richardson | Mayville/Mayville High School | B.A., business administration |
| Jacob Hanley | Memphis/Memphis High School | B.A., business administration |
| Sarah Nicholas | Metamora/Lapeer East High School | B.A., exercise and health science |
| Jennifer Weller | Middleton/Fulton High School | B.A., psychology |
| Matthew Brown | Midland/Midland High School | B.S., chemistry |
| Brittany Fales | Midland/H. H. Dow High School | B.S., biology |
| John Fillmore | Midland/Midland High School | B.A., history |
| Benjamin Kosal | Midland/Midland High School | B.A., mathematics |
| Kathryn Krauss | Midland/H. H. Dow High School | B.S., biology |
| James Kruse | Midland/Bullock Creek High School | B.S., mathematics |
| Eleanor Ramlow | Midland/Midland High School | B.A., English |
| Sarah Reitz | Midland/Midland High School | B.S., biology |
| Lindsey Siebert | Midland/Midland High School | B.A., business administration |
| Nicholas Smith | Midland/H. H. Dow High School | B.A., business administration |
| Jacob Zainea | Midland/H. H. Dow High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Kevin Bilbrey | Monroe/Monroe High School | B.A., English/philosophy |
| Alaina Vajcner | Monroe/Monroe High School | B.A., education |
| Timothy Hammond | Morrice/Morrice High School | B.A., business administration |
| Devon Anthony | Mt. Pleasant/Mt. Pleasant High School | B.A., business administration |
| Mark Daisy | Mt. Pleasant/Mt. Pleasant High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Amber Greco | Mt. Pleasant/Beal City High School | B.A., business administration |
| Margaret Powers | Muir/Ionia High School | B.S., biology |
| David McNally | Novi/Marvin Winans Academy of Performing Arts | B.A., economics |
| Faina Polt | Oak Park/Berkley High School | B.A., English |
| Jessica Bloomfield | Owosso/Owosso High School | B.A., psychology |
| Caylee Coe | Owosso/Owosso High School | B.A., history/social studies |
| Nicole McCarthy | Owosso/Owosso High School | B.S., biology |
| Nicholas Merlo | Owosso/Rochester High School | B.S., biology |
| Beth Hubbard | Oxford/Oxford High School | B.A., business administration/theatre and dance |
| Jordan Brown | Paw Paw/Paw Paw High School | B.A., English |
| Brett Seymoure | Paw Paw/Paw Paw High School | B.S., biology |
| Jaime Byron | Perrinton/Ithaca High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Benjamin McMurray | Petoskey/Petoskey High School | B.S., biology |
| Adam Sypniewski | Petoskey/Home School | B.S., mathematics/physics |
| Cole Feldpausch | Pewamo/Pewamo-Westphalia High School | B.A., history |
| Aimee Deakin | Pinckney/Pinckney High School | B.A., exercise and health science |
| Ashley Grizzell | Pinckney/Pinckney High School | B.A., business administration |
| Bradley Bockrath | Potterville/Charlotte High School | B.S., mathematics |
| Dustin Gary | Quincy/Quincy High School | B.A., business administration/psychology |
| Megan Darcy | Ravenna/Ravenna High School | B.S., athletic training |
| Aaron Pooley | Reed City/Reed City High School | B.A., English |
| Kyle Kern | Reese/Caro High School | B.A., biology |
| Stephen Helzerman | Riverdale/Home School | B.A., political science |
| Kathleen Maheras | Riverview/Riverview High School | B.S., biochemistry/biology |
| Rachel Small | Rochester/Stoney Creek High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Heather Evans | Rochester Hills/Notre Dame Preparatory | B.A., education |
| Allison Gibson | Rochester Hills/Rochester Adams High School | B.A., exercise and health science |
| Jennifer Sirtola | Rock/Gladstone High School | B.S., biology |
| Linnae Caurdy | Rockford/Rockford High School | B.A., theatre and dance |
| Ryan DeHaan | Rockford/Rockford High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Rebecca Bruning | Rogers City/Rogers City High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Shannon Ager | Royal Oak/Bishop Foley High School | B.A., education |
| Ruth Nardecchia | Royal Oak/Mercy High School | B.A., theatre and dance |
| Adriane Anklam | Saginaw/Heritage High School | B.A., psychology |
| James Couture Jr. | Saginaw/Nouvel Catholic Central | B.A., English |
| Amanda Rogers | Saginaw/Swan Valley High School | B.S., biology |
| Sara Swanton | Saginaw/Heritage High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Christopher Waters | Saline/Saline High School | B.A., psychology/business administration |
| Rebecca Miller | Sault Ste. Marie/Sault Area High School | B.F.A., art and design |
| Chelsea Gisler | Scotts/Vicksburg High School | B.A., English |
| Mary LeViere | Shepherd/Home School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Kyle Travis | Shepherd/Shepherd High School | B.A., economics/business administration |
| Kayla Trygstad | Sidney/Central Montcalm High School | B.S., biology |
