NC College 2017 Commencement Ceremony

NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE JOIN US IN THE CELEBRATION OF OUR

COMMENCEMENT ceremony

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH

06.09.2017

Five O’Clock i n the Eveni ng The C ope r ni cus Cent er Chi cago , I L

P RO GR A M MASTER OF CEREMONIES . . ............................................................................................................. DIMITRIOS KRIARAS Chief Operations Officer ACADEMIC PROCESSION.................................................................................................. “POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE” NATIONAL ANTHEM..................................................................................................... “THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER” Becca Brazel INVOCATION.. .............................................................................................................................................JOHN E. PETRIK Member–NC Board of Directors INTRODUCTION OF THE PRESIDENT............................................................................................. DIMITRIOS KRIARAS Chief Operations Officer WELCOME AND REMARKS................................................................................................. LAWRENCE W. SCHUMACHER President INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDENT SPEAKERS............................................................................. DIMITRIOS KRIARAS Chief Operations Officer STUDENT SPEAKER............................................................................................................................. MARTHA G. GOMEZ Bridgeview Graduate STUDENT SPEAKER.....................................................................................................................................EVA M. RIVERA Chicago Graduate INTRODUCTION OF THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.............................................................................. LAURA POLLASTRINI Government and Public Relations Director KEYNOTE SPEAKER. . ........................................................................................................................ EMERY MOOREHEAD Realtor - Koenig & Strey (retired), State & Local Realtor, Association Leader Professional Football Player - Chicago Bears 1985 Super Bowl Champion CONFERRING OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES..................................................................................... DIANE MAREK Chief Academic Officer PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES..................................................................................................................JAN HOOVER Program Coordinator–General Education PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS...................................................................LAWRENCE W. SCHUMACHER, PRESIDENT Jill K. Maksymec, Campus Director-Chicago Mary Reynolds, Campus Director-Bridgeview CLOSING REMARKS................................................................................................................. LAUREN W. SCHUMACHER Institutional Initiatives Director CLOSING SONG

1 1 3 TH

COMMENCEMENT ceremony

FR OM T H E P RE S I D E N T Dear Class of 2017, On behalf of the Board of Directors, Administration, On behalf of the Board of Directors, Administration, Faculty and Staff of Northwestern College, I would like to formally congratulate you on achieving one of your most significant goals earning your college degree.

Each one of you has earned a place on the graduation stage and should walk with pride as you receive your degree today. I have been President of Northwestern College for 39 years, and I am continuously impressed and humbled by the stories so many of you have about what it took to get to this day. Many of you have families, are working seemingly endless hours, and are traveling for miles each week to attend school. Whatever the sacrifice, you have endured it all for this reward - a college degree. And, Graduates, this is just the beginning!

As you begin your career and leave Northwestern College, I urge each of you to continue believing in yourself and to never stop learning. You have all proven that a belief in yourself and the drive to learn can take you where you want to be. Tomorrow’s leaders will be those who are able to keep pace with the ever-changing trends in their career, society, and technology. Therefore, be sure to make time to learn what is new and to continue to challenge yourself to keep pace with these changes.

“Each one of you has earned a place on the graduation stage and should walk with pride as you receive your degree today.”

Finally, we thank you again for selecting Northwestern College as your home away from home while you pursued your higher education goals. Please keep in touch with a note or a call to let us know how you are doing. We know that each of you will have more stories of success, and we would love to hear them!

Sincerely,

Lawrence W. Schumacher, President

CLASS OF 2017

LAN C E LOT, I N C .

BOAR D O F D I R ECTO R S LAWRENCE W. SCHUMACHER...........................................................................................................................CHAIRMAN GAIL SCHUMACHER. . .........................................................................................................................................SECRETARY KAREN HARTMANN................................................................................................................................................ MEMBER MARLENE MCMANUS.. ............................................................................................................................................ MEMBER JOHN E. PETRIK. . .................................................................................................................................................... MEMBER

1 1 3 TH

COMMENCEMENT ceremony

ACAD E MIC A D M I N I ST R AT I O N AN D FACULT Y Antonio Alamo Ann Amaefule Latasha Anderson Rosalynn J. Anderson Peter Asemota Amer Awwad Amgad R. Aziz Deborah A. Balentine Keisha Bishop Cynthia J. Brown Michelle Brown Taletha Brown Andrea K. Burke Angela Campbell Sean Caruthers Linda Chambers Charles Chigas Jenice Christian-Hampton Michael Collins David Cooper Alan L. Cwidak-Mosley Daniel Dea Susan Dewar Alexander Drayer Trina D. Ellis Andrea C. Erickson Thomas Fitzgerald Dectric Fletcher

