graduation 2009 - Glendale Community College

graduation 2009 - Glendale Community College

GRADUATION 2009
GRADUATION
SPRING 2009
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
Friday, June 5, 2009 — 5:00 p.m.
Processional
Pledge of Allegiance “Star Spangled Banner”
Faculty and Graduates
Roxanne Dominguez and Diane Spangler, Faculty Marshals
Ovsanna Khachikian
President, Associated Students of Glendale Community College
Derik Dermegerdichian
Composers: Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith
“The Prayer” Joy Chen, Derik Dermegerdichian
Composers: David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager
Greetings and Introductions
Dr. Audre Levy
Superintendent/President
Commencement Address Distinguished Faculty Award Dr. Jack Scott
Chancellor, California Community Colleges
Dr. John Queen
President, Academic Senate
Harry Hull
President, Glendale College Foundation
William L. Parker Exceptional Service Award
Dr. John Queen
Harry Hull
Exceptional Adjunct Faculty Award Dr. John Queen
Harry Hull
Presentation of Graduating Class
Recognition of Graduates Dr. Audre Levy
Dr. Vahé Peroomian
President, Board of Trustees
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Glendale
Community
College
2009
GRADUATION
Glendale
Community
College
2009
Recognition of Graduates with Academic Honors
Presentation of Degrees
Crossing of the Tassels
Dr. Dawn Lindsay
Vice President, Instructional Services
Dr. Vahé Peroomian
Dr. Teresa Cortey
Dr. Ronald Harlan
Ovsanna Khachikian
Alma Mater
Enshrined among Verdugo’s hills upon the broad highway
Our Alma Mater rests secure and rules our hearts always
The towering oak and olive encircle her with green
And from the heights of Rasmarsad the distant sea is seen
We love her trails of yellow, her roofs of brightest red
The sunshine’s always on her brow, the sky is blue o’erhead
And though our feet may wander, our thoughts stray further still
Our hearts will e’er return to her, our college on the hill
Recessional – “Prelude to Die Meistersinger” Richard Wagner, Composer
(The audience will remain seated until after the recessional)
A reception for graduates, and guests will be held in Plaza Vaquero
immediately following the commencement exercises.
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Joy Chen GRADUATION
Platform Party
(Alphabetical Order)
Lisa H. Brooks, Executive Director, GCC Foundation
Dr. Kristin J. Bruno, Dean, Instructional Services, GCC
Anita Quinonez Gabrielian, Vice President, Board of Trustees, GCC
Dr. Ron Harlan, Dean, Instructional Services, GCC
Harry Hull, President, Glendale College Foundation, GCC
Ovsanna Khachikian, President, Associated Students, GCC
Dr. Audre Levy, Superintendent/President, GCC
Dr. Dawn Lindsay, Vice President, Instructional Services, GCC
Ron Nakasone, Interim Executive Vice President, Administrative Services, GCC
Dr. Vicki Nicholson, Associate Vice President, Human Resources, GCC
Arnel Pascua, AssociateVice President, Information and Technology Services, GCC
Dr. Ricardo Perez, Vice President, Student Services, GCC
Dr. Vahé Peroomian, President, Board of Trustees, GCC
Dr. Jewel D’Aloia Price, Dean, Student Services, GCC
Dr. John Queen, President, Academic Senate, GCC
Ann H. Ransford, Member, Board of Trustees, GCC
Dr. Jack Scott, Chancellor, California Community Colleges
Anthony P. Tartaglia, Clerk, Board of Trustees, GCC
Christine Walters, Member, GUSD Board of Education
Dave Weaver, Member, Glendale City Council
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Glendale
Community
College
2009
GRADUATION
GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Glendale
Community
College
2009
President
Vice President Clerk Member
Member
Student Member
Dr. Vahé Peroomian
Anita Quinonez Gabrielian
Anthony P. Tartaglia
Dr. Armine G. Hacopian
Ann H. Ransford
Ovsanna Khachikian
DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD RECIPIENTS
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Leonard R. DeGrassi
James M. Smith
Not awarded Linda S. Nibley F. Lynn McMurrey
David O. Hurst Melita Baumann
Dr. Larry R. Byrd
Susan L. Brinkmeyer
Yeimei Wang Paul C. Dozois 1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Carol Paxton
Dr. Peggy Renner
Dr. Steve Taylor
Dr. Mark Maier
Dr. Jessica Gillooly
Gary Massion
Dr. Sidney Kolpas
Joan Watanabe
Brett Miketta
Danny Ranchez
Eric Johnston
WILLIAM L. PARKER
EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Dr. William L. Parker
Jeanne E. Cunningham
Anne Marie Novinger
Dr. Jean Lecuyer
Steven White Mona Field
Drake Hawkins Steve Marsden 2001 Dr. Jose A. Mercade
2002 Dr. Pete Witt
2003 Dr. Ronald K. Harlan
2004 Jeanette Stirdivant
2005 Joseph Denhart
2006 Kathy Holmes
2007 Kathy Flynn
2008 Lynn Pomeroy
Exceptional Adjunct Faculty Award
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2006
2007
2008
Claire Thoke
Mary Ann Fell
Charles Eastman
GRADUATION
Glendale
Community
College
2009
Dr. Jack Scott
Chancellor
California State Senator Jack Scott was unanimously selected
as the 14th Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges by the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges on May 8, 2008. He will officially
assume this position on January 1, 2009, after completing
his Senate term at the end of 2008.
A member of the State Legislature since 1996, Dr. Scott
represented California’s 21st Senatorial District, which
includes Pasadena, Glendale, and Burbank; a portion of
the city of Los Angeles, and other surrounding cities and
communities. During his distinguished senatorial tenure,
he served as Chair of the Senate Committee on Education,
which considers all legislative measures dealing with K-12 education and the state’s colleges and
universities. This committee has legislative oversight for a wide range of issues dealing with education.
Dr. Scott also chaired the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee on Education, which
oversees approximately 48 percent of California’s state budget. Among his other committee
assignments, Dr. Scott was Vice Chair of the State Allocation Board for Education.
Dr. Scott authored 146 bills in the Assembly and Senate that were signed into law. From the
beginning, he has been a champion of education issues and was successful in authoring several key
bills important to the community colleges that were signed into law. Senate Bill 361, a landmark
community college financing measure, was authored by Dr. Scott and signed by Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger in 2006. Also in 2006, Dr. Scott led the charge in passing Senate Bill 1309 that
helped address the state’s nursing shortage. Dr. Scott worked with Governor Schwarzenegger in 2005
to pass Senate Bill 70, a measure that strengthens career technical education programs between K-12,
community colleges, and the business sector. Dr. Scott has been named Legislator of the Year by many organizations, including the California
Federation of Teachers, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Association of
California Community College Administrators, Association of California School Boards, California
State University, California Association of Health Facilities, California Trucking Association, and
American Nursing Association.
