Marilyn Zagora, vice president and dean of academic affairs, and Eileen Goodling, vice president and dean of student development, have announced the names of those students who were awarded degrees or certificates from the Jamestown and Cattaraugus County campuses in May 2009.

A total of 448 students earned degrees and certificates. One student earned two degrees and three students earned a degree and a certificate. Sixteen students graduated with highest honors, representing a 4.0 grade point average.

Students graduating with highest honors included: A.A.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Humanities - Cody Norton of Olean; A.S-Business-Business Administration - Dorothea DeChane of Ellicottville; A.S.-Criminal Justice - Nicholas Pierce of Ripley; A.S.-Human Services - Emily Benedict of Silver Creek; A.S.-Individual Studies - Robert Bajdas of Fredonia and Ronald Keeney of Warren; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Mathematics & Science - Laura Borowski of Lakewood, Allison Carey of Clymer, Heather Pfeiffer of Franklinville, and Robert Smith of Hinsdale; A.A.S.-Information Technology - Jonathan Lozier of Sherman; A.A.S.-Nursing - Jennifer McCullough of Warren; A.A.S.-Occupational Therapy Assistant - Karen Mahon of Dewittville; and Certificate-Individual Studies - Pengfei Du, Lei Wang, and Qingying Yi of Jamestown.

High honors, representing a grade point average of 3.50 to 3.99, were earned by: A.A.-Individual Studies - Katrina Brown of Sherman and Valerie Cline of Cuba; A.A.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Humanities - Alaina Bargar of Jamestown, Leah Kellen of Olean, and Stephanie Roosa of Randolph; A.A.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Social Science - Jordan Anderson of Jamestown, Shawn Foster of Bolivar, Reuben Lehman of Olean, Renee Maybee of Salamanca, Dustin Schuld of Belfast, and Lacie Shilling of Lakewood; A.S.-Business-Business Administration - Ashley Andrews of Little Valley, Justin Balcom of Franklinville, Laura Chapus of Allegany, Chelsea Honey of Jamestown, Kevan McDonald of Dunkirk, Kacey Phanco of Frewsburg, Daniel Rensel of Ashville, Brad Smith of Sherman; A.S.-Computer Science - Aaron Kaczar of Jamestown, James Lewis of Olean, Matthew Reiner of Shinglehouse, A.S.-Criminal Justice - Sarah Falcone of Silver Creek, Jennifer Montes of Dunkirk, Joshua Shedrick of Olean, and Justina Preston of Mayville; A.S.-Engineering Science - Gennady Agapov of Jamestown, Philip Mee of Falconer, and Paul Slagle of Warren; A.S.-Fine Arts: Music - Shannon Carson and William Petransky of Jamestown and Devon Sprague of Falconer (who also earned a Certificate-Digital Audio Production); A.S.-Fine Arts: Studio Arts - Britt Anderson of Bemus Point, Nicole Carson and Taylore Flegal of Jamestown, and Penny Seneca of Salamanca; A.S.-Human Services - BettyJo Baca of Portville, Michele Childs of Westfield, Gina Cronin and Ashley Holmes of Jamestown, and Charanna Wise of Cuba; A.S.-Individual Studies - Kelsey Arnone, Steven Johnson, and Andrew Saff of Jamestown, Taija-Rae Cochran of Olean, Ashley Grant of Fredonia, Ashley Hoyle of Cassadaga, Katherine Scharf of Falconer, Shivani Seguin of Ashville, and Paul Wallace of Portville; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Adolescence Education - Brady Deuink of Clymer and Mary Nagle of Little Valley; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Childhood Education - Rachel Mistretta of Jamestown and Matthew Warren of Frewsburg; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Early Childhood Education - Clarissa Anderson and Jennifer Johnson of Jamestown; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Mathematics & Science - Laura Kobielski of Sherman, Brandon Lee of Olean, and Alexander Radnovich and Scott Robertson of Jamestown; A.S.-Media Arts - Karla Schreck of Lakewood; A.A.S.-Business-Business Administration - Chrystal Clover of Frewsburg and Chelsea John and Mary Murdock of Salamanca; A.A.S.-Computer Information Systems - Jeffrey Parker of Baldwinsville; A.A.S.-Criminal Justice-Police - Joshua Degolier of Collins and Jason Lyon of Jamestown; A.A.S.-Digital/Computer Technology - James Bimber of Ashville; A.A.S.-Individual Studies - Kara Kulig of Frewsburg, Shane Merritt of Cuba, and Douglas Mulson of Ripley; A.A.S.