Laredo Community College formally recognized recipients of the General Educational Development (GED) Diploma during the 37th annual GED Commencement on Friday, May 12 in the Maravillo Gymnasium.
Family and friends of the graduates, as well as the public, attended the traditional ceremony.
Hosted by the LCC Adult Education Program Tri-County Co-op for Webb, Zapata and Jim Hogg counties, 94 individuals were conferred diplomas. Approximately 263 persons who passed all portions of the GED exam between May 2005 and April 2006 were eligible to participate in the traditional ceremony.
Commencement addresses were provided by U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar and May 2006 GED graduate Lorenza Reyes.
A highlight of the ceremony was the presentation of 6 scholarships, totaling $3,500, to deserving graduates who plan to launch their college education at LCC this fall. This included the presentation of the LCC GED Merit Scholarships to Catherine Castañeda, Ivonne Garcia and Rosenda Molina. Also awarded were scholarships from the LCC Citizens Advisory Committee to Jessica Ann Franco and Magdalena Suarez and from Sony Magnetic Products to Luis E. Silva.
May 2006 graduates of the GED diploma included Alejandro Acosta, Andrew Alcantar, Rosemary Alvarez, Angélica Alvarez del Castillo, Mildred Alverdi, Jesse Andrade, Tomás Andrade, Claudia Arispe, Noel Armendariz, Peter Arredondo, Michael Atwood, José Cruz Ayala, Steven Ayala, Jennifer Carmín Ballesteros, India Bastien-Parra, Angelita Batalla, Yvette Beltrán, Luz María J. Benavides, Roberto Carlos Benavides, Manuel A. Bermudez, Alfredo Bretado, Andrea Isabel Brizuela, Daniel Brown, Cristóbal J. Cabello, Laura Camero-Mendoza, Peter A. Campos, Jenny Cárdenas, Juan Carrillo, Catherine Kay Castañeda, Alfonsa Castilleja, Lizeth Anahí Castilleja, Alma Hortensia Castro, Alberto Cavazos, Homero Cavazos, Nancy E. Centeno, Calixto Cerna, Raúl Chapa, Bianca Lee Chavarría, Juan Carlos Chavarría, Eloy A. Chávez, Juan Cisneros, Melinda J. Collazo, José Córdova, Ana Paola Cornejo, Karla Coronado, Abel Christopher Cruz, Paulina M. Cruz, David Curiel, Krishna Dang, Elena M. De León, Carlos De León Jr., Dolores Lizeth Delgado, Amanda Díaz, Beatriz Díaz, Nancy Díaz, Diana Melissa Escamilla, Fidel Escobedo, Alejandro Esparza, Melissa Flores, Oscar Jaime Flores, Rodolfo Flores, Salvador Flores, Vicente E. Flores, Armando Flores Jr., Jessica Ann Franco and Jinnett Fundora.
Also graduating were Mayany Galindo, Blanca Gallegos, Rosa María Gallegos, Rodrigo I. Galván, Edgar Garay, Belinda García, Ivonne García, Javier A. García, Jesús Adrian García, Martha Amelia García, Mayela García, Melissa García, Omar García, Adriana Garza, Cynthia Nereida Garza, Karla Viviana Garza, Pablo Garza, Peggy A. Garza, Rodolfo Elvis Garza, Ramón Garza del Bosque, Juvencio Garza Jr., Samantha Gil, Juan Godoy, Rosa Elia Gómez, Vidal E. Gómez, Bertha Alvarez González, Blas Alfonso González, César González, David Oscar González, Jesse González, José Carlos González, Lourdes González, María del Carmen González, Mario González, Martín González, Michelle González, Virginia L. González, Zulema González, Kristie Green, Blas Guadiana, José Alfredo Guerra, Arnulfo Guillen, Kevin Harriger, Claudia Hechter, Christina Hernández, Crystal Hernández, Elizabeth M. Hernández, Juan Hernández, María Cecilia