Elgin Community College
Elgin Community College will hold commencement exercises for summer and fall 2007 candidates for graduation at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Spartan Events Center, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. A total of 595 students are candidates for graduation.
The ceremony opens with a welcome to graduates, their families and friends from ECC President David Sam. ECC student Nicole Gibbs will perform the musical tribute "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," a piece written by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen for the movie "The Wizard of Oz." Accompanying Gibbs is John G. Slawson, ECC professor of music.
Phyllis Folarin, chair of the ECC District 509 Board of Trustees, will give the message from the board. Juan Hernandez, a member of the 2007 graduating class, will give the commencement address.
Sam and Dr. Gena Glickman, vice president of teaching, learning and student development, then will confer degrees and certificates to the candidates for graduation.
For information, contact Ann Kalas, assistant registrar, at akalas@elgin.edu or (847) 214-7228.
Fall graduates: Local candidates for fall 2007 graduation are:
Algonquin: Edyta Aleksiejczyk, Julia O. Ayemoba, Sandra M. Cabrales, Vincent Bertolami, Courtney M. Calabrese, Michael A. Didenko, Vicki L. Dwyer, Jeremy M. Feinstein, Russell E. Knott, Jordan Thomas Kohnen, Thomas Snider Mauro, Michele L. Mostowski, Nneka M. Nwaobi, Jessica L. Petersen, Steven Radak, Robert Steven Schalk, Emilie Bertha Strauss, Lukas Suzzi, Ronald B. Weeks
Barrington: Gerald J. Gebhardt
Barrington Hills: Richard E. Gomory
Carpentersville: Jose L. Alarcon, Julie Bergeson, James F. Boyd, Courtney Renee Hilgart, Olena Koltko, Kathryn Therese Mills, James M. Peterson, Laura Quinonez, Prabha Ranjan, Gregory S. Reed, Corrine Marie Rehberg, Katie Noel Roberts, Magdalena Ruiz, Anjelica M. Santoyo, and Laura D. White
Cary: Tricia Williams
Crystal Lake: Jay Patrick Anderson, Muriel Bear, Aytul Yesim Cremer, Jessica Lee Eckhorn, Kimberly Ann Orlowski, Brandon C. Tsuji, Brian Vaughn, Danielle Marie Willerscheidt
Dundee Township: Brian Block and Stephany A. H. Groves
East Dundee: Sarah K. Emerson, Karen Michelle Nedli and Ginger Kristine Smith
Harvard: Carol Bye and Juan Valdez
Hebron: Jamie Lyn DeCraene
Huntley: Sheila M. Bellak, Kyle Biba, Rodger H. Denman II, Lisa M. Gaucher-Smith, Britni Marie Hermansen and Joseph J. Williams.
Lake in the Hills: Malwina Augustyniak, Thomas J. Bishop, Katherine Anne Bucholz, Amanda Butler, Rubel Gutierrez, Anthony J. Kierl, Amy J. Lewis, Lisa M. Lissner, Elizabeth Kathryn Lopez, Christopher E. Macmillan, Erika Marcantonio, Jeffrey Paul Schubert, Santhawat Sirivetpanich, Marian R. Walters, Tina Marie Zurita
Marengo: Ernest M. Griffin, Lynn E. Wosylus and James E. Ohlinger
McHenry: Anthony Michael Geraty
Sleepy Hollow: Patricia A. Zarris
West Dundee: Jennifer L. Banse, Eric Fields, Kelly Lynn Grogan, Brian P. Myers, Andre M. Rodriguez
Wonder Lake: Annette M. Pierce
Woodstock: Jaclyn Clemens, Kimberly Ann Harm, Gina Milone, Julie Ann Monroe, Lateef Ogunjobi
Summer graduates: Local candidates for summer 2007 graduation are:
Algonquin: Crystal M. Bittner, Robert Heineman, Samantha A. Mobile, Patrycja Pierzynska, Alexandra Pilichowski, Victoria Pinderski, Ruhela Sultana, Jillian M. Terrell, Nicholas Umbdenstock, Barbara Ann Weeks
Barrington: Catalina J. Leo
Barrington Hills: Yu Min
Carpentersville: Crystal Albarran, Tanell Vashawn Allen, Shaun B. Anderson, Victor Banuelos, Peggy L. Davis, Jason Furst, Mark A. Gammad, Dionna Jones, Jose Luis Martinez, Eric Jason Pirtle, Natalia Skladanowska, Jacob Wenk
Crystal Lake: Kasey J. Koster
Dundee Township: Debra J. Torrenga
East Dundee: Dwight M. Klitzke
Huntley: Emmanuel David Munoz
Lake in the Hills: Joseph Campagna, Anthony N. Ferino, Leonard F. Hahn, Pete Kowalski
Sleepy Hollow: Leslie Carol Glade and Daniel Savarese
Spring Grove: Lynn Mary Komisarek-Kranich and Debra Kim Rafe
West Dundee: Dana M. Cathony, Danielle Elizabeth Gulledge, Mark A. Klitzke, Besarta Pinjolli
Woodstock: Harun Fasliu and Carrie L. Kieras