GNTC’s 2025 Spring Commencement Ceremony to be held April 24

Approximately 200 students from Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) nine-county service area will exit the Forum River Center on Thursday, April 24, armed with the education and technical training needed to kick-start their careers.

The 2025 Spring Commencement Ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. 

After students, administrators and faculty march into place during Processional and stand for the National Anthem, Invocation will be led by Donny Holmes, program director and instructor of Construction Management at GNTC.

Dr. Heidi Popham, president of GNTC, will welcome guests. Stuart Phillips, vice president of Student Affairs and Student Success at GNTC, will introduce commencement address speaker Robert Branum, GNTC’s 2025 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner.

Legare Price, associate vice president of Student Success at GNTC, will recognize High Honor and Honor graduates. A special recognition for graduates who are veterans, FBLA Collegiate members, SkillsUSA members and Student Government Association members will also be led by Price.

Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, vice president of Academic Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness at GNTC, will present the graduates, and Dr. Popham will confer the graduates with associate degrees, diplomas and certificates.

Price will administer the GNTC Alumni Association Oath prior to Dr. Anderson’s closing remarks.

Listed are graduates that are participating in the 2025 Spring Commencement Ceremony showing (from left) the graduate’s name and program of study. This list does not include students that have graduated, but are not participating in the ceremony, or students that registered for the ceremony after the commencement program was printed:

Associate of Applied Science degree  

• Matthew Spencer Albritton, Business Management
• Yesenia Alvarez, Business Management
• Hermetta Askew, Early Childhood Care and Education
• Dylan Baleon-Ruiz, Instrumentation and Controls Technician
• Tennie Bandy, Early Childhood Care and Education
• Kevin Barrientos-Torres, Applied Technical Management
• Dalton L. Bearden, Business Management
• Sara Boyer, Respiratory Care
• Paige L. Brackett, Business Technology
• Zackary Broome, Respiratory Care
• Odalis V. Cardoza, Early Childhood Care and Education
• Megan Dianne Victoria Carroll, Health Care Management
• Easton Childs, Construction Management
• Elijah Clark, Criminal Justice Technology
• Nathaniel Conlon, Aviation Maintenance Technology
• Michael Alvin Cruz, Respiratory Care
• Eva Elizabeth Cruz, Figueroa Construction Management
• Abbey Elizabeth Davenport, Drafting Technology
• Mayvelline De La Rosa, Respiratory Care
• Jodi Nicole Dominick, Accounting
• James Brandon Ellerbee II, Aviation Maintenance Technology
• Carmen Yesenia Espino, Business Management
• Yetziel Xavier Figueroa, Criminal Justice Technology
• Stephanie Follins, Culinary Arts
• Brezsea Fugate, Early Childhood Care and Education
• Fabiola Trinidad Garcia, Early Childhood Care and Education
• Linda Gomez, Criminal Justice Technology
• Mary Graham, Business Management
• Roman Guzman, Construction Management
• Brandon O. Guzman Cornejo, Construction Management
• Gabriela Ariana Hernandez, Construction Management
• Javier Hernandez Jr., Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Allison Hicks, Business Management
• Crystal Hudspeth, Business Management
• Daniel Nahshon Illangovan, Drafting Technology
• Joseph Q. Kinnebrew, Construction Management
• Rebecca Renee Krummert, Business Management
• Destiny Nicole Langley, Accounting
• Jakeem Lawrence, Business Management
• Heather Lebel-Kittle, Business Healthcare Technology
• Dakota T. LeCroy, Respiratory Care
• Monica J. Lee, Early Childhood Care and Education
• Isaac Lopez, Criminal Justice Technology
• Josue Lopez, Construction Management
• Josue Daniel Lopez, Construction Management
• Gavin Lowery, Computer Support Specialist
• Randall Clark Lynn, Business Management
• Ivana M. Martinez Franco, Construction Management
• Robert V. Moore Jr., Construction Management
• Atzi A. Moreno, Business Management
• Cheyenne Skye Overby, Respiratory Care
• Sierra Overby, Business Management
• Bridgette Marie Pedraza, Respiratory Care
• Katie Perez, Business Management
• Herman A. Perez-Bartolo, Accounting
• Hannah Elizabeth Peterson, Industrial Systems Technology
• Melissa Pineda, Early Childhood Care and Education
• Raul Real, Automotive Technology
• Anthony Jayro Reyes, Industrial Systems Technology
• Denisa Reyes, Respiratory Care
• Rolando Reyes Cornejo, Construction Management
• Dorothy Janelle Richardson, Drafting Technology
• Armando L. Rodriguez, Automotive Technology
• Joshua Cole Sexton, Marketing Management
• Rance Edward Smith, Construction Management
• Ryder Mitchell Smith, Construction Management
• Tyler A. Smith, Drafting Technology
• Haign C. Stephens, Construction Management
• Ashley Stuart, Business Management
• Jackson Taylor, Construction Management
• Autumn G. Thomas, Business Management
• Francisco J. Triana, Construction Management
• Lisa Ann VanDuser, Business Management
• Alexander Joseph Watson, Culinary Arts
• Robert Dean White, Business Management
• Marissa Danielle Wood, Respiratory Care
• Katie Worley, Marketing Management
• Brooklyn Danielle Wyatt, Business Management
• Tevin A. Zachery, Respiratory Care

