Elgin Community College notes

Elgin Community College will hold commencement exercises for summer and fall 2007 candidates for graduation at 7:30 p.m. today 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, chairwoman 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, will confer degrees and certificates to the candidates for graduation.

For more information, contact Ann Kalas, assistant registrar, at akalas@elgin.edu or call (847) 214-7228.

Fall graduates: The candidates for fall 2007 graduation include:

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

Bartlett: Brianna H. Arnt, Scott Bobowski, Jonathan Bujarski, Paula J. Carrera, Corliss Helene Menger-Decatur, Jacelyn Dequina, Anthony G. Godek Jr., Nancy Gomero, Maren Hale, Kathleen M. Kane, Joy C. Kiefer, Sarah M. Knox, Rebecca Mary Koper, Kim Kurtzrock, Kyle James Luft, Jonathan Neumann, Lance B. Page, Veronica Rodriguez, Cherelle L. Rouse, Kevin Schrader, Jenny B. Golden, Nicole Swichtenberg, James Allan Zurawski

Batavia: Deborah E. Hall and Nicholas J. Stanke

Burbank: Evelyn Sosa

Carol Stream: Michael F. Pascolla

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

Chicago: Ismael Quinones

Cortland: Julie I. Hamby

Crystal Lake: Jay Patrick Anderson, Muriel Bear, Aytul Yesim Cremer, Jessica Lee Eckhorn, Kimberly Ann Orlowski, Brandon C. Tsuji, Brian Vaughn, Danielle Marie Willerscheidt

DeKalb: Jameson Allen Russie

Dundee Township: Brian Block and Stephany A. H. Groves

East Dundee: Sarah K. Emerson, Karen Michelle Nedli and Ginger Kristine Smith

Earlville: Brenda L. Rowland

Elburn: Cory M. Johnston

Elgin: Eva M. Acevedo, Alma L. Andaya, Angelina Andrade, Erica Lynn Aragon, Hector A. Arreola, Adam Bauer, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Beebe, Sarah Michelle Brown, Mike V. Caraker, II, Alcide Martin Chambers, Alex Ciotola, LaShan D. Clark, Gary Claxton, Karli C. Cooper, Barbara Louise Curran, Julie L. Dorsett, Brad W. Duewel, Kyla Ann Duewel, Suzanne Christine Dwyer, Eugene M. Dyker, Stephanie Lyn Edmunds, Deborah M. Farley, Carli Faith Fellows, Shanell S. Ferguson, Julia E. Fernandez, Corey Feutz, Juan M. Garcia Jr., Dominica Aguilera, Armando Gonzalez-Martinez, Diane L. Graham, David Greene, Rachel Louise Haseman, Laura L. Henke, Juan Hernandez, Juan Pablo Hernandez, Sunny Huq, Jonathan D. Ignacio, Grace M.Taglieri, Francisco J. Jimenez, Maira C. Kalsbeek, Amanda Renee Kane, Adam J. King, Philip H. Kingsley, Toma J Kpandeyenge, Kristopher James Lamkin, Katherine Lampugnano, Gleena Mae Landoy, Omar Lara, Luke Longo, Elva Luna, Daniel J. Mahon, Armando M. Marquez, Natalie R. Martinelli, Paul Michael Matejcak, Lynne M. Mayer, Janet McGraw, Luis Medina Jr., Girmay M. Mekonen, Brian Mendoza, Lilia Mercado, Steven M. Michely, Robert J. Miller, Michelle A. Monteleone, Kimberly Anne Montgomery, Andrea Morales, Cory Morgan, Helen Muchow, Melissa Mutehart, Cedric Neloms, Michael K. Nieft, Kisha C. Noel, Cheryl K. Olsen, Kyle R. Overby, Laura Jean Overby, Alicia Padilla, Christine Padilla, Silvia Patino Baeza, Edith Obdulia Perez-Uribe, Mary E. Perfors, Mary E. Peterson, Richard John Piccolo, Bruce Anthony Puchek, Xiomara Ivonne Puquirre, Aaron Christopher Reinheimer, Renee L. Repenning, Angelica Rivera, Barbara Rocamora, Karen Priscilla Rodriguez, Reynaldo Rodriguez, Ruben Rodriguez, Amy Victoria Russo, Catherine M. Saffle, Karina Salina, Loren Ramos Santarromana, Rachel Denise Sapho, Jerry G. Severson III, Julie Marie Sexton, Jill Elizabeth Shannon, Stephanie Shirley, Manish Singh, Jennifer N. Sitko, Daniel Russell Smith, Daniel David Steffen, Tanisha Stewart, Jeff J. Survant, Sara Elizabeth Swenson, Rebecca Ann Thuestad, Ning Tong, Hoang Truong, Michael Warren Twietmeyer, Cecilia Valdivia, Teresa Venegas, Thomas L. Vongphakdy, Gregory K. Wessel II, Sonia L. Wilson, Brock A. Wishowski, and Jillian L. Zappia