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Dr. Scott also received an honoray doctorate from Pepperdine University in 1991. In 1993 he
received the Harry Buttimer Award, given annually to distinguished administrators in the California
Community Colleges. He was named the Almnus of the Year at Claremont Graduate University in
2000 and at Abilene Christian University in 2003. He was also presented Lifetime Achievement
Awards from the Faculty Association of the California Community College in 2008 and California
Community Colleges in 2006.
GRADUATION
Colleagues in Memory 2008-2009
Years at GCC Theolinde Balcer, Professor of Nursing Science 1981 - 2008
Mary Bjoin, Employee Services Assistant Technician
2000 - 2008
Dr. Harold Cochrane, Dean of Guidance and Counseling
1959 - 1985
Myron Faverman, Associate Professor of Computer Science 1999 - 2008
Jim Knighton, Professor of Computer Science 1991 – 2008
William Miller, Senior Buyer
1988 - 2008
Alina Oganian, Chemistry Adjunct Faculty
2004 - 2009
Distinguished Faculty Award
With the Distinguished Faculty Award (DFA),
the Academic Senate recognizes excellence in a
professor’s area of expertise, such as teaching,
counseling, work with students, etc. It also
considers good college “citizenship,” i.e.
contributions to college life outside the
classroom or primary service area as secondary
criteria. Candidates for the DFA must have
been at the college for at least ten years. The
Senate has tried to recognize a variety of people
in a variety of areas and for a variety of efforts.
The recipient list includes great lecturers,
people who have reached out to their students
in exceptional ways, and people who have
developed tremendous programs. The DFA was
first conferred in 1987.
William L. Parker Award
The award, in honor of William L. Parker,
a philosophy professor to whom it was first
bestowed, is awarded by the Academic Senate
based on long service to GCC. Criteria include
multiple areas such as academic, professional
and community service; recognition by faculty,
staff, students and administration; and that
the recipient’s contributions will have a lasting
impact on the institution. The award was first
presented in 1993.
Exceptional Adjunct Award
The Exceptional Adjunct Faculty Award
(EAFA) is given for distinguished contributions
to Glendale Community College in the
recipient’s discipline, or for contributions and
accomplishments in other professional areas.
The EAFA recipient serves as a role model for
the rest of the adjunct faculty. The award was
first conferred in 2006.
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Glendale
Community
College
2009
GRADUATION
Glendale
Community
College
2009
Dr. Jack Scott
Chancellor
California State Senator Jack Scott was unanimously selected
as the 14th Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges by the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges on May 8, 2008. He will officially
assume this position on January 1, 2009, after completing
his Senate term at the end of 2008.
A member of the State Legislature since 1996, Dr. Scott
represented California’s 21st Senatorial District, which
includes Pasadena, Glendale, and Burbank; a portion of
the city of Los Angeles, and other surrounding cities and
communities. During his distinguished senatorial tenure,
he served as Chair of the Senate Committee on Education,
which considers all legislative measures dealing with K-12 education and the state’s colleges and
universities. This committee has legislative oversight for a wide range of issues dealing with education.
Dr. Scott also chaired the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee on Education, which
oversees approximately 48 percent of California’s state budget. Among his other committee
assignments, Dr. Scott was Vice Chair of the State Allocation Board for Education.
Dr. Scott authored 146 bills in the Assembly and Senate that were signed into law. From the
beginning, he has been a champion of education issues and was successful in authoring several key
bills important to the community colleges that were signed into law. Senate Bill 361, a landmark
community college financing measure, was authored by Dr. Scott and signed by Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger in 2006. Also in 2006, Dr. Scott led the charge in passing Senate Bill 1309 that
helped address the state’s nursing shortage. Dr. Scott worked with Governor Schwarzenegger in 2005
to pass Senate Bill 70, a measure that strengthens career technical education programs between K-12,
community colleges, and the business sector. Dr. Scott has been named Legislator of the Year by many organizations, including the California
Federation of Teachers, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Association of
California Community College Administrators, Association of California School Boards, California
State University, California Association of Health Facilities, California Trucking Association, and
American Nursing Association.
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Dr. Scott also received an honoray doctorate from Pepperdine University in 1991. In 1993 he
received the Harry Buttimer Award, given annually to distinguished administrators in the California
Community Colleges. He was named the Almnus of the Year at Claremont Graduate University in
2000 and at Abilene Christian University in 2003. He was also presented Lifetime Achievement
Awards from the Faculty Association of the California Community College in 2008 and California
Community Colleges in 2006.
GRADUATION
Dr. Scott is a past president of the Association of California Community Colleges Administrators
and the former chair of the Accrediting Commission of Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Prior to being elected to the State Legislature, Dr. Scott was President of Pasadena City College
beginning in 1987. The hallmark of Dr. Scott’s presidency was the launching and completion of a
$100 million master plan to meet the college’s needs into the 21st century. Although state funding
declined during Dr. Scott’s presidency, the college balanced its budget, laid-off no members of its
faculty or staff, and maintained an educational program of high quality. Pasadena City College had
reserve funds of more than $6 million when he retired in 1995.
Dr. Scott is a Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at Pepperdine University and is the first
person to be honored as President Emeritus of Pasadena City College.
Previously, Dr. Scott was a teacher and administrator at Pepperdine University for 10 years before he
became the Dean of Instruction at Orange Coast College in 1973. Five years later, in 1978, he became
the President of Cypress College.
Dr. Scott was born in Sweetwater, Texas, and graduated from high school there. He met his future
wife, Lacreta, while they were students at Abilene Christian University. They were married after Dr.
Scott received his Bachelor’s degree. He later earned a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University,
as well as a Ph.D. in American history from Claremont Graduate University.
Dr. Scott and Lacreta have five children: Sharon Mitchell; Sheila Head; Amy Schones; Greg Scott;
and their fifth child, Adam, who died at the age of 27. They also have ten grandchildren.