Associate of Science in Nursing

• Morgan J. Bradford
• Tiffany Alexis Dobson
• Charity P. Howington
• Melissa Hughes
• Hope D. Jones
• Chasity Evans Kiser
• Victoria H. McCallie
• Savanna Halie Perkins
• Kimberly Rivera
• Stacie Lalissa Sheram
• Patrick O. Simmons Jr.
• Megan H. Wells
• Alexia Paige Young

Diploma              

• Dorothy Adams, Early Childhood Care and Education
• Charles D. Allen, Precision Machining and Manufacturing
• Erick Alvarez, Welding and Joining Technology
• Patricia Barrett, Accounting
• Xavier Campos, Business Management
• Elias H. Carranza Camacho, CNC Technology
• Casandra R. Chapman, Business Healthcare Technology
• Alexander I. Cortes, Welding and Joining Technology
• Gladys Debora, Accounting
• Taylor Abigail Everett, Business Healthcare Technology
• Blake Taylor Floyd, Electrical Systems Technology
• Giovanni Garza, Auto Collision Repair
• Austin M. Hightower, Auto Collision Repair
• Marvin Ixmay Vicente, Culinary Arts
• Carrie L. Lacey, Early Childhood Care and Education
• Yahir Martinez-Morillon, Air Conditioning Technology
• Logan L. Newberry, Electrical Control Systems
• Hannah K. Pace, Business Management
• Ezau Resendiz Munoz Jr., Auto Collision Repair
• Griselda Reyes, Auto Collision Repair
• Jack E. Showalter, Electrical Systems Technology
• Alfredo Sosa, Industrial Systems Technology
• Alfredo Torres Saldivar, Welding and Joining Technology
• Jesse Lee Turner, Welding and Joining Technology
• Jonathan Valdez, Auto Collision Repair
• Jason Ward Jr., CNC Technology

