INA, Ill. (May 16, 2022) – Rend Lake College officials are pleased to announce the graduating class of 2022.
This past Saturday, family, friends, faculty, and staff gathered at the Rend Lake College track to celebrate the graduating class of 2022 with the college's 54th Commencement.
(Family and Friends attend the 2022 Rend Lake College Ceremony.)
The ceremony was held in two separate events. The morning ceremony began at 10:30 a.m. and honored students who graduated with an Associate of Applied Science Degree and/or Occupational Certificates.
The following 1:00 p.m. ceremony recognized students who earned an Associate of Arts, Science, Fine Arts, or Engineering Science Degree.
Lori Ragland, Vice President of Instruction and Student Affairs, announced 457 graduates with 848 associate degrees and occupational certificates being awarded.
(Rend Lake College President, Terry Wilkerson, addressing the graduating class of 2022.)
Rend Lake College President Terry Wilkerson told the students, “Congratulations! Our sincerest appreciation for your efforts and recognition today. This day is about you and for you.”
REND LAKE COLLEGE CLASS OF 2022
ALMA - Gracie Newman
ANNA - Alexa Brianne Macy
ASHLEY - Selina Maria Ortiz
AVA - Korey Allen Bunselmeyer
BALLWIN - Niya Danfort
BATON ROUGE - Ma'Kayla Mai-Lien Marshall
BELLE RIVE - Kyle A. Bernard, Raegan Camylle Henry, Austin D. Morgan, Cathy D. Pilson, Hayden Robert Pilson, Elizabeth Winter Pittman
BELLEVILLE - Daly W. Diuguid, Cameron Kohlmeier
BENTON - Kyle Abbott, Conner Smith Bacon, Jacquelyn L. Bartoni, Cassandra Brown, Zoe Carlton, Betty Jo Cook, Brooke DeAngelo, Samantha Depasquale, Sierra Easter, Jordan Leigh Eickelman, Gillian Emrich, Corey Ferkel, Kendra Fox, Lauren Elise Freeman, Josie Fryar, Alex Galioto, Sheyenne Nicole Gaskin, Mitchell James Giacone, Chelsea N. Gray, Madelin Faith Hayes, Keegan Lampley, Ashley L. Leach, Cory McGee, Madeleine June Miller, Quincey Lynn Montoya, Jessyca Mormino, Adriana Mosqueda, Megann Nelson, Brianna Renee Parcell, Jordan Piercy, Lucas Prior, Kaylee Reed, Conner Richerson, Hunter Roberts, Emalie Saliba, Joseph Sample, Brody Schilli, Savannah Lynn Sherman, Avery Ellarose Shivley, Lacey Smothers, Adelyn Snow, Margaret Katherine Hope Wakefield, Emily Watkins, Heather West, Noah Matthew Wilkerson, Michelle L. Wilson, Morgan Ashlynn Young
BLUFORD - Whitley Brown, Adelina Caronongan, Cord Emery Hails, Tylar Breigh Ann Hanson, Abigail Hulbert, Torrie Kiel, Katelynn Langa, Kevin Lusby, Bradley Manning, Samantha Gene Schrum, Mia Simmons, Victoria D. Sledge, Marshall White, Caitlyn R. Wilkey
BONNIE - Pierce Payne
BRANDON - George De Leon
BREESE- Grant Goebel, Carson Henrichs, Jacob Schadegg
BRONX, N.Y. - Edwardo Rodrigo Vasquez Nuñez
BUCKNER - Megan Lee Rogers
CADIZ - Arlon Butts
CAMBRIDGE - Caden G. Bowers
CARBONDALE - Robert Leland Campbell, Elijah Daniels, Durrel James, Jaylen Marie Powell, Nathan G. Stokes
CARLYLE - Karly Kampwerth
CARMI - Trinaca Diane Logan
CARRIER MILLS - Andrea Glascock, Nia Joyce Marie Sternberg
CARTERVILLE - Megan Elizabeth Barton, Tammy S. Sanders