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Glendale
Community
College
2009
GRADUATION
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
Glendale
Community
College
2009
ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE DEGREE
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Aksel Abramyan**
Elvis Christian Acosta
Nancy Aghasarian***
Sylva Aghmalian
Diana Aguirre**
Carolyn Hyang-Sim Ahn
Yoshimi Aizawa*
Helen Akbari
Christeen Adenrele Alaka (H)
Anthony S. Andino
Marlen Anouchian*
Louiza Apanosians
Jason Ernest Aragon
Tony Arun Areepong
Saori Arimitsu**
Adriana Marie Arreola
Armand Stepan Aslanian** (H)
Angin Aslanyan** (H)
Ailin Avanessian
Armine Avetisyan (H)
Marilou Galang Ayson
Goharek Babakhanian*
Diana Baghoomian (H)
Aida Baghumyan
Anna Baghumyan**
Lea Alvarez Bagui***
Julia Maureen Barbour**
Nicole Ampil Barroso**
Jonah Paula Bernardo**
Susie A. Binnell**
Albert Fathy Biskalis
Avedis Blikian (H) (PACE)
Joseph Boodanian***
Simon Boudaghians
Chad Martin Brewster**
Jenina Monet Bruan**
Karen Ann Caneday***
Vincent Santiago Ruberton Carlos
Suzy Lynn Carosa**
Marlen Casillas***
Simaporn Chakavarnmongkol**
Samuel Yin-Yu Chan
Vuoythoung Chao**
Lai Kuen Grace Cheng**
Maritza Chow Chang**
Beatriz Francisca Contreras*
Mayra Milagro Contreras
Lusik Lusine Darbinyan* (H)
Raffy M. Daulo
Garnia Davoodi**
Chanisar Dechakaisaya
Narine Dilanyan**
Noriko Dohi**
Arin Dolatian
Christina Monteverde Domingo**
Carlos Alfredo Duarte**
Linda Ear
Jelly Nale Cuico Elorta** (H)
Miki Emura**
Salvador Enriquez (H)
Arssineh Eskandarian*
Antonio Ramirez Estonilo
Alice Evartrazian
Thomas A. Ferguson**
John David James Fox
Katherine Frangetis-Tempesta
Ayako Furuse**
Jose Angelo N. Gabriel**
Henry Gabrielian
Lorena Meraz Galdamez*
Marina Garabekian (H)
Michelle Leslie Rivera Gavino
Lisa J. Gemberling
Marina Gershkovich*
Anna S. Gevorgyan***
Gohar Gevorgyan
Phyllis R. Gillon
Marine Ginosyan (H)
Cinthia Gomez**
Randy Lacanilao Gonzales
Evelyn Gregorian
Aida Grigorian**
Suzanne Guerrero**
Gerald H. Guihama
Lusine Hakobyan (H)
Pintor Immanuel Hamonangan**
Armstrong Hao**
Maureen McHale Healy
Overly Yasmin Hernandez**
Sepideh Heydarian*
Risa Hirasawa** (H)
Susan Sung Hee Hong
Armine Hovsepian
Haykanush Igityan (H)
GRADUATION
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE DEGREE
Haruka Inoue
Andre Issaian*
Plamka V Ivanova (H)
Mari Iyonaga
Jocelyn Faith Jimenez (H)
Jocelyn Castelo Joaquin
Rebecca Boeun Jun
Evat Kadkhodadadian*
Tomoko Kaneko
Liana Karapetyan
Yumio Katsumata**
Rumi Kawakami
Karmen Keshishian
Sonik Keshishian
Anna Kim
Nain Kim (H)
Daisuke Kimura**
Azusa Kobori**
Nataliya Kuliyeva**
Kanako Kuroda
Vardouhi A. Lafian
Hae Suk Lee**
Olubunmi Levy
Li Fen Luo
Nelson James Luong
Osan Maiseva** (H)
Odet Makaradi
Ronelia Maganis Manalang
Jeffrey Umali Manimtim
Glenda Judith Martinez
Mai Matsumoto**
Paul J McVeigh
Armineh Adam Megherdichian
Armen Mehrabi*
Seda Melikyan
Talar Jennifer Melkonian**
Anahit Melkonyan
Hasmik Melkonyan
Rosario Palaganas Mendoza**
Ani V. Misserlian***
Azusa Miyajima*
Iram Montalvo
Arsineh Moradi
Jose Antonio Morales
Donald Morrison*
Nicole Suzanne Morrow
Yuka Mukozono**
Armenuhi Muradyan
Noriko Murakami (H)
Shimami Nakashita***
Marina Narinyan***
Armenohi Nazari
Alice Nazarian**
Arminouei Nazarian
Lyda G. Norris
Flora Noravian
Narine Oganesyan (H)
Armineh Panosian (H)
Hartyoon M Papazian***(H)
Liza Pariser (H)
Grace Wongthong Pathomrit
Lida Peroomian
Fabiola Raquel Prieto**
Kristina-Anne Valmeo Protacio
Nicholas G. Rampone**
Federic Reyes Rapinan***
Kevel Marie Regalo
Kerissa Lynne Reid** (H)
Jolene Janette Reynolds
Soheyla M. Rezayani
Kelly Barinia Rivera
Guillermo Rocha Jr.
Ralph Edward Benosa Romero**
Kimberly Dawn Ryan
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Kristen Lee Sanchez**
Hannah Marie Santos Santa-Isabel (H)
Hazel Marie Santos Santa Isabel (H)
Maria Angela Palanca Santos
Angela Marie Sarff
Noyem Sargsyan***(H)
Ekaterina Savelieva
Juan A. Segura
Kathleen Serrano
Artur Shahenian
Tamar Shahverdyan
Masamichi Shimizu***
Yuki Shundo*
Ronald Soelimto (H)
Shaun M. Sotto (H)
Yuka Sugiura (H)
Yuka Tagawa*
Anait Tagmizyan**
Knarik Tahmazyan*
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Glendale
Community
College
2009
GRADUATION
Glendale
Community 10
College
2009
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE DEGREE
Alisa Takhmazyan
Nvard Takhmazyan
Genta Tamaki
Arpi Tamamian***(H)
Wella Rose P. Tan
Rina Tanaka
Ivet Terharoutyounian
Elizabeth Marie Thevenaz (H)
Amalia Topete-Vargas
Christina Topolian (H)
Mary Torosian***(H)
Naoto Totsuka
Yu-Shu Tseng** (H)
Asuka Tsuzuki
Sahar Vafakhah
Carmina-Lou Valencia (H)
Anahit Vardoyan**
Diana Vartani** (H)
