Rend Lake College officials want to congratulate the Class of 2017 for another successful year. The 50th Annual RLC Commencement was held Saturday, May 13 in James “Hummer” Waugh Gymnasium. A total of 633 graduates were conferred 681 Associate Degrees and 454 Occupational Certificates for a total of 1,135 degrees and certificates. Bob Carlock, retired vice president of finance and administration at RLC, was the keynote speaker.
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The Rend Lake College Class of 2017 is:
(All hometowns Ill. unless noted otherwise)
ALBION – Jacob Balding
ASHLEY – Amber Kay Bennett, Courtney Dugan
AURORA – Adrian Smith
AVA – Jordan Marie Lodge, Clayton Thies
BELLE RIVE – Tyler J. Henry, Anthony Isaiah Mauser, Anna Nicole Nichols, Eric Peter Osmolski, Bradley Michael Penrod, Jacob Schlag, Jacob Don Williamson
BELLEVILLE – Latika Shanee’ Burns, Coleton Cook, Andria Cornelius, Jordan Krug, Jordan Laing, William Timothy Presson
BENTON – Gary Allan, Michael Allan, Alison Anthis, Ashley K. Atkins, Alissa Bain, Leigha Bain, Deryck Bates, Jonathon Carson Batts, Kelly L. Bishop, Brandtlee Abram Brown, Brandi Nicole Cairns, Cali M. Carney, Aubrionna Casey, Joseph James Clinton, Kaleigh Cole, Mariann R. Cook, Lindsey Marie Cox, Zoie Paige Crain, Bria Leigh Curry, Pari Morgan Davis, Mackenzi Dollins, Heather Crystal Drew, Chason Lee Dunford, Rachel Raquel Easton, Curtis Alan Eubanks, Emeri-Jean Allyce Farnam, Connor Foltz, Samantha Franklin, David Bradley Garrett Jr., Sadie Hall, Abbigail E. Hart, Kelsey Morgan Head, Nicholas Sebastian Hoffman, Katelyn J. Houghland, Sarah E. Hubbard, Laura Katherine Jamerson, Emmy-Leigh Jay, Robin Nicole Johnson, Caleb James Kearney, Christine Keppler-Clayton, Amy Kovarik, Molly LaRae McGuire, Matthew Krug, Dakotah Micheal Lampley, Leanne Ledbetter, Shelby Lewis, Alaina Lynch, Dionna Grace Martin, Jayme Martinez, Janie Marie McMurray, Mallorie Melvin, Darian O’Brien Menees, Brandon Meyer, Kenneth A. Miner, Lindell Ray Minor, Virginia Morgan, Devon Jean Morris, Lorie Jane Nalley, Ashley Odom, Samantha R. Orrill, Ben Pankey, Gabriel Price, Joshua Price, Tarron Pulliam, Presley Robbins, Naylin Ronchetto, Charles Schram, Jenna McKay Shadowens, Andrea Linda-Marie Shaw, Kerrie Smith, Dylan Snyder, Kassie N. Spencer, Whitney Summers, John David Sweet, Nathan Watkins, Allee Nicole Wellen, John R. Wilder IV, Jacob Young
BLUFORD – Jessica L. Baird, Mallory Rose Bergbower, Courtney Cohoon, Amy Aline Dalby, Michael Anthony Gartin, Liane Denise Loyd, Emily Lynette Lusby, Mikaela G. Matthews, Kayla M. Parks, Tori Pasley, Trevor Pasley, Caleb Shafer, Mikayla Ria Stewart