Ana Franklin Lynda N. Garrison Cathleen T. Gillen Balitha Greenfield Gary M. Gruenewald Catherine Guerrero Bernadette Guyton Dorothy Hall Jamesetta Herbert Jan Hoover Chandra R. Hurt Tracey Jenkins Carolyn S. Johnson Andrea Jones Susan Jordan Roy Kaye Maimoon Khan Meagan M. Lanigan Janis Lawrence Hilary A. Lee Niki Maglaris Susan L. Marcek Diane Marek Karen S. Martinez Gabrielle M. Meza Robert Milstein Mark Mitchell Angie Mitsis

CLASS OF 2017

Lynette Montalto Ragaa Nan Wesley Ozarowski Raj Patel Cathleen Philbin William F. Reilly Sheila Roe-Boston Maribel Romero Jose Enrique Santana Amy Showers Marigold Simmon LaRita Y. Slaughter-Cooke Rakisha A. Sloane Jeanine M. Smith Phyllis Sommer Stephanie A. Steel Patricia Sullivan Miguel Torres Simone Elizabeth Toulon Lena Truncale Harriet Van Cura Christopher M. Wheat Vickie Wheeler James Whitmer Carol Wooten Ying Wu Lana Yonkoff Naketa Young

COLL EG E AD MIN I ST R AT I O N A N D STA FF Sandra Anderson-Norwood Alex Barton Magda Bennecke Omar M. Bernal Chandler C. Betke Anna Brown Carolina L.M. Brueck Eva Bunch Amy Buoscio Javier Burciaga Griselda Calderon Daniel G. Cardoso Brenda J. Christy Angelica Cibrian Danita Clegg Sarah Elizabeth Dulay Kyle Ellis Patrice Fergus Vilma Franco

Brittany Frangella Traci Gaona Nicole Garcia Carolyn D. Gresham Markie Jordan Vicki Kaminski Jessica L. Kaszynski Patricia Kaszynski Jason L. Keenan Patricia A. Kilian Dimitrios Kriaras Esther Kusper Katelynn R. Landers Bonita C. Lee Ryan K. Lewis Jill K. Maksymec Tina Marfoe Alexander J. Mattison Sintia Medel

1 1 3 TH

COMMENCEMENT ceremony

Alvaro Michel Jacqueline L. Morales Kimberly D. Mundy Joseph Munn Samantha Nasir Maysoon Nasir-Vargas Gregory Norton Deborah M. Okon Miryam M. Ortiz Leatra Payne Sharon Pekar David Pena Laura Pollastrini Elizabeth Garza Raga Mary Reynolds Janet Rivera Qiana M. Rufus Robert Ruiz Mary Louise Saindon

ACADE M I C R EGA L I A The style of academic regalia worn in today’s commencement originated in medieval European universities and has undergone little modification since the 16th century. As in the Middle Ages, the attire denotes the wearer’s academic accomplishment. In 1895, a code was adopted to specify design and appropriate colors for various degrees.

The modern dress consists of a gown or robe, headpiece, and hood. The gown denotes the wearer’s level of education, with the baccalaureate gown being the simplest in design. Usually black, it is distinguished by open, flowing sleeves which end in a point. The wearing of a red and grey braided cord, worn draped from the neck on the front of the gown, designates the wearer as an honors graduate.

The master’s gown has a very long, closed or glove sleeve which is open at the wrist. The doctoral gown is full flowing and has large bell-shaped sleeves. While black is still the predominate color, the color of the gown may denote the wearer’s university. Official guests of the College and members of the Board of Directors wear the doctor’s gown. The headpiece in most American universities is a mortar board. Tassel colors may denote the discipline in which the wearer’s degree was earned. Doctoral tassels are often gold. The soft velvet Tudor cap is also worn by many who hold the doctorate.

It is the hood that adds meaning to the academic regalia. The bachelor’s hood, when worn, is comparatively short; the master’s is a bit longer; and the doctor’s, at four feet, reaches far down the wearer’s back. Changed little since the Middle Ages, the hood is worn falling from the shoulders down the back of the gown in a display of color. It is edged in velvet, which by its color denotes the discipline in which the wearer’s degree was earned. It is lined in two colors of silk which represent the college or university from which the degree was awarded.

