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Rend Lake College Class of 2016 crosses stage at 49th Commencement

INA, Ill. (May 16, 2016) – Rend Lake College officials want to congratulate the Class of 2016 for another successful year. The 49th Annual RLC Commencement was held May 14 in James Waugh Gymnasium. A total of 559 graduates were conferred 560 Associate Degrees and 448 Occupational Certificates for a total of 1,008 degrees and certificates. Adam Nagreski, 2005 RLC graduate and owner of Nagreski Law, LLC, was the keynote speaker.

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The Rend Lake College Class of 2016 is:

(All hometowns Ill. unless noted otherwise)

ALBION – Nichole Marie Alcorn

ALTAMONT – Kaleb M. Pullam

ASHLEY – Christina Lynn Conner, Nicholas Lane Fortag, Clinton Allen Johannes, Joshua Rynski, Rachel Keyes Spotanski, Patrick David Suchomski

BALDWIN – Jonathan Reinhardt

BELLE RIVE – Jaymie Beaty, Jason D. Bernard, Troy Ryan Donovan, Chantze Elliott, Jarrett W. Jukes, Alexis Rollinson, Dylan T. Stanek, Myles Ray Tate

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BENTON – Skyler Alldredge, Luke Blackman, Sarah Jo Brayfield, Cynthia Britton, Domenick Bullock, Megan L. Buntin, Brett Alan Butler, Desireé Nicole Casey, Melissa Grace Chapman, Melany A. Clayborn, Joseph James Clinton, Courtney Conrad, Mariann R. Cook, Travis Buchanan Crawford, Carla Crites, Emily Renee Culbreth, Olivia Anne Dalby, Sara on, Brooke Elizabeth Docherty, Rachel Easton, Rachel Edwards, Cameron Scott Erwin, Zoie Danielle Frey, Brittany Nichole Goldsberry, Jessica Lynn Halterman, Derick Hammonds, Sally Virginia Heathcoat, Leslie Michele Hebbeler, Nathanael Howard Higgins, Tiffany Hodge, Vanessa Holman, Bridgette N. Howell, Tyler John Huie, Marie J. Huff, Cynthia Lynn Jaco, Laura Katherine Jamerson, Courtney Danielle Jay, Cassandra Sue Johnson, Maxwell Jones, Martin J. Kathalynas II, Christine Keppler-Clayton, Jacob Tyler Kubow, Andrew Lampley, Leanne Ledbetter, Lauren Leffler, Jacob Ligon, Brittany Nicole Long, Noah Luster, Austin Lynch, Logan Maxey, Daina McKinney, Alicia Kay McPherson, Caitlin Nicole Melton, Marcela L. Mendez, Brandon Meyer, Slater Heath Moore, Micah Dione Neal, Cheyenne Needham, Alexis Morgan Newcomb, Jacob Micheal Norris, Ronald D. Pierce, Clayton Michael Richardson, Matthew Robertson, Adrian Rodriguez, Brandon M. Romani, Christian Rowe, Courtney Louise Rudloff, Stacy Saliba, Heather Nichole Shain, Katherine Elizabeth Shew, Megan Kay Simmons, Octavia Swango, Jennifer R. Sweet, Ashtyn Leigh Ward, Timothy E. Watkins, Dallas Jordan Williams, Jordan C. Willis, Jordan Taylor Wills, Robert J. Woods III, Kodi Wright, Margaret K. Wyllie

BLUFORD – Bret Collins, Jessica R. Duran, Sarah Anne Ganieany, Jesse Hinds, Silvio Michael Hodge, Amanda Jackson, Beth A. Jones, Whitney Lowery, Emily Lynette Lusby, Lindsey Reeves, Darren James Topping, Tristan Withrow

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BONNIE – Emilea Allen, Ashleigh Beaty, Rebekah Busler, Andrew Dillman, Jon Hill, Dennis William James Nelson, Sarah Parr, Brittany N. Seidel, Danielle Seidel, Colleena Rowark, Kirby Stewart, Dala Wingo

BROUGHTON – Randi Reneé Pippin

BROWNSTOWN – Dustin Carl Lawson

CAMPBELL HILL – Ashley Rena Modglin

CARBONDALE – Jim Nohl, Thomas Scott Randolph, Jacob E. Petty

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CARLYLE – Trevor Straeter

CARMI – Brodie Keith Brown

CARTERVILLE – Meagan E. Moon

CENTRALIA – Achaia Joy Shipp, Shelia M. White, Sylvia Audrey Woods

CHAMPAIGN – Jada Caston

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CHARLESTON – Madison Taylor Burgett