BONNIE – Emilea Allen, Victoria Lynn Davis, Jakob Felty , Joshua Melton, Keanna N. Miller, William Payne, Jessica Ramsey, Danielle Seidel, Mollie Strain
BRIDGEPORT – Katelyn Gabriela Spade
BROUGHTON – Shelby Ruth Bayler, Austin B. Caudill, James Levi Chapman
BUCKNER – Alyx Michaela Starkweather
BURNT PRAIRIE – Katie Lynn Titzer
CARBONDALE – Ryan J. Bushur, Francis M. Gatimu, Jeremy Hudson, Sherrah Rucker
CARMI – Lindsey Nicole Sexton
CARTERVILLE – Alayna Booth, Trenton A. Ladd, Ethan Andrew Pullum, Ashley Sheffler, Brockton Stewart
CAVE IN ROCK – Michael A. Downing
CENTRALIA – Cristy “Cris” Cawthon, Amanda Danielle Masterson, Brittany Lea Ann Pierce, Hannah Witzel
CHESAPEAKE, Va. – Troy William Boner
CHESTER – Dillon David Ladendecker
CHRISTOPHER – Andrew David Benard, Jacob Ross Burkitt, Michael Taylor Calloni, Julie Y. Faling, Austin Frey, Zoie Danielle Frey, Amanda Gant, Nicole D. Howell, Jacob Allen Jablonski, Trevor Johnson, Kailey Kerkemeyer, Brittany N. Lowery, Camryn Joan Maloney, Erica Lynn Maple, Micah Motsinger, Kayla Parrish, Adam Jay Porter, Annabelle Lea Shukites, Jacob W. Underwood
CISNE – Taylor M. Postin, Jacob Shreve
COELLO – Joseph N. Shaw
COLLINSVILLE – Paul Huster
COULTERVILLE – Devan Downard, Kerri Nichole Hoehner, Colt Daniel Waldrup
CREAL SPRINGS – Chris T. Groves, Olivia Faith McDannel, Randy Moore, Morgan Brooke Wirtes
DAHLGREN – Logan Blades, Josie Campbell, Kristie Goosby, Tyler Dean Kelly, Cody M. Moss, Jacob Reyling, Dana Marie Rubenacker, Megan Elizabeth Rubenacker, Alec Tennyson, Emily B. Wellen, Miriam Ziehm
DIX – Tyler W. Crawford, Mariah Machelle Dunavan
DONGOLA – Katie D. Harper
DU QUOIN – Trenton L. Bigham
DUBOIS – Matthew T. Lietz, Hannah Marie Zyk
DUQUOIN – Charles Andrew Cross, Dana Lynn Harris, Hannah K. Hill, Weston Owen Kabat, Kenneth C. Kabat II, C. Dustin Nehrkorn, Brianne Nicole Otto, Maggie Elizabeth Sanders
EFFINGHAM – Morgan Renee Wilson
ELDORADO – Taylor Marie Aldridge, Corrina Poole
ELKHART, Ind. – John K. Vernon
ELKVILLE – Tyler Funk
ELLIS GROVE – Zachary D. Sternberg
ENFIELD – Drake Chandler Carter, Madison Nelson
EVANSVILLE – Dylan Huether
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Carly Brown
EWING – Jaylyn Cozart, Delta Dawn Hermann, Ike Hutchcraft, Wade M. Hutchens, Kacee Leann Roberts
FAIRFIELD – Timothy D. Clark, Kyle Leegaard, Eric Spitzner, Bradley D. Yeager
FARINA – Shane Michael Landreth
FLORA – Anthony Samuel Wayne Moats
FULTS – William Wuertz
GOSHEN, Ind. – Sam Troyer
GRANITE CITY – Amayha Dycus
GREENWOOD, Ind. – Shelby Johnson
HARVEY – Javon L. Stribling
HENDERSON, Ky. – Breya Cooper
HERRIN – Jessica Alongi, Dustin L. Griffith, Jordan William Griffith, Courtney Christine Houseright, Sarah Sue Menckowski
HETTICK – Glenn Roemer
HOYLETON – Reed Riechmann