Fort Pierce, Fla.: Joshua Michael Ballantine

Geneva: Steven Grant and Erin M. James

Gilberts: Jesse Marie Bassett, Vicki Rae Schwartz, David J. Siemieniec, and Erika Marie Siemieniec

Hampshire: Kevin Ahle, Maria Guadalupe Deithloff, Sarah A. Eberly, Shannon Leigh Heissler, Lauren A. Holmer, Laura Miley, and William P. Russell.

Hanover Park: Elizabeth P. Bansil, Rosa Benitez, Rita B. Borkowicz, , Joseph Andrew Crawford, Laura R. Hoffert, Beata Janton, Michael R. Johnson, Joel N. Pitzele, Barbara Plewa, Rolando Rodriguez, and Matt Vella

Harvard: Carol Bye and Juan Valdez

Hebron: Jamie Lyn DeCraene

Hoffman Estates: Sirisha Kamarajugadda and Eric M. Ochart

Huntley: Sheila M. Bellak, Kyle Biba, Rodger H. Denman II, Lisa M. Gaucher-Smith, Britni Marie Hermansen and Joseph J. Williams.

Kingston: Elizabeth M. Melone

Kissimmee, Fla.: Christina Ballard

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

Los Galos, Calif.: Jeri Ann Abrams

Marengo: Ernest M. Griffin, Lynn E. Wosylus and James E. Ohlinger

McHenry: Anthony Michael Geraty

Milwaukee, Wis.: Betty C. Whitten

Montgomery: Elizabeth McKay-Anaya

Monticello, Ind.: Lawrence Steven Schneider

Naperville: Sarah J. Poncar

Niles: Jason S. Ewing

Oswego: Erika L. Jurgenson and Mary Robbins

Palatine: Corey Stuart Siegel

Pingree Grove: Ada Maryane Arizmendi and Carrie Sloat

Plainfield: Shannon Moberly

Rockford: Tamara R. Miceli, Lattimore Pearson III, Maria del Carmen Rodriguez

Rolling Meadows: Alaina M. Hobbs

South Elgin: Marcel A. Adriatico, Kyle Ann Beckers, Patricia Bletz, Kelly Chilvers, Thomas Ray Eaton, Kerri Lee Hicks, Spring M. Johansson, Alejandro J. Lozano, Romana Masheris, Christine K. O'Reilly, Amanda Pope, Jeffrey Quiambao, Radadiya Jigna Jatin, Stephanie D. Sheldon, Melissa A. Spejcher, Aaron J. Vollrath, Britt Wambach, Mary Ann Lehman Ward, and Denise Zelske

Schaumburg: Sylvia N. Terlecki

Sleepy Hollow: Patricia A. Zarris

St. Charles: Thomas J. Aagesen, Vincent Balistreri, Daniel R. Boynton, Robert N. Castellani, James Michael Collins, Janice M. Constante, Victoria M. Daniele, Staci M. Engi, Ashli S. Fain, Christopher Galzin, Lisa A. Hessenius, Patricia P. Keel, Richard F. Kirts, Jennifer L. Leibforth, Karen J. Madura, Ella S. Mason, Wayne Maulding, Sara Rose Mertens, David R. Meyer, Jeremy J. Miklas, Brittany Lee Nattier, David R. Orlow, Christopher M. Parsons, Christopher Warren Plane, Joseph B. Plumb, Jessica N. Quaiver, Kristina Lynn Rohrbach, Barry E. Roth, Jacob T. Sandlund, Lisa Ann Soto, Amanda Spoerl, Erica L. Stoner, Mayur Thakkar, Ahshare Thompson, Cara L. Turner, Michelle Frances Vergara, Matthew Wieczorek, Jason L. Williams, Elizabeth Williamson, Nizar Zejnilhodzic, Christopher Joseph Zitny