CHRISTOPHER – Ashton Jo Beaver, Katherine Leigh Bennett, Alex J. Cavinder, Molly Claxton, Jordan DeMond, Amanda Gant, Brandon Isom, Carl L. Leffler, Eric Seth McFarland, Paige Nicole Pemberton, Stacie Richelle Pinkham, Rachael Marie Pizzolato, Brooke Nicole Robertson, Krystal Saul, Annabelle Lea Shukites, Makaila Todd, Eli Joshua Webb

CINCINNATI, Ohio – Jada Ballew, Marquise J. Lanier

CISNE – Lisa Lenamae Hunsinger

CLAY CITY – Ashten L. Harrison

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COLUMBIA – Chase Menard, Brett Anthony Morr

COULTERVILLE – Logan D’Anthony Rednour

CREAL SPRINGS – Rene Taylor

DAHLGREN – Mackenzie L. Adams, Nathan Daniel Anselment, Logan Dean Blades, Dusty Butler, Balee Gay, Jessica Hastings, Tyler Kelly, Amber Nicole Miller, Megan L. Wodicker

DIX – Patrick D. Burke, Tyler Crawford, Nicole Grasher, Robert Treston Grider, Kayla Cheyenne Jeffers, James Duane Potts, Isaiah James Riley, Logan James Wollerman

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DUBOIS – Austin J. Grabowski, Hannah Marie Zyk

DU QUOIN – Richard Lee Akins Jr., Alison Anne Bulger, Garrett L. Gresham, Kenneth C. Kabat II, Cody C. Sissom, Lindsay Faith Sissom, Emily Ann Stanhouse, Shae M. Taylor

ELDORADO – Alexis Partridge

ELKVILLE – Robert Eugene Lemmons Jr.

ENERGY – Alec Lamke

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Jay D. Johnson

EWING – Amanda B. Bradley, Seth Edwards, Mathias S.L. Kinkelaar, Morgan Montgomery, Amy Marie Mydler Ferando, Tiffany Nicole Talley, Nevin Tressler, Josh Wilson

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. – Jenaé Georgann Foreman

GALATIA – Kayla Mayberry

HERRIN – Daniale Franklin, Nicholas Ryker, Dalton Troehler, Robyn Trusty, Melissa Welch

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INA – Nicholas A. Bejma, Nichole Leeann Briscoe, Joshua Lee Miller, Jeffrey Ryan Nociar, Felecia Shantrell Stanton

IRVINGTON – Aaron Nafziger

IUKA – Jacob Tyler Beezhold

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Natalie Shoultz

JOHNSTON CITY – Lynda Lou Fairleigh, Nathanial Volarath

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JUNCTION CITY – Emily R. Massa

KEENES – Amanda J. Loker

KELL – Eric Saatkamp

KEVIL, Ky. – Brett Quigley

LOGAN – Shelby Dakota Ozbourn, Alisha M. Rechsteiner

MACEDONIA – Adrienne Chyerra Lenard, Aaron Shofner

MAKANDA – Zoey Gabriella Neighbors

MARION – Amber Christine Eibeck, Sarah Headd, Jamie Lea Horn, Billy W. Jones II, Freida Lee Kimes, James Laningham

MARISSA – Brandon P. Leonhardt

MASCOUTAH – Megan Emberton

MCKINNEY – Jason T. Hirons

MCLEANSBORO – Sarah Adcock, Lucas Mitchell Cox, Jonathan Devoy, Casey Louis Fitzpatrick, Jessie Fortman, Ty Erin Guthrie, Valerie Lynn Henderson, Matthew Knight, Nicholas E. Lasswell, Lacey Martin, Jacob A. McCullough, Sarah Jordan Scott, Daven Thomas, Kristen Thompson, Danica Zieren