A partial listing of colors signifying disciplines as standardized in the 1895 Intercollegiate Code includes: Arts and Letters.......................................................White Commerce and Accounting.......................................Drab Economics...............................................................Copper Education.......................................................... Light Blue Fine Arts and Architecture..................................... Brown Humanities...................................................Dark Crimson

Law........................................................................... Purple Library Science........................................................Lemon Music............................................................................Pink Nursing....................................................................Apricot Pharmacy.................................................................... Olive Philosophy..........................................................Dark Blue

Physical Education.........................................Sage Green Public Administration...................................Peacock Blue Science........................................................Golden Yellow Theology...................................................................Scarlet

2 01 7 STUD E N T REGA L I A This year the Graduates of Northwestern College are wearing environment friendly regalia from the Jostens Elements Collection™. Elements™ regalia is truly sustainable as it starts from nature and returns to nature.

The gown fiber is sourced from renewable managed forest The fabric is proven to decompose in soil within one year and is a USDA certified bio-based product The zipper tape and teeth are made from 100% recycled PET

Jostens uses earth-friendly plastic packaging which is also proven to decompose in a landfill within a reasonably short time. It contains ECM Bio Films™ material that facilitates the decomposition process.

Each Elements™ gown comes with a large tag which educates the student about the gown and encourages their participation in our Student Give Back Program. For every response received, Jostens will donate $1 to an environmentally sustainable project. Over $20,000 has currently been donated to the Nature Conservancy through the Student Give Back Program.

At Northwestern College, we are committed to creating a greener and more sustainable campus environment. College students and campuses are at the forefront of environmental awareness and green habits. Incorporating environmentally friendly regalia was just one more way for Northwestern College to make a difference and protect our environment.

CLASS OF 2017

G R AD UAT I O N H O N O R S HONORS INDICATES A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.50—3.74 HIGH HONORS INDICATES A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.75—3.99 HIGHEST HONORS INDICATES A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 4.00

HO N O R S G RAD UAT E S AR E I D ENTI F I ED BY A RED A ND GRAY H O NO R CO RD.

HON O R S P R O GR A M

The Northwestern College Honors Program provides an opportunity for exceptional students to enhance their education with honors contract classes as well as cultural and social activities. These students demonstrating exceptional motivation and ambition contract to develop special research projects in designated classes. These projects, created by the students in partnership with a faculty member and select members of the Honors Committee, consist of research, teaching, and service components which enrich the students’ scholastic and personal development. Students who earn 24 credits in classes with honors components are recognized as having completed the Honors Program by receiving an “Honors” designation for those classes on their transcripts and an Honors medallion at graduation.

AL PHA B E TA GA M M A

The purpose of Alpha Beta Gamma is to recognize and encourage scholarship among junior and community college students in business curricula at accredited two-year colleges. Working toward this goal, Alpha Beta Gamma shall provide an opportunity for the development of leadership and service, foster an intellectual climate for exchange of ideas, provide lively fellowship for scholars, and strive toward the stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence.

To be eligible for induction, a student must earn a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, and earn 15 credit hours (12 hours must be in their major program). Credit hour requirement may vary by campus. Alpha Beta Gamma members are identified by a blue stole.

LAMBDA A L P H A E P S I LO N

The American Criminal Justice Association, Lambda Alpha Epsilon, is an association devoted to the furtherance of professionalism in all areas of criminal justice. It strives to encourage greater cooperation among criminal justice agencies and to promote a greater understanding between the community and the profession. Under the aegis of membership, it fosters more responsive training and education to fulfill the needs of the profession through sponsorship of seminars, technical materials and personal contacts. The association serves as a unified national voice on key issues of the profession.

All chapter board members (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Sergeant-at-Arms) will be recognized by wearing a medal with a red, white, and blue Olympic ribbon and a solid blue Olympic ribbon for all other active members.

In recognition of outstanding scholastic attainment in the field of the administration of criminal justice, a silver key (a distinctive pin with the ACJA/LAE logo) is awarded to active members who exemplify themselves academically. In order to qualify for a key award, a member must have at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale and must have met the requirements for an associates degree.