-Medical Office Technology - Dawn Hitcome of Fredonia and Cynthia Rauh of Olean; A.A.S.-Nursing - Tarah Aipoalani, Phillip Kuchman, Jennifer Rader, Jessica Watson, and Lynn Watson of Jamestown, Buffie Baldwin of Eldred, Roxanne Brazie of Kennedy, Julie Briggs, Kenneth Long of Dunkirk, Jennifer Childs of Bolivar, Sarah Girardet of Orchard Park, Katherine Gleason of Bradford, Leah Hamed, Joseph McBride, and Neila Murphy of Olean, Rebecca John of Fairview, Russell Jones of Cherry Creek, Daesil Kwak of Allegany, Erica Musall of Great Valley, Lois Owen and Lindsay Schumann of Warren, Jennifer Pawlowski of Lackawanna, Rachel Reiner of Shinglehouse, Joshua Savko of Russell; A.A.S.-Occupational Therapy Assistant - Jesse Aiken of Kennedy, Ashley Jones and Nicole Loomis of Warren, Jennifer Meyers of Olean, Lori Ponka of Westfield, and Melanie Rendos of Port Allegany; A.A.S.-Office Technology - Andrew Winterberger of Gerry; A.A.S.-Welding Technology - Jason Grabowski of Salamanca; Certificate-Computer-Aided Design & Numerical Control - Brian Madurski of Dunkirk; Certificate-Digital Audio Production - Jon Watters of Lakewood; Certificate-Individual Studies - Yuxin Qin of Jamestown; and Certificate-Web Design - Paula Carver of Westfield.

Students who earned honors, representing a grade point average of 3.25 to 3.49, included: A.A.-Individual Studies - Nate Mahaffey of Russell (who also earned a Certificate-Digital Audio Production); A.A.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Social Science - Nathaniel Barone and Alyssa Brown of Jamestown, Arthur Johnston of Kennedy, Barbara Langenhan of Olean, and Christopher Windus of Salamanca; A.S.-Business-Business Administration - Michael Curtin and Ashley Harrington of Dunkirk, Scott Jasper of Gerry, Jessica Jobe of Allegany, Jamie Martynski and Ryan Marzec of Olean, Steven McAninch of Mayville, and Chad Yager of Lakewood; A.S.-Communications - Katie Indriolo of Jamestown; A.S.-Criminal Justice - Jonathan Field of Salamanca and Jillian Snyder of Ischua; A.S.-Engineering Science - Thomas Truax of Falconer; A.S.-Human Services - Sylvia Bickford of Bradford, Allison Boyer of Russell, Evalyn Pettit of Bolivar, Michael Polichetti of Dunkirk, Ivy Smith of Salamanca, and Shannon Wright of Franklinville; A.S.-Individual Studies - Alexis Collazo, Heidi Johnson, Shelly Manhart, and Danielle Nelson of Jamestown; Shawna Farnham of Westfield; Isaiah Hitchcock of Bemus Point; Aleida Larkin, Erin Pickering, and Amber Southwick of Falconer; Matthew Lerow of Gerry, Katelyn Mawhir of Olean, Amanda Mazurek of Dunkirk, Matthew Sparks of Allegany, and Rochelle Wiltsie of Frewsburg; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Childhood Education - Kari Applegarth of Ripley and April Powers of Sinclairville; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Early Childhood Education - Katie Hoca of Gowanda; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Mathematics & Science - Ethan Anderson of Kennedy, Megan Bailey of Falconer, Maein Bingerman of Randolph, William Connolly of Gowanda, Brandy Kote and Andrew Lamb of Jamestown, Cortney Miller of Ripley, Abbi Stiles of Gerry, and; A.S.-Physical Education Studies - Lindsey Katta of Stockton and Taylor Lubi of Panama; A.A.S.-Business-Business Administration - Della Hill of Olean; A.A.S.-Criminal Justice-Police - Brittany Ganey of Dunkirk; Joshua Rodriguez and Matthew Strandburg of Jamestown, and Matthew Warner of Sherman; A.A.S.-Individual Studies - Joshua Abbt of Sinclairville; A.A.S.-Information Technology - Ian Coan of Jamestown; A.A.S.-Mechanical Technology - Richard Simon of Dewittville; A.A.S.-Medical Office Technology - Kate McClellan of Warren; A.A.S.-Nursing - Kelley Borst and Terry Phelps of Clymer, Brittany Case, Jinyan Hallberg, Rachel Johnson, Diana Pantall, and Jill Rapp of Jamestown, Luke Dusterhus of Cuba, Timothy Fisher of Sherman, Amy Hoch of Kennedy, Kisa Hodge of Angelica, Mary Jamison of Allegany, Michael Maurer of Westfield, and Donna Wetherby of Olean; A.A.S.-Occupational Therapy Assistant - Tabitha Neidert of Jamestown; Certificate-Individual Studies - Yongyi Yang of Jamestown; and Certificate-Welding Technology - Leif Gates of Findley Lake and Nader Geleil of Jamestown.