CENTRALIA - Joshua Todd Bryant, Nalani A. McClain, Susan Leigh Petrea
CHESTER - Ian Reith
CHRISTOPHER - Ryan Joseph Bond, Kimberly Ann Docherty, Kyle Edward Docherty, Noah Daniel Layton Hervey, Courtney Hubbard, Khortnee Paige Kerkemeyer, Bryan Nickens, Joseph Talmage Petty, Vyktoria Smith, Robert Snyder, Jacob Wawczak, Whitney Young
COLLINSVILLE - Jordan Stone
COLP - Bianca Huddson
COULTERVILLE - Sarah E. Birchler, Paige Hand, Wyatt James Jebron, Rylee White, Tyler Yehling
CUTLER - Joe Blake, Seth Loos
DAHLGREN - Amy D. Draper, Aaron Paul Karch, Megan Link, Abby Reyling, Ezekiel Scott
DIX - Alexander Max Bronson, Alyssa Duncan, Hannah Klockenga, Hunter Andrew Voyles
DU QUOIN - Timothy A. Brooks, Charles M. Jackson, Phoebe Grace Anna Keith, Yvonne Marie McDonnough, K-Sha L. Morgan
DU QUOIN - Dustin McDowell, Hayley Danielle Winter
EFFINGHAM - Matthew Counce
ELDORADO - Olivia R. Parker
ELKVILLE - Jacob A. Cobin
ELLIS GROVE - Samantha Sinclair
ENFIELD – Dacoda Barger, Riley Renee Peyton
EQUALITY - Kaitlyn Dickey, Kambria Patterson
EWING - Abigail Pryce Bennett, Adam Carter, Jo Lynn Gordon, Gage Harmon, Cole Robert Hutchens, Gabrielle Brianne Nielson, Kimberly Tinker, Gracie Walker
FAIRFIELD - James Harwell, Allison Hooper
GILLESPIE - Frank W. Barrett
GOREVILLE - Corde Allen Boyd, Nicholas Compton, Esmeralda Hawkins, Samantha Licka
GREENVILLE - Bradley Beckert
HARRISBURG - Kaitlin Renae Felty, Keely Lee Reed
HENDERSON - Nicholas Hodge Wimber
HERRIN - Tara Baggott, David H. Beers, Kariena Draper, Brittney Henson
HINESVILLE - Brittany Nicole Patterson
HOYLETON - Brayden Mark Schnitker
INA - Lauren Elizabeth Boles, Alexis James, Samuel Montgomery, Danielle Payne, Andrew Scott
IUKA - Amanda Koehler
JOHNSTON CITY - Alexis Turner
JONESBORO - Sydnie Ralls
KEENES - Marcus Durham
LOGAN - Tyler Charles Butler
LOUISVILLE - Dais'Ja Trotter
MACEDONIA - Madelyn Josephine Maxwell, Sidney Faith Walden
MARION - Delani Graves Napier, Sage Ana Elizabeth Grinnell, Eric Haught, Karley Johnson, Courtney Nicole Shadowens, Cooper Smith, Coltan Steinmetz, Justin Stokes, Ryan Vaupel
MARISSA - Marcus Fulton
MAROA - Aaron Woodrow Agee
MCLEANSBORO - Rylee Rae Allen, Derrick Atkinson, Madelyn Lea Barker, Samuel Jacob Bell, Samuel Benbrook, Heather Bolton, Breanna Lehte' Bowers, Rebecca Bowers, Hunter Alan Braden, Leslie Nicole Davis, Kaitlynn Renae Elizondo, Derrick Lloyd Epperson, Jessica Fortman, Jaylee D. Glenn, Trevor Gray, Dylan Halley, Quinten Glenn Harmon, Kaylee Don Ingram, Clayton Wyatt Jay Keener, Erica Nicole McCormick, Sarah McFarland, Sarah Pompell, Halie Dawn Ragan, Michaela D. Rexing, Evan Shelton, Garrett Webb, Jacob Wuebbels
METROPOLIS - Nicole L. Slatick Kelley
MILL SHOALS - Kane Hixenbaugh
MILLSTADT - Zachary Gehlhausen
MINOT, N.D. - Savannah Morris
