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112 Hillsborough Students Graduate From RVCC
112 Hillsborough students were among the more than 1,300 to be awarded associate degrees or certificates from RVCC on Saturday.
BRANCHBURG, NJ — A total of 112 Hillsborough students were among the more than 1,300 to be awarded associate degrees or certificates during Raritan Valley Community College's spring commencement on Saturday in Branchburg.
Hillsborough students included:
| Name | Degree | Major |
| Janet Adeleke | Associate of Applied Science | Nursing |
| Katrina Aquino | Associate of Applied Science | Nursing |
| Alejandra Avalos | Associate of Applied Science | Dental Hygiene |
| Christian Beers | Associate of Fine Arts | Fine Arts - Visual Arts |
| Jimmy Bench | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts |
| Mariem Benmellouk | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Mathematics |
| Mariem Benmellouk | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Computer Science |
| Lisa Bonanno | Associate of Arts | Education: P-5 (AA) |
| Jordan Brozas | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts - Communications |
| Marc Burgess | Associate of Science | Digital Media, Film Studies |
| Nicolas Caballero | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Patricia Campos | Associate of Science | Human Srvcs, Pre-Social Work |
| Allison Canning | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts - Social Science |
| Lily Chang | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Gen Sci Pre Hlth |
| Asodhee Chetty | Associate of Science | International Business |
| Kristine Chin | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Gen Sci Pre Hlth |
| Sean Ciesla | Associate of Arts | Criminal Justice |
| Michael Confuorto | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Judith Connelly | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Emily Conway | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts - Communications |
| Liz Cotrina | Cert of Profes Competncy | Cosmetology |
| Paul Crispin | Certificate of Completion | Comp Netwrkng,Cisco Emphasis |
| Jessica D'Agostino | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Gen Sci Pre Hlth |
| Brianna Davis | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts |
| Alexandria De Robertis | Associate of Applied Science | Nursing |
| Ryan Defeo | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Lauren Demetris | Associate of Fine Arts | Fine Arts - Visual Arts |
| Arpita Dey | Associate of Applied Science | Health Information Technology |
| Bhupinder Dhanda | Associate of Science | Info Systems & Tech Transfer |
| Brianna Dominique | Associate of Applied Science | Nursing |
| Matthew Donnary | Associate of Arts | Criminal Justice |
| Trevor Dougherty | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Brielle Downes | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts |
| Matthew Drobny | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Alexander Duffy | Cert of Profes Competncy | Automotive Technology |
| Dylan Forbes | Associate of Arts | Criminal Justice |
| Erin Fricke | Associate of Applied Science | Nursing |
| Joseph Frusco | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts |
| Jessica Geremia | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts - Communications |
| John Getz | Cert of Profes Competncy | Automotive Technology |
| Christian Gilmore | Associate of Arts | Education: P-5 (AA) |
| Gillian Gottlieb | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Gen Sci Pre Hlth |
| Alyssa Greif | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts |
| Michael Homoki | Associate of Arts | Criminal Justice |
| Najja Hudson | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts - Communications |
| Amanda Hummel | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Biology |
| Alexander Hunt | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Grace Hurley | Associate of Applied Science | Nursing |
| Joshua Kalapati | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Gen Sci Pre Hlth |
| Sabeen Khan | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Biology |
| Jill Kline | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts |
| Nicholas Koczon | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts |
| Jason Kruppa | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Angela Larson | Associate of Applied Science | Nursing |
| George Lawler | Associate of Applied Science | CIS - Programming |
| Brandon Libucki | Associate of Arts | Criminal Justice |
| Brandon Loree | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts - Communications |
| Lisanne Lyle | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Pre-Medical Prof |
| Magdalena Madzar | Associate of Fine Arts | Fine Arts - Visual Arts |
| Andrew Makowicz | Associate of Applied Science | Paralegal Studies |
| Michael Malamut | Associate of Arts | Criminal Justice |
| Ann Masiello | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Gen Sci Pre Hlth |
| Zenobia McCants | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Biology |
| Christopher McCloskey | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Christopher Melfi | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Mathematics |
| Erica Miller | Associate of Applied Science | Early Childhood Ed (AAS) |
| Kelley Mulrine | Associate of Applied Science | Accounting |
| Danny Munoz | Associate of Science | Management Info System |
| Marilyn O'Brien | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Bradley O'Connor | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Mark Pagano | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Samantha Palmisano | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts - Social Science |
| Jay Patel | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Biology |
| Siddharth Patel | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Robert Perez | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Computer Science |
| Kyle Pizzolato | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Zusette Psak | Associate of Applied Science | Nursing |
| Brandon Quiros | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts - Communications |
| Sandra Raju | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Gen Sci Pre Hlth |
| Miguel Ramirez | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Pre-Medical Prof |
| Matthew Riley | Associate of Science | Info Systems & Tech Transfer |
| Alia Rind | Associate of Science | Engineering Science |
| Jeremy Rivera | Associate of Arts | Criminal Justice |
| William Roberts | Certificate | Cert - Environment Cntrl Tech |
| Sylvia Robinson | Associate of Science | Health Science |
| Rea Rustagi | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Gen Sci Pre Hlth |
| Michael Scardina | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts - Social Science |
| Aaron Schies | Associate of Fine Arts | Fine Arts - Visual Arts |
| Daniel Schies | Associate of Science | Marketing |
| Sindy Serrano-Maradiaga | Associate of Applied Science | Nursing |
| Darshan Shah | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Gen Sci Pre Hlth |
| Hina Shaikh | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Biology |
| Siddharth Shankar | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Gen Sci Pre Hlth |
| Keiko Shikanai | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Kristen Slinsky | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Devansh Soni | Associate of Science | Engineering Science |
| Taylor Stier | Associate of Arts | Education: P-6 (AA) |
| Hailee Stiles | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Justin Stockman | Associate of Science | Sci & Math - Mathematics |
| Veronica Strakhman | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts - Social Science |
| Jostin Suarez | Associate of Applied Science | Nursing |
| Michelle Suarez | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts |
| Michelle Tomenchok | Associate of Applied Science | Accounting |
| Winston Tran | Associate of Science | Engineering Science |
| Garrett Valentino | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Arlene Vasquez-Sanchez | Certificate | Events Planning, Meeting Mgmt |
| Connor Wagner | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts - Communications |
| Anna Walsh | Associate of Arts | Education: P-5 (AA) |
| Myles Williams | Associate of Arts | Liberal Arts - Communications |
| Joseph Yaccarino | Associate of Science | General Business |
| Mateusz Zalewski | Associate of Arts | Criminal Justice |
| Taoyuan Zhang | Certificate | Computer Support Certificate |
| Roger Zuniga | Associate of Arts | Criminal Justice |
The Honorable Paul W. Armstrong (Ret.), a nationally recognized pioneer of patients' rights, delivered the commencement address.
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RVCC's student commencement speaker was Randall S. Petronko of Flemington, a US Navy Veteran who was deployed to the Persian Gulf in 2003, prior to and during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After cancer derailed his military career, Petronko enrolled at RVCC. He is graduating Summa Cum Laude.
Deborah Gottesman Corbett of Montclair, Professor of Psychology, delivered the faculty commencement address.
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The other graduates speaking during commencement included Barbara Kania of Somerville and Sierra Cole of Branchburg. Kania, an Honors College student, introduced the commencement speaker.
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