Hundreds Prepare To Graduate From Georgia Highlands College

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ROME, GA -- Georgia Highlands College's commencement ceremony is right around the corner.

The festivities will be held Saturday, May 7 at The Forum in downtown Rome.

The nursing pinning ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. and the graduation commencement will be held at 1 p.m. Approximately 642 students have applied for graduation.

The faculty has chosen Dr. Harvey Moody as the 2016 Mace Bearer and Marjorie Frazier as the recipient of the Wesley C. Walraven Faculty Award.

Former President/CEO of Harbin Clinic Dr. J. Paul Ferguson will give the commencement address. Regent E. Scott Smith will also bring greetings from the Board of Regents.

On the floor of the Arena will be reserved seating for staff and invited guests. Free parking is available at the Third Avenue Parking Deck (adjacent to the Forum) and West 3rd Street parking lot (across the bridge from the Forum). Shuttle service will be available throughout the day from Broad Street, all the parking decks, and West 3rd Street.

The 2016 graduation list includes:

AS Dental Hygiene: Neyra Barajas, Emilee Brussee, Whitley Gallman, Morgan Hallum, Kailey Holder, Kimberly Holland, Kristian Kelley, Jaecy Nicholson, Emily O'Neal, Clara Reyes, Randi Roach, Brandy Smith and Amanda Tierce

Associate Science Human Services: Maria Cornejo, Sarah Simpson

Associate Science Nursing: Anne Marie Alexander, Robert Arendt, Deanna Barnette, Karen Barrett, Richard Bell, Valeriya Birdseye, Lauren Blalock, Charlotte Brooks, Jerry Cagle, Rachel Cain, Abigail Campos, Janet Carranza, Stephanie Clay, Heather Cochran, Melissa Conrad, Amanda Cooper, Molly Couey, Melonie Craven, Kalyn Davis, Samantha Dempsey, Brittany Dougherty, Teresa Eberhart, Deborah Edwards, Chelsea Ferguson, Rebecca Fischer, Eric Fisher, Susan Flores, Ashleigh Freeman, Nadine Fuqua, Brittany Gaut, Sarah Gillen, Jennifer Googe, Skye Green, Haley Grier, Rosemary Harris, Christian Hiers, Lindsey Hill, Kassie Hite, Mary Howard, Wendy Hunt, Katelyn Kelley, Morgan Lince, Jessica Lummus, Maria Martinez, Teresa McGhee, Teresa McKinney, Jamie Meadows, Casey Meeks, Sasha Milks, Eric Newkirk, Drew Nicholson, Christianna Osborne, Hannah Paul, Sara Perry, Mary Powell, Ashlee Price, Samantha Pruitt, Jessie Puckett, Christopher Reddish, Shannon Roberts, Leah Rowe, Nachell Sanfilippo, Christopher Shields, Jessica Simmons, Christina Smith, Jessica Smith, Jessica Smith, Tammy Smith, Laura Smith-Camacho, Kathleen Stone, Kristen Summey, Jennifer Tavella, Austyn Todd, Cortney Traylor, Holly Voss, David Wakefield, Patricia Weaver, Melissa White, Kareen Wilkins, Alison Williams, Lauren Williams, Taylor Williams, Jessica Wilson, Mikayla Wilson, Katherine Wright, Margaret Wright, Crystal Wyatt and Shane Yandow.

Associate of Arts: Tori Adams, Taylor Alton, Neilie Armstrong, Rachel Arnold, Brandie Bailey-Newman, Kaylin Baker, Philip Barber, Christina Barrera, Taylor Bays, Olivia Black, Alyssa Blackburn, Megan Bolt, Ramsey Brown, Scott Brown, Haley Buck, Selene Burns, Cindy Calderon, Tiffany Calhoun, Allison Carroll, Christian Carter, Ashley Chambers, Shanita Chandler, Katy Childers, Cali Cochran, Taylor Coe, Chloe Conway, Daniel Craven, Sharon Crowder, Deanna Dane-Hrenyo, Ericha Danner, Kaysi Darrah, Rodney Davis, Mary Demesquita, Paige Dickinson, Thomas Dobson, Holly Donadio, Jessica Dowdy, Tara Downs, Kerri Ellis, Dustin Evans, Rodolfo Fajardo, Sarah Flatebo, Ryan Floyd, Hayley Foreman, Tyler Franklin, Matthew Frisby, Joshua Garrett, Tesla Garrett, Zachary Gill, Erica Gladney, Victor Gonzales, Christina Goodwin, James Gramling, Kimberly Graves, Briana Grim, Patrick Gruber, Amanda Guzman, Dana Hambrick, Michael Hawthorne, Rosio Hernandez, Zuleyma Hernandez, Timothy Herrington, Eli Hicks, Neece Hitson, Teddy Hutchins, Adam Jackson, Pinell James, Mary Jarvis, Shana Johnson, Andrea Jones, Justin Jones, Malika Jones, Erica Jorgensen, Gerald Kilgore, Amber Kirk, Jacob Knight, Shannon Knight, Morgan Lane, Sean Langston, Olivia Lauzon, Jordan Lawrence, Amanda Ledford, Taylor Lee, Adam Loewer, Jahmelia Louis-Jean, Rachael Mathis, Jessica Matula, Christian McCaleb, Caleb McCrary, Tregony Mcnair, Victoria Merritt, ZeNia Middlebrooks, James Miller, Krista Mills, Lauren Morrow, Natalia Mullin, Elizabeth Nash, Ezenwa Nwachukwu, Guadalupe Ortiz, Christina Pace, Alexandria Page, Casey Papia, Mary Pate, Lynzee Patrick, Ciara Perera, Jennifer Perry, Garrett Pownall, Lee Pye, Brittany Pyles, Jamie Quarles, Emily Rader, Emily Ransom, Ekira Reed, Collin Reeves, James Rosser, Emily Rowe, Megan Ruff, Forrest Ryzy-ryski, William Scott, Mattheu Segura, Pedro Serra, Kaneisha Smith, Evan Snelling, Travis Solomon, Leslie Sorensen, Madison Stallings, Cassidy Steele, Kentrina Stephens, Jacob Stone, Sarah Strickland, Mike Talkovich, Chicoiya Taylor, Meghean Teefy, Aubreay Terrill, Kristina Thursby, James Toole, Adam Tucker, Sasha-Gaye Tucker, Jonathan Twilley, Richard Twist, Luis Valencia, Anna Volpe, Cristelle Voltaire, Jasmine Walberer, Michael Welch, Victoria West, Phillip Wheeler, Marcus White, Candace Whitfield, Sara Wilkinson, Emily Willingham, David Willis, Robert Wilson and Robin Wilson.