Technical Certificate of Credit   

• Cassidy Andrews, Healthcare Billing and Coding Specialist
• Guadalupe Arias, Clinical Office Assistant
• Vernon C. Ash, Vertical Shielded Metal Arc Welder Fabricator
• Tonya L. Baker, Clinical Office Assistant
• Devon Barnes, Marketing Specialist
• Irma Sophia Bautista, Healthcare Billing and Coding Specialist
• Colton Blake Burk, Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welder
• Emely Calderon, Microsoft Word Application Professional
• Jhoselin Calderon-Barrios, Marketing Specialist
• Eunice T. Cervantes Abonse, Central Sterile Supply Processing Technician-Adv
• Skylar Chamness, Healthcare Billing and Coding Specialist
• Adriana Natalie Churchill, Marketing Specialist
• Elisama Sarai Cifuentes De Leon, Marketing Specialist
• Brittany E. Davis, Clinical Office Assistant
• Christian Delira, Construction Manager
• Janiyia Dennis, CNA (Nurse Aide Accelerated)
• Isila Diaz-Ambrocio, Salon and Spa Support Specialist
• Leslie D. Dowdy, Clinical Office Assistant
• Harrison James East, Basic Mechatronics Specialist
• Samantha Gray Gonzalez, Clinical Office Assistant
• Nayeli Granados, Administrative Support Assistant
• Taylor Guice, Clinical Office Assistant
• Kylee M. Hendrix, Medical Front Office Specialist
• James W. Holland, Vertical Shielded Metal Arc Welder Fabricator
• Megan Humphrey, Clinical Office Assistant
• Brenda J. Joaquin, Accelerated Phlebotomy Technician
• Jonazia Coriana Johnson, Phlebotomy Technician
• Nuluu Johnson, Marketing Specialist
• Adeline H. Jones, Medical Front Office Assistant
• Tyler Kidd, Gas Tungsten Arc Welder
• Charity Langston, CNA (Nurse Aide Accelerated)
• Amanda Lankford, Medical Coding
• Natoshia Lynn Leight, Healthcare Billing and Coding Specialist
• Caden Long, Basic Shielded Metal Arc Welder
• Byron Elisman Lopez, Electrical Technician
• Laranda Mabry, CNA (Nurse Aide Accelerated)
• Yasmin Martinez, Administrative Support Assistant
• Nairobi Sunev Martinez Vazquez, Early Childhood Care and Education Basics
• Danielle Ferranti McCollum, Clinical Office Assistant
• Kaelin McNell, Early Childhood Care and Education Basics
• Yanira Mejia, Phlebotomy Technician
• Brayden P. Miller, Vertical Shielded Metal Arc Welder Fabricator
• Evan Mitchell, Vertical Shielded Metal Arc Welder Fabricator
• Ryley Aliceson Mobley, Salon and Spa Support Specialist
• Amanda I. Moore, Clinical Office Assistant
• Caroline Samantha Mulkey, Early Childhood Care and Education Basics
• Arlyn Dixie Mull, Accelerated Phlebotomy Technician
• Jackson Logan Mull, Administrative Support Assistant
• Brayden John-Anthony Myles, Gas Tungsten Arc Welder
• Payton M. O’Donnell, Logistics and Supply Chain Technician
• Winiferd Dijanni Palma, Criminal Justice Specialist
• Tania Pastor, Clinical Office Assistant
• Callie Marie Payne, Healthcare Billing and Coding Specialist
• Destiny Pellom, Criminal Justice Specialist
• Tiffany Peters, Child Development Specialist
• Omar Pina Jr., Commercial Wiring
• Amandla C. Ransom, Salon and Spa Support Specialist
• Rhonda Starr Redwine, CNA (Nurse Aide Accelerated)
• Lalita Reed, Clinical Office Assistant
• Jeremiah L. Reese Jr., Marketing Specialist
• Taylor Revette, Medical Front Office Assistant
• Jennifer Reyes, Cosmetology for Licensure
• Yoshelyn Rodriguez, Early Childhood Care and Education Basics
• Charles Scott Jr., Administrative Support Assistant
• Courtney Taylor, Self Clinical Office Assistant
• Love Preet Singh, Administrative Support Assistant
• Ashton K. St. John, Advanced PLC and HMI Technician II
• Angela Stanley, Medical Front Office Assistant
• Elijah Thomason, Diesel Engine Service Technician
• Gavin H. Turpin, Aviation Maintenance Technician-Airframe
• David I. Uribe, PC Repair and Network Technician
• Eduardo Valdez, Aviation Maintenance Technician
• Rosalinda Vicente-Esteban, Administrative Support Assistant
• Odalis Maria Vicente-Vicente, Marketing Specialist
• Autumn Elizabeth Wells, Salon and Spa Support Specialist
• Megan Gunn Western, Early Childhood Care and Education Basics
• Jarocquez K. Williams, Marketing Specialist
• Carlean Jenae Wilson, Medical Coding
• Sheldyn M. Yancey, Automotive Engine Performance Technician
• Cassandra Young, Accelerated Phlebotomy Technician

 

Georgia Northwestern Technical College provides quality workforce education to the citizens of northwest Georgia. Students have the opportunity to earn an associate degree, diploma or a certificate in aviation, business, health, industrial or public service career paths. This past year, 13,775 people benefited from GNTC’s credit and noncredit programs. GNTC has an annual credit enrollment of 8,836 students and an additional enrollment of 4,939 people through adult education, continuing education, business and industry training and Georgia Quick Start. For more information about GNTC, visit us at www.GNTC.edu.

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