Graduate Heidi Tapia waits for the start of Western Nevada College’s 2020 Parade of Graduates at the Fallon campus.
Final preparations are being made for Western Nevada College’s drive-through commencement ceremony on the Fallon campus on Thursday.
Attendance to the Parade of Graduate ceremony is limited to family and friends of the graduates, as well as WNC faculty and staff, and dignitaries because of COVID-19 guidelines preventing large gatherings.
However, the public is invited to watch the ceremony via livestream on the college website at wnc.edu, WNC YouTube channel or on the college’s 2021 commencement page. The commencement page also contains the 2021 grad program and congratulation videos to grads from leaders across the state.
Access the commencement page at wnc.edu/commencement-2021/.
It marks the second straight year — and only the second time ever — that WNC will hold a commencement ceremony on the Fallon campus.
The celebration begins at 9 a.m.
Congrats to Grads from Fallon, Fernley and Silver Springs
Commencement day is nearly here for Western Nevada College’s 50th graduation class.
Among the 641 students who have been approved for degrees and certificates of achievement include many graduates from Fallon, Fernley and Silver Springs.
The grads and the corresponding degree or certificate of achievement are:
Fallon
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Matthew Fields
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Victoriana Loraine Reynolds
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — HEALTH SCIENCE
Marly R. Green
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — NURSING
Kayla Lynn Biggs, Shaina Leann Bryant, Rachel Brittany Ferguson, Shauna Rose Hutchings, Brianna Elizabeth Massey, Erica Dion Stritenberger
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — GENERAL INDUSTRIAL
Brandon Burgess
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — WELDING
Jorgen C. Jeppesen
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Aaron Marc Brown, Taylor Morgan Brown, Wendy Ann Bullock, Sierra Jacklynn Cortez, Makenzee Raya Delacruz, Emmanuel A. Demillo, Sydney Marie Drost, Kelsey Diane Gonzalez, Wyatt Joseph Gusewelle, Tonya Hjertstedt, Jorgen C. Jeppesen, Ryan Wayne Jones, Jase Robert Kroll, Angelena Elizabeth Leal, Douglas Albert Lee, Brian Anthony Lindsey, Christian Zachary Maine-Niiranen, Lilia Marquez, Allie Taylor-Renee Marrujo, Alexandria Leigh Matter, Melanie Judith Moran, Patrick Morrow, Amanda Ngo, Sadie Faye O’Flaherty, Emily Payne, Callista Lyn’dl Perez, Melanie Roberta-Jane Plasse, Kate Rios, Emma Jean Robinson, Allison L. Ruck, Skye Leigh Schafer, John Wilson Shelton, Jenna Patricia Spencer, Matthew Ryan Swirczek, Will Swisher, Jem Lee Thompson, Eric Grace Wachsmuth, Shailynn Winter
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Matthew Newgard, Luke Rechel, Anthony Reddick, Victoriana Loraine Reynolds, Megan Shyne
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Taryn Rose Barrenchea, Cade Gentry Barton, Matthew Nathaniel James Catlin, Allison Naoma Christopherson, Ericka Faye Heath, Jayden Haley Jensen, Madelyn Elaine Mikulak, Gloria Montes-Lopez, Benjamin Jawn Polish, Allison L. Ruck, Mark A. Webb
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Wendy Ann Bullock
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT — CYBERSECURITY TECHNICIAN
Matthew Fields
Fernley
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Bryson Harrison
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — NURSING
Rebecca Lynn Pinzon
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE — TECHNOLOGY — WELDING
Randi Riede
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Samantha Renee Arnott, Ryan Bailey, Chloe Malee Cross, Taylor Audrey Foy, Samantha Marie Funk, Carson R. Humes, Felicity Hope Susan Langley, Hailey Michael Lepire, Mark Paul Mitzen, Alexandra Paredes, Laquitta Shemika Pearson, Savannah Noelle Ross, Blakeley Marie Shoemaker, Stephany Marie Strawn, Megan Thompson, Brittyn Cheyenne Tidwell, Jacqueline Torres, Ciarra M. Valladon
ASSOCIATE OF BUSINESS
Paula Kabiling Maghirang
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Hailey Michael Lepire
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Shaundrika Georjene Cassinelli, Autumn Guichelaar, Keilahna L. McFall, Aschlynn Marie Roemer, Nayeli Stopani Barrios, Alexis Renae Young
BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE — CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Alex Josue Lopez Martinez
Silver Springs
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Davannah Nicole Anderson, Melanie Carlson, Lorraine Renee Fratto
ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES
Denise Marie Clifford
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
William Moore
Paul Cirac Scholarship to help rural Nevada students
Paul Cirac's career passion was designing books about Nevada — namely rural Nevada. Going forward, graphic arts students from rural Nevada with this same love will benefit through a scholarship in Cirac's name at Western Nevada College.
The Paul Cirac Scholarship was started in 2020 by his wife of almost 40 years and WNC Professor, Maxine Cirac. Paul’s love of graphic arts, the rural communities and educating students guided Maxine in creating the scholarship in his honor.
Cirac was a fifth-generation Nevadan whose French ancestors settled in Central Nevada. He was self-employed as a graphic artist owning and operating White Sage Studios. He spent his career creating and designing books primarily about Nevada. Paul passed away during the summer of 2020.
The scholarship will help rural Nevada students as they work toward completing degrees and certificates in graphic arts.
To learn more about this scholarship or to start one of your own, contact WNC Foundation at 775-445-3240 or email wnc.foundation@wnc.edu..
Summer session to start June 14; more classes to choose from
WNC is planning to offer its largest number of courses for summer session in recent memory so don’t wait to sign up for classes, which begin June 14.
Plan your future by referring to schedules on the college website at wnc.edu/class-schedule/..
For information, phone 775-423-7565.
