Montville Students Graduate From Three Rivers

Three Rivers Community College conferred degrees to some 525 graduates Saturday afternoon at the Garde Arts Center in New London. Thirty-one of them were from Montville.

It was the Norwich-based school’s 19th commencement since the former Mohegan Community College and Thames Valley Technical College merged.

For generations, Three Rivers Community College has provided an affordable, outstanding education in the form of two-year associate degrees to students of all ages and backgrounds across eastern Connecticut.

As graduates crossed the platform Saturday, there is a feeling of success as they received their diplomas and prepared to enter into the community, either to working in their chosen field or continuing their education.

And in keeping with the theme of “generations,” the 2011 valedictorian, Jared Harrelson, graduated from the same program that his father did years ago, Nuclear Engineering Technology. Three Rivers also recognized this year’s salutatorian, Ian Matthew Stonecypher, who graduateed Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Business Administration.

There were four Board of Trustees Medallion recipients in this year’s graduating class: Jared Allan Harrelson, Ian Stonecypher, Lauren E. Marston and Debra Lynne Rathbun, all Summa Cum Laude graduates.

Eleven Oakdale students graduated, and 20 from Uncasville earned their diplomas.

Also, two mothers graduated with their sons. Kathleen and Brian Munton, and Kirsten and Mark Orzechowski, will received associate degrees. Kathleen earned her degree in Business Administration and Brian in Fire Technology and Administration. Kirsten and Mark are graduating with honors; Kirsten, Summa Cum Laude and Mark, Magna Cum Laude, both with degrees in General Studies.

Local graduates:

From Oakdale

• Bryan Farrell
• Rachel Gardiner
• Chunyan Guo
• Jared Harrelson
• Anthony Henry
• Yan Landry
• Amanda Northcutt
• Catherine Oh
• Douglas Platz
• Samantha Seddon
• Janet Taylor

From Uncasville

• John Baukus
• Christina Corcoran
• Fionnuala Darby-Hudgens
• Robert Eldridge
• Margaret Frost
• Kristin Hightower

• James Judy
• Megan Maher
• William Marcavage
• Joyce Morris
• Rebecca Mowan
• Mark Orzechowski
• Kirsten Orzechowski
• Erin Phillips
• Tyson Puetz
• Eric Ramsey
• Joseph Timpone
• Eveliz Valentin
• Jeremy Weisbrod
• Bruce Williams