May 31, 1997 - 5:00pm
Malaspina University-College awarded baccalaureate degrees to 209 students on June 10. This is an increase of 75 students over last year.
Degrees were awarded in the following disciplines:
Bachelor of Arts-Child and Youth Care (24)
Bachelor of Arts-Liberal Studies (42)
Bachelor of Education-Elementary Curriculum (48)
Bachelor of Education-Elementary (20)
Bachelor of Arts-General (16)Bachelor of Science-Biology (14)
In addition, this year marked the first year that degrees were awarded in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, with 45 students receiving this degree. Students graduating with distinction are indicated with an asterisk; their hometowns are in brackets. Degrees were awarded as follows:
Bachelor of Arts-Child and Youth Care
Rebecca Bernst* (Thunder Bay)
Gregory Bedard (Chemainus)
Russell Carruthers (Nanaimo)
Lisa Chrietien (Nanaimo)
Yvonne Connelly (Duncan)
Cathy Coulson (Nanaimo)
Patti-Lee Edwards (Nanaimo)
Adrietta Joe (Duncan)
Brenda Krueger (Nanaimo)
Sarah Lee* (Nanaimo)
Karen McIntyre (Nanaimo)
Kristen McInnis (Nanaimo)
Tammy Mikula (Nanaimo)
Paula Munro (Nanaimo)
Bruce Orr (Nanaimo)
Louise Osmond* (Nanaimo)
Loretta Pankratz (Nanaimo)
Jennifer Ringdal* (Nanaimo)
Laurien Sandison* (Nanaimo)
Marie Scoretz (Nanaimo)
Jennifer Shade (Port Alberni)
Debbie Smith (Fort St. John)
Sharon Tarbit (Nanaimo)
Patricia Thomas (Chemainus)
Bachelor of Arts-General
Alexis Beaubier (Nanaimo)
Marcy Ann Boudreau (Nanaimo)
Mervyn Glen Bowden (Nanaimo)
Elaine Marjory Brown (Courtenay)
Jim Erkiletian (Gabriola Island)
John Gardiner (Nanaimo)
Andrea Colleen Marie Giesbrecht (Nanaimo)
Alexa Hoelscher* (Nanoose Bay)
Melissa Lynn James (Kamloops)
Sharon Elaine Kretz (Nanaimo)
Allison Cynthia Meade (Nanaimo)
Karen Elizabeth Miller (Nanaimo)
Melissa Rachel Wozney (Kitimat)
Janice Elizabeth Young* (Victoria)
Bachelor of Arts-Liberal Studies
Andrew Ross Bachelder* (Duncan)
David Gordon Beckett (Nanaimo)
Cynthia Ann Cantelon (Nanaimo)
Andrea Jean-Ann Cooper (Maple Ridge)
Janice Lynne Croft* (Nanaimo)
Michelle Elizabeth Crowley (Port Alberni)
Bonnie Lou Day* (Courtenay)
Claudia Irina Doering (Courtenay)
Kathleen Ann Duncanson (Nanaimo)
Jordie Paul Farrow (Nanaimo)
Corina Nicole Fitznar (Duncan)
Mary-Lynn Alice Gibbs* (Coombs)
Olena May Adela Gill* (Nanaimo)
Krista Lynn Graaten (Qualicum)
Marlene Sharron Hawkins (Duncan)
Serah Hutson* (Ladysmith)
Michael John Ingalls (Nanaimo)
Shawn Mallory Johnson* (Nanaimo)
Tara Dawn Keeping (Nanaimo)
Cindy Rae Klassen* (Port Alberni)
Jan Marcus Koeman (West Vancouver)
Tobin James Laughlin (Courtenay)
Stefan David Martin (Nanaimo)
Wade Shane Mayer (Courtenay)
Geraldine Hope McConkey* (Qualicum)
John Angus MacLeod Moffat (Ladysmith)
Sean Michael Morgan (Nanaimo)
Kimberley Anne Norman* (Qualicum Beach)
Trudy Yvonne Oitzl (Duncan)
Jodi Lynn Peckham (Courtenay)
Melissa Carol Pedersen (Comox)
Jacob Neil Rehlinger* (Qualicum Beach)
Donna Louise Reid (Nanaimo)
Carole Roy* (Nanaimo)
Katrina Babetta Selder (Duncan)
Jason Clark Shanks (Moose Jaw)
Tanya Violet Slingsby* (Nanaimo)
Earle Gewain Thompson (Duncan)
Donald Alfred Williams* (Victoria)
Edith Frances Wright (Nanaimo)
Mitchel Warren Wright (Courtenay)
Bachelor of Education (Elementary)
Brinder Kaur Bains (Duncan)
Manjit Mandy Dhillon (Duncan)
Nancy Hilda Gamlin (Delta)
Catharine Lee Anne Hayes (Nanaimo)