Associate of Science: Christopher Able, Brent Acree, Jacob Adams, Iliana Alderfer, Ifunanya Amobi, Kalyn Andry, John Anthony, Melody Apgar, Avery Ash, Hannah Atkinson, Benito Aviles, Josie Ayers, Emma Bach, Eva Bagley, Chase Baker, Hannah Baker, Alexander Banks, Bradley Barnes, Johnny Barnes, Cinthia Barnett, Virginia Barragan, Melany Barrios, Lee Battle, Lauren Beber, Mauricio Beckrich, Corina Belman, Jeremy Bernal, Breanna Bevil, Brittany Bickers, Alexsis Bigelow, Jasmine Black, Kaylie Blankenship, Deana-Jo Blankinship, Mary Blankinship, Nathan Blanton, Kyle Bobo, Sara Boyer, Josh Bradford, Tyler Brannon, Shawna Bray, Landon Brazinski, Jessie Brock, Auriana Broughton, Elaunte Brown, Kanneya Brown, Brandon Bryant, Victoria Bryant, Alexx Bunker, Kevin Burke, Sherlyne Buteau, Tiffany Calhoun, Theresa Campbell, Victoria Campbell, Jenna Carr, Cheryse Carter, Megan Carter, Catlin Chambers, Candis Chandler, John Chandler, Jared Charles, Mindy Chavarria, Samantha Chavarria, Wysmark Chaves, Kaitlin Chellino, Kelsey Chism, Linda Chuong, Brandon Clark, Christopher Clark, John Clark, Rachel Clark, Phillita Clemons, Taylor Cobb, Casey Collins, Kaylee Collins, Jacquelyn Conley, Nicholas Constan, Brittany Copeland, Chelsea Cowan, Joseph Craig, Angela Crider, Ciara Crider, Cord Crider, Jason Crowder, William Crowe, Adam Cummings, Ashley Cummings, Yvonne Cummings, Emily Cunningham, Eric Cureton, Benita Curtis, Caitlynn Curtis, Shannan Danz, Makenna Davidson, Susan Davis, Alanson Day, Jacqueline DeManche, Anthony DePaola, Beverly Deen, Jarvis Degannes, Alex Delgado, Jalesa Delgado, LaToya Delgado, Drew Dempsey, Terrence Donerson, Emmanuel Doremy, Jessica Dowda, Kiston Dowler, Kristina Duncan, Garret Dunlap, James Dunn, Mary Duvall, Jacob Edde, Khristopher Edwards, Brandi Evans, Destinee Farmer, Michael Farmer, Hope Fetzer, Emily Flohr, Jillian Fulenwider, Hannah Galloway, Cristina Garcia, Ashley Gatewood, Brent Gentry, Judith George, Kenneth Gerber, Bradley Gilmore, Haley Glass, Lance Glockner, Christopher Godwin, Sara Goffinet, Erin Gray, Kourtney Green, William Griffin, Hannah Groce, Bart Groenewoud, Jordan Hadaway, Alex Hagen, Derek Hamby, Zachary Hanger, Cameron Harbison, Hannah Harrell, Mariesha Harris, Connor Hart, Efraim Harvey, Raleigh Hawes, Sarah Hazard, Ronni Heard, Kaitlin Hegwood, China Henderson, Haley Henderson, Spencer Hendrix, Jamaal Henry, Grant Hightower, Alejandra Hillier, Victoria Nancy Hogan, Haley Hood, Maci Hooper, Sharon Hostler, Juan Huaca, Joy Hyams, Kaitlyn Imbriano, Ana Isaac, Jessica Ison, Gwen Janitch, Asia Johnson, Christopher Johnson, Morgan Johnson, Randy Johnson, Denardi Joiseus, Joseph Jones, Laura Jordan, Brittany Justice, Charles Kane, Leah Kaplan, Amanda Key, Kennedy Kiarii, Jeremy Knott, Shavon Kollas, Austin Krantz, Jonathan Kuzmeskus, Michaela Lague, Kyla Lane, John Lang, Kanya Lang, Randi Langley, Marcelin Lauture, Andrew Lawson, Bryanna Lawton, Tyler Laymon, Brandon Le, Meaghan Lee, Blane Legant, Heidi Lepitre, Kayla Lester, Austin Letner, Geneva Lewis, Matthew Lind, Matthew Lindsey, Ana Lopez, William