Streamwood: Emily S. Ascue, Robert L. Bally, Javier Jose Benson, Christopher Burman, Christina Collins, Paola Cruz, Chanianne J. Deiber, Maureen K. Deitche, Paul K. Deitche, Maria Del Rocio Flores, Vanessa Cecilia Freitas, Donovan B. Harris, Olivia Jezierski, Reinhold Kuiper, Richard A. Lavorini, Ana M. Luna, Alicia B. McGuire, Mark A. Navratil, Stefanie Neuman, IFeoma Ofodile (IFY), Dariusz Ostrogorski, Jennifer Ann Panek, Brent D. Pearson, Michael Todd Pedigo, Audreia Idette Pepper, Cornelia Pitts, Grant M. Pollard, James Christian Richards, Perikles Sikes, Netzahualcoyotl Soto, Robert E. Straus, Tara Waarich, Kerri L. Wilk

Sycamore: Vanessa Walsh

West Chicago: Anthony C. Beltrame, Nicholas Christensen, Dan P. Gloss and Nicholas Thomas Mourning

West Dundee: Jennifer L. Banse, Eric Fields, Kelly Lynn Grogan, Brian P. Myers, Andre M. Rodriguez

Wayne: Andrew Ogata

Winfield: Jennifer R. Williams

Wonder Lake: Annette M. Pierce

Woodstock: Jaclyn Clemens, Kimberly Ann Harm, Gina Milone, Julie Ann Monroe, Lateef Ogunjobi

Summer graduates: The candidates for summer 2007 graduation include:

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

Aurora: Amy M. Polanski and Kathryn M. Shipperley-Ray

Barrington: Catalina J. Leo

Barrington Hills: Yu Min

Bartlett: Scott T. Bradley, Richard A. Brandes, Madhvi A. Girap, Jenna E. Grandt, Alicia Marie Hemstock, Christine Denise Howard, Julie E. Karp, Thomas Eunho Kim, Lisa R. Mokodanski, Brett N. Palmer, Kristina Raidy, Erik R. Schuster, Daniel J. Sumulong, Kinga T. Swedrowska

Berwyn: Gicel Guadalupe Mercado Sanchez

Bloomingdale: Jennifer A. Calma and Scott A. Zemaitis

Broadview: Rohina Malik

Burlington: Danielle M. Parisot

Carol Stream: Viviane Hsiao, Amber Rose Jackson, and Kien T. Nguyen

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

Chicago: Mireille D. Baldwin, Joseph W. Carli, Mirella Carreno, Nicholas Ryan Giagnoni, Ann L. Graham, Danielle Haney, Raabia M. Khan, Mary Maloney, Georgianna Aminata Monnier-Sarr

Columbia, Mo.: Rachel Brunsma

Cortland: Suzanne R. Faust

Crystal Lake: Kasey J. Koster

Davis Junction: Amanda Nicole Oddo

Downers Grove: Michele B. Kus

Dundee Township: Debra J. Torrenga

East Dundee: Dwight M. Klitzke

Elburn: Adam Zane Brill

Elgin: Lucas Jerrod Bollinger, Diana Brown, Liliana Candela, Monica Rena Cooper, Maria Guadalupe Cruz, Frank Favia, Elizabeth Garcia, Lucero Gasca, Kathryn S. Guerrero, Jacqueline M. Helminiak, Candice L. Herbert, Jazmin E. Hernandez, Courtney Hill, Brandon Troy Hurd, Grace M. Imburgia, Sherann K. Ivy, Francisco J. Jimenez, Stephanie L. Kellenberger, Jessie D. Kidd, Melisa L. Knoll, Victor J. Laporte, Stephanie C. Milnamow, Michael K. Nieft, Christina M. Nikols, Amphone Philavong, Diana Quesada, Bryant Quintero, Angelina Quintin, Meghan Cassandra Rakow, Kristen Elizabeth Roberts, Alberto Romero, Malitzina Salazar, Roberto A. Santarromana, Rachel D. Sapho, Nicole C. Schuch, Michelle Ericka Summers, J. Alfonso Villalobos, Jose Alfredo Villalobos, Catherine A. Wallace, Scott Richard Watson, Matthew A. Weston, Bradley P. M. Widder, Jessica Anne Young

