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
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
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
CARLYLE – Trevor Straeter
CARMI – Brodie Keith Brown
CARTERVILLE – Meagan E. Moon
CENTRALIA – Achaia Joy Shipp, Shelia M. White, Sylvia Audrey Woods
CHAMPAIGN – Jada Caston
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.