LAMBDA E P S I LO N C H I

Lambda Epsilon Chi is the National Paralegal Honor Society founded by the American Association for Paralegal Education. There are 94 chapters throughout the U.S. with well over 1,000 inductees who have been honored for their outstanding academic achievements.

To be eligible for induction, a student must demonstrate superior academic performance which is evidenced by a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher to make membership in LEX a true and meaningful academic honor within the institution and a recognizable indication of superior academic achievement to members of the legal profession in the geographical area served by the institution.

1 1 3 TH

COMMENCEMENT ceremony

CAN DIDATE S FO R D EGR E E S SCHOOL OF

Kevin L. Kapka

SCHOOL OF

COMMERCE & TECHNOLOGY

Lavenia A. Malone

H E A LT H SCIENCES

Jovona LaTosha Bell Business Administration High Honors

Business Administration Business Administration

Antaniqua Tatianna McClellan

Bushra Abdelrazick Medical Assisting

Business Administration

Thenall R. Abuhasna Joshua N. Nickles Business Administration

Radiologic Technology Honors

Stephanie Ortiz

Eman K. Abuomar

Executive Accounting High Honors

Radiologic Technology Honors

Business Administration Honors

Crystal L. Perry

Shimaa Jibrin Alrashadeh

Business Administration

Medical Assisting

Martha G. Gomez

Jacqueline M. Rich

Ohara G. Alvarado

Cloee Danielle Brown Business Administration

Donisha A. Dunlap Business Administration

Christine E. Erickson

Business Administration Highest Honors

Lidia M. Guaman Business Administration Honors

Akeem Hall

Business Administration

Nicole Harwell Executive Accounting Honors

Eulalia Hernandez Business Administration

Donna G. Janusz Business Administration Honors

Business Administration

Rashanie Victoria Ross Business Administration

Marlene Sar

Business Administration High Honors

Caitlin Tellez Business Administration Honors

Yvette Vidal

Business Administration

Chelsea Whitis Business Administration

CLASS OF 2017

Medical Assisting Honors

Laura A. Anderson Health Information Technology Honors

Sherry Andrade Medical Assisting

Jeanette Arista Massage Therapy

Amgad Aziz

Health Information Technology High Honors

Edith G. Bahena Medical Assisting

CANDIDATE S FO R D EGR E E S Anna Barrera

Health Information Technology

Sarah Craig

Ashley Gutierrez

Christina M. Curry

Pauline V. Hamilton

Radiologic Technology Honors

Radiologic Technology High Honors

Kwadwo Bediako Radiologic Technology

Health Information Technology

Medical Assisting

Courtney Rose Bodman Radiologic Technology High Honors

Jacqueline Daly Radiologic Technology High Honors

Tiffany M. Boeck Medical Assisting

Petrine A. Durling Medical Assisting

Monica T. Broscoe Medical Assisting

Andrea K. Burke

Health Information Technology Highest Honors

Kimberly J. Carter Medical Assisting Honors

Wanda Edwards

Health Information Technology Honors

Kara Danielle Erste Radiologic Technology High Honors

Brenda Estrella Medical Assisting

Juana Castaneda

Health Information Technology

Tricia Marie Castello Health Information Technology

Medical Assisting

Christina Marie Harames Medical Assisting

Margaret S. Highbaugh Radiologic Technology

Demetria James

Health Information Technology

Nicole Jenkins

Health Information Technology Honors Alpha Beta Gamma�

Janet Juarez Toni Fraser

Health Information Technology High Honors

Ashley R. Furman Medical Assisting

Radiologic Technology Honors

Denise Cepeda

Star Garcia

Bianca Vianey Centeno

Taketa Hampton

Medical Assisting

Sarah Rose Kiley Radiologic Technology High Honors

Monique Lysette Laboy Health Information Technology

Health Information Technology

Karen Cerra

Health Information Technology High Honors

Medical Assisting

Marisol Gonzalez Medical Assisting

Sara Larsen

Radiologic Technology High Honors

Jessica E. Linville Health Information Technology High Honors

Lauren Ann Chwalisz Radiologic Technology

1 1 3 TH

COMMENCEMENT ceremony

CAN DIDATE S FO R D EGR E E S Courtney Lee Losito Radiologic Technology Highest Honors