MOUNT VERNON - Adam Ackley, Mallory Adams, Charley Allen, Vanessa Bean, Shania Jutta Bernardino, Alec Christopher Blaydes, Gabriana Boles, Eric L. Bradford, Shannon Markezia Brown, Noah Burk, Angela Christy Champ, Nicole Linn Chapman ,Amber Nicole Cooper, Jackson Edward Creel, Bailey Ray Donoho, Rhett Willoughby Ellis, Robert Keith Emery, William C. England, Aidan H. Ezell, Dominick Finney, Heather Gaunt, Lolani Hall, Annibelle June Harrison, Mason Hemby, Drake Hess, Shane Hiatt, Tyler Higgins, Summer Hobson, Cheyenne Elizabeth Ilbery, Gary L. Johnson, Allyson Jones, Myeesa Iola Itheria Jones, Kylee Keele, Saylor Lappin, Jillian Launay, Blaine Litton, Hayden Locke, Tonya M. Lowery, Jakob C. Maher, Sydney Nicole Marlow, Justin Alec Martinez, Jackson Mays, Nicole Denise McDonald, Kassidy McGuire-Olsen, Devin M. McLean, Sanae Raquel Moore, Brianna Mae Morgan, Cade Morgan, Riley Hutton Ogle, Gayla B. Orrill, Devin Lee Pigg, Kristyn Reiman, Samantha Elizabeth Rhoades, Diamond Elaine Rice, Amber Jessica Rivera, Chyna Gabrielle Rivera, Mikayla Robbers, Carletta Ewellene Roberts, Wyatt Schrader, Wyatt Nathaniel Scott, Brandon W. Scrivner, Madison Shepard, Brent Sledg, April Smith, Jacob D. Strumpher, Mitchell Supancic, Peyton R. Swan, Marc Aaron Tate, Caden Tinsley, Austin Ullery, John Upchurch, Allyson Vuichard, Vasheffia Williams, Logan Todd Wilson, Aaron Tyler Wood, Braden Young
MULKEYTOWN - Kaitlyn Mays, Trinitti Noto, Emily Severs, Emily Uhls
MURPHYSBORO - Payton Austin, Ashley Jarrett, Caleb M. Luttrell, Stephanie Nicole McCaleb, Kenneth S. Stuart
NASHVILLE - Abby Wesselmann
NEWTON - Ailyssa Paige Lewis
NORRIS CITY - Allison Grace Blair, Richard Henry Brinkley, Alicia Renee Harper, Tori Paige Karnes, Jonathan Pease, Shelby Vance-Orrick
O'FALLON - Alex Tambala
OAK LAWN - Ethan Alexander
ONARGA - Cyrus Cook
OPDYKE - Carla J. Harrah, Emily Jane Marlow, Camryn Danielle Parker, Jerri Leigh Shepard
PADUCAH, Ky. - Dylan Mackenzie Schneider
PAINTSVILLE - Seth A. Williams
PATOKA - Peyton Ackermann, Paxton Mackenzie Bruns
PINCKNEYVILLE - Megan Barczewski, Thomas Clayton Barnett III, Mollie Ruth Bochantin, Deacon P. Bradley, Cassandra Brown, Christopher J. Brueggemann, Kelly Marie Buschschulte, Mary Lynn Carns, Clayton Boyd Copus, Jacob Andrew Crews, Corey Thomas Dahn, Alexis Marie Degler, Morgan Epplin, Lindsay Marie Feltmeyer, Blaine Griffin, Melanie Rose Hill, Sarah Lydia Grace Issler, Sophia Issler, Jonathan J. Kennedy, Dalton Kitchen, Hannah Kocian, Matthew C. Martin, Casha Lynn Miloshewski, Hunter Alan Riggins, Brenden G. Ritter, Kelby Ashlen Shaw, Logan Underwood, Jason Edward Wininger, Sydney Rose Wright
PITTSBURG - Levi Morgan
RED BUD - Miranda Frisbie
ROYALTON - Emily Jane Clark, Lacie Jeralds, Jacob Paul Uraski
RUSSELL SPRINGS - Hunter Gregory Thomas
SALEM - KaSandra Brown, Blake Alan Deitz, Takisha Spradlin
SCHELLER – Dillon Banach, Martina Sue Skorch
SESSER - Caitlyn Breann Barr, Rylee Crisp, Mazie Eubanks, Haden Harmon, Bailee Kirk, Rachel Laskowski, Delaney Laur, Cassandra LynnAnn Mason, Dakota Miller, Carlie Marie Page, Dayle Ruffino, David Santarelli, Gerrod Mikal Tolley
SORENTO - Megan Hallemann
SPARTA - Seth Hamilton, Jose Zavala
SPRINGERTON - Laura Martin
STEELEVILLE - Jesse Fedderke, Justine D. Knop, Kaitlyn M. Owens
