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COMMENCEMENT
2015
Mount Vernon Campus
Thursday, June 18, 6:30 p.m. • Mount Vernon, Washington
program
Mount Vernon Campus
Prelude & Processional
Presentation of the Class of 2015
Dr. Kenneth Lawson
Keith Highlanders Pipe Band
Vice President of Instruction
Skagit Community Band
Conferring Degrees & Certificates
Vince Fejeran, Director
SVC Showcase Singers
John Stephens
Dave Cross, Director
Board of Trustees Chair
National Anthem
Graduates Announced by
SVC Showcase Singers
Lisa Barnett
Professional / Technical Student Success
Program Coordinator
Welcome & Introductions
Vicki Talbott
Dr. Thomas Keegan
Academic English as a Second Language
Program Coordinator
President, Skagit Valley College
Dr. Roxanne Hulet
Class of 2015 Remarks &
Teacher of the Year Award
Chemistry Instructor
Galen Berger-Fletcher
Basic Skills Instructor
Mount Vernon Campus President,
Associated Students of Skagit Valley College
Closing Remarks
Jean Markert
Dr. Thomas Keegan
Puget Sound Energy
Excellence In Teaching Award
Recessional
Lynn Murphy
Keith Highlanders Pipe Band
Community Services Manager
Skagit Community Band
Commencement Speaker
Graduate & Guest Receptions
Heather Hernandez
Gary Tollefson Plaza (weather permitting) or
Gary Knutzen Cardinal Center Cafeteria
President and Publisher, Skagit Publishing
Student Ushers: Jennifer Duncan • Kevin Felt • Nicole Friedeck • Shizuka Inoue • Colleen Ladwig • Morgan Young
Board of Trustees
John Stephens, Chair • Christon Skinner, Vice Chair • Kathryn Bennett • Lindsay Fiker • Megan Scott O’Bryan
Skagit Valley College President
• Dr. Thomas Keegan •
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• Skagit Valley College Commencement 2015 •
2014 -15 Graduates 
• 
Associate in Arts
Direct Transfer Agreement
Erika K. Acode
+ High Honors
Grade point average of
3.80 to 4.00. Graduates
wear a gold cord.
* Honors
National honor society
requiring grade point
average of 3.5 plus
evidence of service to
community or institution.
Graduates wear a gold
stole and tassel.
Hong Kong
Lik Sum Chan
Mount Vernon, WA
+ TszTing Chan
Camano Island, WA
* Tania Michelle Alvarez
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Morgan Mackensie
Amundson-Leven
Conway, WA
Katherine C. Baker
La Conner, WA
Stevie C. Ballsmider
Anacortes, WA
Matthew Riley Barnes
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Guoheng Chen
China
* Sharon Anne Cherney
Mount Vernon, WA
* Gabriel J. Cherney
Mount Vernon, WA
Ka Ho Cheung
Hong Kong
* Tsz Pui Cho
Hong Kong
* Richard Shay Patrick
EckelKamp-Wood
Mount Vernon, WA
Caitlin Marie Edwards
Arlington, WA
Emma Mae Farnell
Bellingham, WA
Angelina Vasilyevna
Feskova
Burlington, WA
Stacy Marie Fonoimoana
Burlington, WA
* Justus Robert Fostvedt
Anacortes, WA
Elizabeth MaryLee Frank
Camano Island, WA
* Hallie Ann Freeman
Anacortes, WA
* Eleazar Galvan-Amezcua
Chelan, WA
Isis Moon Gamble
Andrew George
Christianson
Elizabeth D. Gardam
Renton, WA
Eric Michael Clark
Carey Lynn Gardner
St. George, UT
Joann Marie Clemo
+ Kjaisa Elanie Gifford
Mary Carmen Coffee
Erica Diane Gilland
Deborah Leah Best
* Sara Constantine
Jacob W. Gilles
Grandolph James Biggs
* Carly Jo Crawford
Evan Neal Givens
Elizabeth Cruz
Azucena D. Gonzalez
* Linsey Amelia Curry
Chassidy Dawn Green
+ Lara Lynn Curry
Madison Ellen-Ann Green
Kamella J. Dahl
+ Emily Ann Gripp
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Zachary Dylan Beatty
** Nicole LeeAnne Benham
++ + ** Galen W.Q. BergerFletcher
Bow, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Grade point average of
3.50 to 3.79. Graduates
wear a white cord.
** Phi Theta Kappa
Tsz Ho Chan
Mount Vernon, WA
Michelle E. Aikens
++ President’s Medal
Hong Kong
+ Chun Lam Chan
Emily Elizabeth Agen
Grade point average of
3.90 to 4.00, all A’s or
A-’s, with no transfer
credits below A- used for
degree. Graduates wear
the President’s Medal,
presented to them at the
Mount Vernon Campus
Honors Reception,
May 21, 2015.
* Wing Tung Chan
Oak Harbor, WA
Jeremy Ray Adderley
Awards
for Academic
Achievement
Mount Vernon Campus
++ + Naomi Ruth
Blankenship
Sedro-Woolley, WA
* Luis Alejandro Brito
Camano Island, WA
Jeryn Brooks-Durtka
Ephrata, WA
Samantha Aahley Brown
Lyman, WA
Stanwood, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Everett, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Battleground, WA
Bellingham, WA
Bellingham, WA
Bellingham, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Monroe, WA
Burlington, WA
La Conner, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Arlington, WA
Anacortes, WA
Shailene R. Gronemyer
** Yunjian Cai
* Adriana Katrine Dehaan
Daisy Sandy CamarenaBernal
* ** Raymond Lee DeVries
Bodhi Loong-Chinn
Hanson
Mount Vernon, WA
Natalie Celia Dougliss
* Emily Marie Haugland
Poulsbo, WA
Spencer Patrick Duffy
Kaitlyn Ann Heichel
Bemidji, NM
Chelsea Kimberly Dugin
Jamie Lee Heiner
Andrew Derek Eastwood
+ ** Sara E. Helms
China
Andrew Ashenafi Carlson
* ** Chelsea Lynn Caron
* Jazmin Elizabeth Cecena
Ramirez
Mount Vernon, WA
• Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Concrete, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Skagit Valley College Commencement 2015 •
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Anacortes, WA
Marysville, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
3
Associate in Arts
Darah Damiana King
** Stephanie A. Milliron
Forrest Loftus Ristow
Nataliya Kovalenko
** Rachelle Nicole Mills
Hannah Susan Rivers
* Jared Mark Krahn
Shane Taylor Mills
* ** Eric Lee Roberts
+ Madeline N. Henry
Yong Seok Kwon
Nicholas M. Moore
Leslie Rocha-Roman
* ** Phillip Darrell
Hensyel
Siu Ting Lai
Nancy Morales-Espinoza
Brian David Lampman II
+ Alexandra Suzanne
Rodio
Taylor Leianne Morss
Jacob Patrick Land
Huckvale Majeske
Nicholas
Stanwood, WA
Direct Transfer Agreement­
Bellingham, WA
++ + Abigail Mariah
Hendrix
Burlington, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
South Korea
Stanwood, WA
Bellingham, WA
+ Sachien Rajintha
Hewawasam
Hong Kong
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Timothy D. Hibma
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Camano Island, WA
Anthony Charles Lawson
* Allen N. Hills
Heidi Beth Leetch
Jacob Alex Colclough
Howard
* Jonathan Christovan
Liddle
Hong Kong
Anacortes, WA
Anacortes, WA
Lauren Mae Lidgard
Kyler Icem Howell
Burlington, WA
Neal S. Huber
Mount Vernon, WA
Naohisa Iwamoto
Japan
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Hailey Michelle Lindsay
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Savanna Rain Lineberger
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Jber, AL
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Katherine Leigh
Roos-Higbee
Bellingham, WA
Hollie Nichole Ross
Burlington, WA
Nicholas Taylor Allen
Rothrock
Manson, WA
Seungmin Park
South Korea
Robert James Pasmore
Arlington, WA
Vincent Michael Payne Jr.