Malissa Ortiz Massage Therapy

Jeanette Ben Salem Medical Assisting Highest Honors

Brittney M. Parker Jessica E. Luna Medical Assisting Honors

Jill Malinowski Radiologic Technology High Honors

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting Honors

Health Information Technology Honors Alpha Beta Gamma

Jessica L. Rainbolt

Navjeet Mattu

Medical Assisting High Honors

Medical Assisting

Monique Miller

Health Information Technology Honors

Tracey Jeanette Milton

Health Information Technology

Health Information Technology Medical Assisting Honors

Bernadette Smith

Health Information Technology

Sylvia Ewa Staron Radiologic Technology High Honors

Shevon G. Terry Medical Assisting

Kristy Tinajero Radiologic Technology Honors

Patti Rodriguez

Guadalupe Rosiles Health Information Technology

Lindsay Nicole Rudnick Medical Assisting High Honors

Regenia Nelson

Health Information Technology

Health Information Technology

Arianna Rodriguez

Faiqa Mustafa

Radiologic Technology

Julieann Marie Slattery

Chennette T. Robinson

Medical Assisting High Honors

Rosa C. Negrete

Medical Assisting High Honors

Eva Rivera

Health Information Technology Health Information Technology

Casey L. Sladek

Maribel Rabadan

Mabel Martinez

Ciara C. Miller-Wesley

Medical Assisting

Desiree Peete

Medical Assisting

Radiologic Technology Honors

Tequila T. Singleton

Jennifer Tomicki Radiologic Technology Honors

Kimberly Torres Radiologic Technology High Honors

Matrice S. Truevillian Health Information Technology

Ana C. Ruiz Medical Assisting

Alyssa Marie Oboikovitz Health Information Technology

CLASS OF 2017

Antoinette Valek Radiologic Technology

CANDIDATE S FO R D EGR E E S Jessica Velazquez Medical Assisting

Kathleen M. Bennig Paralegal Highest Honors

Rickie Darlie Victor Medical Assisting

Dorina Vitan

Health Information Technology High Honors

Paralegal High Honors

Ashley W. Bridges Criminal Justice

Conal Byrne

Paralegal

Bri ‘Shanika Hudson-Walker Paralegal Honors

Gissele Irizarry

Paralegal

Criminal Justice High Honors

Steven R. Chatman

Anderbella Angela Jones

Melanie Ware Radiologic Technology Honors

Paralegal

Sholla Hines Kathryn B. Boan

Bianca ’Shay Walton Health Information Technology

Iris Hernandez

Paralegal Honors

Paralegal Honors

James Lee Wilson

Health Information Technology High Honors

Sabrina Ditryk

Kristen P. Womble

Courtney B. Dotson

Medical Assisting Honors

SCHOOL OF

LEGAL STUDIES Isaac J. Aguiniga Criminal Justice

Priscillia Andrade Criminal Justice

Dushonha Laterse Bannister Criminal Justice

Carlos Milton Barcenas Paralegal

Paralegal Honors

Natalie Latona Paralegal High Honors

Paralegal Honors

Jacqueline Lewis

Jessica Ana Fulgencio

Firandos Lonzo Jr.

