Silver City, NM - Western New Mexico University will confer degrees and certificates to 200 students at the fall commencement ceremony scheduled for Friday, December 9, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Theater.

The ceremony may be watched live online at http://www.wnmu.edu/commencement.

The Registrar's Office reports 57 associate, 70 baccalaureate, 23 certificate and 50 master degree recipients. Graduates are listed by their home city.

Silver City, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Yolanda Yvette Arzaga, Emily Arzola, Carol         Ballard, Jesse Aaron Gonzales, Kalah Micah Harris, Sharrina Louise     Hawk, Timothy J. Hernandez, Lynda L. Lee, Jeremy McDonald, Seth     McWilliams, Marlene Medina, Caroll Kimble Murphy, John H. Oakes,     Melissa E. Peru, Kelli Cherie Reynolds, Candice D. Roth, Daelynn     Shiflett, Suzanne M Sierra and Sandra Stanley

    Baccalaureate Degree: Eric R. Botts, Thelma Annette Brusuelas, Sergio Campos, Jesse Doubrava, Rosanne M. Gomez, Cody W. Green,  Erika Grussendorf, Hari Har Singh Khalsa, Leann R. Littleton, Eddie  Lopez, Jeremy McDonald, Susan Deanna Montoya, Shawmaree J. Motes,   James Ortiz Jr., Christopher J. Orton, Sari S. Otero, Christina Ross, Patricia G Shanks, Shay A. Thwaits and Margot J. Young

    Certificate: Isaac Bauch, Alice M. Black, Marcie A. Goodreau, Anita V. Rios and Matthew C. Roufberg

    Master Degree: Elsie Andazola, Davena E. Crosley, Curtis E Dinwiddie, Valerie Marie Gonzales, Susan T Golightly, Wendi Shannon Kitting Oliveira, Steven Justin Reese, Jesus I. Rodriguez, Duane D. Trewern, Faith Varela and Valentina Victoria Watson


Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Melissa Segovia-Hernandez

    Baccalaureate Degree: Stacey J Johnson, Glynnis Jean Price

    Master Degree: Kathy Esquivel

Animas, New Mexico
    Baccalaureate Degree: Kimberly Sue Roark

Arrey, New Mexico
    Baccalaureate Degree: Nicole Flores

Artesia, New Mexico
    Master Degree: Raul (Rudy) L Calderon

Bayard, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Arlene Merino Camarena, Lillian M Chavira, Jerica Huerta, William Lara, Tanya F. Lawrence, Larry T Martinez, Kimberly     N Pacheco, James Anthony Salgado, Sonia C. Torres and Sylvia T Trujillo

    Baccalaureate Degree: Lillian M Chavira, Kimberly M Crumbley, Laura  A Jimenez and Carolina Grijavla-Zazueta

    Certificate: James Anthony Salgado and Joe A Sierra

    Master Degree: Melissa C Maynes

Belen, New Mexico
    Master Degree: Linda Tarry Brasier

Caballo, New Mexico
    Baccalaureate Degree: Shawna Kuenstler

Carlsbad, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Jo Ann G. Crumbly Passig    

Cliff, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Benjamin Bowie Tolley

    Master Degree: Gayle Renae Calloway

Deming, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Miriam Sonia Camacho, Mei Zhang Chao, Stephany De Los Reyes, Christina Endrizzi, Genesis B. Martinez, Tiffany Samantha Mejia, Flor Najera, David A Nevarez, Esperanza R. Sanchez  and Nancy Diane White

    Baccalaureate Degree: Amber D. Butz, Carolina Catherine  Calzadillas, Nancy J. Castle, Anne J Mendoza, Ashley Vianney Rivero, Kyleen C Snyder and Maria Quezada Vallejo

    Certificate: Alejandra I. Covarrubia, Luis Miguel Lobato, Amelia Rascon and Michael D. Waldrop

    Master Degree: Sarah Nichols and Mary A. Ovalle

Dexter, New Mexico
    Master Degree: Yolanda E Lopez

Elephant Butte, New Mexico
    Baccalaureate Degree: Schalicia Rae Degase

Farmington, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Diane Pena Vaughn

Gallup, New Mexico
    Baccalaureate Degree: Shawna M. Toledo

    Certificate: Jeremy Shirley

    Master Degree: Sarah Virginia Crawford

Gila, New Mexico
    Baccalaureate Degree: Melissa Janett Acosta

Grants, New Mexico
    Baccalaureate Degree: Erik Anthony Lewis

Hanover, New Mexico
    Master Degree: Camille Marie Amador

Hatch, New Mexico
    Baccalaureate Degree: Colton L Cisco

Hurley, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Priscilla Arredondo and Simon S Munoz

