For the fourth consecutive year, Western Nevada College will graduate its largest class in history.
The class of 2013 is 505 students strong, with 530 degrees and certificates being issued. Four students will receive Bachelor of Technology degrees in construction management, and three students will graduate with bachelor’s degrees as part of WNC’s teacher preparation partnership with Nevada State College. The graduates span 60 years, from the youngest at age 17 and the eldest at 77.
Commencement ceremonies are Monday at 11 a.m. in Carson City at the Pony Express Pavilion, 888 N. Saliman Rd., and Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Fallon at the Barkley Theatre at Oats Park Art Center, 151 Park St.
Nursing graduates will participate in a Pinning Ceremony on Monday at 3 p.m. at the Carson Nugget.
The college will also host its first multi-faith baccalaureate service this year, for the 2013 graduating class. It will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday at the Carson City Community Center, 851 East William St. Representatives of many local faith communities will be present to offer blessings for the graduates.
Honorary degrees will be awarded to Carson City residents Dorothy and Robert Ramsdell. Since the late 1990s, the couple has contributed significant time, effort and funds to enhance the education that students at Western Nevada College receive. Their generosity has provided many student scholarships, equipment for the college’s registered nursing program, the reconstruction of the Child Development Center playground, and the continued growth of the Jack C. Davis Observatory. The couple has also sponsored the WNC softball program, and helped support the heralded “Always Lost: A Meditation on War” multimedia exhibition about the costs of war.
As a longtime member of the WNC Foundation, Dorothy has been active in developing and promoting fundraising ideas to support students at WNC. Meanwhile, Rob served a vital role in developing the college’s first baccalaureate degree program in Construction Management. Honorary degrees may be awarded to those who have made significant contributions to the improvement of the quality of academic program and academic life at an institution of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
2013 WNC GRADUATES
FALLON
Associate of Applied Science — Accounting
Shana Dianne Carlson, Terry M. Rehkop
Associate of Applied Science — Computer Networking Technology
Marvin Geovany Landaverde
Associate of Applied Science — Early Childhood Education
Kitti M. Bennett
Associate of Applied Science — General Business
Dianna Marie Ussery
Associate of Applied Science — Geographic Information Systems
Cheryl Lynn Larson
Associate of Applied Science — Nursing
Victoria Maria Martinez, Britany Ann Ortega, Kourtney R. Woods
Associate of Arts
Susan Patrice Bannister, Brandi Boothe, Justin C. Dellera, Kaylene Marie Holcomb,
Cierra Marie Meier, Mallory Morgan, Jay A. Perry, Nashali Pietri, Katherine E. Powell,
Janelle Anne S. Samonte, Teresa Louise Shurtliff, Lisa A. Slaymaker, Mackenzie C. Wuth
Associate of General Studies
Shana Dianne Carlson, Kristine Durrant Klaerner, Robert Vernon Love, Tracy Parlier,
Amber Jolene Ryle, Lisa A. Slaymaker, Rhonda R. Wood
Associate of Science
James Ditmars, Jarret Anthony Skinner
Associate of Science — Mathematics
Daniel L. Collier III
Certificate of Achievement — Bookkeeping
Brandi Boothe, Shana Dianne Carlson, Tracy Parlier, Nancy B. Smith
FERNLEY
Associate of Applied Science — Computer Networking Technology
Mark David Premo
Associate of Applied Science — General Business
Rachel Renee, Uilani Gilmore
Associate of Applied Science — Management
Julia Gaines
Associate of Applied Science — Nursing
Julia Coleen Botelho, Jennifer L. Rogers
Associate of Arts
Jonathan Ball, Seth Alan Bergman, Bryan Lott, Nicole Lorraine Oyer
Associate of General Studies
Geoffrey S. MacDonald, Christopher E. Nolan Jr.
Certificate of Achievement — Network Support Technician
Mark David Premo
Certificate of Achievement — System Administration Technician
Mark David Premo
Hawthorne
Associate of Arts
Patricia Del Porto Click
LOVELOCK
Certificate of Achievement — Business
Nathan L. Axelson, Michael George Butwinick
SILVER SPRINGS
Associate of Applied Science — Automotive Mechanics
Nathan Elijah White
Associate of Applied Science — Nursing
Dallas Angell, Maria de los Angeles Cambron de Ochoa, Robert Lee Ciminski
Associate of Arts
Lyle C. Fife, Tammy McNeill, Stephanie Ann Wozniak
Associate of General Studies
Maria de los Angeles Cambron de Ochoa, Tracy Huttman
Associate of Science — Geosciences
Cynthia K. Matthes
STAGECOACH
Associate of Applied Science - General Business
Dominic LaCour
Associate of Science
Phillip C. Gates, Jerrod Lee Merrell
Certificate of Achievement — Business
Servando Ortiz-Monroy
WADSWORTH
Associate of Arts
Randall Lindsey Hunter