Criminal Justice

Gabriela Gonzalez Paralegal High Honors

Manuela Gonzalez Paralegal

Belinda G. Green Criminal Justice

Teresea L. Heard Criminal Justice

1 1 3 TH

COMMENCEMENT ceremony

Paralegal

Criminal Justice

Anthony Lopez Paralegal

Rocio Lopez Paralegal

Kirsten A. Matchinis Criminal Justice

Emily K. McGuire Paralegal

CAN DIDATE S FO R D EGR E E S Jada N. Miles Criminal Justice

Taneisha Renia AllenMaeweather Nursing

Marideliz Ortiz Paralegal Honors

Jeanette L. Fitzgerald Nursing

LaTanya C. Gammon Gladys J. Ashford Nursing

Nursing

Damaris Gonzalez Herbert Patton II

Anthony Lee Atwood Nursing

Nursing Honors

Sergio J. Quintanilla

Renee Nicole Barnes

Lizeth Gutierrez

Yesenia Raya

Lakeisha Sophia Barren

Celia Lee Guyton

Tyla Mona Spencer

Stievor Bowden

Kimberly D. Harris

Jessica Lynn Strickland

Lartees R. Broyles

Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Paralegal Honors

Chardae Watts Criminal Justice Honors

Angelica M. Williams Criminal Justice High Honors

Nursing Nursing Nursing

Veronica Cantu

Michael Hester

Ashley Deborah Cleary

Tralisa Hudson

Nursing Nursing Honors

VIOLET L. SCHUMACHER

SCHOOL OF NURSING

Ivana Dobras

Hala Abdel Rahman

Delia A. Ferreira

Nursing

Nursing Honors

Adriana Hernandez

Nursing

Carolina Aldama

Nursing

Nursing High Honors

Allyson Marie DeBow

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing Honors Nursing

Erin Therese Fitzgerald Nursing

CLASS OF 2017

Nursing Nursing Nursing

Pamela R. Jackson Nursing

Tieacsha James Nursing

Genesis Marie Johnson Nursing

Joseph E. Johnson III Nursing

CANDIDATE S FO R D EGR E E S Loukisha Jones

LaShawn C. Taylor-Martin

Stephanie Navarrete

Mekia Jewelette Keys

Sayra Marlen Martinez

Karina Nunez

Rodobina Masangkay

Festus Nyamaa Boadi

Tamara D. McCoy

Rilwan Olabode Olatunji

Christel J. McQuillan

Victoria Onyinyechi Olunwa

Shannon Maryan McRae

Lucia Osorio Marungo

Karen J. Mejia

Rosalba Pizano

Renae Meraz

Ashley Lynn Price

Nicole M. Miller Nursing

Adrieanna Fayles Rhodes

Jasmine Mitchell Nursing

Talesha Robertson

Teaira Monique Myles Nursing

Angelica Rodriguez

Elvis De Fonkou Naoussi

Renecia Jean Rozell

Nursing Nursing

Vanessa Gloria Kilver Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Michelle King Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Ashley Grace Kleban Nursing Honors

Danielle Lynn Marie Kuzmyak Nursing

Daiquinnisha Keiana Lane Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Diego Lara Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Larisa Chunise Latimer Nursing

Amber Leigh Lesniak Nursing

Katarzyna Lesnicka Nursing

Frances Irene Lopez Nursing

Nursing

Karen Mei Luna Nursing

1 1 3 TH

COMMENCEMENT ceremony

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing Honors

CAN DIDATE S FO R D EGR E E S Hannah Sahleslassie

Vanessa M. Stegall

Pedro A. Uribe

Vivian Ivette Salgado

Danielle Deshea Strange

Kimberly Vitkauskas

Lartees Stubblefield

Chevonne Wallace

Nursing

Nursing

Shantell Santiago

Nursing Nursing

Nursing

Nursing High Honors

Abrielle LaFrance Sawyer

Sheresa M. Terrell

Nursing Nursing Nursing

Idella R. Washington Nursing

Nursing Honors

Nursing

Tawana M. Williams Nursing

Brandie M. Terry Lisa Marie Smith Nursing Honors

Lynda S. Sowemimo Nursing

Gabrielle Michele Steele

Nursing

Paris Whitehead Nursing

Nina Torres Nursing

Tiffany Allison Truesdell Nursing

Nursing

CLASS OF 2017

Edyta Zadzilko Nursing

CANDIDAT E S FO R C E RT I F I CAT E S Tawana Abron Medical Assisting

Dina Calderon Medical Assisting High Honors

Rosa I. Almanza Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting

Juan P. DeLaCruz Azusena Cano Coding Specialist

Mirgard F. Amulani Medical Assisting

Tamiya S. Dean

Massage Therapy

Janet Delgado Jamilex Carrion Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting High Honors

Sylvia Casanas

Juanita Diaz

Charlene Andracki Medical Assisting

Coding Specialist

Amanda J. Appuliese Medical Assisting

Stephanie Arroyo

Medical Assisting Honors

Olivia N. Cazaras Medical Assisting Honors

Medical Assisting

Merryhelen Dominguez Medical Assisting High Honors

Sonia Beatriz Chaca Tierra Destiny Banks

Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting

Deidra A. Collins Manal N. Basheer

Jeanserge Dorvil Tanesia Collins-Jones

Tiffany Amber Dudley Ashley N. Colon Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting High Honors

