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NPC Confers 18 New Degrees And Certificates At Commencement

Alan Robinette receives the NPC All Star Award

National Park College (NPC) conferred 18 new degrees and certificates and announced a five percent increase in credentials earned by graduates this year. The College held spring commencement ceremonies at Bank OZK Arena Saturday, May 11.

NPC students earned 687 degrees and certificates NPC All Star Award winner, Alan Robinetteduring the 2018-2019 academic year, compared to 651 in 2017-2018. The College had a total of 410 graduates for fall and spring semesters. Summer graduates will not be conferred until August and are not included in these counts.

Several new degrees were conferred for the first time this year, including 15 new transfer degrees. New degrees included the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Law Enforcement Administration, Associate of Arts (AA) in Organizational Leadership, Associate of Science (AS) in Education – Middle Level Language Arts/Math, AS in Education – Middle Level Language Arts/Science, AS in Education – Middle Level Language Arts/Social Studies, AS in Education – Middle Level Math/Social Studies, AS in Education – Middle Level Science/Social Studies, Associate of Science in Liberal Arts & Sciences (ASLAS) – Addiction Studies, ASLAS – Art Education, ASLAS – Digital Art & Design, ASLAS – Geography, ASLAS – History, ASLAS – Nutrition, ASLAS – Psychology, ASLAS – Studio Art, Certificate of Proficiency (CP) in Basic Business Law, CP in Basic Business Management, and CP in Basic Business Principles.

Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Wade Derden said, “We have worked hard to build a culture of transfer on our campus and to create seamless pathways for students to complete a bachelor’s degree. It was rewarding to see our efforts culminate in these students’ success.”

Pictured is NPC honors graduate, Alan Robinette entering with the commencement processional. Robinette was selected to receive the Thomas and Rachel Spencer Spirit Award announced during the commencement ceremony. Alan was involved in Phi Theta Kappa, the NPC choir, and was a founding member of the Write Hawks. He began his Interdisciplinary Studies Degree at Henderson State University in January and plans to become a librarian. When asked what NPC means to him, Alan said, “At NPC, I found my purpose, my foundation, and my trajectory – I found myself. It hasn’t been easy, but it has been so much more than for what I bargained. And I know the best is yet to come.”

“This year’s commencement ceremony was special because we awarded a number of new degrees, we saw our first class of honors graduates, and our first class of athletes graduated. We have made strategic investments in programs aimed at increasing degree attainment and it is working. These decisions are helping more students earn a credential so they can improve the quality of life for their families and contribute to our local economy as they join the workforce and give back to the community,” said NPC President, Dr. John Hogan.

This year’s spring semester graduates include:

Alexander

Associate’s Degrees: Shambra Jones

Amity

Associate’s Degrees: Jacob Ray

Technical Certificates: Kevin Garner

Certificates of Proficiency: Kevin Garner, Jacob Ray

Arkadelphia

Associate’s Degrees: Khadijah Smith

Technical Certificates: James Hess, Bronson Still

Certificates of Proficiency: Steven Block, Khadijah Smith

Benton

Associate’s Degrees: Laney Allen, Alyssa Guffey, Dawnielle Hughes

Technical Certificates: Laney Allen, Abigail Cooper, Kelli Hunter, Jay Jones, James Tittle, Ashley Toney

Certificates of Proficiency: Alyssa Guffey, James Tittle

Bismarck

Associate’s Degrees: Beneda Belford-Loy, Carla Duke, Brittany McBay, Heather Miller, Jazzlan Rudd, Jillian Rudd, Sarah Smith, Christabel Stephens, Evalynn Walker

Technical Certificates: Megan Briggs, Lauren Cobb, Carla Duke, Brittany McBay, Sarah Smith, Evalynn Walker