Lowrance, Hollie Lung, Tyler Lyons, Kenneth Mackey, Jennifer Maddox, Jessica Maney, Kathryn Mansfield, Thomas Martin, Matthew Massey, Makayla Maulding, Nikko McCluskey, ReShaun McCree, Galen McCrum, Kirby McKibben, John Mcclure, Chelsea Mcilroy, Timothy Mclane, Tess Medders, Kayleigh Medlin, Eduardo Medrano, Allison Meers, Kayla Merritt, Emily Mink, Anna Mobley, Octavia Monsanto, Hannah Regina Mooberry-Khouri, Darrian Moore, Heather Morris, Aca Moseley, Rachel Moss, Ashley Mullins, Kaylie Murray, Morgan Namirr, Joseph Nash, Achrissa Neumans-Weeks, Ngozi Nlewedim, Mcdonnell Nwokike, Danielle Odle, Alexandra Odom, Jonathan Olinger, Alyssa Ottley, Cheyenne Overby, Darien Parks, Gregory Patterson, Jesse Paul, Joshua Paul, Natasha Peace, Kristin Pearce, Cesar Perez, Vanessa Perks, William Perla, Mark Perugini, Kristen Phillips, Andrew Polanco, Roderick Presswood, Tucker Quackenbush, James Quarles, Bridgette Rains, Shanika Rajwani, Seth Ransom, Bria Ratliff, Jessica Ray, Brandon Reed, Morgan Reed, Tiffany Reed, Mariana Reyes, Yovan Reyes, Sharon Rice, Thomas Rice, Hannah Riley, Chandre Rizik, Kaitlyn Robinson, Taylor Rodgers, Jordan Romans, Kaitlyn Root, Mary Sailors, Kimberly Sanchez, Wesley Sanders, Coby Sanford, Sarah Sauerhoefer, Jessica Schoonmaker, William Schroeder, Courtney Scoggins, Mitchell Scoggins, Lewis Shirley, Oluwashina Showale, Ashlea Shumpert, Ethan Simms, Cerenity Sims, James Singleton Majors, Jake Siniard, Makaela Sitton, Colin Small, Kenneth Smart, Gregory Smith, Jennifer Smith, Kayli Smith, Cheyenne Solomon, Gerald Solomon, Jasmine Sorrell, Molly Southern, Brenda Staton, Eanna Steadley, Dynel Stephens, Mary Storer, Justin Story, Glen Strella, James Summers, Courtney Tabb, Alex Taylor, Kelly Taylor, Christine Thom, Terrence Thompson, Tanner Thomson, Matthew Tica, Megan Tica, Alexandra Titelman, Tymetrius Toney, Sarah Torres, Victoria Troche, Aissa Umaru, Franklin Urtiz, Brandon Vallean, Stephanie Vanas, Gwendalynn Walden, Kati Wall, John Wallace, Jazmin Washington, Tesha Watkins, Jeresa Watson, Andrew Weatherman, Christopher Wells, Jade Wells, Grayson West, Taylor West, Hannah White, Zachary White, Zeiquaan White, Ashley Whitlow, Mary Wilkerson, Franklin Wilkes, Alexis Williams, Rebecca Williamsm, Zoie Willis, Kevin Wilson, Sean Wilson, Kelly Wise, Karly Wyant, David Yancy and Justin Zakhary.

Bachelor of Science: Wendy Bonilla Garcia, Jamie Doherty, Kasey Geoghagan, Amanda McFarland, Fatima Meza, Lesha Priest and Allison Smith.

Bachelor of Science-Nursing: Alexander Baldwin, Kellie Bevans, Lyea Bickle, Brittany Brand, Rebecca Brock, Roselyne Ferdinand, Laura Fletcher, April Givens, Stacy Heideman, Carol Kent, Rachael Mansfield, Rory Marquardt, Misty McClelland, Ayn McLaurin, Erika Minney, Natasha Moore, Shelly Nicholson, Julienne Nya, Amanda O'Rear, Noel Pearce, Tressie Ritter, Robert Rodgers, Rebecca Schultz, Julie Shrewsbury, Kristyn Steffers, Dana Stephens, Katherine Van Horn, Jamie Van Ness, Steven Watkins and Jesse Williams.

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Image via Georgia Highlands Colege