Ciera A. Cooper

Carmen Dutton

Medical Assisting

Paralegal

Alma R. Cuevas

Andranika Lashawn English

Medical Assisting

Michael Terrell Blackmon Medical Assisting

Tiffany Marie Boeck

Medical Assisting

Coding Specialist

Medical Assisting

Crystal D. Beard

Medical Assisting Highest Honors

Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting

Crystal Bautista

Diamond Dominique Donley

Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting

Coding Specialist High Honors

Abibat A. Dairo Katherine M. Broderick Medical Assisting High Honors

Coding Specialist Honors

Maria P. Escalante Medical Assisting

Kadeesha L. Davis Medical Assisting

Michelle Evans Medical Assisting

Norlishia T. Brown Medical Assisting

1 1 3 TH

COMMENCEMENT ceremony

CAN DIDAT E S FO R C E RT I F I CAT E S Delia Fedorca Coding Specialist High Honors

Mya Gillespie-Jones Medical Assisting

Theresa Hillman Coding Specialist Honors

Cynthia Gomez Iyonna Dashai Felton Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting

Tizzie Holmes Medical Assisting

Lucia Gomez Rocha Aisha Fitzgerald Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting High Honors

Deonta Hubbard

Deanna Fleming

Lauretta Regina Grant

Patrick Hudson

Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting High Honors

Alejandra Flores

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting

Sana Imran

Medical Assisting Honors

Kayla Guzman Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting Highest Honors

Karla Flores-Zamorano

Yessica Guzman

Christiana A. Javier

Shavontay Fluker

Taylor N. Hammond

Debra J. Jordan

Nicolas D. Franco

Hassan Raben Harb

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting Business Highest Honors

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting Coding Specialist

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting High Honors

Nayelli Karina Juarez Medical Assisting

Ashley Harris Sherinthia Freeman Medical Assisting

Massage Therapy High Honors

Demisha Joy Kennedy

Alexandria Simone Fulgiam

Daisia Henry

Martha Kidd

Kimberly A. Hereford

Sonja Ivanova Klaric

Medical Assisting Honors

Bianca Garcia Medical Assisting Honors

Monica Garcia Medical Assisting High Honors

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting Coding Specialist High Honors