Long Beach, CA
* Eduardo Perez
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Stanwood, WA
Arlington, WA
Nicholas William Rud
Arlington, WA
* Stephanie Marie Rustad
Anacortes, WA
Maureen R. Ryan
Camano Island, WA
Taiki Sakurai
Japan
Quincy, WA
Alejandro Sanchez
Sedro-Woolley, WA
* Paul Andre Sauer
Mount Vernon, WA
** Stephanie Jean Schmelz
Burlington, WA
Evan Bradford Schwab
Emily Lauren Peterson
Daniel Sean Peterson
Quincy, WA
Anacortes, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Chynna Leila Fujiko
Loeffler
Ryan Alexander Pinnell
Eastsound, WA
Kelsy L. Long
Anacortes, WA
Jared Vaughn Adrian
Marcaida Plang
South Korea
Heidi Ruth Charissa Lotze
Burlington, WA
* Ka Hei Poon
Stephen Michael Semler
Hong Kong
* Melissa Lynn Porter
Hailey Marie Shea
Bellingham, WA
* Alexandria Elizabeth
Anne Powell
Yukako Shinkawa
Thomas Ryan James
Burlington, WA
Lynn Marie Jenssen
+ ** Seongwon Jeong
Cheryllynn Yvonne
Johnson
Long Wai Lui
Loren David Johnson
Nicholas Huckvale
Majeske
+ Jacob C. Johnson
Simon Eric Thor
Marks-Franks
Mount Vernon, WA
Arlington, WA
Anacortes, WA
Joseph Alexander Jones
Bellingham, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Amber Grace-Marie
Maxwell
Tsz Chung Kam
Davia
Anuheaokalalohonua
Kaopua
Burlington, WA
* Samantha Taylor
Kelleigh
Oak Harbor, WA
Hong Kong
Arlington, WA
Bow, WA
McKenna Peirce Prause
Arlington, WA
Tiffany Ann Pulley
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Coupeville, WA
Tracy Vaughn Seebeck
Mount Vernon, WA
Kirkland, WA
Anacortes, WA
Japan
James Brian Shuler Jr.
Stanwood, WA
+ Joseph D. Siegel
Ridgefield, WA
Austin James Sigl
Savanna Marie McCoy
* ** Alana Darlene
Quigley
Thomas Dean McDonald
Collin Tabor Quilliam
Greg Jordon McIntosh
Kemi Ella Quinton
Jorge Abraham
Solis-Muñoz
* Mikel Gabriella
McMakin
Allena Shai Radford
* ** Elizabeth Frey Soneda
* Novella Marie Randall
++ + Kana Sorimachi
Thomas Michael Reyes
Sosa
Camano Island, WA
Hong Kong
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Burlington, WA
Concrete, WA
Stanwood, WA
Jessica Rose Ketcham
Mount Vernon, WA
Anacortes, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Snohomis, WA
Lake Stevens, WA
Karen Daniela Silverio
Gonzalez
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Emilee Rose Killarzoac
Denise Marie McQueary
Sun Woo Kim
Ana Lorena Mendez
Kerry Aye
Rathsabanhdith
Yoshiharu Kina
Nate Foster Merklinghaus
+ ** Jessica A. Rees
Shawna Nan Sparrow
Rhiannon Nicholle King
* Aida Louise Miller
Hannah M. Reilly
Hannah Joy Stanton
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Bellingham, WA
South Korea
Japan
Mount Vernon, WA
Stanwood, WA
Marysville, WA
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Mount Vernon, WA
Olegario Orozco
Sarah Jolynn Holtrop
Edgewood, WA
Graham, WA
Marysville, WA
Nam Hei Isaac Lee
Mount Vernon, WA
Custer, WA
Ryan Robert Nuessen
* Amika Hisamoto
Japan
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Elle M. Lee
Oak Harbor, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
Camano Island, WA
• Bellingham, WA
Arlington, WA
Burlington, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Skagit Valley College Commencement 2015 •
Japan
Mount Vernon, WA
Anacortes, WA
Stanwood, WA
Associate in Arts
Justin Eric Swanson
Stanwood, WA
General Studies
* Kathleen Amanda
Swartz
Momoka Ando
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Japan
Garrett Wade Swatzina
Katrina S. Bullis
Clear Lake, WA
Arlington, WA
Laura Bethany Wieringa
Heidi Beth Leetch
Patricia Renee Williams
E. Nicole Long
Saki Yamada
* ** Sierra Lee McNeil
Burlington, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
Japan
Temma Tanaka
Samantha Quinn Campbell
Associate in Biology
* Rita-Marie Tarraf
Andrew Ashenafi Carlson
Marco Antonio Arias
Becerra
Christine Anita Teeter
Misganaw Ambaw Chekole
* Kilee Renee Beuse
Japan
Camano Island, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Poulsbo, WA
Seattle, WA
Alexander Raymond Dee
Terrell
Camano Island, WA
Hong Kong
+ ** Sulayman Sowe
Burlington, WA
* Jordan Linnea Turner
Anacortes, WA
Amanda R. Werst
Raven Alana Tomasko
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Travis Michael
Willoughby
Amber May Watson
Jonah Benjamin Wilson
Shing Tak To
Kylee Nicole Cummings
Anacortes, WA
Taylor Paige Tobiason
Joseph Michael Derouin
** Tiffany Marie Touches
the Cloud
* Andréa Dañiel Driscoll
** Samantha N. Tribble
Concrete, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Anacortes, WA
Peoria, AZ
McKenzie Bergen Tuttle
Mount Vernon, WA
Camano Island, WA
Spencer Patrick Duffy
* Justus Robert Fostvedt
Anacortes, WA
Fall City, WA
Heather Marie Rude
Laurel Ann Thornlund
Hong Kong
Aaron Michael Peterson
Samantha Leigh Renault
* ** WanSing Vincent Choi
Latham, IL
Vietnam
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Cheyanne Mickel
Crockett
Stanwood, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Thinh Hung Nguyen
Mount Vernon, WA
Tammy Ann Bretches
Bow, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
* Ka Hei Poon
Samantha Lynn Creed
Bellingham, WA
Anacortes, WA
Janine Marie Donnelly
Brant Joseph Johnson
Rosalee Kay Schnitzer
Anacortes, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Hong Kong
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Mukilteo, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Pasco, WA
Anacortes, WA
Stanwood, WA
* Cheuk Gi Churchill
Wong
Chahala Marie Handy
Associate in Business
Alisha Rene Jackson
* Efrain Junior Alvarado
** Xinyi Xie
Mount Vernon, WA
Marika Jahana
Briana Nicole Vander
Kooy
Kevin Michael Yarrow
Lori Maureen Kephart
* ** Olga Andreevna
Baykova
Arlington, WA
Luke Denton Visser
Kentaro Kishimoto
Chistopher A. Benfield
Bremerton, WA
Japan
Michael Paul Klug
Laiying Chan
Kayla M. Viveiros
Hong Kong
Associate in Music
Mount Vernon, WA
Jie Chen
Ashley Onna Waterhouse
Diane Elaine Knutzen
China
Burlington, WA
Adam L. Christopherson
Andrew George
Christianson
Kapolei, HI
** Joseph Ryan Colston
++ + Mae Christina
Grossruck
Mount Vernon, WA
Katheryn Joan Conley
* Minho Lee
Camano Island, WA
Ariana Covarrubias
* Linda Faye Means
Arlington, WA
* Charlie Justin Dietrich
Coupeville, WA
Ifiokobong Ekpo
* Vladimir Sergeyevich
Melnik
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
+ Toria D. Van Horst
Burlington, WA
Bothell, WA
Kenmore, WA
Katie Myung Jin Van Selus
Mount Vernon, WA
Japan
Mount Vernon, WA
Attleboro, MA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Sara Janeen Weishaar
Rachel K.V. McKean
+ Jennifer Leigh Welch
Nathaniel James Olson
