113 Lansdale Students Graduate In Montco College Class Of 2019

BLUE BELL, PA — Montgomery County Community College graduated its class of 2019 on Thursday, sending 1,404 students out into the world.

"Tonight marks a wonderful milestone for all of you, but it is not an end," MCCC Board of Trustees Chair Frank X. Custer said during commencement. "That is why this is called a commencement – a beginning. Your stories will have many more chapters, and I hope that all of us have played at least a small part in giving you the tools to write chapters filled with accomplishment and happiness."

Of the 1,404 students, forty graduates finished with a GPA of 4.0, and 670 graduated with honors.

Here are the Lansdale residents among the graduates:

Manal Abu Ali, Darral Addison, Sharmin Akter, Sarah Amin, Nargis Ankhi, Alyssa Bacon, Dalton Baum, Fazia Bensmail, Sofiane Bensmail, Holly Blau, Jamie Bonner, Oumeima Bouchnak, Kevin Braeunle, Lyndsey Braeunle, Michael Bressan, Matthew Bridi, Colleen Buckwalter, Mikala Camburn, Jason Carlin, Tanvikunvar Chavda, Jeffrey Clements, Francine Collier, Katie Corrado, Esmeralda Cucuzza, Dweep Dey, Prashanta Dhakal, Christopher DiMascio, Tasneem Favors, Kimberly Fortino Chaples, Kevin Geueke, Aaron Graf, Montgomery Gray, Marissa Gutierrez, Sabira Haque, Cynthia Hermann, Meem Hossain, Mst Jahan, Peter Jaskiewicz, Tim Jensen, Dahyeon Jeong, Davon Johnson, Christian Jusino, Shari Kallatch, Kortney Kester, Robert Kester, Helen Kim, Amanda King, Prabhdeep Kler, Kristi Kurek, Amanda Lashkevich, Daniel Le, Lewis Leavitt, Austin Lee, Kang Lee, Elliot Leomporra, Eyerusalem Lisanu, Zoey Lussier, Shefali Mahey, Jessica Marks, Timothy McCauley, Emily McLaughlin, Yu-Jin Meang, Chris Miller, Daniel Miller, Stephanie Miller, Clifford Mills, Ronnie Ann Moshinsky, Most Najneen, Tracy Nelson, Le Nguyen, Nhi Nguyen, Nusrath Noor, Robert Nubla, Zyhaer Ohanenye, Enioluwa Olutola, April Parker, Alejo Pasquale, Shreya Patel, Daye Patterson, Muhammad Permadi, Douglas Pett, Ashleigh Pfister, Michael Richardson, James Riley, Maximillian Rinedoller, Devyn Roach, Bishakha Roy, Jessica Sauer, John Senick, Alyssa Serianni, Robyn Sheely, Samantha Simeone, Dalia Somaiah, Brian Spiegle, Heather Spotts, Daniel Stein, Lindsay Stout, Farhana Sultana, Benjamin Sylvester, Isabel Tarantella, Kristen Thomas, Tymeeka Thomas, Thong Truong, Zachary Turley, Turcois Vazquez, Shawna Walker, John Walsh, Jacquie Weaver, Gage Wellington, Lauren Whelan, Mackenzie Yoh, Kazi Yousuf

And North Wales:

Ata Ul Mujeeb Asif, Andrew Belton, Matthew Cameron, Adriana Camiola, Grace Chang, Michael Checkowski, Andrew Cho, Allen Deeds, Abby Dennis, Irie Albert Do Bi, Emily Edinger, Kelly Fellmeth, Leah Fernandez, Kiara Forte, Casey Foster, Daniel Frederick, Allison Garber, Michele Gibbons, Kylie Gonder, Shelby Gray, Joseph Hodnett, Eric Horn, Jennifer Iwanycky, Katherine Keough, Jik Kim, Hannah Krier, Jungsoo Lee, Seungyong Lee, Shaune Lewis, Jessica Logan, Elizabeth Lopuszanski, Christopher McWilliams, Christopher Noll, Yoon Park, Hinal Patel, Jayln Pettiford, Chabrielle Pratt, Blake Rees, Brad Sacchetti, Zena Sam, Matthew Siddall, Justin Soderberg, Katherine Swanson, Bryan Thomas, Joseph Tolkacz, Gavin Troxel, Justin Urban, Scott Vogel, Jay Vongphachanh, Matthew Wang

The commencement speaker was Ambler's Celeste Schwartz, the school's Vice President of Information Technology. A graduate of MCCC herself, Schwartz went on to gain degrees from St. Joseph's University, Villanova University, and Walden University, and now has a Ph.D in higher education administration. She's since earned numerous awards for her education leadership, the school said.

Pottstown's Logan Brianne Harrison, the student commencement speaker, told of how she began at MCCC in a special program for students who are at risk of not graduating.

"Once I learned what I was capable of, I wanted more for myself," Logan said in her speech. "I turned my grades from D’s to A’s and graduated early from high school with awards, a high GPA, and a strong support system."

The school's 52nd commencement ceremony honored students ranging from 18 to 69 years old, and included 91 graduates from the Municipal Police Academy, and 29 from the Culinary Arts institute.