Evanston: Elena V. Balasanov

Forest Park: Ranka Husetovich

Fort Wayne, Ind.: Alicia D. Turner

Frankfort: Mary Miyamoto Smith

Geneva: Tyler Scot Simpson

Gilberts: Courtney M. Lupella, Janelle Meyer and Kyle J. Tarrant

Gurnee: Leslie Russ

Hampshire: Dutch Howard Bailey, Luis Delossantos, Stephanie Anne Kostopoulos, Gabrielle Daphne Little, Kelley Ann Schneider, Alissa J. Stoxen, Phil J. Tuminaro

Hanover Park: John Brocato, Donelly M. Davila Santiago, Prashant D. Patel

Hawthorn Woods: Martha E. Montoya

Hoffman Estates: Anees Ishrati

Huntley: Emmanuel David Munoz

La Crescent, Minn.: Jessie M. Carney

La Grange: Mary Clare Mirecki

Lake Bluff: Elizabeth A. Norman

Lake in the Hills: Joseph Campagna, Anthony N. Ferino, Leonard F. Hahn, Pete Kowalski

Lincolnwood: Julissa Zenteno

Lindale, Ga.: Edith Grande

Lindenhurst: Chandra L. Bovee-Solberg

Lisle: Loveena Job

Madison, Wis.: Bridget Fox, Pamela M. Geisler, David G. Wahle

Middleton, Wis.: Corrin J. Geisler

Morton Grove: Que Min Yoo

New Lenox: Marsha LoVerde

Oak Park: Annie Breitenstein, Felicia A. Levy

Orland Hills: Claudia Andrea Rams

Rockford: Shannon L. Echols

Romeoville: Narjisse Benkhraba

Roselle: Maria Camelia Brey

Round Lake: Griselda Esquivel and Maria V. Napal de Promenzio

South Elgin: Christy J. Flight, John Paul L. Grecia, Rami Kaldani, Kathryn Lynn Larson

Schaumburg: Amy R. Sherman

Skokie: Tatiana Gilman

Sleepy Hollow: Leslie Carol Glade and Daniel Savarese

Spring Grove: Lynn Mary Komisarek-Kranich and Debra Kim Rafe

St. Charles: Joanne Dybas, James Falconer, Kyle Ray Guilford, Lauren E. Hoffman, Melissa J. House, Scott J. Joanis, Christina Laino, Stephanie Marie O'Neal, Amanda M. Petrick, Andrew J. Petrovich, Tadas Saudargas, Nicholas W. Stellato, Eran E. Vartanian, Lacey N. Williams

Streamwood: Roberto J. Barreto, Youssef M. Basrawi, Cha I. Chou, Jim Giliana, Dorothy Ann Hendrickson, Jeff W. Latzko, Saeswari Nedungal Vidhyabaskar, Donald J. Nickels, Jr., Katherine Pan, Gloria Jane N. Raflores, Katrina P. Robisch, Shannon E. Sloan, Nicole L. Thompson, Jack Wojtaszkiewicz

Sugar Grove: Alyson Drendel

Sycamore: Brian Edward Hartline

West Chicago: Sam M. Durso, Nancy J. Sporer

West Dundee: Dana M. Cathony, Danielle Elizabeth Gulledge, Mark A. Klitzke, Besarta Pinjolli

Wayne: Nicole Danielle Bartnicki and Garrett Kenneth Shaw

Westchester: Legna Maldonado

Westmont: Oluwatomi Oyewande Ogundeji

Wheaton: John Darrow

Willowbrook: Ing-Lih Lee

Woodstock: Harun Fasliu and Carrie L. Kieras.