TAMAROA - Ashley Allgire, Lindsay Fay Alvis, Taylor Brianne Bizaillion, Phillip D. Catt, Cassidy Lynn Dickerson, Amanda R. Egbert, Amanda Erskine, Mackenzie Lynn George, Holden Huntley, David Iffert, Erin Joy Klamm, Adalynn Dawn Pierce, Jessica Schoenbacher
TEXICO - Garrett Jacob McFarlin, Emma Pemberton
THOMPSONVILLE - Leah Davis, Corbin M. Fitch, Alyssa Goldsberry, Harley Heifner, Jolie C. Knight, Baily Lampley, Chloe Mays, Kolton McFarland, Reed C. Raubach, Grace Schnitkey, Joshua Sullivan, Britain Traynham, Lexi Wolf
TOWER HILL - Danielle Rae Bieber
TRENTON - Lucas Cash, Kelsey A. Hill
VALIER - Benjamin Douglas Hefner, Gavin Woodland
VIENNA - Ryan J. Grayson, Emma Rush
VIRDEN - Mary Lynn Manning
WALTONVILLE - Lilly Dycus, Makenna Ezell, Raeghan Fitzjerrells, Zane Hardesty, Lydia Marie Kash, Jaice Sienna McCowen, Asa Blake Newell, Nathan Clay Ragland, Aron E. Windland
WATERLOO - William Dietz, Jesse L. Haudrich
WATSEKA - Justin Bunting
WAYNE CITY - Danielle Hutcheson, Maddux Mays, Jeremy Edward Meritt, Shelby Taylor, Virginia Williams
WEST FRANKFORT - Megan Kathleen Beery, Alexandria Corzine, Lindsey Mae Easley, Grace McClement Engler, Drake Jeffery Frazier, Stella Grace Furlow, Marlina Gentry, Sydney Hutson, Heather Dawn Lasley, Kassandra O'Bryan, Zachary Riddle, Meredith Ruble, Hunter Sizemore, Karsyn Thrash, Lucas Wolfe
WHITTINGTON - Logan Lloyd Jones, R. Wyatt McClintock, Patric Parton, Crystal Strauch
WILLOW SPRINGS - Michell Gilman
WOODLAWN - Chase Michael Airington, Sydney Bailey, Payton Groennert, Roger Wright
WOODRIDGE - Christopher Gory
ZEIGLER - Jeremiah Bright, Noah Leeper, Kari Michelle Vaughn
PHOTO GALLERY
Rend Lake Graduate Sarah McFarland (McLeansboro), with her husband, Ty McFarland, and their kids. Sarah completed our Nail Technology Occupational Certificate program.
Rend Lake Grandmother and Grandson duo celebrating their achievement together. (L) Austin Morgan (Belle Rive) - Associate in Applied Science Automotive Technology and (R) Cathy Pilson (Belle Rive) - Associate in Arts Degree.
Rend Lake College Graduate, Morgan Young (Benton), with father, Jeremy Young. Morgan graduated with an Associate of Arts and an Associate of Science.
Rend Lake College Music Professor, Sara Alstat-Sanders, leads the choir in the national anthem.
Words of encouragement decorated on graduate's cap - "She believed she could, so she did."
Rend Lake College President, Terry Wilkerson, poses with RLC Board of Trustees Chair Randy Rubenacker.
Rend Lake College graduate and student volleyball athlete Alexis Turner (Johnston City) proudly shows off her new diploma from her Associate of Arts degree.
Associate VP of Academic & Student Services, Buster Leeck, leads the recessional of the 2022 Rend Lake College graduates.
Proud graduates (L) Myeesa Jones (Mount Vernon)and (R) Jaylen Powell (Carbondale) display their diplomas on Saturday.
Proud Rend Lake College graduates show off their diplomas. (L-R) Jesse Fedderke (Steeleville), Jesse Haudrich (Waterloo), Jacob Crews (Pinckneyville), Rhett Ellis (Mount Vernon), Sarah Birchler (Coulterville), Megan Hallemann (Sorento).
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