Lynden Anthony Vazquez-Tompkins***
Ma Erika Joyce S. Villaflores
Derrick John Boco Villamor**
Krystel Ann R. Villamor
Geny N. Villatoro
Vanie Karen Vergara Villena
Kevin James Walker***
Seth Lane Whitlow
Artin Yaghobian**
Loosine B. Yaghobian**
Hykuhe Yakubian** (H)
Tomohiro Yamaguchi**
John Paul Yap**
Hiromi Yoshimura* (H)
Artin Zaghian Masihi
Sandy Zaghuni*
Jilbert Zaroukian
Zhaneta Zeynalyan
Michelle Emily Ziegenhein (H)
Haydee Pamplona Ziegler**
Ayda Zinalvand***(H)
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE
Mitsuo Abe
Lernik Aboulian
Elina Abulyan
Roberta Actor-Thomas** (H)
Adin Adamian***
Adelina Adamyan*
Sherwin Aghamohammad*
Francisco Pateiro Aguilar***
Vatche Ailian
Kerstina Akbarian
Maria Abraham
Kazuto Akimoto*
Robert Akopian**
Araik Alikovich Akopyan***(H)
Mariana Akoubians
Youthsak Akraratana**
Liana Alaverdyan
Santiago Castillo Aldape** (H)
Alexander Aleshkevich
Samuel Alvarez
Petros Anagnostidis* (H) (AGS)
Claudia Marisa Anaya
John David Anderson* (H)
Armine Andreasyan
Irina Andreeva
Kelsey Rose Angona**
Masashi Annaka* (H)
Mie Aoki
Karina Arakel*
Maneh Arakelyan* (H)
Nara Arakelyan
Enessa Aramyan (H)
Talin Arat
Tony Arun Areepong*
Arakel Kris Aristakessian (H)
Thomas Frederick Armitstead** (H) (AGS)
Christian Arredondo
Varsenik Arsenyan*
Diana Arsharuni
Luis Manuel Arteaga
GRADUATION
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE
Angele Artinian
Valentin Artunian
Mary Arutynyan
Naira Arutyunyan**
Yuichi Asada
Takahiro Ase
Lena Natalie Ashjian
Gevork Ashnalikyan (H)
Alina Avakyan**
Emin David Avakian*
Sevak Avanesi (H)
Vaheh Avedian
Ledea Avedissian
Tabitha A. Avedissian-Galicia
Hakop Avetissian
Benjamin Anthony Aviles
Valentin Babakhanian*
Lusine Babakhanyan*
Ani Babayan*
Chris A. Babayans
Nelli Badikyan**
Maria Divine Bagaforo**
Tenny Baghdasari-Chalian**
Anita Baghdasarian** (H)
Anahid Baghomian** (H)
Juliet Baghoomian*
Marineh Baghoumian (H)
Armine Balayan (H)
Marc S. Banaga
Brian B. Barajas
Talin Barkhordarian
Alma Rosa Barrera***
Naira Daniyelovna Barsegyan (H)
Ashley Lauren Baucham
Vahe Bazikyan*
Angela Beglarian
Ruzanna Beknazarian
Luis Benavides
Harout Harry Berberian
Robert Ellsworth Gilbert Black
Kelli Suzanne Blair*
LaToya T. Blakely*
Robert Eduardo Blanco**
Yenci Liliana Blanco
Donato Bragagnolo**
Nathan Christian Brandt
Paul Christian Bright* (H)
Jonas Campos Bruno**
Christopher Park Bryant
Kevin Ronald Bularz**
Rodion Butyrski*
Mark Flores Caampued
Karina Paola Caballero
Laura Marlena Calabro (H)
Anya Christina Dealino Calvento***
Julissa Camacho**
Ambar Patricia Campos (H)
Jose Oswaldo Carcamo***
Denise Susan Castillo*
Norma L. Castillo** (PACE)
Yanet Castillo
Aiza Ong Cayanan
Gisella Centanaro
Tatiana Cerah
Veronica Cervantes
Donald G. Chandler II
Moon Choe***
Vuoythoung Chao*
Karline April Chapman
Brian Leonard Chartier (H)
Helen Chen
Mechel Chitarians***
Ruth M. Chobanu**
Susan Haesook Choi
Julia Chin Chow***
Jennifer Chung*
Juan P. Contreras**
Justin Steven Corio
Susana Corona**
Francisco Javier Coronado**
Carlos Roberto Coronel
Dino M. Crisologo
Christopher Nicholas Cruz**
Syuzanna Daghlyan*
Joshua Christopher Dailo
Carolyn Carol Davidian
Marlon Brian Davis
Shawna R. de la cruz** (PACE)
Enrique Delgado* (PACE)
Melanie Delgado (H)
Santos Elvira Delgado
Marina Dergalstian**
Todd James Desaulnier
Allen Diaz
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Glendale
Community
College
2009
GRADUATION
Glendale
Community 12
College
2009
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE
Arturo Diaz***(H)
Narine Dilanyan
Kimberly Dominguez
Brent Cariaga Dormond
Marie Noelle Aivan Dupuis* (H)
Lisa Ekdahl
Amber Marie Emerson (H)
Eugene III Engram*
Anasheh Yeroomian
George Michael Espinoza**
Rongzhong Fang**
Kaley Kanani Farr (H)
Joshua Joseph Farrow*
Melissa Lou Fazio (H)
Cynthia Noemi Figueroa
Erika Fraire
Loui Fraco
Zulma J. Franco**
Rachel F. Friedenson (PACE)
Ayako Furuse***
Hilda Galeas*
Gayane Galechyan
Pamela Galstians*
Amalya Galustyan
Victor Manuel Garcia Rodriguez*
Alberto Garcia Martinez
Azat Garibian*
Gohar Jacqueline Garibian*
Lilit Garibyan (H)
Hanym Gasanova
Aida Gasparyan* (H)
Ani Gasparyan (H)
Ira Geragos* (PACE)
Levon Gevorgyan
Margo Gevorgyan
Eda Gharachadaghi* (PACE)
Meghmik Gharibian*
Adrine Ghazaryan**
Naira Ghazaryan (H)
Chanel Jasmin Ghiragosian
Jason Andrew Gitlitz*
Ariga Golnazarian
Denise R. Gonzalez
Heidi S. Gonzalez** (PACE)
Mario Efren Gonzalez
Rodolfo Gordillo**
Aleksandra Gorelova*
Evelyn Gregorian
Armine Grigorian**
Diana Grigorian
Todik Grigorian
Oscar Eric Guitierrez
Anthony James Guyon*
Vahe Gyulnazaryan (H)
Frida Hacobian**
Nazanin Hajaty
Lucy Hakobyan (H)
Gayane Hambardzumyan
Tracy Hammontree
Haque Asiful
Njdeh Nick Hartounian*
