From OWENS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Owens Community College will graduate 255 students, including 113 nurses, at its 45th fall commencement on Friday, Dec. 12, at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts Theatre.
There will be three separate ceremonies to celebrate the graduates:
- 50 students from the School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics will graduate at 9 a.m.
- 12 students from the School of Business, Hospitality, and Public Safety will graduate at noon.
- 45 students from the School of Liberal Arts will graduate at noon.
- 3 professions students from the School of Nursing and Health Professions will graduate at noon.
- 113 nurses will graduate and have their pinning ceremony at 3 p.m.
The graduating class includes 37 students from the Findlay-area campus.
The total numbers are for fall graduates only and do not include summer graduates who are also walking during the ceremonies.
Lauren Kern of Findlay received the Peggy Bensman Award, named after the nursing program’s founder and the highest honor for a nursing graduate. Scott Combs of Toledo, Nikaija Colbert of Toledo, Makaylee Wilgus of Maumee, and April Roach of Forest received the Barbara Rood Student Choice Nursing Awards. Roach attended class on the Findlay-area campus.
Michael Lickert of Curtice, who will graduate with an associate of science degree, was named the Gerald Bazer Award winner. The Bazer Award is named after the original dean for arts and sciences programming.
Tiffany Edens of Perrysburg was named the Business Technologies outstanding graduate, and Autumn Schroeder of Northwood was named the Criminal Justice Transfer Pathway outstanding graduate. Hannah Smith of Bowling Green was named the Social Work Transfer Pathway Concentration outstanding graduate.
A total of 60 students will graduate with honors, earning a 3.5 grade-point average or higher.
Admission to the commencement ceremonies is by ticket only. All ceremonies will be livestreamed. Visit www.owens.edu/commencement to watch online.
