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Graduation in Ketchikan
By Wendy Gierard
UAS Ketchikan
Graduation for eligible University
of Alaska Southeast students will be held Saturday, May 4 at 6:00pm
at the Ted Ferry Civic Center.
This year more than a dozen students will participate
in commencement exercises in Ketchikan. The commencement key note
speaker is Phyllis Yetka. University of Alaska Board of Regents
member Elsa Demeksa and University of Alaska Southeast Provost Roberta
Stell will also attend the ceremony along with UAS Ketchikan faculty
and campus director Karen Polley.
Tracy Fierge and Sharyl Whitesides will both receive
a certificate in accounting. Sharyl Whitesides will also receive
a certificate in small business management.
Deana Barajas, Karma Cobb, Cheryl Dewitt, April Thomas
and Tasha Turner will all be receiving the Associate of Arts Degree
in General Studies.
Donald Borders, Darrel Davis and Nancy Jensen will
receive the Associate of Applied Science Degree in Computer Information
& Office Systems. Allen Isabell and Sharyl Whitesides will both
receive the Associate of Applied Science Degree in Business Administration.
Debra Kinerk and George Miller will both receive the Associate of
Applied Science Degree in Human Services Technology from the University
of Alaska Fairbanks.
Stacie Haslett will receive the Bachelor of Education
degree in Early Childhood Education and David Jones will receive
the Bachelor of Liberal Arts.
In addition to students receiving degrees, several
other students will be recognized for accomplishing and successfully
completing other programs provided at the University of Alaska Southeast
Ketchikan.
In the Fall 2001 Certified Nurses Assistant program,
Nancy Fries-York, Kristina Hale, Theresa Howard, Marylee Scudero
and Sara Vance successfully completed the 9 credit course.
Students completing the four-semester Cisco Networking
Program include Brian Borkowski, Leslie Chapel, Jess Freitag, Morgan
Hein, Nancy Jensen, Chuck Mallott, Keith Martin, Kim Netling, Michael
Noel, James Rossin, Kelly Spencer and Gerald Weston.
Lawna Adams, Donald Borders, Darrel Davis and Nancy
Jensen have also successfully completed the UAS Ketchikan Computer
Information & Office Systems Department Certificate.
Alan Bolima, Michael Daugherty, Paul Stroupe successfully
completed the15-credit AWS Welding Program in the Fall. Gerald Edenshaw
successfully completed and received one welding certification and
Jack T. Anderson successfully completed and received five certifications.
In conjunction with Ketchikan General Hospital and
Weber State University, six students successfully completed the
one-year Licensed Practical Nursing program. They are Marina Hinkle,
Kelly Price, Kristen Thompson, Kimberly Lockman, Stacy Steinmark
and Jessica Verney.
Email Wendy Gierard at wendy.gierard@uas.alaska.edu
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