Certificates of Proficiency: Beneda Belford-Loy, Paul Hopps, Heather Miller

Bonnerdale

Associate’s Degrees: Kevin Brasfield, Virginia Pitts, Tina Graham

Technical Certificates: Kevin Brasfield, Heather Lovell

Certificates of Proficiency: Virginia Pitts

Bryant

Technical Certificates: Matthew Chrysler, Karia Daniel

Caddo Gap

Associate’s Degrees: Alexandrea Avila

Technical Certificates: Joshua Stone

Certificates of Proficiency: Alexandrea Avila, Nicholas Avila

Donaldson

Certificates of Proficiency: Zach Davidson

Fouke

Technical Certificates: Caleb Easley

Glenwood

Associate’s Degrees: Candace Coffman, Dawn Westgate

Technical Certificates: Shannon Bailey, Candace Coffman

Certificates of Proficiency: Julio Zavala Rodriguez

Gravette

Associate’s Degrees: Seth Duke

Certificates of Proficiency: Seth Duke

Hensley

Certificates of Proficiency: Kellie Koon

Hot Springs

Associate’s Degrees: Valerie Ables, Savannah Abbott, Kelsey Adkins, Kelsey Adkins, Ercie Allen, Shannon Allen, Donald Ansley, Angela Arnaud, Lacey Ashenberger, Desiree Baltazar, Araceli Barajas, Jeffery Barber, Starr Barron, Paige Baxter, Sydney Beasley, Jared Bickerstaff, Holly Blankenship, Jodie Blankenship, Demi Bratton Tana Breshears, Mallory Brewer, Ariel Bridges, Logan Buck, Maricela Bueno, Brenday Bynum, Lidia Camacho, Katy Carriger, Landon Carter, Adrienne CatlettAdrienne Catlett, Trista Cheney, Brandi Childers, Taylor Christian, Jodie Clark, Melinda Collins, Tabitha Crossley, Rami Crow, Reyna Darden, Jennifer Davidson, Austin Davis, Khloe Day, Cassie Dean, Jennifer Dees, Kristy Deloach, Kristen Dobbs, Michelle Doherty, Joseph Douglas, Alexandrea Drake, Jonathan DuFriend, Devin Dunbar, William Earner, Wesley Efird, Danielle Ezell, Alex Falconburg, Marisol Filares, Joshua Fitzgerald, Terra Ford, Jeremiah Gentry, Britney George, Jimmy Gidcomb, Sabrina Gregston, Jessica Griffin, Kevin Grundon, Molly Hale, Emily Hammer, Laura Harper, Nomie Haynes, Joshua Henry, Amy Herndon, Daniel Hoaglin, Caitlynn Hopper, Amber Huffman, Verona Humphreys, Ebony Jackson, Valerie Jacoby, Dillon Jennings, Jessica Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Joe Jones, Leslie Jones, Annie Jose, Maya Kewak, James King, Melissa Krafft, Anthony Larkin, Kimberly Lawrence, Alexis Leach, Melanie Lirova, Noah Lloyd, Aliyah Long, Cecilia Lopez, Lezly Luna, Dan Martin, Latisha Matlock, Micah Mattei, Taylor McElhaney, Kristi Merritt, Jeremy Miller, Marisa Mize, Latasha Moore, Paige Morphew, Rosa Muller-Freeman, Cody Mullins, Aaron Nagy, Matthew Neeper, Tiffany Newborn, Robin Newcomer, Emily Nylund, Faith Parish, Susan Patterson, Sara Payne, Joseph Pena, Amanda Pennington, Arianna Peret, Tyriana Person, Chuan Pham, Amanda Rardin, Quentin Rector, Mackenzie Reed, Brooklynn Richey, Morgan Rodriguez, Stephanie Roth, Samantha Rutherford, Barbara Saeler, Daniel Sams, Stacie Samuels, Trina Samuels, Tamra Schnidt, Jhonnie Scott, Michele Sexson, Lyndsey Shukers, Darian Sims, Kahdijah Smith, Lauren Smith, Krishna Sola, Jessica Speer, Alexander Spotswood, Victoria Stanley, Shawn Stapleton, Jeffery Stone, Elizabeth Strasemeier, Victoria Stuck, Chakelia Summerville, Tammy Sykes, Courtland Tate, Trinity Taylor, Andrea Theroux, Jacorei Thornton, Cody Tindell, Donaldo Tobar, Bionca Tolich, Iemima Toma, Kevin Uribes, Kimberly Vaughn, Jesse Venable, Hailey Wagner, Katie Wallace, Timothy Ward, Katlin Womble