Alina Hartouniyans
Karen Harutyunyan (H)
Knarik Harutyunyan (H)
Satoshi Hasegawa***
Yukie Hashimoto
Anahit Hazryan*
Diana Ada Helbet** (H)
Marylin Andrea Henriquez*
Ebony Majestic Henry
Aaron Marie Henson (PACE)
Amy Katherine Henson (H)
Linda Hernandez**
Sara Hernandez**
Evelyn Arelis Herrarte Contreras**
Amelia Christine Hersey
Kenneth R. Hirschberg*
Gregory Hong (H)
Jesse Gabriel Horowitz
Tigran Hovasapyan** (H)
Ani Hovhannisyan
Marianna Hovnanyan
Ailene L. Huang* (H)
Matthew R. Ibaven*
Kanako Ichikawa (H)
Sara Lynn Ingram
Koshiro Ino**
Katsuya Inoue*
Anna Isayan
Yui Ishida*
Keita Ishino* (H)
Hamlet Iskandaryan***
Jorge Eduardo Jacobo**
Manassa Janejopwong*
GRADUATION
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE
Ricardo Jauregui
Joy Joaquin**
Kevin C. Jones*
Taurean I. Jones*
Rita Kachakian**
Lillian Kadimyan
Kai Takayuki**
Christina Kaladjian* (H)
Gilda Karapetyan (H)
Susanna Karapetyan
Osanna Karayan**
Arsineh Karimian***
Kevin Kartainata
Anush Kasemyan* (H)
Monica Ann Kaufmann
Miho Kawabata*
Chika Kawahara
Tatevik Kazaryan*
Kati Ann Kelleher
Catherine Denise Kelly***
Andy Sarkis Kenareki
Philip Keppel (H)
Shaun K. Kermah*
Derenik Keshish*
Ani Keshishian*
Tanya Hayarpi Keshishian
Jenik Keshishians
Hrayr Keshishyan
Armenuhi Khachatryan* (H)
Ovsanna Khachikian (H)
Seda Khajatoorian**
Rubina Khatchaturian*
Linet Khechatoorian
Armig Karkour Khodanian
Narine Khodjasarian
Sylvia Ann Khodra**
Laranda Khosravian**
Kay Kim***
Anush Kirakosyan*
Linda Kirakosyan***
Hermine Kitapszyan**
Yuka Kiuchi
Arnold Alan Klein**
Shaunt Martin Kodaverdian
Hogara Kotani
Anna Kotelyan
Brandon Cody Krause
Antranig A. Krikorian***
Talin Hasmig Krikorian
Solida Kry (H) (AGS)
Nolan Kauhiahiwa Ku (H)
Kazuhiro Kubo**
Pogos Kuregyan
Kazuki Kutsuna*
Mary Anne Labarda*
Chiamin Lai*
William Joseph LaPalme***
Gabriela Lazaro**
Han Hyo Lee**
Marine Lekhliyan
Tereza Lelikian
Jorge Enrique Leon**
Karen Debora Leon**
Lingzhi Li***
Shurong Li**
Shi Ming Liu (H)
Adan I Loperena** (H)
Claudia E. Lopez**
Diane A. Lopez*
Irma Leticia Lopez
Ryosuke Mabuchi
Valina Mailan*
Hemayatullah Mainayar*
Meghmik Makaradi
Kenneth Malate
Lernik Malek Aghakhan***
Larisa Malekaghakian**
Anaeis Maleki (H)
Tanya Manamshian
Melvena M. Mann
Arsineh Manokian
Alenoosh Tanya Mansoorian
Nune Manukyan (H)
Michelle Victoria Manzo*
Armen Mardirousi*
Karine Margousian***(H)
Violette Margousian*
Sevana Markosian
Armine Markosyan (H)
Silva Markosyan
Marine Markova (H)
Chris Scott Marshall*
Fredy Garcia Martinez
Hector Armando Martinez
13
Glendale
Community
College
2009
GRADUATION
Glendale
Community 14
College
2009
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE
Xaris Alexandra Martinez** (H)
Henri Marukyan
Aylin Matavousian* (H)
Marian Jenilyn Matela*
Olya Matevosyan
Mlania Matousian
Jaycee C. Medina
Alec Hamilton Medlock (H)
Isabel del Carmen Mejia-Arias
Hana Iveth Melero***
Lisa Karen Menaster
Natali Mendoza
Yanira E. Menjivar***
Armine Mikayelyan
Natalie M. Miles
Caroline Minasian** (H)
Katrin Minasian*
Louiza Victoria Minasyan
Dynl Jayleen Miranda
Arpine Mirzakhanyan
Sharese S. Mirzakhanyan
Ashkhen Mirzoyan
Taku Miyamoto
Lolita Mkrtchyan
Nune Mkrtchyan
Sarine Mnatsakanyan
Anthony L Monico**
Hugo Montanez*
Judy Montanez
Milagro Eugenia Montano Chavarria
Michael Montenegro
Claudia Maritza Montes**
Bertha Moreno
Ritha Beatriz Moreno (H)
Yazmin Moreno
Shino Morio
Hayarpi Movsesian**
Vahe Movsesyan**
Svetlana Mseryan* (H)
Yuka Mukozono
Kelly Marie Mullen
Francia Noemi Munoz
Nayeli Munoz***
Ani Muradyan*
Yosuke Murata**
Evelina Musakhanyan (H)
Lilit Mushegyan
Kei Narita*
Sevil Nassiri**
Dianna Navasardyan**
Lilit Navasardyan*
Christine Nayebyan
Tania Nazari***
Ani Nazaryan
Edita Nazaryan**
Helen Nazari**
Anna Nersisyan
Vanand Kevin Nikolian
Hitomi Nishiwaki*
Anahit Novshadyan*
Armine Amy Nshanyan
Kana Obata**
Celine Obone*
Lusine S. Oganesyan**
Miki Okada*
Shiho Okamoto
Kanami Okuyama*
Johana Alexandra Olaya**
Daisuke Ono
Arefeh Orouji (H)
Elizabeth E. Orozco
Elissa Ortega (H)
Maricela Ortega* (H)
Junko Oyama*
Abigail Irene Padilla (H)
Nare Palasanian***
Vardanush Palyan** (H)
Frances Camille Paminiano**
Valentina Panosyan
Rick Pantoja
Renia Paria (H)
Sandra Isela Parra*
Hilda Patatanian
Clementina Pena
Pete Pena*
Raul Peraza**
Timothy Ray Perea*
Guadalupe O. Perez
Susanna Petrosyan
Nastassja Isabel Piedra**
Veronika Pitross
Maxine Renee Pittman
Leeanna Lia Pogossian
Nora Ponkirian**
GRADUATION
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE
Jeisy Marcell Porof
Gregory John Primeau**
Kristina-Anne Valmeo Protacio
Kali Nicole Prouty
John Joseph Quintanilla
Ryan Matthew Reh**
Coy Reyes
Ivette Reyes
Samantha Barrios Rivero
Donald Joseph Rodgers Jr.