    Baccalaureate Degree: Matthew G Baska and Elaine G Martinez

    Certificate: Loren P. Gonzalez and Salvador A. Quintana

Hobbs, New Mexico
    Master Degree: Joleene Boguslawski

Laguna, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Adrianne Cheromiah

    Baccalaureate Degree: Monica Louise Kie

Las Cruces, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Kristin Marianna Turner

    Baccalaureate Degree: Carissa Schwalm

    Master Degree: Fatima Gonzalez-Rey, Joseph F Kirker and Karen Alicia Mestas Martinez

Lordsburg, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Tammy Rene Botello

    Baccalaureate Degree: Ruthie Garza and Neomi Olivia Martinez-Parra

    Certificate: Joseph G. Marquez and John Samuel

Los Lunas, New Mexico
    Certificate: Ariel Humberto Iturralde, Russell Martinez and Ector  Mendoza

Mariarty, New Mexico
    Baccalaureate Degree: Lisa Renee Wilson

Mimbres, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Elicia Marie De La Torre

    Baccalaureate Degree: Paulo Veltri

Monticello, New Mexico
    Master Degree: Juliet Sullivan

Prewitt, New Mexico
    Master Degree: Sheila Rose Nez

Rio Rancho, New Mexico
    Certificate: Bobbie J Shack

Roswell, New Mexico
    Master Degree: Mary Angela Cancino-Gallaghar

Ruidoso, New Mexico
    Master Degree: Jose Antonio Davila

San Patricio, New Mexico
    Master Degree: Rosarita Brady

Santa Clara, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Ruben Joseph L Lucero and Sylvia Ann Gutierrez Valerio
 
Socorro, New Mexico
    Master Degree: John L Carnagey

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

    Certificate: Levi Wrye
    Master Degree: Marie Carmen Trujillo

Tularosa, New Mexico
    Baccalaureate Degree: Bill Lee Turner Jr.

Tyrone, New Mexico
    Associate Degree: Mary Frances Chavez, Kristina M. Ozzello and Kimberly Ann Searless

    Baccalaureate Degree: Britteni Nicole Flamm

    Master Degree: Deborah G. Berry

Vanderwagen, New Mexico
    Certificate: Clarissa B. Morgan

Williamsburg, New Mexico
    Baccalaureate Degree: Michele Suzanne Allard
    
    Master Degree: Wesley T. Lindsay

Sterrett, Alabama
    Master Degree: Alan Dwight Atchison

Glendale, Arizona
    Baccalaureate Degree: Christopher Isaiah Miranda

Maricopa, Arizona
    Baccalaureate Degree: Kortney R. Smith
 
Safford, Arizona
    Master Degree: Amber L. Gardner

Tucson, Arizona
    Associate Degree: Albert Hinojosa

    Baccalaureate Degree: Jack Holland and Devin Marcel Stewart

    Master Degree: Bradford A. Lawson

Carlsbad, California
    Master Degree: Belinda Meigs Rodgers

El Dorado Hills, California
    Master Degree: Alicia M. Plante

Grass Valley, California
    Master Degree: Lydia Clark Seely

Oceanside, California
    Baccalaureate Degree: Terence Terrell Brannic

San Jose, California
    Baccalaureate Degree: Christopher Collins

Stockton, California
    Baccalaureate Degree: Kevin Breaker Jr. and Wesley L Mauia

Plantation, Florida
    Master Degree: Elizabeth Leiba

Riverview, Florida
    Master Degree: Nicholas Demetriou III

Carrollton, Georgia
    Master Degree: Farryn Slaton Valderramos

Rockmart, Georgia
    Baccalaureate Degree: Mary Ann Lewis

Somerville, Massachusetts
    Baccalaureate Degree: Marie-Alene Orival

Las Vegas, Nevada
    Associate Degree: Earl J Steele

Plainfield, New Jersey
    Master Degree: Mavis Chapman-Bennett

Elizabeth City, North Carolina
    Master Degree: Lucretia White Williams

Cleveland, Ohio
    Baccalaureate Degree: Vonda Harris

Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania
    Master Degree: Michelle Manfredi

Clint, Texas
    Associate Degree: Hilary N James

Edinburg, Texas
    Master Degree: Laura P. Duran

El Paso, Texas
    Baccalaureate Degree: Rene Jordan Ortega and Flavio Rueda
    
    Master Degree: John Lara and Crystal Joyce Smith

Houston, Texas
    Baccalaureate Degree: Yair Banuelos

Humble, Texas
    Baccalaureate Degree: Amelia Calzada Barragan

Marshall, Texas
    Baccalaureate Degree: Christopher Sneed

Aldie, Virginia
    Baccalaureate Degree: Myron John Curtis Jr




Located in Silver City, New Mexico, Western New Mexico University has served the people of the state of New Mexico and its surrounding areas as a comprehensive, regional, rural, public coeducational university since 1893 and caters to a student body diverse in age, culture, language and ethnic background.  

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