Technical Certificates: Laura Alonso-Lopez, Amber Ashburn, Lacey Ashenberger, David Bird, Douglas Blevins, Amanda Bolton, Hayley Bowden, Logan Buck, Maricela Bueno, Christopher Burgett, Abigail Caldwell, Thomas Chapman, Jenni Clem, Nickolas Cockman, Anne Cockmon, Cory Cox, Jakeb Craig, Tabitha Crossley, Rami Crow, Austin Davis, Joshua Davis, Laurel Davis, Jennifer Dees, Kimberly Dempsey, Daniel Dowen, Alexandrea Drake, Layne Efird, Wesley Efird, Danielle Ezell, Kathy Fisk, Jose Frias, Jimmy Gidcomb, Taylor Greeson, Molly Hale, Emily Hamner, Javonia Henry, Christi Holmes, Stephanie Hughes, Dillon Jennings, Sarah Johnson, Destin Jones, Justin Lewis, Ahna Maksuti, Ricky Malliard, Diana Mata, Matthew Matheson, DeAnna Medlock, Marisa Mize, Jessica Moore, Rosa Muller-Freeman, Cody Mullins, Tiffany Newborn, Tatum O’Briant, Katelyn Ostrem, Rebecca Passmore, Arianna Peret, Carolina Pineda, Eva Ramirez Seguar, Precious Riley, Jonathan Robbins, Barbara Saeler, Daniel Sams, Michele Sexson, Terri Shappley, Lyndsey Shukers, Crystal Sibley, Raquel Smalling, Krishna Sola, Courtney Stepp, Denzel Stevenson, Jeffery Stone, Mary Stone, Shelby Story, Victoria Stuck, Tammy Sykes, Trinity Taylor, Andrea Theroux, Cody Tindell, Bionca Tolich, Clayton Trautmann, Kurstie Wesolowski, Katlin Womble, Haley Wootten, Kaylin Wootten, Marie Yomba Leumi, Kacee Young

Certificates of Proficiency: Valerie Ables, Angela Arnaud, Starr Barron, Dane Bearden, Lee Beaty, Holly Blankenship, Douglas Blevins, Daniel Bowen, Ruby Brawner, Bradley Burchfield, Lidia Camacho, Adrienne Adrienne Catlett, Thomas Chapman, Erin Collier, Melinda Collins, Hailee Cooper, MiKayla Curtis, Joseph Darden, Reyna Darden, Jennifer Davidson, Latisha Davis, Khloe Day, Jennifer Dees, Natalie DeWitt, Ian Dilick, Kristen Dobbs, Christian Edwards, Layne Efird, Jeffrey Estright, Ricky Everett, Alex Falconburg, Marisol Filares, Kiersten Free, Jose Frias, Jeremiah Gentry, Jarvis Hall, Bentley Hancock, Jesse Hancock, Laura Harper, Amy Herndon, Kandice Hicks, Jennifer Hodges, Ryan Horton, Charles Humphreys, Verona Humphreys, Ebony Jackson, Marcus Jackson, Zachary Jennings, Jessica Johnson, Leslie Jones, Annie Jose, Chloe Junkerman, James King, Laphonzo Kirkendoll, Erica Lambert, Alexis Leach, Justin Lewis, Aliyah Long, Cecilia Lopez, Michael Lowe, Dan Martin, Matthew Matheson, James Matlock, Latisha Matlock, Jean Mayfield, Brian McKinney, Emma McKnight, DeAnna Medlock, Kristi Merritt, Jeremy Miller, Marisa Mize, Jessica Morre, Latasha Moore, Colby Morgan, Austin Morphew, Paige Morphew, Cody Mullins, Matthew Neeper, Ashton Oglesby, Alexis Olaru, Alvaro Oseguera, Stephanie Ostrem, Dylan Padgett, Faith Parish, J’lan Pasley-Babb, Sara Payne, Doug Phillips, Tanner Poole, Amanda Rardin, Mackenzie Reed, Brooklynn Richey, Jonathan Robbins, Jazmin Rodriguez, Morgan Rodriguez, Stephanie Roth, Michael Russell II, Michael Santamaria, Callie Scott, Corey Seales, Kahdijah Smith, Krishna Sola, Denzel Stevenson, Elizabeth Strasemeier, Trinity Taylor, Nash Teague, Christian Tillman, Matthew Tims, Roderick Tracy, Darnell Underwood, Kimberly Vaughn, Jesse Venable, Sarah Virnig, Maxwell Wallace, Trenton Walsh, Brianna Ware, Megan Whitney, Brandon Wigley, Logan Willett, Karly Wolf