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Eric Rae Rosane
Amanda R. Werst
Pasco, WA
Zachary Lee Schlagel
Coral Alison Wiest
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Adam Oren Wilson
Evan Bradford Schwab
Bellingham, WA
Quincy, WA
Russia
Burlington, WA
Camano Island, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Aberdeen, WA
United Kingdom
China
Mount Vernon, WA
Nicole Marie Young
Stanwood, WA
Camano Island, WA
South Korea
Greenbank, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Emily Michelle Joreen
Stidman
* Corwin M. Givens
Jared Vaughn Adrian
Marcaida Plang
Shelby Carissa Jacobsen
Christina Rose Rubenstein
Jeremy Dean Wright
Emily Elizabeth Swartz
* Kristina N. Kislyanka
Chikin Yeung
Muriel Rose Troka
Tak Lee Kwok
Associate in
Pre-Nursing
* Hailey Lauren York
Raquel Sulat Wagoner
* Sho Kyomasu
Rosa Aide Diaz Rodriguez
Tanya Louise Young
Ting Yu Wang
Joseph Daniel Lee
Cara Anne Greenwood
Bryan M. Simmons
Jacqueline Anne Wilson
Mount Vernon, WA
Tsz Sin Wong
Hong Kong
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Concrete, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Hong Kong
Conway, WA
Concrete, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Taiwan
• Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Camano Island, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Hong Kong
Japan
Conway, WA
Skagit Valley College Commencement 2015 •
Oak Harbor, WA
La Conner, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
5
Associate in
Pre-Nursing
* Svea Christine Love
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Tara Marie Hoverson
* Eric Thomas Van
Bladeren
Kalamazoo, MI
++ + ** Chak Ming Yiu
Hong Kong
Oak Harbor, WA
Jason Alexander Vander
Lei
Mount Vernon, WA
Banking & Financial
Services
* ** Jonathan Shea
Bontrager
Associate in
Visual Arts
* ** To Yeung Cheung
* Isis Karina Beckwith
Jose A De Los Rios
* Charles Emerson Keeran
Business
Management
Associate in Applied
Science Transfer
Sarah Elizabeth Bates
Arlington, WA
Hong Kong
Burlington, WA
Alexander Eric
Emanuelson
La Conner, WA
James K. Greathouse
Oak Harbor, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
La Conner, WA
+ Tabitha Jolene
Kenneally
Oak Harbor, WA
Savanah Crystalin
Lisherness
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Camano Island, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
+ ** Robert James Pytell
Concrete, WA
* Nolan Daniel Swartz
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Criminal Justice
* Jacob R. Bickley
Mount Vernon, WA
Brian Scott Bonner
Anacortes, WA
Javier Camarena
Mount Vernon, WA
Nicole A. Case
Marblemount, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Edgardo Castellanos
La Conner, WA
Jerold Chris Fall
Stanwood, WA
Phoenix R. Brooks
Mount Vernon, WA
Early Childhood
Education
Brenden Roy Evans
Melissa Kay Bussard
Michael Eugene Evans
Stephanie Anne Marie
Hasbrook
Oak Harbor, WA
Wenxi Wang
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Chehalis, WA
China
* Miyu Gotoda
* Leigh Anne Francisco
* Matthew Thomas Miller
Computer Science
* ** Caress Aireal Pina
+ ** Angela Elizabeth
Goodall
* April L. Patterson
Japan
Oak Harbor, WA
Michael Thomas Buck
Jacqueline Jolynn
Resendiz
Mount Vernon, WA
Nikita S. Kislyanka
Burlington, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Environmental
Conservation
Geology
Eric N. Wolterink
Kalamazoo, MI
Physics/Engineering
Aquatic/Terrestrial Emphasis
Stephanie Elaine Blevens
Mount Vernon, WA
Tylynn Hunter Arnett
Garrett Mikel Bollaert
Cory Michael Blunk
Brent Alan Burns
* ** Jonathan Shea
Bontrager
Matheau Alen Corris
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Camano Island, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Anacortes, WA
Ferndale, WA
** Tynan Glen Martin
Arlington, WA
Anacortes, WA
Chaz J. Bowen
Anacortes, WA
Associate in
Technical Arts
* ** To Yeung Cheung
Hong Kong
+ Zachary Michael Clark
Mount Vernon, WA
Ian MacDonald Davis
Arlington, WA
Alexander Eric
Emanuelson
Camano Island, WA
Concrete, WA
Farrah Ann Jones
Michael Lemont Smiley
William Garet Lindstrom
* ** Colleen Renee
Springer
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Stanwood, WA
Bow, WA
Andrean Jenean Mitchell
Marcella Mae Vaughan
+ ** Jeffrey L. Slough
Culinary Arts
& Hospitality
Management
Darrington, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Darayl Ray Taylor II
Mount Vernon, WA
* Mary Patricia Turner
Melissa Alida LouNeece
Amos
Stanwood, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Tabitha Jolene
Kenneally
April May Bobb
Nelson Kendall Hipp
* Jason C. Carle
+ ** Shang-Min Li
Isaac Quentin Lynch
Elijah M. Cherney
Taiwan
Oak Harbor, WA
• Oak Harbor, WA
Baking & Pastry Emphasis
Anacortes, WA
Jeremy Ray Adderley
Anacortes, WA
Anacortes, WA
+ Lisa E. Torcolletti
Lionel Gomez
Oak Harbor, WA
Anacortes, WA
Kristen Ashley Schorno
Angelique Lectione
Cassell
Mount Vernon, WA
Ocean Side, CA
Gary Allen Reinier
Computer
Information Systems
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Sashamarie R.
Vandenheuvel
Stanwood, WA
Claudia Carolina
Alvarado
La Conner, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Zackery Shon Irwin
Jason Scott Falls
James K. Greathouse
Arlington, WA
Micah David William
Scott
Automotive
Technology
Burlington, WA
La Conner, WA
6
Mount Vernon, WA
* ** Haotian Su
Eric N. Wolterink
Chemistry
* Andrew Walter
Getavesky
Paris Romarine
China
Associate in
Science Transfer
Jerry L. Rios
Joseph Anthony Milas
Mount Vernon, WA
Ryan Landingin
Oak Harbor, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
Karin Louise Bowen
Sedro-Woolley, WA
* Demetrio J. Gallegos
Oak Harbor, WA
Adrianna Danielle Ibarra
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Culinary Emphasis
La Conner, WA
+ Courtney Michelle
Cassis
Mahweh, NJ
Mount Vernon, WA
Skagit Valley College Commencement 2015 •
Camano Island, WA
Marlon Ainsworth
Lealwalcott
Oak Harbor, WA
Jordan Elise McCrorie
Marissa Lee Ortiz
+ Rhonda Lynn Parkey
* Zackery Ryan Scott
Environmental
Conservation
* April L. Patterson
Stanwood, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Patrick David Seaman
Mount Vernon, WA
Restaurant Management
Emphasis
Aquatic/Terrestrial Emphasis
Matheau Alen Corris
Ferndale, WA
+ James Benjamin Canby V
Kelly Anne Kirn
Diesel Power
Technology
* Wyatt Walter Stovall
Anacortes, WA
* Onalee Charlene
Barrett
Stanwood, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Parks Resource Management
Emphasis
Deming, WA
Brent H. Jeanquart
Mount Vernon, WA
Robert R. Zander
Beau Vaughn Brockman
Ricki Lynn Clay Jr.