MT. VERNON – Kara Janel Harrison Accomando, Jackson Arthur Adams, Kathleen J. Ashcraft, Victoria Baird, Brian C. Bassett, Melissa E. Beaupre, Jeremy Takumi Border, William Kjuan Box, Ashton T. Boyer, Emily Renee Browder, Alyssa Anne Burge, Rebecca Jean Clark, Cody Cockrum, Adam Copenhaver, Joseph Davis, Jacob Dismang, Casey Lynn Drennan, Shania Faith Ellis, Allison England, Myranda Hope Epplin, Jacob Lawrence Ferguson, Adam Dylan Ford, Maranda Ford, Brock Anthony Fulkerson, Tyler Sebastian Fuller, Malorie LeeAnn Garner, Mason Garner, Debra Lynn Gillenwater, Kylan Cole Hallam, Shayna Elise Ham, Charity Hardig, Isabella Kay Hoben, Rebekah Holt, Garrett L. Howell, Rodger O. Hughes, Amanda B. Hutchison, Zachary M. Jines, Haley Johnson, Olivia Leigh Johnson, Markarian Johnson, Chelsey K. Jones, Kendall D. Kaskie, Charlie Dean Kirkpatrick, Rachel Kirsch, Timothy Knox, Ethan Kohute, Jennifer Denise Kuhn, NaKeisha Chivon Lash, Lacey L. Laird, Kristina Catherine Celia Lehman, Caleb Linville, Jessica Renae Llewellyn, Nichole Leigh Loker, Brittany Gene Lomax, Presley Marlow, Devon L. Mays, Garrik McConnell, Randi McCoy, Robert McDonald, Ethan Wayne Elway McGovern, Kirsten McGowen, Jennifer Ann Miles, Jamie D. Morgan, Emily Opalecky, Natallia Orkies, Adam L. Ortgiesen, Xavier A. Ostolaza Maldonado, Andrew Overbey, Ashley Page, Emily Palmer, Jaci Elise Pelaez, Cole Dudley Pierce, Jamie Nicole Poole, Stewart Eugene Phyfiher, Curtis Prichard, Kenzie Rankin, Samantha Marie Riddle, Janetta L. Rightnowar, Jasmina Rizvanovic, Derick Lee Rodotz, Chanda Rogers, Kaelyn Rebekah Sandy, Matthew Saupe, Lauren M. Schaubert, Colleen Reann Skobel, Victoria Breann Skobel, Tamara J. Smith, Dennis Southerd, Destiny Faye Stroud, Brady K. Suedmeyer, Gracie Tate, Katie Nichole Tate, Kayla Angelle Tooke, Cynthia Travis, Tyree Dai-Qon Trimble, Jacob Wayne Trout, Paige Tufts, Crayton Turner, Tamara Cheree Turner, Gwendolyn Ann Upton, Nate Vaughn, Sierra Waller, Stephanie Whipple, Mark Robert Wiggins, Jordan Mark Wilemon, Diana Katherine Williams, Karen Williams, Michael Young

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MULKEYTOWN – Taylor Elizabeth Blankenship, Sierra Danielle Calloni, Izec Clark, Tracy Furlow, Dimitra Hale, Laryssa M. Hiller, Michael T. Hoffman, Megan Holmes, Lindsay Jo Leber, Shirley Rogers, Vanessa Lynn Sink, Anthony Valette, Alissa Ann Webb, Arika Williams

MURPHYSBORO – Anthony Joseph Lyerla, Jaclyn Ilean Rigdon, Sara Streuter

NASHVILLE – Jordan Ray Harre, Nick Malick

NEW ATHENS – Scott Parker

NORMAL – Brian Zimmerman

NORRIS CITY – Tyler Del Bishop, Tyler Brace Blair, Matthew Hayden Frymire, Logan D. Tharp

OAKDALE – Jaqueline Marie Kellerman, Clark Wisely

OPDYKE – Dakota S. Church, Rebekah Cramer, Alex Bryce Hopkins, CeCe Joseph, Donald Jacob Pike, Virginia Lynn Price, Amanda Sager, Yvonne Schwengel, Alexandria Leann Skobel, Charles D. Smith

ORIENT – Angela Louise Donovan

PEORIA – Alexis Delane Hammerton

PERCY – Angela R. Lehnhoff

PINCKNEYVILLE – Alyssa Baker, Debra Kay Bender, Jade Brown, Timothy Karl Brueggemann, Bruce Bruno, Danielle Lynn Bruns, Denise Renee Bruns, Jessica Bruns, Macie Marie Clark, Jarred Allen Davis, Crystal Defend, Ali Salah El-Ayins, Patricia L. Feazel, Dana Lynn Harris, Zachary Adam Henry, Taylor Hepp, Leah Marie Hopp, Michelle Ann Kellerman, Taylor Marie Kringer, Allana N. Lacy, Drew Lipe, Ciara Owen, Kaitlyn Ponicki, Callie Priebe, Tyler Reiman, Michael Robert Smith, Danny J. Spann, Kiela Marie Vuichard, Jordyn Dee Wieland, Laci Carol Zeidler

PITTSBURG – Eric Smith

RED BUD – Justin Wittenauer

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RED OAK – James McLaurie Jr.