Karina G. Hernandez Medical Assisting

Rozele S. Lacy Coding Specialist

Vanessa Hernandez Medical Assisting

Aswathy George Medical Assisting

CLASS OF 2017

Bonita Lanaux Medical Assisting Honors

CANDIDAT E S FO R C E RT I F I CAT E S Michelle Lynn Lieske

Emily Ann McKinley

Ashley Orona

Michael Lucarini

Janet Jaimes Mendoza

Annette Ortiz

Shanti M. Mishra

Jamie Parker

Medical Assisting Honors

Vanessa N. Montoya-Martinez

Vannesa Perez-Ortiz

Yanna Luna

Angelique Moore

Health Information Technology Honors Coding Specialist

Medical Assisting Honors Medical Assisting Highest Honors

Medical Assisting Honors Coding Specialist Honors

Jazmin Lucas Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting

Lexis Lucas

Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting

Yasmin Luna

Elisset Moreno

Stephanie Marquez

Marielisa Muller

Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting High Honors

Denisse M. Pesina Coding Specialist Honors

Medical Assisting

Jasmine D. Phillips Medical Assisting High Honors

Tanasha S. Madison Medical Assisting

Samanta Marte Medical Assisting

Alexandra Martinez Medical Assisting

Coding Specialist High Honors

Medical Assisting

Kamesha Pierce Medical Assisting

Joanna Nava Medical Assisting Honors

Vanessa C. Plascencia

Tanya L. Newman

Justice Lajeune Redditt

Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting Honors

Kaltum I. Nur Maria Riddle

Shannon Leigh Matej

Medical Assisting High Honors

Mykeshia McCoy

Alexandra Ocampo

Jaileen Maris Rivera

Coding Specialist

Medical Assisting

Tamera McCoy Medical Assisting Highest Honors

Medical Assisting High Honors

Medical Assisting

Massage Therapy

Yesenia Roa Cherry Ann G. Oribello Medical Assisting

1 1 3 TH

COMMENCEMENT ceremony

Medical Assisting

CAN DIDAT E S FO R C E RT I F I CAT E S LaToyia D. Robinson

Elizabeth Santoyo

Anahi Maria Valdez

LaTonyia L. Robinson

Jasmine Bianca Sarmiento

Monzerrat Vargas

Wanda Jean Robinson

Joslyn N. Sims

Alethea Latina Vaughan

Coding Specialist

Coding Specialist

Anabel M. Sinche

Kristina M. Veloz

Medical Assisting

Coding Specialist

Shakira R. Smith

Quinnetta M. Wade

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting Medical Assisting

Raven Alexandria Rodgers Medical Assisting

Jennifer Rodriguez Medical Assisting

Kiara Marie Rodriguez Coding Specialist

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting

Massage Therapy High Honors

Shevon G. Terry

Sarah Weatherspoon

Medical Assisting Honors

Donna M. Thomas

Yessica Bautista Salgado

Ta’Kayla M. Toles

Medical Assisting

Cassandra Sanchez Medical Assisting High Honors

Medical Assisting

Coding Specialist

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting Honors

Iesha J. White Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting High Honors

Susan Carol Anne Wick

Daniel Torres

Adrianne Williams

Medical Assisting

Elizabeth Torres Medical Assisting

Feliciana Torres Stephanie A. Santillan

Coding Specialist Honors

Quinisha Walker

Erika Salgado

Cynthia Samuels

Linsley Walker

Medical Assisting High Honors Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting Honors

Medical Assisting High Honors

Kathryn Stern

Sandra Rodriguez Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting

Krystle N. Sotelo

Roby Rodriguez Paralegal High Honors

Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting High Honors

Medical Assisting Medical Assisting

Kendraya M. Winbush Coding Specialist

Cenia Lisseth Yanes Medical Assisting

Paola Zambrano Medical Assisting

CLASS OF 2017

C E LE BR AT I N G 115 Y E A R S O F

Empowering our Students

NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE CLASS OF 1915

1 1 3 TH

COMMENCEMENT ceremony

S PEC IA L T H A N K S TO. . .

2017 GRADUATION COMMITTEE Northwestern College extends its appreciation to the following:

Maysoon Nasir-Vargas Christine N. Schiltz Gail Schumacher

PROGRAM AND TICKET DESIGN Jessica D’Amore Miryam Ortiz Maysoon Nasir-Vargas

... AND A VE RY S P EC I A L T H A N K YO U TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED WORK DURING THE 2017 COMMENCEMENT EVENT! Carolina L.M. Brueck Eva Bunch Amy Buoscio Javier Burciaga Griselda Calderon Daniel G. Cardoso Brenda J. Christy Angelica Cibrian Patrice Fergus Vilma Franco Brittany Frangella Traci Gaona Nicole Garcia

Carolyn D. Gresham Markie Jordan Vicki Kaminski Jessica L. Kaszynski Patricia Kaszynski Jason L. Keenan Tina Marfoe Sintia Medel Alvaro Michel Kimberly D. Mundy Joseph Munn Samantha Nasir Deborah M. Okon

David Pena Elizabeth Raga Qiana M. Rufus Graciela Salgado Kelly Shaver Rikkia A. Smith Anita M. Thomas Theresa M. Valdes Clara Vargas Beata D. Wieczorek Brenda Williams Tanisha Williams

This program is not an official college document. Due to rigid time requirements, it must be printed before the final lists of graduate candidates can be determined. The exclusion of the name of a student is not to be taken as an indication of his or her official status as a non-graduate, nor is the inclusion of the name of a student to be taken as certification of his or her official status as a graduate. Additionally, grade point average may not reflect all coursework completed.

Guests are respectfully requested to stand during the National Anthem; then remain seated during the entire ceremony. Please remain seated until the President’s Party, Faculty, and Graduates have left the main floor.

Thank you.

CLASS OF 2017

N O RTHWE STER N CO L L EG E

M I S S I O N S TAT E M E N T Northwestern College is a private, regionally accredited, degree-granting institution of higher education with a 115 year history. The College’s relevant and future-focused curricula integrate general studies which encourage, prepare, and empower our diverse student body to pursue their professional and educational goals. Our distinctive educational programs, combined with our commitment, integrity, and studentcentered learning community, provide a vital human resource for today’s ever-changing society.

2017 N C CO M M EN CEM EN T

M I S S I O N S TAT E M E N T Through its commencement ceremony, Northwestern College recognizes those individuals whose dedication, commitment, and integrity has guided them to achieve their academic goals. In marking this point of accomplishment, family, friends, faculty, and staff join our graduates in celebrating this joyous occasion.

CHICAGO

BRIDGEVIEW

w w w. nc .edu

ONLINE