Javier Rodriguez***
Sonia Maria Rodriguez
Juan Pablo Rojas*
Amanda Romano**
Karina Marisol Romero*
Lydia Romero*
Shakeh Rostamloo** (H)
Gilda Beatriz Rubio De La Cruz***
Brenda Guadalupe Ruiz*
Magda J. Ruiz
Arevik Saakova (H)
Christine Sagherian*
Nare Sahakyan
Tomoko Saito
Ryutaro Sakamoto*
Noel Salas
Arturo Z Saldana
Bertha M. Salinas***
Yuwanda Samanukorn**
Kimberly Ryan Sanchez
Maria De Jesus Sanchez (PACE)
Carolina Sandoval (PACE)
Masis Sanoian
Juan Carlos Santiago
Ani Sargsyan*
Armen Sargsyan*
Katrine M. Sargsyan**
Lusine Sargsyan (H)
Marine Sargsyan*
Violeta Sargsyan
Adgar Sarian** (H)
Ira Concepcion Sarian
Telma Sarkisloo*
Anahita Sarkissian**
Andre V. Sarkissian*
Irina Sarkisyan*
Edwin Savadian
Azusa Sawai**
Charisse Scott*
Silvard Semerdzhyan
Javier Serna
Artin Setaghaian*
Evelina Shabani
Renia Shahbandary
Ryan Shahbazi*
Lusine Shahinyan***
Anzhela Shahumyan
Sevak Shakhbandarian
Anna Shakhkulyan
Aren Shilvarjo* (H)
Avedis Avo Shilvarju**
Candice Rose Shin*
Christine Rose Shirvanian
Adrienne Elliott Silveira** (PACE)
Daniel Michael Simmons
Benny Simonzad
Stacey Suzanne Singer
Asmik Sitilyan***
Amy Michell Smallcomb
Shea Allan Smith
Atorina Soleiman Golpashin (H)
Taeko Tia Sonoda*
Katherine Irene Sosa
Nelly Mabel Sosa
Jacob Ray Spruill
Ofelya Stepanyan
Ruzan Stepanyan (H)
Cory Charles Strouth**
Megumi Sugata
Sachi Suzuki**
Karine Tagesyan (H)
Chris Ejmin Tahmasian
Talik Tahmasian*
Aya Tajiri*
Kazuya Takahara**
Lusine Tamazyan**
Miki Tanaka*
Matthew Sun Taoatao**
Edwin A. Tarverdians***
Andrew James Taylor**
Anna Telunts
Ani Ter-Avanesyan
Lusine Ter Oganesyan*
Karine Terteryan Akopyan
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Community
College
2009
GRADUATION
Glendale
Community 16
College
2009
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE
Ron Thammasuckdi
Eleston Kyle Thompson Jr.
Najran A.Y. Thompson
Lia Thorosian*
Jennifer Adonay Tinoco*
Angineh Torosiyan (H)
Maria Torres
Billy Torrez-Fernandez
BobbiKay Louise Townsend***
Margarita Tsagoyan (H)
Ashot Tsaturyan
Nina Tshavrushyan (H)
Lilit G. Tsrtataryan
Shota Tsukamoto**
Tatevik Urfalyan
Margarit Vardanyan (H)
Suren Vardanyan
Varduhi Vardanyan
Syouneh Sione Vartanian**
Arpenik Vartomian*
Cassy Athena Vasile*
Elizabeth Vasiliou
Helmut Antonio Vega**
Joseph Segundo Veliz
Ma.Sheena Kathlene P. Villa***
Lizbeth Azucena Vivero*
Pooja Vora*
Christopher Michael Wawra
(H)
(PACE)
*
**
***
(AGS)
Renee Joyce Weber**
Willie Max Williams
Brandon Jermaine Winfield*
Michael Philip Wyatt
Loosine B. Yaghobian***
Nareh Yaghoubian* (H)
Geoff Yazzetta
Arev Yeghiazaryan (H)
Sona Yeghoyan
Inna Yegiyan** (H)
Aykaz Yegoyan
Sonia Yeretzian**
Spencer George Eugene Young
Hilma Balaian***(H)
Kana Yuasa**
Ryan C. Yuen*
Michelle Eliana Zabala
Annie Zadori***(H)
Lilian Zaghian*
Tuba Zaher
David Zampach* (H)
Ani Zargaryan*
Karine Zargaryan**
Olena Zaverukha (H)
Joana R. Zelaya
Yanira Giessell Zepeda**
Ariga Zohrabian-Soroushkani** (H)
Adriana Maria Zuluaga
Academic Honors - cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or more
Project for Adult College Education
Completed in Summer 2008
Completed in Fall 2008
Completed in Winter 2009
Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society - Permanent Member
ACCOUNTING
Diana Aguirre** (PACE)
Tony Arun Areepong
Gilda Ezadjian**
Nancy Gomez Russi**
Aleksandra Gorelova**
Laura Hakobyan**
Estella Heshmati**
Anna Kirakosyan**
Alina Minassians**
Francia Noemi Munoz
Armine Papazyan**
Grace Bokyung Sohn**
Narine TerBarseghyan**
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Evik Babakhani**
Araceli Gonzales
Robert Carlos Hernandez*
Vartan Norman Kahramanian**
Elizabeth Michelle Lopez
H. Robert Newman**
Maria Fernanda Poveda
Santiago Rodrigo Poveda***
Isaac Jose Rodriguez*
ADVANCED CULINARY ARTS
Taryn Lynn Burks
ADVERTISING ART
Anna Celine Abaygar***
Claudia Liolios-Estrada
Isabel Regala Maramba**
Iram Montalvo*
Alberto Orozco***
Jeffrey S. Siojo***
ANIMATION - DIGITAL ANIMATION
John David James Fox**
Loosine B. Yaghobian*
ARCHITECTURE - CAD
Vartan M. Bursalyan
Christopher W. Kitsch**
Armineh Adam Megherdichian
Vazrik Tahmasian Savarani
Artin Yaghobian*
GRADUATION
CANDIDATES FOR
CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION
ARCHITECTURE - COMMERCIAL
Vazrik Tahmasian Savarani***
Artin Yaghobian*
ARCHITECTURE - DRAFTING
Vartan M. Bursalyan
Christopher W. Kitsch**
Vazrik Tahmasian Savarani
ARCHITECTURE - RESIDENTIAL
Vazrik Tahmasian Savarani
ART
Vivianna Sylvia Bowman***
AVIATION & TRANSPORTATION FLIGHT ATTENDANT
Daysi Lopez*
Katherine Kaye T. Marquez*
Veronica Liney Palma-Martinez
AVIATION AND TRANSPORTATION
PILOT TRAINING
Guillermo G. Guzman**
BEGINNING CULINARY ARTS
CERTIFICATE
Arthur Abramyan
Neli Gharapetian**
Veolet Shahbazian**
Anahid Shahmoradian**
Diane Elizabeth Shamhart
BOOKKEEPING
Armineh Balayan**
Beatriz Francisca Contreras*
Narine Dilanyan**
Nancy Gomez Russi
Aram Herpetian Haftvani***
Estella Heshmati**
Anna Kirakosyan**
BUSINESS - GENERAL
Nancy Gomez Russi
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Community
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2009
GRADUATION
Glendale
Community 18
College
2009
CANDIDATES FOR
CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONFINANCIAL PLANNING AND
INVESTMENT
Charlie Jinhwan Chun*
Jung Ho Lee***
CHILD DEVELOPMENT/TEACHER SCHOOL AGE CARE
Elia Nazarova***
CHILD DEVELOPMENT/TEACHING
-NURSERY SCHOOL
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION GENERAL BUSINESS
Ana G. Diaz-Garcia*
Juliana M. Girard**
CHOREOGRAPHIC STUDIES AND
DANCE TECHNIQUE
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Rika Aizu*
Lorena Meraz Galdamez*
Mario Portillo**
Pamela M. Stone
CERAMICS
Miriam Balcazar**
Kathryn Camp*
Lilia C. Venier**
CERTIFIED TAX PREPARER
Angela Daneen Duckett*
Diala Kermanshahi-Now
Haroutoun Mkrtchyan**