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
++ + Julia Rosa
Garmendez
Mount Vernon, WA
* Linda A. Hann
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Julie Ann Hunter
* Beverly Sue Smissaert
++ + ** Martha Elizabeth
Thompson
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Stacy Torres
Mukilteo, WA
Lafarro Dashawn
Williams
Oak Harbor, WA
+ ** Audrea Marie Woll
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Shelly Marie Mazanek
Stanwood, WA
Medical Assistant
Melissa Joy Mitchell
Camano Island, WA
* Kendra Jo Neugebauer
Oak Harbor, WA
Luz Maria Nieto Milan
Oak Harbor, WA
Generalist Emphasis
Mount Vernon, WA
+ ** Elizabeth Anne
Chilcote
Kathleen Frances Noar
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Anacortes, WA
* Ronda Joy Paulsen
Samuel David Larsen
Fire Protection
Technology
Mary Cisneros
Jacob Daniel Noste
Spencer J. Bond
Adilene Hernandez
Jeffrey Lee Cobb
+ Margaret Anne Hillard
Kelsey Renee Copps
Jeanine Pamela Holland
Mount Vernon, WA
Joshua Daniel Etringer
* ** Marcia R. Miller
* ** Sheng Yi Tan
Mount Vernon, WA
Thomas Lee Fitchett
Delaney Michele Murphy
Amanda Janelle Williams
Mount Vernon, WA
* Shirley Ann Chu
Chance Walter-Robert
Gwinner
+ Stephanie Renae Risser
Emily Rose Wynn
* Jamie A. Gregush
* Gideon Quinn Lamb
Jacqueline Alejandra
Rocha
+ Linda S. Holeman
Travis Allen Mason
* ** Liya Birtukan Rubio
Multimedia &
Interactive
Technology
Alicia Nichole Jones
* Janna Olive Poradun
David O. Villarreal
Web Designer
* Ginger Deanne Krengel
Levi Thomas Wigg
Lorena Zazocoteco
Mount Vernon, WA
Lake Forest Park, WA
Camano Island, WA
Early Childhood
Education
+ William Keith Bennett
Oliva Camarena Bernal
Magdalena Carrasco
Oak Harbor, WA
Everson, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Anacortes, WA
Bellingham, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Concrete, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Anacortes, WA
Camano Island, WA
Bellingham, WA
Bellingham, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Tammi R. Lempe
La Conner, WA
Human Services
Anacortes, WA
Chemical Dependency
Professional
Sarah Rael Minter
Hortencia Nieto
* ** Taylor Grace
Anderson
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Alysia Raeanna Pohren
Mount Vernon, WA
Matthew Weston Ray
Mount Vernon, WA
Miriam Grace Stewart
Education
Paraprofessional
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Camano Island, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Seattle, WA
Burlington, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Manufacturing
Technology
++ + ** James Leon Nunley
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Anacortes, WA
Tammie Adell Altona
Stanwood, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Singapore
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
++ + ** Michelle Marie
Barnhart
Mount Vernon, WA
++ + ** Bonny A. Halstead
Coupeville, WA
++ + Cheyenne Veronica
Hayes
Concrete, WA
* ** Mariah Alicia Johnson
Camano Island, WA
* Cody M. Nybo
Lake Stevens, WA
+ Virginia A. Tomasko
Anacortes, WA
Nursing
Ferndale, WA
Melanie E. Baldinger
Mount Vernon, WA
Stephanie Marie Ball
Mount Vernon, WA
* ** Mark H. Brady
Bellingham, WA
Annette Dominguez
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Tammy Kay Ennen
* ** Stefanie Joann
Baumgaertner
* Frances A. Gabona
* Lisa Nicole Bulfinch
Arlington, WA
• Concrete, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
+ ** Michelle Rebecca
Paquette
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Medical Assistant
Anthony Charles Lawson
+ Linda S. Holeman
Viktoriya Nikolayevna
Snezhko
Mount Vernon, WA
* Brianna Monique
Grayhek
Mount Vernon, WA
La Conner, WA
Camano Island, WA
Burlington, WA
Megan Ann Walker
* Kacie Jean Smith
* ** Eugene Joseph Gwost
** Jacqueline Patricia
Franco
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Marine Maintenance
Technology
+ ** Dawn Marie Chapman
* Alycia Marie
Traphofner
Jennifer Rebecca Riley
Bonney Lake, WA
Shannon Sharee Carver
Burlington, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Anacortes, WA
Mukilteo, WA
Skagit Valley College Commencement 2015 •
Anacortes, WA
Anacortes, WA
Anacortes, WA
7
Associate in
Technical Arts
+ ** Vanessa O. Nekuda
Nursing
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Ferndale, WA
Kimberly R. Corey
La Conner, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Kelsey Marie Potter
Gig Harbor, WA
Melvin Cortez Pusateri
Mount Vernon, WA
Steven Sage Rogers
Anacortes, WA
Anacortes, WA
Leah Noel Deines
Melissa Faye Ryan
Anacortes, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
** Jaimie Lynn
Dickey-Nunez
Tatyana Vasilyevna
Savchuk
Mount Vernon, WA
Bellingham, WA
++ + ** Jennifer Jean Van
De Grift
Anacortes, WA
Kylee Nicole Cummings
Allison R. Downey
Christina D. Pelzer
Barbara Lynn Peterson
Camano Island, WA
* ** Bruce Hemsing
Cornwall
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Grace Marie Perez
* Kendra Lynn Calonita
Marysville, WA
* ** Katherine F. Sellards
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Rachel LeAnn Duggan
* Connie R. Shaw
Burlington, WA
Friday Harbor, WA
* ** Tammy Yvonna Dye
Tami Jo Metz
Camano Island, WA
Amy Michelle Shivers
Burlington, WA
+ Bradley S. Routt
Oak Harbor, WA
Light Maintenance Technician
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Welding Technology
Brian Arellano
Mount Vernon, WA
Ashlee Rose Armitage
Sedro-Woolley, WA
+ Michael A. Baker
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Marcie L. Blair
Anacortes, WA
Leidy E. Tolley
Carlos Humberto Garrido
* Brittany Alyse Gudde
* ** Michelle Mary
Transue
Cody James Grzelak
Oak Harbor, WA
Stanwood, WA
Burlington, WA
Brittani Nicole Hart
* Amy Rebecca Uribe
Camano Island, WA
* Shamila Hashimi
Ferndale, WA
Michelle Jafari
Mount Vernon, WA
** Erin Kathleen Warner
Stanwood, WA
Tamra Jo Young
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
* Brooke Michaeline
Jensen
Office
Administration
& Accounting
Technologies
Bow, WA
* Amanda L. Joseph
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Shelby Renee Koopmans
Lyman, WA
Nataliya Kovalenko
Accounting Paraprofessional
+ ** Bonita Lorraine
Cleveland
Bellingham, WA
Benjamin M. Loetscher
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Audrey N. Collins
Leah A. Lopez
Stanwood, WA
Burlington, WA
* Irasema MartinezCastillo
* Estelle Rae Maassen
Mount Vernon, WA
Lynden, WA
+ Elizabeth Palacios
Maddax
Mount Vernon, WA
Alma Solano
Burlington, WA
Anacortes, WA
Burlington, WA
* Ashley Dawn Gillam
Bellingham, WA
Nelson Kendall Hipp
Kathelynn June Sullivan
* Brandy Lee Flock
Oak Harbor, WA
Jerry L. Rios
Oak Harbor, WA
Jerry L. Rios
* ** Meranda Michelle
Speers
Marysville, WA
Anacortes, WA
Automotive Service Advisor
Stanwood, WA
* Whitney Katharine
Gange
Nelson Kendall Hipp
Tourism &
Hospitality