Other graduates include: A.A.-Individual Studies - Siobhan Bower of Sinclairville, April Ensell of Olean, Alex Foley of Warren, Allison Langworthy of Jamestown, Roy Morris of Cuba, and Nadine Nietupski of Cassadaga; A.A.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Humanities - Sara Kibbler and Felicia Tharp of Jamestown and Jessica Murray of Sherman; A.A.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Social Science - Taylor Brown of Cuba, Christopher Cooper of Dunkirk, Jaclyn Denzel, Leala Farnsworth, Lawrence King, Brett Muscarella, and Kaitlin Skidmore of Jamestown, Erica Dreher, Britany Kahle, and Tonya Osborne of Olean, Brittney Histed of Belfast, Michelle Martinez of Kill Buck, Kymberly Olson of Portville, Clinton Parker of Westfield, Rebecca Rokey of Warren, Sara Ruffles of Angola; A.S.-Business-Business Administration - Natalie Aldrich of Allegany, Jennifer Froah of Lakewood, Karen Kolata and Aaron Lund of Olean, Michael Merchant, Jordan Nicholson, and Christopher Yarber of Jamestown, Matthew Piccirillo of Portville, Amanda Rader of Dunkirk, Alexander Reynolds of Ashville, Tiffany Smith of Dewittville, Danielle Wlodarek of Mayville; A.S.-Communications - Adam Austin of Hinsdale and Katrina Smith of Jamestown; A.S.-Computer Science - Jacob Jones and Douglas Lawson of Jamestown and James Naumoff of Silver Creek; A.S.-Criminal Justice - Keri Anson of Dunkirk, Cassondra Beverly of Cattaraugus, Jerrica Darling of Clifton Springs, Carl Auge of Little Valley, Kristi Barnes of Limestone, Andrew Ginnetti, Justin Gustafson, and David Kohl of Jamestown, Nicole Hopkins of Allegany, Christopher Postle of Silver Creek (who also earned an A.S.-Human Services), Robert Skroback and Jessica Sweitzer of Olean, and Carmen Warner of Westfield; A.S.-Engineering Science - Chad Winship of South Dayton; A.S.-Fine Arts: Music - Gary Krueger of Falconer; A.S.-Human Services - Ashley Bryant of Little Valley, Tara Buchanan and Nicholas Galofaro of Dunkirk, and Rachel Foskolos of Olean; A.S.-Individual Studies - Todd Anderson, Bradley Barmore, and Kari Barmore of Gerry, Charlene Austin, Rachelle Axelson, Sarina Benedetto, Jacob Boser, John Capizzi, Brittany Christian, Shawn Gatley, Jennifer Graham, Krystal Guerra, Gerald Leighton, Daniel McCarty, Michael Pacheco, Alexis Servis, Richard Stahlman, James Thomas, Heather Tyktor, and Lynne Wahlstrom of Jamestown, Nicholas Bankosh, Lisa Munson, Joshua Raynor, and Brian Waite of Dunkirk, Joshua Benson, Ryann Conlan, Tyler Miller, and Heather Terhune of Frewsburg, Megan Biss, Katie Desautels, and Alicia McGinnis of Cuba, Bettina Blair, Eric Fish, Lauren Ribbing, and Lionel Wescott of Ashville, Mary Boyd and Rachel Palmer of Mayville, Lisa Buescher of Findley Lake, Paula Causebrook and Lindsey Evans of Westfield, Jessica Dorrion of Youngsville, Robert Frungillo, Sarah Roof, and Kaitlin Thompson of Olean, Kurtis Garvin of Falconer, Damon Hawkins and Kendall James of Lakewood, Justin Johnson of Sugar Grove, Jessica Kondrick of Angola, Dean Kuzminski of Russell, Jonathan Langebartel of Maple Springs, Jenna Majka, Zachary Nydahl, and John Westling of Fredonia, Alysia McMillen of Little Valley, Dawn Rinehart of Forestville (who also earned a Certificate-Early Childhood Development), Kara Storey of Ellington, and Joni Thomas of Dewittville; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Adolescence Education - Sierra Finch of Randolph; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Childhood Education - Rachel Amoroso and Azjah Williams of Jamestown, Andrea McKinley of Kennedy, Sondra Reid of Great Valley, Sheanne Riley of Westfield, Gina Traniello of Falconer, Adam Vande Velde of Dunkirk; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Early Childhood Education - Laura Strawser of Dunkirk; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Mathematics & Science - Jay Card, Allison Dole, and Kyle Erlandson of Jamestown, Tyler Gleason of Mayville, Penny Greene of Salamanca, Meghan Hammond, Kathleen Sherman, and Melinda Young of Falconer, Nicholas Hardgrove of Portville, Kristi Kulig of Frewsburg, Jen MacDonald of Olean, Kari McKeever of Dewittville, Jami Peterson and Alyssa Skinner of Kennedy, and Logan West of Randolph; A.S.