Hernández, Norma Alicia Hernández, Roberto Hernández, Samantha Renee Hernández, Diana Herrera, Emmanuel T. Huerta, Leonides R. Ibañez, María Isabel Ibarra, Robert Inguanzo, Aria Jarile Jacaman, José Alfredo Jimenez, Ricardo Jimenez, Jovita Juárez, Bailey Kerrigan, Michael Kirkland, Kyle Koonce, Alberto Kudo, Brenda P. Lara, Lizeth Lilian Lara Díaz, Sandra Legorreta, Giovanna Leiva, Alejandro López, Brenda López, Luís López, Marlenne López, Ricardo Abraham López, Rolando López, Wendy Bernice López, Eleonora López-Portillo, Ana Lózano, Cinthia Lózano, Luís Lózano, Irma O. Luna, Diego Jesús Magaña, Francisco Magaña, Raquel Maldonado, Francine Martínez, Gerardo Martínez, Gloria Martínez, Jorge Martínez, Julio Martínez, Luís Martínez, Mirna Alejandra Martínez, Néstor A. Martínez, Gabriel Medrano, Héctor Mejía, Brenda E. Méndez, Aldo Mendoza, Daniel A. Mendoza, María Guadalupe Mercado, Hugo Meza, Rosie Molina, Victoria Montemayor, Robert Marcos Montes, Anna M. Montoya, Ana Alicia Morales, Jesús E. Moreno, Leslie Moreno, Nissa Munguía, Horacio Muñoz, Jesús Murillo Jr., Maritza Navarro and Nora Noble-Christoff.
Other recipients of the GED diploma included Dora Alicia Ortega, Juana Elsa Pacheco, Ruth Padilla, Georgina Palacios, Christian A. Pearson, John Peguero, Jorge Peña, Juanita Peña, Roberto Peña, Juan José Peñaloza, Johnathan Pereyra, Laura N. Pérez, María T. Pérez, Ricardo Pérez, Víctor Hugo Pérez, Anthony Piña, Delilah Porras, Walter Israel Posada, Robert Quintanilla, Tomás Quiroz, Gisel Ramírez, Melissa J. Ramírez, Juan Ramos, Robert Ramos, María del Rosario Rangel, Alejandro Recio, Lorenza Reyes, Ramiro Reyes, Rigoberto Reyes, Luís Riebeling, Alejandra Riley, Kimberly A. Riojas, María del Carmen Ríos de Ortega, Lilia Rocha, Angel Rodríguez, Antonio Rodríguez, Blanca H. Rodríguez, David Rodríguez, Ignacio Rodríguez, Ilia Rodríguez, Laura Rodríguez, Marycruz Rodríguez, Melissa Lizette Rodríguez, Norma C. Rodríguez, René Rodríguez, Roberto Rodríguez, Sandra Violeta Rodríguez, Socorro Rodríguez, Jonathan Rojas, Karla C. Romero, León Rubalcaba III, Ismael Salas, Sandra Elizabeth Salazar, Arturo Salinas, Azucena Sánchez, Jessica Sánchez, Martín Sánchez, Raúl Sánchez, Luís Sandoval, Rogelio Santa Cruz, Miguel Santana, Orlando Santiago, Carlos Santollo, Martín Santos, Jesús Sena, Rogelio Sepulvedra, Anaís Silerio, Luís E. Silva, Nydia Solis, Yvonne Jeanette Solis, Magdalena G. Suárez, Marcela Sustaita, Carlos Daniel Tello, Teodora Tello, Celina Elizabeth Torres, María Lourdes Torres, Ruth Eunice Torres, Richard B. Townsend, Héctor Trejo, Martha Treviño, Anastacia G. Ugarte, Calvin A. Urquhart, Francisco A. Vásquez, Joe Anthony Vásquez, Sanjuana G. Vázquez, María Elena Vega, Sonia Vela, Alvaro Villarreal, Elisa Villarreal, María Villarreal, José Manuel Villegas, Gustavo C. Yañez, Ofelia Zamilpa, and Gabriel Zavala.
For more information, contact the LCC Adult Education Department at 721-5436.
Candidates of the GED diploma line up as they head toward the Maravillo Gym to participate in Laredo Community College’s annual GED graduation Friday, May 12.
Laredo Community College President Dr. Ramon H. Dovalina congratulates a GED graduate as U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar looks on. Cuellar was a guest speaker at LCC’s GED graduation ceremony May 12.
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