 April 26, 2002
This year more than a dozen students will participate in commencement exercises in Ketchikan. The commencement key note speaker is Phyllis Yetka. University of Alaska Board of Regents member Elsa Demeksa and University of Alaska Southeast Provost Roberta Stell will also attend the ceremony along with UAS Ketchikan faculty and campus director Karen Polley. Tracy Fierge and Sharyl Whitesides will both receive a certificate in accounting. Sharyl Whitesides will also receive a certificate in small business management. Deana Barajas, Karma Cobb, Cheryl Dewitt, April Thomas and Tasha Turner will all be receiving the Associate of Arts Degree in General Studies. Donald Borders, Darrel Davis and Nancy Jensen will receive the Associate of Applied Science Degree in Computer Information & Office Systems.Allen Isabell and Sharyl Whitesides will both receive the Associate of Applied Science Degree in Business Administration. Debra Kinerk and George Miller will both receive the Associate of Applied Science Degree in Human Services Technology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Stacie Haslett will receive the Bachelor of Education degree in Early Childhood Education and David Jones will receive the Bachelor of Liberal Arts. In addition to students receiving degrees, several other students will be recognized for accomplishing and successfully completing other programs provided at the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan. In the Fall 2001 Certified Nurses Assistant program, Nancy Fries-York, Kristina Hale, Theresa Howard, Marylee Scudero and Sara Vance successfully completed the 9 credit course. Students completing the four-semester Cisco Networking Program include Brian Borkowski, Leslie Chapel, Jess Freitag, Morgan Hein, Nancy Jensen, Chuck Mallott, Keith Martin, Kim Netling, Michael Noel, James Rossin, Kelly Spencer and Gerald Weston. Lawna Adams, Donald Borders, Darrel Davis and Nancy Jensen have also successfully completed the UAS Ketchikan Computer Information & Office Systems Department Certificate. Alan Bolima, Michael Daugherty, Paul Stroupe successfully completed the 15-credit AWS Welding Program in the Fall. Gerald Edenshaw successfully completed and received one welding certification and Jack T. Anderson successfully completed and received five certifications. In conjunction with Ketchikan General Hospital and Weber State University, six students successfully completed the one-year Licensed Practical Nursing program. They are Marina Hinkle, Kelly Price, Kristen Thompson, Kimberly Lockman, Stacy Steinmark and Jessica Verney. The University of Alaska S.E.
Ketchikan Campus provides a wide variety of educational courses
and programs to Ketchikan and the surrounding communities throughout
the year. Many course offerings are available via both locally
and through distance avenues including web-based, audio conference,
teleconference and satellite offerings. Through these offerings,
students can achieve certifications, associate, bachelor and
master degrees.
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