INA – Anthony C.M. Amato V, Kathleen DeKriek, Brooklyn Nicole Fowler, Taylor Nowitzke, Philip Riley II, Ciara Story
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Zachary M. Spangle
IRVINGTON – Aaron K. Nafziger
IUKA – Cheyenne Goodwin, Gavin Meers
JOHNSONVILLE – Hannah Shae Draper
JOHNSTON CITY – Tyler D. Johnson, Bianca E. Woodhall
KEENES – Ruth Ellen Clark, Bryan E. Jones
KELL – Ashley Lee West
LEBANON – Rhiannon R. Huffman
LOGAN – Dakota Casey, Nicole Marie Mullins
LOUISVILLE – Travis Arnold
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Christopher McCraw, Hannah Mikal Poynter, TJ Satterly, Coryontez Thomas
MACEDONIA – Bailey Jo Hiestand, Terrence Anthony Richard Marshall, Anthony L. Page, Danielle Rena Richardson, Martin John Ward
MAKANDA – Lucas C. Roney, Branden Threlkeld
MARION – Lindsey A. Barnes, Elexis Nicholle Brown, Alexis Hadley, Amber Monique Hadley, Mitchell Rushing, Aarati Tailor
MARISSA – Dustin Bingel, Brent Klingeman
MASCOUTAH – Austin Keck, Megan Rudolphi
MAYFIELD, Ky. – Justin C. Hayden
MCLEANSBORO – Jimmy Anderson, Rebecca Roze Arndt, Falisha Biggerstaff, Kelsey Ann Bowman, Phillip Michael Bowman, Tucker Dan Braden, Mathew R. Bryson, Kaleb Burris, Brandon C. Craddock, Garrett Scott Craddock, Kaleb Darnell, Brandon Lee Davis, Jesse David Dickey, Morgan Mareatha Donelson, Kaytlin Ebert, Briana Marie Forrester, John Robert Fowler, Kyle Garrett, Kaleb Glenn, Ty Guthrie, Hillary Ingram, Hayley Kaufman, Mary Elisabeth Morgan, Beth Morris, Sheila A. Overturf, Brian C. Plunk, Kara Rebstock, Kelsi Renn, Nichola Rose, Steffany Shasteen, Brittany Shelton, Amanda Jo Stowers, Sicely Arien Strumpher, Carly Sullivan, Mary Katelyn Walker, Alexandra J. Warner, Ashley Webb, Brittany Michelle Webb, Amanda D. Wolfe, Alicia York, Marabeth Zieren
METROPOLIS – Addison Tayler Gray, Luke Wieneke
MILLSTADT – Austin Muir, Nicholas Nieroda, Brett Pfingsten
MOUNT VERNON – Jackson A. Adams, James Ahlf, Olivia Jane Bailey, Shelbi Rae Ballard, Logan Barrett, Austin Bauer, Melissa E. Beaupre, Joey Becker, LaKenzie Kathryn Blankenship, Mariah Bocock, Katelynn Nicole Braddy, Clinton Buretz, Conner J. Buretz, Rachel D. Burns, Christopher M. Burris, Joseph Dale Capps, Hannah Carbonaro, Aaron Cary, Chase Chauncey, Rahn Alan Clarke, Ashtyn Cornett, Nuno Rodrigo Santos Costa, Kaleb Cox, Darrius Davis, Kayla Anne H. Davis, Blake A. Dunn, Jagger Cain Ellis, Justice Ellis, Timothy Ellis, Lydia Knox Emery, Savannah Estes, Eric Field, Jessica B. Frailey, Jacob Frazier, Makenzie Goodheart, Tiffany Hargis, Carrie J. Harper, Anthony D. Harris, Alexander Hawkins, Letia Hollenkamp, Jacey House, Bailee Huff, Bryce L. Hunter, Charity Lynn Jackson, Rachel Jackson, Kaira Shontae James, Chad Jansen, Fabian Andres Jerves