Management
Jeremiah Seth Connell
Anacortes, WA
Automotive Parts Specialist
Richburg, SC
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Robert G. Guitteau
Camano Island, WA
Amy S. Hardie
Burlington, WA
Scottie Allen Holt
Everett, WA
Transmission Specialist
Nelson Kendall Hipp
Anacortes, WA
Jerry L. Rios
Oak Harbor, WA
Business
Management
Banking Services II
William Garet Lindstrom
Bow, WA
Anacortes, WA
Customer Service & Sales
Zachary C. Hiles
* ** Phillip Darrell
Hensyel
Anacortes, WA
Michael D.P. McKinney
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Kurtis James Noste
Bellingham, WA
Farrah Ann Jones
Stanwood, WA
Camano Island, WA
William Garet Lindstrom
++ + ** Kevin Patrick
Riley
Ann Marie White
Clevies Sintrell Tellery
Entrepreneurship
Oak Harbor, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
* Jacob Robert Vermaat
Lyman, WA
Certificates
Automotive
Technology
Alignment, Suspension &
Brake Specialist
Nelson Kendall Hipp
Anacortes, WA
Bow, WA
Friday Harbor, WA
Zackery Shon Irwin
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Farrah Ann Jones
Stanwood, WA
General Business Management
Zackery Shon Irwin
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Farrah Ann Jones
Stanwood, WA
Megan Ashley Sybrandy
Mount Vernon, WA
Darayl Ray Taylor II
* Carissa M Maggard
++ + ** Jennifer Jean Van
De Grift
Mikayla Ann Mansfield
Shanna M. White
Bow, WA
Automotive Electronics &
Diagnostics Specialist
* Katharine C. McDowell
Administrative Assistant
Nelson Kendall Hipp
Farrah Ann Jones
Mindy Ann Moulton
Josephine Elizabeth
Branham
Jerry L. Rios
William Garet Lindstrom
Arlington, WA
Burlington, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Burlington, WA
8
Oak Harbor, WA
• Jerry L. Rios
Oak Harbor, WA
Anacortes, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
Skagit Valley College Commencement 2015 •
Mount Vernon, WA
Retail Management Basics
Zackery Shon Irwin
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Stanwood, WA
Bow, WA
Supervisory Basics
+ Brenna Lanette
Wozniak
Farrah Ann Jones
Le Campo, TX
Stanwood, WA
William Garet Lindstrom
Basic Law Enforcement
Reserve Academy
WAFC Retail Management
+ Patrick Owen Roberts Jr
Bow, WA
Darrington, WA
Farrah Ann Jones
Parks Law Enforcement
Academy - EMT
Stanwood, WA
* Caprii K. Nakihei
Joshua Lawence Olson
Mill Creek, WA
Composites
Technician
Advanced Composites
Manufacturing Technician
Twins Peaks, CA
Charles Harrison Redline
Post Falls, ID
Mitchell David Shaffer
Avon Lake, OH
+ William Patrick
Sunderland
+ Gerald Anton Hopen
Oak Harbor, WA
Chattanooga, TN
Composites Repair Technician
+ Brenna Lanette
Wozniak
Christopher Jordan
Alumbaugh
Le Campo, TX
Stanwood, WA
Parks Law Enforcement
Academy - FIRE
Computer
Information Systems
+ David Michael Burson
Claudia Carolina
Alvarado
+ Thomas Anders Johnson
+ ** Robert James Pytell
+ Steven W. Sobzak
Database Programming
Parks Law Enforcement
Academy (PLEA)
Mount Vernon, WA
Lacey, WA
Butte, MT
San Francisco, CA
Concrete, WA
Claudia Carolina
Alvarado
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Mara Elizabeth Boyd
* Andrew Walter
Getavesky
Camano Island, WA
+ ** Robert James Pytell
Chathem, MA
+ Andrew Paul Cook
Las Vegas, NV
Claudia Carolina
Alvarado
+ Jonathan Wesley
Cummings
Mount Vernon, WA
* Andrew Walter
Getavesky
Port Angeles, WA
+ Thomas Clarke DeMars
Baton Rouge, LA
Camano Island, WA
+ Nolan Ray Fateley
+ ** Robert James Pytell
Manhatten, KS
Concrete, WA
+ Andrew Lawlor
Fetherston
* Nolan Daniel Swartz
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Wwoodway, WA
Dental Assisting Bridge
Robyn Lee Vandervort
Oak Harbor, WA
+ Boris Koeten
Granite Falls, WA
Early Childhood
Education
+ Casey Earl Lewis
* Maria Bennett
+ Benjamin James Martin
Oliva Camarena Bernal
+ Nathan Parker Muhn
Magdalena Carrasco
+ Lewis Sean Park
* Jamie A. Gregush
Seattle, WA
Lacey, WA
Wheat Ridge, CO
Belfair, WA
+ Jill Irene Peterson
Spokane, WA
+ Darren Joshua Pierson
Chehalis, WA
+ Sean Michael Powell
Springfield, OR
+ Corinne E. Spada
Sammamish, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Concrete, WA
+ Linda S. Holeman
Mount Vernon, WA
Tammi R. Lempe
La Conner, WA
Hortencia Nieto
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Cruz Alba Ortega
Lynnwood, WA
* Andrew Q. Tran
* Stephanie Suzanne
Peters
* Michael Bruce Whitney
+ Alysia Raeanna Pohren
+ Kendall Gabriel Willing
+ Jennifer Jill Rentz
Seattle, WA
Dover, NH
Kealakekua, HI
Culinary Arts
& Hospitality
Management
Melissa Alida LouNeece
Amos
+ Diane M. Byers
Network Technician
Bow, WA
Travis James Boyd
Slippery Rock, PA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
+ Graham Robert Hopley
Basic Bakery Competency
+ Laura Ashley Brown
* Nolan Daniel Swartz
Arlington, WA
Seattle, WA
Bellingham, WA
Concrete, WA
+ Matthew Allen Hawkins
Burlington, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Melissa Solano
Burlington, WA
Blanca Estella Tamayo
Burlington, WA
+ Jayne Esmeralda
Vivanco
Mount Vernon, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
Child Development
Associate (CDA)
Basic Food Preparation
Matthew Weston Ray
Melissa Alida LouNeece
Amos
Initial Certificate
Oak Harbor, WA
Basic Restaurant Cooking
Melissa Alida LouNeece
Amos
Oak Harbor, WA
Certified Culinarian
Patrick David Seaman
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
AnaMaria Amanda Aragon
Mount Vernon, WA
Rebecca Araujo
Bellingham, WA
Angelica Barajas
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Tomasa Bates
Mount Vernon, WA
Professional Cooking
* Maria Magdalena
Camarena
Magdalena Carrasco
+ Rosalinda Bernal
DeSoriano
Mount Vernon, WA
Criminal Justice
+ Kevin Andrew Flavin
Melissa Alida LouNeece
Amos
Basic Emergency Medical
Technician
Joshua Damon Flores
Nancy Christine Hearn
Joshua Lawence Olson
William Lee Gauthier
+ Keith Robert Wilson
Charles Harrison Redline
+ David J. Green
Everett, WA
Dental Foundations
+ M. Teresa Esparza
Mitchell David Shaffer
+ Nicholas Kain Harold
Robyn Lee Vandervort
+ Maria Carmen Espinoza
Greenbank, WA
Durango, CO
Arlington, WA
Twin Peaks, CA
Post Falls, ID
Avon Lake, OH
Hoquim, WA
• Oak Harbor, WA
Camano Island, WA
Burlington, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
Skagit Valley College Commencement 2015 •
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Olivia Diaz
Ferndale, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
9
Certificates
* Patty Sue Goodrich
+ Amy Marie Kevorkian
* Kacie Jean Smith
Early Childhood
Education
* Ginger Deanne Krengel
Lori K. Ledbetter
+ Alysia Raeanna Pohren
Amy Laurinda Peterson
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Viktoriya Nikolayevna
Snezhko
* Alycia M. Traphofner
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
+ ** Fritz Charless
Peterson
Amanda Janelle Williams
Mount Vernon, WA
Greiffenberg David
