Local students graduate from Ventura Community College

VC College commencement, May 20,Graduation Ceremony at 1:30 p.m.
48 from Fillmore, 7 from Piru

BELOW ARE THE VENTURA COLLEGE 2009 FILLMORE AND PIRU GRADUATES: FILLMORE: Nicole Acosta, Manuel Alvarado, Jr., Rosalba Aragon, Jacob Arroyo, Monserrat Ayala, Chantee Campos, Peter Casillas, Sharon Chandra, Jennifer Chavez, Casey Clay, Candice Deits, Natalie Diaz, Mayra Felix, Alex Frias, Pamela Gartner, Steven Gonzales, Maria Gonzalez, Refugio Gonzalez, Maria Hernandez, Marco Hurtado, Yurema Landeros, Margarita Licon, Jesica Lomeli, Juan Lomeli, Paulino Lopez, Nancy Luna, Denise Magana, Francisco Martinez, Juliette Martinez, Ildiko Mate, Justin Murray, Shihori Nakayama, Gisela Patino, Dan Popescu, Adrian Quintero, Danielle Rodriguez, Blanca Sandoval, Stephanie Simonson, Irene Stevens, Joelene Thrasher, Rosa Torres, Juliann Tumamait, Thomas Van Breemen, Carlos Vargas, Laura Velasco, Aubree Wilson, Adrianela Zamora, Farrah Zavala. PIRU: Martin Arroyo, Felice Epps-Thompson, Violeta Lemus, Yvonne Pillado, Jaime Prado, Alma Romero, Ileana Tamayo. Congratulations!

The Ventura College 79th Annual Commencement Ceremony will be held at the Athletic Event Center on the Ventura College Campus on Wednesday, May 20. Ventura College’s graduation will be held on the same day as Oxnard College, and Moorpark College’s will be held on May 21. More than 1,300 students have earned degrees and certificates, and so are eligible to be recognized. The day’s events will include the traditional graduation breakfast, the processional ceremony and a reception for the graduates and their families. A sign-language interpreter will be utilized during the graduation ceremony, and an interpreter will be available upon request for the other events. The Commencement will be closed captioned and webcast live at http://www.venturacollege.edu – click on the webcast button.
The annual graduation breakfast will start serving at 9:00 a.m. in the main dining room in the Campus Center. The breakfast is cosponsored by the Ventura College Foundation and the Associated Students of Ventura College.
Commencement begins at 1:30 p.m.
For additional information, contact Alisa Sparkia Moore, Ventura College Public Information Officer, (805) 654-6462 or asmoore@vcccd.edu.