ROBARDS, Ky. – Jeremy Garrett

ROYALTON – Mikala Chamness, Stephan Dale Threewitt, Daniel Tolley, Courtney Nicole Troehler

SALEM – Larry A. Church, Dustin E. Collier

SCHELLER – Trey S. Dorris, Julia Louise Herzing, Danara Rena Jones, Kiley Breean Kelly, Emily Danielle VanDeveer, Chelsea Lyn Vaughn

SESSER – Cody Atchison, Lonny Dean Bailey Jr., Sawyer Bauman, Dakota Bodine, Chrissy L. Confer, Kerry L. Galant, Autumn Loucks, Rachel Diane Marlo, Kristen Marie Mason, David Nelson, Devon Leon Thullen

SHELBYVILLE – Jaden Bradley Stockdale

SIMS – Ethan Spicer

SPARTA – Jay Mickelle Baue, Elliott L. French, Jonathan G. Hill

SPRINGERTON – Dusty Ray Cushman, Jonathan Steven Dauby, Drae Rose

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Jasmine Guthrie

STEELEVILLE – Jacob Hargis

STESER – William Joseph Garcia

TAMAROA – Robert Tyler Cooper, Shantal S. Drysdale, Jena Elder, Shari J. Elder, Brianna M. Gauch, Brittany R. Knapp, Jordan Michelle Koenegstein, Kelsey Mae Lamke, Brandy Michelle Merkel, Leigha Catherine Yeager

TEXICO – Dustin Hickey

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THOMPSON – Austin Gourley, Brandy Harbour, Brady Lee Householder, Paige Hutchcraft, Kaitlyn Danielle Jones, Allyson Leann Kerley, Crystal Dawn Knisley, Nicole Augusta Leonard, Sara A. McCarty, Brehan Osteen, Holly Russell, Kyle Shimkus, George Styles, Anthony W. Williams

TRENTON – Nikalus Grogan

TROY – Aaren Niehaus

VALIER – Gunner Stone Bailey, Kelsey Ann Bate, Jordan S. Gunter, Clayton Hoffard, Nathan Everett White

WALTONVILLE – Autumn Breeze, Myka Garner, Levi Johnny Laird, Lance Michael Panzier II, Claire Pytlinski, Misty Summers, Breanna Faye Whitley

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WATERLOO – Emma Rae Otten, Vanessa Stitzel, Whitney Stitzel

WAYNE CITY – Elizabeth Blasdel, Kolyn Borah, Emily Ann Green, Alanna E. Huston, Donovan Lee, Bryan Douglas Pace, Tara Jolynn Shreve, Megan Slover, Clayten Dale Tubbs, Brody Lee Wilson

WEST FRANKFORT – Amber Marie Aaron, LeAnn R. Aaron, Colton Allen, Makenzie Raye Blades, Samantha Braddy, Michael Wayne Bradford, Jamie Lynn Brock, Jalyn Brooke Dial, Dallas R. Falmier, Justin Michael Hatfield, Maleeka R. Jent, Andrea Leigh Linsley, Brianna Lee Linsley, Sage Lintner, Tyler J. Parkhill, Travis D. Parkhill, Lara Lee Pier, Kayla Elizabeth Piersol, Jennifer Rich, Luke Robinson

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WOODLAWN – Christy Barnes, Benjamin Briddick, Sabrina Hosselton, Matthew Kennedy, Dustin Gregory May, Christine M. McPhail, Aaron Repasky, Stephen Mark Repasky, Kimberly Ann Smolley, Luke A. Wegmann

XENIA – Colby Kell, Carmen K. Mix, Morgan Tolliver

ZEIGLER – Breanna R. Davis, Bobby L. Harris, Nick McPhail, Blake Alan Rube Morgan, Kasey C. Mowrer, Lori Ann Overturf, Valerie Potmas, Breanna Li Price, Jeffrey Dale Saddler Jr.

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