Sanchez, Lindsay Johnson, Shanaya Johnson, Morgan Jones, Megan Renee Jordan, Nicholas James Keeler, Alynn Jade Knox, Ethan Kohute, Jennifer D. Kuhn, Brooke Lacey, Melina Launay, Jessica Renae Llewellyn, Sarah Lockeby-Robinson, Autumn Long, Jennifer J. Long, Manesha Annette Long, Kathryn E. Marlow, Austin C. Martin, Robert M. McClain, Michael McDaniel, Markeidra McGee, Ethan McGovern, Lacey K. McGovern, Dalton Brent McGowen, Alexus McKay, Megan Taylor McKinley, Haley Denise Michele McNelly, Joseph Michaud, William Charles Milt, Melissa G. Morgan, Morgan S. Nelson, Kalyn O’Daniel, Chelsea Nicole Oliver, Adam Lester Ortgiesen, Peyton Nichole Osborne, Erin K. Palmer, Vaishakhi A. Patel, Reece Payne, James Edward Pennington, April Lynn Penrod, Deborah Michele-Love Petitt, Stewart Eugene Phyfiher, Cole D. Pierce, Ross Michael Piercy, Larry Powell, Sydni Powell, Schyler Prichard, Devon Riley, Melissa Ritchey, Chyna Gabrielle Rivera, Jacob Wayne Robinson, LaEquah Rollins, Rachel E. Ruettgers, Javier E. Ruiz-Roubert, Makiah Rush, Hunter Schrader, Mason Shumate, Samuel A. Simpson, Jessica LeeAnn Singleton, Allison Sledge, Bethany Smith, Melody Anne Staley, Brian Staples, Sam Storment, Mary Strain, Abigail C. Taylor, Sherry D. Taylor, Stacy Vance, Jessica Wagoner, Lucas James Wilson
MULKEYTOWN – Brianna Bowlin, Ryan Andrew Curry, Allanna C Garrison, Michael T. Hoffman, Cameron Jones, Tara Chantell Law, Loghan Danielle Matyi, John Rapp, Christopher Richard, Breanna Faye Whitley, Cindra F. Wroblewski
NASHVILLE – Joseph Blumenstock, Evan Patrick Peeples, Kyler Jared Thompson Spencer
NORRIS CITY – Bailey Nichole Hosick, Mira O. Raney, Kyle Scott Sell
ODIN – Devin Clay Williams
OMAHA – Alisha Lamb
OPDYKE – Zane Austin, Zachary Brookman, Alex B. Hopkins, Bobby J. Kirsch, Lane Moser, Amanda M. Sager, Alexandria Leann Skobel, Charles D. Smith, Ali Marie Thompson
ORIENT – Brittany Segatto
PADUCAH, Ky. – Tyler Slatick
PEORIA – Anton L. Ivy II
PINCKNEYVILLE – Jennifer R. Alvis, Nathaniel Q. Benbrook, Sierra Nicole Benbrook, Misty Dawn Bernhard, Jennifer Carns, Jayne Collins, Brian A. Cook, Erica Jo Crews, Trenton Dale Fisk, Amanda Frassato, Taylor Griffin, Natascha Haney, Dale Ellis Hart II, Phoebe Kaytlann Issler, Craig Kuhnert, Brittany Renee Lowe, Jade Lynn Malott, Chelsea Elaine Elizabeth McNew, Joshua M. Paszkiewicz, Joshua G. Poff, Callie Rose Priebe, Cory Joseph Weinhoffer
POCAHONTAS – Derek Breiner, Daniel Wrigley
PRAIRIE DU ROCHER – Christopher J. Seders
RED BUD – Tammie L. Rable
RICHVIEW – Karli R. Verheyen
ROYALTON – Meghan Marie Clark, Kassandra Jones, Brandon Stubblefield, Stephan Threewitt, Austin D. Walker
SALEM – Brennan Fitzwater, Anthony G. Harwell, Ian A. Stroud
SANDOVAL – Kevin Shook