Lyusya Nshanyan*
Armine Papazyan**
Jorge Perez*
Violet Tahmasian Savarani**
CHILD DEVELOPMENT TEACHER
Nargiz Narine Andreasyan*
Maritza Y. Cabrera**
Katrin Davoodi***
CHILD DEVELOPMENT/TEACHER INFANT TODDLER
Maria Eugenia Birrueta*
Ana G. Diaz-Garcia*
CHILD DEVELOPMENT/TEACHER PRESCHOOL
Alis K. Auanis**
Liza Cureghian*
Maral Kaltakdjian**
COMMUNICATIONS
Melina Amiri*
Tony Arun Areepong*
Mary Ashdjian**
Jose Enrique Cabrera**
Shant Deravanesian**
Howard Michael Geiger*
Chanel Jasmin Ghiragosian**
Agneta Khudanyan*
Joseph Santiago Mendez***
Andre V. Sarkissian*
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS/BUSINESS
OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES - GENERAL OFFICE
Odet Abedian**
Marie Abovian
Armenuhi Antanesyan***
Alvard Arzhumanyan
Yelena Asatryan**
Diana Baghoomian*
Adrine Baghumyan*
Anet Odet Esmailian
Hranush Frangyan**
Jenik Galoustian*
Marine Ginosyan**
Arshaluys H. Hakobyan***
Margarit Mesropian Hakopian**
Hermine Macharyan
Odet Makaradi
Hasmik Melkonyan
Nune Mkrtchyan
Rubina Moradymasihy**
Joulet Moushidian**
Armenuhi Muradyan
Arminouei Nazarian
Greta Panossian
Sergio Quezada**
Nazik Sahraei
Araksuya Sarkisian
Violet Sharbatian Sarkisian
Anzhela Tadevosyan
Ani Taryan*
Ivet Terharoutyounian
Harmin Yaghoubian
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS/
BUSINESS OFFICE TECHNOLOGYADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Armik M. Zadoorian**
COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Javier Espinoza***
COMPUTER SUPPORT TECHNICIAN
Tomohiro Yamaguchi**
COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING
SPECIALIST
Beatriz Francisca Contreras*
Aram Herpetian Haftvani***
Mariam F. Hovhannisyan***
Cheryl Ann Martin*
CULINARY ARTS
ENGINEERING/ELECTROMECHANICAL DESIGN DRAFTING/CAD
Art Vergara McCaw***
FASHION DESIGN
Lidia Hayrapet*
FIRE TECHNOLOGY
Anthony Roman Castillo*
Sevak Karapetyan***
Joshua J Liko***
Kevin R. Mathis*
Michael Jonathan Wagman**
HOSPITALITY SUPERVISION
Shoko Kuwashima**
Dharma Jyoti Richards***
Yu-Shu Tseng**
Hiromi Yoshimura**
INSURANCE PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATE
Clarence King Ho**
INSURANCE SPECIALIST
Datev Dodkelian
MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING
TECHNOLOGY-MACHINIST
Angela Simonians***
Arbi Shahmirzaian**
DIETARY SERVICE SUPERVISOR
MANAGEMENT
Alvart Aghamalian***
Noe Aguilar***
Patrina Anne Marie Martin Dizon**
Verjik Hacopian*
Berto Lucero**
Sona Sargsyan*
Yu-Shu Tseng**
Juliana M. Girard**
Jose R. Navarro
MARKETING
ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER
TECHNOLOGY - COMPUTER
ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
Anet Akopian
Piruz Atanesyan**
Lusik Lusine Darbinyan**
Isabella Litmanovich**
Alicia Martinez
Lyudmila Omelchenko**
Vigen M.A. Masihi
GRADUATION
CANDIDATES FOR
CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION
Katherine Frangetis-Tempesta**
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES - MEDICAL FRONT OFFICE
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Community 20
College
2009
CANDIDATES FOR
CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION
Armineh Panosian
Lida Patatanyan**
Hasmik Sargsyan
MEDICAL BILLING AND CODING
Anet Akopian
Paul George Change Jr.***
Gohar Sevada Grigorian**
Isabella Litmanovich**
Nune Manukyan**
Alicia Martinez**
Maria Elena E. Meyer*
Nayri Movsessian (AGS)
Rosa Nava
Armineh Panosian
Lida Patatanyan**
Hasmik Sargsyan
Ivet Terharoutyounian
MICROSOFT OFFICE USER
SPECIALIST - OPTION 6
Maria Gharibian
PERSONAL TRAINER CERTIFICATE
Jouliana Davoudi Chegani***
PHOTOGRAPHY
Carine Bekarian**
Pamela S. Bond*
RECEPTIONIST/OFFICE CLERK
Odet Abedian***
Marie Abovian
Lida Akepian**
Armenuhi Antanesyan***
Alvard Arzhumanyan
Hasmik Jasmine Azaryan*
Ashly Baghoomian*
Adrine Baghumyan*
Armine Baghumyan**
Anet Odet Esmailian
Jenik Galoustian*
Rozina Hakobyan
Margarit Mesropian Hakopian**
Anita Hartouni**
Odet Makaradi
Hasmik Melkonyan
Shoushan Minassian**
Nune Mkrtchyan
Joulet Moushidian**
Armenuhi Muradyan
Arminouei Nazarian***
Lyudmila Omelchenko*
Greta Panossian
Karmen Sahraei
Nazik Sahraei
Anzhela Tadevosyan
REGISTERED NURSING
Anthony S. Andino**
Pierre Nabil Nazer Demian***
Henry Gabrielian
Yeghish Hacheryan**
Verjinia Karnik*
Garo Marmarian
Stuart F. Miller**
Mania Agadjanian**
Lucine Avedikian
Uma Ishwarya Bhaskara**
Karen Ann Caneday**
Donna Cortes De Guzman**
Leslie Anne F. Domingo**
Ruzanna Hambaryan**
Lily L. Hon**
Ronelia Maganis Manalang**
Jennifer Lynn Richardson**
John Randall Rutland**
Kevin James Walker**
REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL
RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Joseph Santiago Mendez**
REAL ESTATE
Stuart F. Miller**
Luis Alberto Noriega
Angela Simonians***
Yu-Shu Tseng**
RESTAURANT SUPERVISION
Shoko Kuwashima**
SPECIALIST IN ALCOHOL/DRUG
STUDIES
Arzi Abi-khalil**
Areen Baigoomian***
Elizabeth Rose Boehm**
Jason Lee Castro
Shawn Patel Goklaney**
Dalton Gudelmann
Belinda Higgs
Christine M. Kelly
Blair Arthur Lamb*
Mark Robert LaPointe**
Donald James McKetchnie**
Kemo D. Newsome
John Nathan Parker
Gilbert Arthur Persing
Mario Portillo
Andrew Martin Proctor
Zachary J. Scalice***
Kenneth Charles Selden**
Kathy Lynn Vandevort*
Martina Anne Wilson
Loesha Zeviar***
GRADUATION
CANDIDATES FOR
CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION
TELEVISION PRODUCTION VIDEOGRAPHY
Jason Ernest Aragon
TELEVISION PRODUCTION
-CORPORATE TELEVISION
Sue E. Mullan***
UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
Jose Emiliano Alzona*
Edwin Elias Lopez**
WEB GRAPHICS
Pamela S. Bond*
Susan May Kaye**
Isabel Regala Maramba*
WELDING, OCCUPATIONAL
(COMBINATION WELDER)
Kelly Domenic Podrebarac**
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THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION
By Gary Parker, Ph. D.
