(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - The 2017 commencement ceremony for University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) Ketchikan students will be held Saturday, May 6 at 2:00 PM at the Ted Ferry Civic Center.

This year’s commencement keynote speaker is David Johnson, M.D., 2016 Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year and retired pediatrician. UAS Chancellor Rick Caulfield, UAS Provost Karen Carey, Ketchikan Campus Director Priscilla Schulte, and University of Alaska Regent Dale Anderson will bestow degrees at the ceremony.

Thirty students are receiving degrees this spring. University of Alaska students living in Ketchikan and receiving degrees from other University of Alaska campuses are invited to participate in the local ceremony.

The public is invited to attend. The ceremony will begin at 2:00 PM this year instead of 3:00 PM as in prior years.

The graduates are:

Certificate, Accounting Technician

Jennie McGarrigan

Certificate, Health Information Management / Coding Specialist

Cynthia Crowl

Certificate, Medical Assisting

Lori Haldy
Tasha Perry
Ivy Riste
Dawn Smith Sabrena Vitcovich

Associate of Applied Science, Business Administration

Sally Balch
Eric Brendible
Misty Fitzpatrick
Heather Kestel
Jennie McGarrigan

Associate of Applied Science, Health Information Management

Cynthia Crowl

Associate of Arts

Teresa DeWitt
Rebekah Gregory
Melanie Griffin
Rebecca Heim
Kassandra Klose
Michelle Lekanof
Lucinda Williams

Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Education

Lucy Mitchell

Bachelor of Arts, Social Science

Chelsea Goucher
Andrew Hoyt
Clayton Jones
Jamie King
Christina Martinez

Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting

Jennifer Nichols

Master of Business Administration (UAF)

Amanda Dixon

Master of Education, Educational Leadership

Kayla Livingston

Master of Education, Special Education

Tory Shultz

Master of Arts in Teaching, Special Education

Alessandra Alsip

Master of Public Administration

Cristina Steward

Graduate Certificate, Education, Special Education

Tory Shultz

Again, the 2017 commencement ceremony for University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) Ketchikan students will be held Saturday, May 6 at 2:00 PM at the Ted Ferry Civic Center. The ceremony will begin at 2:00 PM this year instead of 3:00 PM as in prior years.

Editing by Mary Kauffman, SitNews

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