SCHELLER – Adam Michael Banach, Brooklin Ann Frisch, Casey Kiselewski, Emily Danielle VanDeveer
SESSER – Ashly Lynn Brown, Reginald Joseph Eubanks, Johnathon Leonard Galloway, Cody Hamm, Blaine Leslie, Nicholas David Marlo , Caleb I. Mays, David Nelson, Brianna Joyce Risley, Kyle Andrew Robinson, Monica Lynn Scott, Skylyn DeVonne L. Simpson, Luke William Thompson, Matthew D. Wallinger, Kieran S. White
SHAWNEETOWN – Michael Haenlein
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. – Dallas Trent Adkins
SIMS – Terrance A. Arnold, Ciara Shianne Bullard, Caleb Kunce
SMITHTON – Jennifer E. Schmulbach
SPARTA – Zachary Adams, Amber M. Braun, Nathaniel Britt, Daniel Demond, Mathew Holdman
SPRINGERTON – Massie L. Balsover
SPRINGFIELD – Tanner Maskey
ST. LIBORY – Douglas Stroder
STEELEVILLE – Christopher R. Kiehna, Justine Desiree Knop, Allyce Michelle Moll, Rachel Elizabeth Wilson
SWANSEA – Brian Harvey
TAMAROA – Raven D. Alvis, Noé Andrade, Megan Bagley, Lindsay Carns, Robert Tyler Cooper, Jena Lynn Elder, Jeremiah Stephen Ellison, Emily Green, Ryan Harris, Carrie L. Hendershott, Joseph D. Hendershott, Taylor Johnson, Dylan M. Lee, Alan Mydler , Collin M. Pulke, Carol Lynn Rheinecker, Erica Dawn Rulevish, Brianna M. Sanders, Haley Szczepanski, Audrey Warren
TEXICO – Caitlin LeeAnn Bullock, Jordan Luke Hoffman, Corey Simmons
THOMPSONVILLE – Maleissa Anne Baney, Charlene Boyd, Chelsey Lynn Bundy, Kayla Follmer, Brady German, Cecily Ann Heusner, Austin Kerley, Austin Michael Kessler, David K. Payne, Kenzie Nichole Rizor, Kyle J. Shimkus, Kenise Rashelle Smith, Damien Sky Wilburn
ULLIN – Kayla Elizabeth Reagan
VALIER – Sophi Rai Johnson, Bailee Lynn Jones, Jamie Jones, Courtney D. Smith
VIENNA – Casey Rehberg
WALNUT HILL – Nathan A. Edwards
WALTONVILLE – Taylor Dianne Dilliner, Jerrica Haley, Ethan S. Jones, Braden Kitowski, Morgan E. Massie, Tylor D. McGehee, Hailee Newbury, Ryan V. Stewart
WAYNE CITY – Shelby Collins, Keegan M. Haile, Caleb Johnson, Tiffany Mangers, Jacob Rubenacker, Eric Schumm, Esther Smith, Sherri Smith
WEST CITY – Amanda Frankart
WEST FRANKFORT – Alexa L. Beavers, John Fenton Bowers, Shannon Browning, Jared Lee Eastwood, Garrett Karoski, Makenzie Kondoudis, Brittany Nicole Long, Alexis Rae Newell, Charles Saunders, Amber Marie Sloan, Kailee Spears, Adam Wiggins, Bryce Timothy Wiley, Kathryn Nichole Wise
WHITTINGTON – Dakota J. Head, Tabitha Hopkins, Noah Jones, Nathan Scott MacDonald, Jennifer Young
WOODLAWN – Hayden Baker, Jennifer Reneé Carroll, Dustin Chesnek, Ryann French, Nathan Eddie Liszewski, Shelby Louise Mitchell, Justin Todd Peper, Ryan Richardson, Elizabeth A. Riley, Nicholas Wade Youngs
XENIA – Morgan Luttrell
ZEIGLER – Breanna Renee Davis, Bailey Schimpf