Woldtvedt
+ Maria Dolores Garcia
Everson, WA
Ramona Garcia Gomez
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Jayne Esmeralda
Vivanco
+ Ana Gomez
Mount Vernon, WA
* Patty Sue Goodrich
Mount Vernon, WA
* Maria E. Hernandez
Lynden, WA
Education
Paraprofessional
Language & Literacy
+ Linda S. Holeman
Mount Vernon, WA
Marissa Lee Ortiz
Mount Vernon, WA
Teaching & Learning
Mount Vernon, WA
* Ginger Deanne Krengel
Tammi R. Lempe
Oak Harbor, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Friday Harbor, WA
Manufacturing
Technology
+ Gerald Anton Hopen
Stanwood, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Emily Rose Wynn
Mount Vernon, WA
Medical Billing &
Coding Specialist
* Shelby Joyce Armstrong
Stanwood, WA
Naomi R. Barker
Mount Vernon, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
* Amanda Nicole Cass
Sedro-Woolley, WA
* Jill Marie Douglass
++ + ** James Leon Nunley
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Linda S. Holeman
Automated Systems
Technology
Jovita Medrano
Environmental
Conservation
++ + ** James Leon Nunley
+ Ana Isabel Melero
Geographic Information
Systems
Graciela Nava Ruiz
Andrew Derek Eastwood
+ Cruz Alba Ortega
Lynnwood, WA
+ ** Joseph A.
McConnaughy
* ** Eugene Joseph Gwost
Veronica Olvera
Mount Vernon, WA
Zachary Lee Schlagel
++ + ** James Leon Nunley
Sandra Rosales Avila
Quality Assurance
Rebecca Matilda
Sara-Staatz
La Conner, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Evelia R. Madera
Burlington, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Everson, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Darrington, WA
+ Alysia Raeanna Pohren
Arlington, WA
+ Elizabeth Ramirez
* ** Joseph Alan Shea
Bellingham, WA
+ Maria Ramirez
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Custer, WA
Water/Wastewater Treatment
Technician
Burlington, WA
* Spencer James Berndt
+ Jennifer Jill Rentz
+ Victoria Rodriguez
Lyden, WA
+ Josefina Ronces
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Computer-Aided
Technical Design
++ + ** James Leon Nunley
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Manufacturing Foundations
Anacortes, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
++ + ** James Leon Nunley
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Medical Assistant
Everett, WA
* ** Mark H. Brady
Health & Fitness
Technician
Annette Dominguez
Sedro-Woolley, WA
* Lisa K. Honey
Clear Lake, WA
+ Julie Ann Hunter
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Edtna Victoria IbarraHernandez
Burlington, WA
* Ralph A. Nielsen
Camano Island, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Diane Lynn Smith
Mount Vernon, WA
Medical Secretary
Mount Vernon, WA
Jamie Lee McIntosh
Mount Vernon, WA
Susan G. Walton
Stanwood, WA
Tony Denunzio
+ Tammy Kay Ennen
* Katrina R. Furness
Coupeville, WA
++ + Julia Rosa
Garmendez
Mount Vernon, WA
* Linda A. Hann
Jennifer Rebecca Riley
Burlington, WA
+ Julie Ann Hunter
Phlebotomy
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Shelly Marie Mazanek
Renton, WA
Melissa Joy Mitchell
* Sarah Lynn Burse
* Kendra Jo Neugebauer
* Stephanie G. Davis
Chemical Dependency
Emphasis
Luz Maria Nieto Milan
* Debra E. Goldstein
+ Benson M. Curtis
* Ronda Joy Paulsen
Janette Marie Goodwin
Oliva Camarena Bernal
* Dianne L. Dalbey
Makenzie Dawn Pell
Danielle Nicole Lull
Magdalena Carrasco
* Jennifer Patricia Haffey
Jennifer Rebecca Riley
* Abigail Rose Marie Vance
+ Maria Guadalupe
Sanchez
Mount Vernon, WA
Everson, WA
+ Angelina Sanchez-Pala
Mount Vernon, WA
Andrew Lee Noble Graves
Burlington, WA
+ Cheyenne Marie Gunn
+ Andres Cortez Soriano
+ Martha Tapia
Mount Vernon, WA
* Alycia M. Traphofner
Sedro-Woolley, WA
+ Marie Cruz Trejo
+ Leanne Marie Hickman
Zachery Scott Stroberger
Mount Vernon, WA
Human Services
+ Jayne Esmeralda
Vivanco
Mount Vernon, WA
State Early Childhood
Education
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
10
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
• Anacortes, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Stanwood, WA
Camano Island, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Skagit Valley College Commencement 2015 •
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Patient Registration Specialist
* Susan Ann Kelley
Anacortes, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Ashley Bass
Oak Harbor, WA
Anacortes, WA
Marysville, WA
Anacortes, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Anacortes, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Multimedia &
Interactive
Technology
Adobe
Office
Administration
& Accounting
Technologies
+ ** Lacida G. Sandlund
Bookkeeping
Ferndale, WA
+ Flor Janet GarciaEsquivel
Oak Harbor, WA
Britt Nicole Gauthier
Oak Harbor, WA
Samantha Kay
Gildersleeve
+ Diane S. Serna
* Travis Alan Woods
++ + ** Michelle Marie
Barnhart
Peggy J. Blanton
Technical Design
++ + ** Bonny A. Halstead
** * Barbara A. Kennedy
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Computer-Aided
Technical Design
++ + Cheyenne Veronica
Hayes
Business Communications
+ Gerald Anton Hopen
* Kristin Jensen
Oak Harbor, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Coupeville, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Josephine Elizabeth
Branham
Concrete, WA
Stanwood, WA
Digital Media Marketing
Business Software Applications
Josephine Elizabeth
Branham
++ + ** Michelle Marie
Barnhart
Oak Harbor, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
General Office Support
Game & Web Development
Josephine Elizabeth
Branham
++ + Cheyenne Veronica
Hayes
Concrete, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
DeAme Michelle Burwell
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Jeffery David Simeroth
Antonio Mota
Oak Harbor, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Graphic Arts
++ + ** Michelle Marie
Barnhart
Mount Vernon, WA
Adam L. Christopherson
Camano Island, WA
++ + ** Bonny A. Halstead
Coupeville, WA
+ Bradley S. Routt
Retail Management Basics
Sedro-Woolley, WA
+ Patricia Jean McBean
Everett, WA
Kristall Elizabeth
Millager
Burlington, WA
Sara Pendrey Reynolds
Anacortes, WA
Danielle Renae Richlin
Mount Vernon, WA
Ariel Joy Tjeerdsma
Burlington, WA
Alea Charlynn Townsend
Bellingham, WA
Veterinary Fundamentals
Taylor Ann Aldridge
Concrete, WA
Nicholle Dawn Ayres
Sedro-Woolley, WA
+ Bradley S. Routt
Emily Dianne Blaine
Tourism & Hospitality
Management I
+ Chloe Marie Bowen
Burlington, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Word Processing
+ Bradley S. Routt
Concrete, WA
* Ketevan Tavartkiladze
+ ** Tari Lynn Dunlap
Bellingham, WA
Darla Jean Garcia
Digital Video
Tourism &
Hospitality
Management
Mount Vernon, WA
* Rene R. Kvasnikoff
Tourism & Hospitality
Management II
Pharmacy
Technician
Anacortes, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Gig Harbor, WA