| Crystal Cumbus | Southfield/Cass Technical High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Laurence Irwin | Southfield/St. Andrew's-Sewanee (Tenn.) School | B.A., religious studies |
| Erin Brooks | Sparta/Kent City High School | B.S., chemistry |
| Conrad Opperman | Spring Lake/Spring Lake High School | B.A., business administration |
| Katherine Burton | St. Johns/St. Johns High School | B.S., biology |
| Emily Harte | St. Johns/St. Johns High School | B.A., English |
| Martin (Anderson) Minnick | St. Johns/St. Johns High School | B.S., chemistry |
| Shimea Purchase | St. Johns/St. Johns High School | B.S., biology |
| James Phillips | St. Louis/St. Louis High School | B.M., music |
| Brandon Langford | Stanton/Arts Academy in the Woods | B.A., P.O.E. in web and digital design |
| Alexandra Conell | Sterling Heights/Bishop Foley High School | B.A., P.O.E. in anthropology and archaeology |
| Jessica Kuras | Sterling Heights/Henry Ford II High School | B.A., education |
| Jennafer Watson | Sterling Heights/Bishop Foley High School | B.A., business administration/psychology |
| Christina Brown | Sturgis/Sturgis High School | B.A., education |
| Tasha Brecht | Sumner/Alma High School | B.M., music |
| Bethany Gault | Sumner/Alma High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Diana Walton | Sylvan Lake/Kimball High School | B.A., English/theatre and dance |
| Stephanie Proudfoot | Tawas City/Tawas Area High School | B.A., psychology |
| Katherine Curtis | Thompsonville/Benzie Central High School | B.A., psychology |
| Jennifer Bassett-Payne | Traverse City/St. Francis High School | B.S., athletic training |
| Kayla Bauer | Traverse City/Traverse City West High School | B.A., art and design |
| Sarah Garrity | Traverse City/Traverse City West High School | B.F.A., art and design |
| Emily Noss | Traverse City/Traverse City Central High School | B.A., communication |
| Scott Casey | Trenton/Trenton High School | B.A., German |
| Bruno Gervasi | Trenton/Trenton High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Grace Iglehart | Trenton/Trenton High School | B.A., psychology |
| Joye Kallgren | Trenton/Trenton High School | B.S., chemistry/French |
| Carl Peterson | Troy/Troy High School | B.A., history |
| William Allen | Unionville/Valley Lutheran High School | B.A., P.O.E. in social policy |
| Amanda Ketchum | Vermontville/Maple Valley High School | B.S., biochemistry |
| Heather Schmidt | Vicksburg/Vicksburg High School | B.A., business administration/Spanish |
| Robert Jock | Wales/Memphis High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Caitlin Portko | Walker/West Catholic High School | B.A., history |
| William Scarborough III | Washington/Romeo High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Lauren Brotsky | West Bloomfield/West Bloomfield High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Lisa Brindley | West Branch/Ogemaw Heights High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Matthew Edwards | West Branch/Ogemaw Heights High School | B.A., business administration |
| Corey Wangler | West Branch/Ogemaw Heights High School | B.A., business administration |
| Ashlee Forde | White Lake/Walled Lake Northern High School | B.A., art and design |
| Linnea Rajala | Williamsburg/Traverse City Central High School | B.A., biology |
| Anna Zichi | Williamston/Williamston High School | B.A., history |
| Christopher Noel | Wyandotte/Theodore Roosevelt High School | B.A., history |
| Megan VanDerKooi | Zeeland/Zeeland East High School | B.A., political science |
| David Haskell | Durham, CT/Hackett Catholic Central (Kalamazoo/Mich.) | B.A., art and design |
| Allison Barnhart | Land O' Lakes, FL/South Lyon (Mich.) High School | B.A., business administration/theatre and dance |
| Kalif Mathieu | Jacksonville, IL/Routt High School | B.A., English/political science |
| Katharine Koechling | Wheaton, IL/Wheaton North High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Molly Allen | Oskaloosa, IA/Oskaloosa Community High School | B.A., education |
| William (Brad) Baughman | Albuquerque, NM/Swartz Creek (Mich.) High School | B.S., biology |
| Johanna Thompson | Medina, NY/Home School | B.A., theatre and dance |
| Heather Miller | Maumee, OH/Brighton (Mich.) High School | B.A., sociology and anthropology |
| Kevin Cross | Worthington, OH/Thomas Worthington High School | B.A., communication |
| Brent Riley | Guthrie, OK/H. H. Dow High School (Midland/Mich.) | B.A., philosophy |
| Elizabeth Fishback | Banks, OR/Banks High School | B.S., exercise and health science |
| Patrick Tompkins II | Williamston, SC/Greenville (Mich.) High School | B.A., business administration |
| Laura Engebretson | Sioux Falls, SD/Lennox High School | B.A., business administration/theatre and dance |
Posted: Thu, June 25th, 2009 at 8:53AM
