2008 Year in Review

Ashford University Holds Largest Ever Graduation

Friends and families from around the country gathered to watch the class of 2008 receive diplomas at Ashford University during the institution’s spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 10. The ceremony was the largest in the institution’s history, with more than 600 students graduating.

LaMetta K. Wynn, who made history when she was elected mayor of Clinton in 1995, becoming the first African-American female mayor in any Iowa municipality and Clinton's first African-American mayor, gave Ashford’s commencement address. She served as mayor of Clinton from 1995-2007.

Local students receiving Master’s degrees from the University were:

Illinois - Morrison: Tracy Bormann; Amboy: Matthew McCormick; Chadwick: Jill Fredericks; East Moline: Marquita Reynolds; Rock Falls: Shay Moeller and Dawn Nardini; Rockford: Michelle Carroll; Sterling: Samuel Card, Elizabeth Foster and Lucio Sotelo; Tampico: Chad Abell

Iowa - Clinton: Connie Seifert and Dionne Witt; Davenport: Justin Hawker; Dewitt: Lucas Rickertsen; Marion: Ron Bupp; Red Oak: Brett Eubank

Receiving Bachelor’s degrees from Ashford were:

Illinois - Morrison: Adam Determann, Kelsey Dykema, Roxanne Finneran and Matthew Naftzger; Albany: Brandi Tiesman; Antioch: Mary Ann Bruno; Bolingbrook: Michael Toles; Chicago: Dorcas Harris-Holland and Janet Torres; East Moline: Joella Reedy; East Peoria: Mary Edgington and Christine Sacadat; Effingham: David Katt, Jr.; Fulton: Amber Bielema, Margaret Kuebel and Jeremy VanZuiden; Granite City: Madrigal Brown; Ingleside: Thom Wodek; Lyndon: Emily Schumacher; Milan: Mayfieldra Hall; Mount Carroll: Lauren Libberton; New Lenox: Patrick Lambert and Claire Nestor; Park Forest: Tera Saccutelli; Peoria: Diogenes Perera; Peoria Heights: Russell Valdivia; Plainfield: Denise McNamara; Polo: Colin Hayes; Rock Falls: Nancy Newman, Denver Owen and Becky Wilkinson; Rockford: Adam Lowe; Savanna: Ashley Castro; Shorewood: Justine Evirs; Sterling: Amy Chastain and Krista Hussung; Streator: Jacob Handzus and Melissa Zavada; Thornton: Karen Rosselli; Winchester: Shane Taylor

Iowa - Ames: Elaine Phompheng; Camanche: Teri Carstensen, Herminder Hazuria and Frances Malone; Cedar Rapids: Tina Gagliardi and Wendy Milam; Clinton: Melanie Anderson, Cash Bimm, Derek Gabel, Paul Gassman, Owen Howard, Tina Jepsen, Emily Johnson, Noreen Johnson, Matthew Klinger, Erin Kohrt, Kayla Mangler, Sarah Manning, Ian Markham, Sondra Meyers, Robin Monaghan, Kelli Rogis, Justin Sanderson, Allison Schultz, Renee Simmonds, Wendy Smith, Troy Stuedemann, Dayna Turner, Bart VanderBleek, Brianne Vath, Nicholas Williams and Brian Winkel Colfax: Natalie Snyder; Davenport: Jacob Anderson; Delmar: Ashley Spain; DeWitt: Christopher Haring and Kelsey Sherman; Dubuque: Warren McCleary; Epworth: Michael Ernzen; Lohrville: Thomas Sickels; Maquoketa: Katy Anderson and Whitney Casel; Mingo: Adrienne Breen; Missouri Valley: Jill Schroder; Sioux City: Karla Sanchez; Waterloo: April Stillmunkes

Missouri - Saint Joseph: Cale Clark

French West Indies - St. Martin: Somori Mussington

Founded in 1918, Ashford University is a coeducational institution regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, with programs in education, business, accounting, criminal and social justice, computer animation and graphic design, and other areas. The University offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as a range of student activities and athletics, at its Clinton campus. Online degree programs are available in education, organizational management, business administration, and psychology. The University is known for its high quality yet highly affordable on-campus and online programs, with tuition fees among the lowest in the U.S. compared to other private institutions. Its tagline is: “Higher Education Made Affordable”SM. For more information, please visit Ashford.

by  Editor, theCity1.com
July 8, 2008