Degrees and certificates were conferred to New River Community and Technical College 2022 graduates during the eighteenth commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 14, at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center.
Academic honors were awarded to 96 graduates, who completed their courses with at least a 3.4 grade point average (GPA). In addition, 21 graduates are members of the Phi Theta Kappa academic honor society for associate degree students with at least a 3.5 GPA.
Certificate of Applied Science, Associate of Applied Science and Associate of Science degrees were awarded in a number of fields, including the college’s first LPN to RN Bridge and Physical Therapist Assistant graduates. Local graduates are:
Teresa L. Bostic, Kerrigan Leigh Bragg, Brittany Cherie Brown, Vivian Alexis Fleshman, Stoughton E. Gilkeson, Ryan A. Reynolds, Todd Allen Riggs, Bridgette Nicole Smith, Desirae Nicole Utt, and Justina Renee Williams, all of Alderson;
William Glen Hobson and Kaylee Nichole Sebok of Ballard;
Jason Dillon Dodd of Caldwell;
Dawson E. Poticher of Charmco;
Heather Renee Andrews, Ashley Michaela Boguess, and Kimberly Yvonne Graham of Covington, Va.;
Chasity Licole Crawford, Tessa Lynn Fogus, and Kristina M. Shirley of Frankford;
Alexander S. Buly, Emily Sullivan Cate, and Gabrielle Hoke Hillsboro;
Kristen Nicole Adkins, Kelly Leslie Cales, Chase Alexander Garrett, Dakota James Gill, Brooke Hayley Ward, and Katelyn Isabella Ward of Hinton;
Kaeley Morgan Asbury, Logan M Brooks, Jeanne Harvey Christie, Cheyenne M. Cochran, Samantha Elisabeth Cruz, Drew Remington Dowdy, Alethea Crystal Gallagher, Kaitlyn Marie Grimmett, David A. Guy, Grace M. Harbert, Brandon Austin Hoke, John C. Holley, Tiffany Danielle Sampson, Michael T. Tetreault, and Austin Gregory Workman of Lewisburg;
Cole Randall Basile, Erica Kandice Daniels, Dale Emerson Salmons, and Clay Alan Williams of Lindside;
Kyleen Elaine Alkire, Kerkland Jared Bond, Ryan P. Irvine, Matthew W. Pritt, Candra Dale Rodriguez, and Chasten Delynn Taylor of Marlinton;
Andrew Joseph Seldomridge of Maxwelton;
Serrell Garee and Braylyn Kennedi McConnell of Peterstown;
Arika Jane Morris of Pickaway;
Matthew Allen Hellems of Quinwood;
Sherman Nathaniel Fox, Tammy L. Fox, and Mackenzie Lane Winnings of Rainelle;
Taylor R. Graham, Amanda A. Groves, Tyler Ryan Judy, Briauna Ilizzabeth Lego-Clemens, Tyrissa Nicole Martin, Nancy Madison Miller, Elizabeth Marley Morris, Madison Claire Mullins, Tammy Lynn Persinger, Victoria Shea Reynolds, Emily R. Smith, and Ellen M. Weikle of Ronceverte;
Elizabeth June Andrews of Rupert;
Amanda Jean Dowdy and Sierrah C. Ramsey of Sinks Grove;
Haley Grace Holliday, William Jarrett McGuire, and Samantha Faye Pennington of Smoot;
Janice L. Blankenship of Union;
Jo Ann Chestnut, Braylenn S. Dowdy, Kimberly Rae Lester, and Michelle Leanne Surgeon of White Sulphur Springs; and
Anna Danielle Cole and Melissa D. Wolfe of Williamsburg.
