Graduations

Rochester Community and Technical College

Rochester Community and Technical College’s 2015 commencement ceremony was held on May 14 in the Regional Sports Center. Fall 2014 graduates were recognized, along with spring and summer 2015 candidates. A video of the spring 2015 commencement ceremony can be viewed at www.rctc.edu/graduation.

From Adams

—Aaron Hanson, AAS, Building Utilities Mechanic, Honors

—Aaron Hanson, DIP, Building Utilities Mechanic, Honors

From Austin

—Melissa Dickhut, AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences

—Kendyl Losee, AS, Business Administration

—Amanda Majerus, AAS, Veterinary Technician, Honors

From Dexter

—Nicole Howe, AS, Nursing

—Brent Mees, AS, Nursing

From Elkton

—Philip Schlee, AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and DIP, Coaching

From Grand Meadow

—Eric Conger, AS, Nursing

—Alyson Hurley, AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences

—Cori Pecinovsky, AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences, High Honors

From LeRoy

—Virginia Hagen, AAS, Health Information Technology, High Honors

—Ashley Hamilton, AS, Nursing

—Kaitlyn Hamilton, AS, Nursing

—Nikola Hamilton, AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Honors

—Jared Lane, CERT, Welding Technology

—Paul Woltmann, AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences

From Lyle

—Daniel Slowinski, AS, Environmental Science

From Racine

—Angelica Novinger, AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Honors

—Joshua Novinger, AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and CERT, Emergency Medical Technician, High Honors

—Eli Swartzentruber, AS, Nursing

From Rose Creek

—Cassandra Hanson, AAS, Veterinary Technician

—Celina Yunker, AS, Nursing, High Honors

From Sargeant

—Brooke Thissen, DIP, Child Development, High Honors

From Stewartville

—Amy Fry, AAS, Dental Hygiene

—Kimberly Meyerhofer, AAS, Surgical Technology

Austin native earns summer internship

Alan Rice of Austin was one of the scholars to earn a summer with Honeywell through the Horatio Alger Association. The annual internship opportunity recognizes current Horatio Alger Scholars who are outstanding students and, in the face of great adversity, have exhibited an admirable commitment to pursuing their college degree. Rice attends University of Minnesota at Twin Cities and is interning at the McCook, Illinois, Honeywell location.

Scholarship

Jacob Daniel Christopherson of Lakeville has accepted membership in The National Society of Collegiate Scholars. NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the nation’s only interdisciplinary honors organization for first-year and second-year students. Membership is by invitation only, based on grade point average and class standing. He attends the University of North Dakota and is majoring in commercial aviation. Jacob maintained a 4.0 GPA for the full academic year and was selected to both the president’s honor roll and the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences dean’s list for the fall of 2014 and spring of 2015 semesters. Along with keeping up his grades in his major, Jacob received his private pilots license from the FAA in December of 2014. Jacob’s parents are Dan and Mary-Ann (Vereide) Christopherson of Lakeville. Grandparents are Woody and Marilyn Vereide, and Mary Christopherson all of Austin.