One of the most colorful parts of the commencement exercise is the academic procession, the opening
part of the time-honored and traditional ceremonies. The processional includes all of the participants of the
exercises, the graduating class, faculty, Board of Trustees, and participating guests.
The graduating class wears maroon gowns. The tassel of the cap is worn on the right and changed to
the left immediately after receiving the associate degree. Gold tassels are worn by students who are receiving their
Associate degrees while students who are being awarded their Certificates of Achievement wear maroon tassels.
The college’s faculty, which includes its instructors, counselors, and administrative staff, along with the
trustees and the program guests, wear gowns indicative of their academic rank. This part of the processional is
indeed one of the most awe-inspiring of all collegiate ceremonies.
The heritage of the cap and gown, with the colorful spectacle of the academic array, dates back to the
twelfth century and the establishment of the first universities in Europe. Although there have been many changes
in design and color, each individual gown with its rank is symbolic of achievement in a special field.
The Continental System, still used by England and the rest of Europe, allows a distinctive design and
color for each college and university. In the United States, however, a uniform intercollegiate Academic code has
been adopted. Nevertheless, there is a growing trend among major universities to follow the European tradition
and have unique gowns which incorporate the colors of the university, such as crimson gowns from Harvard,
light blue gowns from Yale, and dark blue gowns trimmed with gold from the University of California. The code
is a simple one, regulating the colors and materials to be used. Knowledge of a few of these rules permits the
viewer to understand the costume of any graduate of an American educational institution and know at once the
wearer’s degree, the field in which it was earned and possibly the college from which the degree was received.
Faculty gowns are divided into three groups, dependent upon the highest college degree earned by the
wearer. The bachelor’s gown is made of a black worsted material with long, pointed sleeves. The master’s gown
is either of black silk or wool and a has a long closed sleeve with an arc of a circle appearing near the bottom and
a slit, at elbow length, for the arm. The doctoral gown is usually black silk with full, round, open sleeves with
velvet rings. Some universities have their own doctoral gowns which correspond to the colors of the school.
The traditional black mortarboard-style cap is worn for all degrees, the only difference being the tassel. For
bachelor’s and master’s, the tassel is usually black, but occasionally it is the color of the velvet on the hood. The
doctoral tassel is gold.
The academic costume is set off by the most distinctive of all insignia, the hood. The hood is made
of a black material to match the gown and varies in length according to the degree: bachelor, three feet; master,
three and one-half feet; and doctorate, four feet. Each hood has a velvet edge of varying widths according to the
degree; two inches, three inches, and five inches respectively. The edging is carried around to the front of the
neck to form a neck band. The color of this velvet trim indicates the field or department of learning in which the
degree was earned. All hoods have silk lining of the official color or colors of the college or university conferring
the degree.
Following is a partial list of colors designated to represent the various areas of learning:
Arts and Letter………………………White
Medicine……………………….Green
Business Administration………….…..Drab
Nursing…………………...…..Apricot
Education……………………….Light Blue
Philosophy…………………Dark Blue
Engineering…………………………Orange
Physical Education……….Sage Green
Fine Art……………………………..Brown
Science……………….…Gold-Yellow
Law………………………………….Purple
Graduates who have achieved a 3.50 cumulative grade point average, and those who have earned
permanent membership in the Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, are identified by a gold stole.
To qualify for permanent membership in the Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, a student must
have either completed 60 units with a 3.50 grade-point average and one semester as a member of AGS or
completed 60 units with 3.25 grade-point average and two semesters as a member of AGS.
White stoles are worn by students in the Nursing program who are recognized for completing the
LVN or RN requirements.
Graduation Committee Coordinator
Graduate Line-up Coordinators
Dr. Paul Schlossman
Sharon Combs
Jon Gold & Physical Education Staff
Program Cover Design & Photography
Program Coordination
Aida Avanousian
Program Printing
Ford Graphics
Speaker Coordination
Dr. Paul Schlossman
Ann M. Simon
Graduate Coordination Stage Design
Aida Avanousian, Yvonne Quintero
Stage Construction & Coordination
Guido Girardi, Marco Navarro
GRADUATION
COMMENCEMENT Committees
Greg Parks
Facilities & Field Coordination Gus Rocha, Sylva Avedisian, Luis Avina, Aide Trejo, Alex Lopez, Cornelius Aubert,
Pastor Soto, Carlos Flores, Carlos Avalos,
Steven Garcia, Geber Pineda, Celia Flores,
Rosa Maldonado, Raul Yepez, Maria Mendoza, Ben Zavala, Juan Velasco
Sound Coordination
Brian Shurlow
Caps & Gowns Coordination Stephanie Snyder, Ani Goodbarian, Hbuk Bayer
Reception Coordination Tzoler Oukayan
Associated Students of Glendale Community College
Ushers Associated Students of Glendale Community College Public Safety & Parking Coordination
GCC Police Department
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Congratulations Class of 2009 from your Glendale Community College Alumni Association
Our best wishes go with you for success in your future endeavors. We are proud of all you have
accomplished at Glendale
Community College.
Please stay in touch throughout the years. To become a member of your Glendale College Alumni Association,
call the Alumni Office at (818) 240-1000 ext. 5201