+ Dana Frances Hubbard
Cortney A. Coppinger
Oak Harbor, WA
++ + Cheyenne Veronica
Hayes
++ + ** James Leon Nunley
+ Kelsie Lauren Howerton
Josephine Elizabeth
Branham
Josephine Elizabeth
Branham
++ + ** Bonny A. Halstead
Technical Drawing
Arlington, WA
+ Bradley S. Routt
Oak Harbor, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
Burlington, WA
Caitlynn Jean Brock
Software Applications
++ + ** Michelle Marie
Barnhart
Quality Assurance
+ Gerald Anton Hopen
Burlington, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Web Assistant
Technical Design
Josephine Elizabeth
Branham
+ ** Bonita Lorraine
Cleveland
Concrete, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Customer Service & Sales
Small Business Accounting
++ + Cheyenne Veronica
Hayes
++ + ** James Leon Nunley
Office & Administrative
Support
Oak Harbor, WA
Coupeville, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
Stanwood, WA
Burlington, WA
Burlington, WA
Veterinary
Assistant
Adina Michelle Aaenson
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Bellingham, WA
+ Kara Rae Everett
Mount Vernon, WA
* Riley Kay Gerdes
Burlington, WA
Sydney Helen-Rae Hill
Bellingham, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Erika Marie Holm
Bellingham, WA
Makiah Elise Hyatt
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Angelisa Raquel Jaimes
Oak Harbor, WA
Celena Refugia Muniz
Kennedy Rose Ash
Ellen M. Bullard
Concrete, WA
Anacortes, WA
Anacortes, WA
Coupeville, WA
* Caitlyn Rose Conroy
Mount Vernon, WA
+ Jane Khilchenko
+ Kelly Autumn
Eagleburger
+ Hailee Lynn Nilsen
++ + ** Michelle Marie
Barnhart
Mikail Fedorovich Lovyn
* Alexandra Marie Ebey
+ Hannah Marie Oliver
++ + Cheyenne Veronica
Hayes
Kelly Marie McCombs
Oak Harbor, WA
Gabrielle Elizabeth Faure
Mariyah J. Ryan
+ Nicole Denece Moe
Sara Mae Fischer
Hayley Jo Speek
* Myly T. Nguyen
Madison Lynn Fisher
Jesseca Rayne Stromberg
++ + ** Michelle Marie
Barnhart
Diana Hernandez
Mount Vernon, WA
Digital Photography
Bellingham, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Concrete, WA
Arlington, WA
* Kristin Jensen
Stanwood, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
• Sedro-Woolley, WA
Kent, WA
Bellingham, WA
Anacortes, WA
Sequim, WA
Skagit Valley College Commencement 2015 •
Bellingham, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Bellingham, WA
Anacortes, WA
11
Certificates
Michael D.P. McKinney
Tsz Ting Chan
Tuan Chung Mai
Veterinary
Assistant
Clevies Sintrell Tellery
Wing Tung Chan
Laurel Maier
* Jacob Robert Vermaat
Edith Chavez-Reynoso
Shelly Marie Mazanek
Welding FundamentalsAluminum
Misganaw Ambaw Chekole
Jordan Elise McCrorie
Marcie L. Blair
Gabriel J. Cherney
Mount Vernon, WA
** Sierra Lee McNeil
Veterinary Fundamentals
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
Lyman, WA
Jessica Doris Sweeten
Anacortes, WA
* Tarisa Marie Toth
Anacortes, WA
* Alissa Jenaye Tregoning
Mount Vernon, WA
* Evelyn J. Ware
Mount Vernon, WA
RieAnn McKenly Whitlock
Anacortes, WA
Carlos Humberto Garrido
Mount Vernon, WA
Clevies Sintrell Tellery
Oak Harbor, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
* Jacob Robert Vermaat
Welding Technology
Welding Fundamentals-Steel
Marcie L. Blair
Lyman, WA
Richburg, SC
Carlos Humberto Garrido
Mount Vernon, WA
Zachary C. Hiles
Anacortes, WA
Advanced Welding Specialty
* Jacob Robert Vermaat
Lyman, WA
Aluminum Welding Specialty
Marcie L. Blair
Anacortes, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Seattle, WA
Lyman, WA
Welding in Manufacturing
Emily Lauren Peterson
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
** Raymond Lee DeVries
Mount Vernon, WA
Arlington, WA
Anacortes, WA
Camano Island, WA
Jovani Ramon Garcia
Mount Vernon, WA
Hydee Garman
Mount Vernon, WA
Michael D.P. McKinney
Cara Anne Greenwood
Basic Flux Cored Welding
Shuji Han
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Clevies Sintrell Tellery
Mount Vernon, WA
Joseph Michael Derouin
Clevies Sintrell Tellery
* Jacob Robert Vermaat
Stanwood, WA
Robert James Pasmore
Elizabeth MaryLee Frank
Oak Harbor, WA
Stanwood, WA
Katheryn Joan Conley
Justus Robert Fostvedt
Mount Vernon, WA
Stanwood, WA
Huy Ho Nguyen
Hong Kong
Carlos Humberto Garrido
Anacortes, WA
Vietnam
Tsz Pui Cho
Caitlin Marie Edwards
* Brandy Lee Flock
Mount Vernon, WA
Hong Kong
Marcie L. Blair
Anacortes, WA
Jeremiah Seth Connell
Hong Kong
Mount Vernon, WA
China
Oak Harbor, WA
Elizabeth Hawes
Inert Gas & Aluminum
Neal S. Huber
Mount Vernon, WA
Vietnam
Arlington, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Ka Hei Poon
Hong Kong
** Alana Darlene Quigley
Mount Vernon, WA
Jonathan Dean Ripley
Mount Vernon, WA
Hannah Susan Rivers
Mount Vernon, WA
Alexandra Suzanne Rodio
Mount Vernon, WA
Heather Marie Rude
Burlington, WA
Maureen R. Ryan
Camano Island, WA
Evan Bradford Schwab
Coupeville, WA
Beverly Sue Smissaert
Mount Vernon, WA
Alisha Rene Jackson
Viktoriya Nikolayevna
Snezhko
Jacob C. Johnson
** Colleen Renee Springer
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Tsz Chung Kam
Miriam Grace Stewart
** Haotian Su
Marcie L. Blair
High School
Diploma
Davia
Anuheaokalalohonua
Kaopua
Justin Eric Swanson
Jeremiah Seth Connell
Miguel Angel Alvarado
Jessica Rose Ketcham
Nolan Daniel Swartz
* Brandy Lee Flock
Christopher A. Benfield
Sun Woo Kim
Cyle Eric Thom
Carlos Humberto Garrido
++ ** Galen W.Q. BergerFletcher
Carlos Humberto Garrido
Oliva Camarena Bernal
Clevies Sintrell Tellery
Jeremiah Seth Connell
Mount Vernon, WA
Oak Harbor, WA
* Jacob Robert Vermaat
Lyman, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Richburg, SC
Michael D.P. McKinney
Flux-Cored Arc Welding
Specialty
Anacortes, WA
Richburg, SC
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Bow, WA
Michael D.P. McKinney
++ Naomi Ruth
Blankenship
Sedro-Woolley, WA
* Jacob Robert Vermaat
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Lyman, WA
** Jonathan Shea
Bontrager
Shielded Metal Arc Welding
Specialty
Marcie L. Blair
Anacortes, WA
Arlington, WA
Samantha Aahley Brown
Lyman, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Kenmore, WA
Anacortes, WA
Hong Kong
Burlington, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
South Korea
Yoshiharu Kina
Japan
Diane Elaine Knutzen
Burlington, WA
Siu Ting Lai
Hong Kong
Nam Hei Isaac Lee
Hong Kong
Kaytlyn Marie Lickar
Laiying Chan
Hailey Michelle Lindsay
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• Stanwood, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Camano Island, WA
Shing Tak To
Hong Kong
Luke Denton Visser
Mount Vernon, WA
Rulon Joseph Wells
Mount Vernon, WA
Laura Bethany Wieringa
Burlington, WA
++ ** Chak Ming Yiu
* Brandy Lee Flock
Hong Kong
China
Emily Rose Wynn
Samantha Quinn Campbell
Mount Vernon, WA
Burlington, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Jeremiah Seth Connell
Mount Vernon, WA