-Media Arts - Zachary Fowler of Falconer; A.S.-Physical Education Studies - Elizabeth Bongiovanni of Fredonia and John Funk and Jonathan Messina of Jamestown; A.A.S.-Business-Business Administration - Gallager Bobseine of Cattaraugus, Dawn Logue of Sinclairville, Libby Loucks of Black Creek, Jeremy Lyon of Jamestown, Stacy Mee of Falconer, Keith Newman of Silver Creek, and Jessica Pierce of Franklinville; A.A.S.-Computer Information Systems - Elisa Manzella of Dunkirk and Johanna Mazur of Westfield; A.A.S.-Criminal Justice-Police - Joel Ahlbin, Theo Collins, and Thomas Kilbury of Jamestown, Jacob Colwell of Falconer, Justin Conti and Benjamin Lassen of Frewsburg, Gary Harvey of Randolph, Jeremiah Mulson of Ripley, Nathan Narraway and Scott St. George of Fredonia, Ryan Simmons of Silver Creek, and Kaleb Wood of Prattsburgh; A.A.S.-Human Services - Kayla Bice of Ulysses, Michelle Veres of Jamestown, and Tracy Wilson of Cattaraugus; A.A.S.-Individual Studies – Matthew Cummings of Mayville, Todd Blose, Michael Centi, and Karri Parker of Jamestown, Adam Boe of Kennedy, Paul Darrow of Bemus Point, Mark Guglielmi of South Dayton, Staci Pegelow of Randolph, Thomas Rozumalski of Dunkirk, Daniel Rosemier of Hornell, and Andrew Wiatrowski of Ischua; A.A.S.-Information Technology - Dominic Bagazzoli of Olean, Lonnie Crawford of Jamestown, and Lori Campbell of Warren; A.A.S.-Mechanical Technology - Christopher Johnson of Gerry; A.A.S.-Medical Office Technology - Julie Jimenez-Hammond of Brocton (who also earned a Certificate-Office Technology) and Alishia Schwab of Duke Center; A.A.S.-Nursing - Benjamin Aldrich, Kristen Schober, and Jacob Wilkins of Fredonia, Teneille Andrews and Patrick McCue of Randolph, Tina Bajdas of Dunkirk, Leah Barber, Trina Boise, and Heather Luce of Westfield, Pebbles Berg, Amy Constantino, William Doty, Patricia Finch, Heather Lucas, Brandon Manzella, Angela Mastrosimone, Colleen Olmstead, Erin Scott, and Jami Tellinghuisen of Jamestown, Amy Black and Jessica Standley of Warren, Joelle Brewer, Shelby Burt, Cassie Hollamby, and Amy Jackson of Bradford, Belinda Carlson of Brocton, Edmund Chaffee of Russell, Michele Donnelly of Coudersport, Alicia Dusterhus and Jean Hayward of Franklinville, Sara Fanton of Scio, Chereve Ferry of Hamburg, Jennifer Larson of Sugar Grove, Nicole Lippert, Misty Tolin, and Kari Williams of Allegany, Bethanie Milner of Falconer, Amy Nicholson-Gould of Crosby, Jeffrey Potter of Silver Creek, Natalie Rankin of Little Valley, Jennifer Raynor of Conewango, Heather Reed of Kill Buck, Kimberly Sasso of Forestville, Shelley Sharp of Sinclairville, Cindy Smith of Olean, Jason Stone of Kennedy, Lisa Wilkerson of Smethport, Kimberly Wyman of Youngsville; A.A.S.-Occupational Therapy Assistant - Megan Evans of Falconer, Ashley Truver of Jamestown, and Alyssa VanStee of Frewsburg; A.A.S.-Office Technology - Rachelle Boardman of Jamestown; A.A.S.-Welding Technology - Jesse Horton of Jamestown and Daniel Thomas of Ashville; Certificate-Corrections Officer Technology - Matthew Damcott of Westfield; Certificate-Medical Office Technology - Laura Galloway and Tina Grant of Jamestown; Certificate-Office Technology - Alberta Hulings of Brocton; and Certificate-Welding Technology - Christopher Williams of Jamestown.