Hot Springs Village

Associate’s Degrees: Rachel Baughman, Stacy Blake, Marie Hall, Brenda Kassem, Claudia Kemp, Rebekah Lazalde, Hayley Odonnell, Mindy Overton, Beth Pelley, Alyssa Pierce, Meagon Porter, Taylor Shepherd, Jennifer Solano, Robert Wagstaff, Angelia Yates

Technical Certificates: Rachel Baughman, Jama Lopez, Mindy Overton, Beth Pelley, Charlie Scroggins, Taylor Shepherd, Christopher Tobin, Codi Tyler, Angelia Yates

Certificates of Proficiency: Robert Chapman, Kevin Collins, Jama Lopez, William McKinley, Hayley Odonnell, Alyssa Pierce, Kenton Polk, Christopher Tobin

Jessieville

Associate’s Degrees: Abigail Graves, Emily Graves, Christian Pickering

Certificates of Proficiency: Faith Bratton, Abigail Graves, Sidney Green, Daniel Morris, Christian Pickering, Cobie Stanfield

Kirby

Associate’s Degrees: Kelcie Harrison, Maddie White

Technical Certificates: Kelcie Harrison

Certificates of Proficiency: Gregory Shelby

Lonsdale

Associate’s Degrees: Alexander Abernathy, Katelyn Arnold, Mikaela Johnson, Raejan Russell

Technical Certificates: Katelyn Arnold, Mikaela Johnson, Raejan Russell

Certificates of Proficiency: Seth Fisher, Adrik Johnson

Mabelvale

Associate’s Degrees: Lakenya Scott

Malvern

Associate’s Degrees: Tyler Draper, Nikki Honey, Carli Nitch

Technical Certificates: Chrystal Jackson, Carli Nitch

Certificates of Proficiency: Tiffany Demoret, Tyler Draper, Joshua Lawrence

Mount Ida

Associate’s Degrees: Valerie Perez, Tyler Wray

Technical Certificates: Valerie Perez

Certificates of Proficiency: Neil Appleby

Mountain Pine

Associate’s Degrees: Kelly Currington, Chelsey Ditgen, Amanda Huggins, Nikki Perkins, Alan Robinette, Denisha Tice, Alice Womack

Technical Certificates: Chelsey Ditgen, Nikki Perkins, Denisha Tice

Certificates of Proficiency: Kelly Currington, Chelsey Ditgen, Summer Godwin, Joshua Shelton, Alice Womanck

Newhope

Technical Certificates: Colton Coffman

Norman

Associate’s Degrees: Isreal DeLaToba, Melody Hemberger

Technical Certificates: Melody Hemberger

Certificates of Proficiency: Shaun McCarty

North Little Rock

Technical Certificates: Paulina Jimenez Rivera

Pearcy

Associate’s Degrees: Melissa Cheresnick, David Davis Jr., Mary Foster, Skyler Fowler, Matthew Franklin, Benjamin Hornsby, Amy Horowitz, Laura Wynn, Karrissa Zuetlau

Technical Certificates: Skyler Checots, Matthew Franklin, Benjamin Hornsby, Angeline Marshall, Stacie Spikard, Cristapher Zuetlau

Certificates of Proficiency: Melissa Cheresnick, Roman Gay, Ethan Hoover, Amy Horowitz, Grace Payne, Haily Ware, Laura Wynn, Cristapher Zuetlau

Prattsville

Technical Certificates: Matthew Brewer

Prescott

Certificate of Proficiency: Allie Nix

Royal

Associate’s Degrees: Jennifer Arledge, David Caldwell, Ethan Cooper, Stephanie Driskill, Ethan Fox, Chelsea Schlautman, Ashli Willet, Amber Wilson

Technical Certificates: Ethan Cooper, Stephanie Driskill, Jessica Hays, Ashli Willet

Certificates of Proficiency: David Caldwell, Chelsea Schlautmann, Ashli Willet, Amber Wilson

Savannah

Associate’s Degrees: Kevin Bishop

Technical Certificates: Kevin Bishop

Traskwood

Associate’s Degrees: Brianna Golden

Tuckerman

Technical Certificates: Dylan Smith

Certificate of Proficiency: Dylan Smith