Anacortes, WA
** Audrea Marie Woll
Jonathan Christovan
Liddle
Richburg, SC
Mount Vernon, WA
Anacortes, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA
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Mount Vernon, WA
Mount Vernon, WA
Hong Kong
awards of honor & achievement
Mount Vernon Campus
President’s Medals
Departmental Awards
Awarded to graduating sophomores who have maintained
a 3.90 to 4.00 GPA as of winter
quarter with no I or Z grades in
course work over the 100 series.
Credits received only within the
last five years will be considered
towards the GPA; all transfer
credits used to meet degree requirements must also be A+’s or
A-’s and the student must have
attended SVC for a minimum of
three quarters.
Presented to the outstanding student from each of the college
departments. Faculty members from the departments nominate and
select the recipient of the departmental award during the spring of each
year. The basis for student selection is outstanding course work, intellectual
pursuit and extra effort in that department.
Michelle Barnhart
Galen BergerFletcher
Naomi Blankenship
Autumn Frost
Julia Garmendez
Mae Grossruck
Bonny Halstead
Cheyenne Hayes
Abigail Hendrix
James Nunley
Kevin Riley
Kana Sorimachi
Jennifer Van De Grift
Chak Ming Yiu
Lawrence Uri III
Lewis Award
Awarded to the overall
outstanding graduating
sophomore from the
Mount Vernon Campus.
Nominees
Galen BergerFletcher
Wing Tung (Gloria)
Chan
Zack Clark
Alana Quigley
Wenxi Wang
Allied Health
History
Julie Hunter
David Pemberton
Art
Human Services
Isis Beckwith
Jackie Franco
Basic Skills
Mathematics
Activity Awards
Athletes of the Year
Sydney Brown &
Eleazar Galvan
Drama Award
Jessie Spangler
Steven Scerbik
Music Award
Andrew Christianson
Publications
Jamie McIntosh
Zachary Clark
Joshua Crosson
Biology
Multimedia & Interactive
Technology
Misa Fukuda
Terri Oesch
Business Management
Gabrielle Moore
Chemistry
James Greathouse
Computer Science
Hokyin Ma
Virginia Tomasko
Music
Mae Grossruck
Office Technologies
Irasema MartinezCruz
Radio
Criminal Justice Activity
Award
Ashley Howard
Excellence in Culinary Arts
Demetrio J. Gallegos
Human Services
Practicum Award
Physics/Engineering
Christine Sorensen
Jason A. Yarrow
Margaret A. Hillard
& Yolanda M. Smith
Diesel Power Technology
Physical Education
International Student
Achievement
Culinary Arts
Matthew Mardesich
Eduardo Perez
Fire Protection Technology
Social & Behavioral Science
Gideon Lamb
Monica E. Willoughby
Health & Fitness Technician
Tourism & Hospitality
Jeff Haugland
Connie Auge
Wing Tung Chan
(Gloria)
& Thinh Hung Nguyen
Multicultural Excellence
Award
Mosiah Wilson
Phi Theta Kappa
Audrea Woll
Woman of Promise Award
Adrianna Ibarra
• Winner •
Global Advancement Award
Elijah Cherney
Alana Quigley
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academic dress
H
ave you ever wondered what the meaning is of
the various types of robes and hoods worn by
participants in a commencement ceremony?
The history of academic dress reaches far back into
the early days of the oldest universities. It appears that
academic clothing was first introduced and worn at
Cambridge and Oxford Universities in England in the
13th Century. The European custom was carried to
America, but prior to 1895, the institutions in this
country did not follow any particular style of costume.
In that year, an academic code of dress was adopted
and the standards accepted by most of the colleges and
universities in the United States. Today, the black robe,
hood, and cap are generally worn.
Three types of gowns may be distinguished: the
bachelor’s with long pointed sleeves; the master’s with
long closed sleeves, square at the end and having a slit at
the elbow for the forearm; the doctor’s gown, faced with
velvet and having round open sleeves with three bars of
velvet. The bachelor’s hood is the shortest of the three.
The master’s hood is the same shape but slightly longer.
The doctor’s hood is four feet long with side panels.
Hoods are silk-lined with the official color or colors of
the university conferring the degree. The binding is two
to five inches wide, depending on the rank of degree.
The colors of the velvet edging show the various fields
of learning as indicated in the following list:
Arts & Letters.....................................................White
Architecture.......................................................Brown
Business............................................................... Drab
Dentistry..............................................................Lilac
Economics.........................................................Copper
Engineering......................................................Orange
Fine Arts............................................................Brown
Fisheries................................................Golden Yellow
Forestry............................................................. Russet
Law....................................................................Purple
Library Science..................................................Lemon
Medicine.............................................................Green
Music.................................................................... Pink
Nursing............................................................ Apricot
Pedagogy (Education)........................................... Blue
Pharmacy............................................................ Olive
Philosophy............................................................ Blue
Physical Education.....................................Sage Green
Science...................................................Golden Yellow
Social Work....................................................... Citron
Theology........................................................... Scarlet
Congratulations 2015 Graduates!
We are proud of the fine work you have accomplished at Skagit Valley College. We wish you the very best as you begin
your journey into a successful future of learning, working and contributing to a better world. You are now an alum of
Skagit Valley College and join those who have attended SVC throughout the past 88 years. Stay connected as an SVC alum
by visiting www.skagit.edu/foundation. Again, congratulations on your accomplishment and best wishes for the future.
The Board of Governors
Skagit Valley College Foundation
Celebrating the Skagit Spirit
Mount Vernon Campus • 2405 East College Way • Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Whidbey Island Campus • 1900 SE Pioneer Way • Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Skagit Valley College provides a drug-free environment and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, or age in its programs and employment.
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