Monique Candace Horvath (Nanaimo)
Dawn Nichole Koinberg (Mill Bay)
Deborah Lee Laughlin-Burton (Skidegate, BC)
Kerri Lee Levelton (Nanaimo)
Kim Claudia Mason (Nanaimo)
Leslie Ann McCallum* (N. Vancouver)
Brent Lawrence McConnell (Nanaimo)
Nicole Michelle McDaid* (Nanaimo)
Connie Bertha Russell* (Nanaimo)
Mikael Richard Russell (Black Creek)
Alex Sheldan* (Vancouver)
David Stanley Stark (Nanaimo)
Catherine Dawn Tucker (Nanaimo)
Rachelle Hilary Warman (Courtenay)
Gillian Denise Wilson* (Nanoose)
John Travis Ian Wood (Comox)
Bachelor of Education (Elementary Curriculum)
Erica Lisa Black (Comox)
Eileen Valarie Blain (Nanaimo)
Rob Paul Bortolotto (Nanaimo)
Kimberly Dawn Briggs* (McKenzie)
Bruce Daryl Carlos (Kyoquot)
Sylvia Siu-Fong Chong* (Nanaimo)
Douglas Robert James David* (Nanaimo)
Michelle Rosalyn Davis (Lake Cowichan)
Alana Lynn Dillabaugh (Nanaimo)
Margot Jann Drake* (Honeymoon Bay)
Catherine Lynn Dresser (Victoria)
Laurie Diane Dyck (Nanaimo)
Michael Curtis Eyres (Nanaimo)
Christine Joy Farrant* (Woss)
Charlles Gregory Fox (Ladysmith)
Melanie Susanne Germain (Nanaimo)
Paramjit Kaur Gill (Nanaimo)
Wendy Jane Glover (Nanaimo)
Justin Ron Green (Nanaimo)
Leanne Joan Guizzo (Nanaimo)
Miranda Katherine Haughton (Nanaimo)
Mindy Marie Holman* (Nanaimo)
Sherry Lynne Hought (Nanaimo)
Jennifer Ann Jellema* (Masset)
Maritta Luz Kennedy (Port McNeill)
Bonny Nadine Kilkenny (Lantzville)
Jodi Evelyn Larsson (Nanaimo)
Tanis Marlene Lattanzio (Nanaimo)
William Kurt McBurney* (Cobble Hill)
Jacqueline Anne Meeds (Nanaimo)
Crystal Nicole Niskasari (Nanaimo)
Lisa Ellen Niziol (Shawnigan Lake)
Meghan Kathleen O'Brien (Port Alberni)
Carmen Margaret Odegaard (Duncan)
Dustin John Orser (Nanaimo)
Carie Noreen Perala (Nanaimo)
Emma Jane Philp (Nanaimo)
Lorne Kalvin Ratzlaff (Nanaimo)
Kary Lynne Rousell (Victoria)
Gaile Ann Sullivan (Nanoose Bay)
Sheila Dawn Thomas (Nanaimo)
Karen Lynne Tickell (Nanoose Bay)
Crysta Dawn Trask (Merville)
Lisa Marie Walda (Nanaimo)
Laura Dorothy Williams (Nanaimo)
Cheryl Maria Wilson* (Nanaimo)
Nicola Robyn Wood (Nanaimo)
Karen Elizabeth Woodley (Chemainus)
Bachelor of Science-Biology
Cassandra Athena Blandford (Courtenay)
Christy Leanne Falkenberg (Port Alberni)
Keith Hugh William Hall (Courtenay)
Shelley Fay Jepps* (Rocky Mountain House, Ab)
Michael James Wilson Johnston (Nanaimo)
Reziah Shirun Khan (Kitimat)
Blair Kynan McKnight (Powell River)
Gregory Allan Murray* (Nanaimo)
Christopher David Reed* (Nanaimo)
Merv Wayne Todd Unger* (Nanaimo)
Corey Marinus Vink (Nanaimo)
Christopher Michael Whipps* (Lantzville)
Tara Windley (Nanaimo)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Sharon Renee Bateman* (Nanaimo)
Nina Josephine Bhandari* (Duncan)
Alison Bird (Duncan)
Rea Bixby* (Nanaimo)
Tammy Y. Campbell (Calgary)
Nancy Verna Chief* (Nanaimo)
Carolyn Joy Clunas* (Nanaimo)
Laura Christine Connolly (Nanaimo)
DeAnne Curry (Nanaimo)
Shelley Curry* (Abbotsford)
Alex T. Dunkley* (Ottawa)
Theresa Lynn Evans (Nanaimo)
Trudine Excell* (Nanaimo)
Rachel Eytcheson (Nanaimo)
Louisa Fawdry (Ladysmith)
Sharon Fitzgerald* (Nanaimo)
Casey R. Gannon (Nanaimo)
Anne Caroline Gavey (Nanaimo)
Rita Margaret Gorosh* (Nanaimo)
Donna Lea Hawthornthwaite (Nanaimo)
Denise Marie Hinton (Nanaimo)
Lilie I. Honnige (Nanaimo)
Valerie Joan Jefferd (Inuvik, NWT)
Charlotte J.L. Keller (Nanaimo)
Maggie Kennedy* (Ladysmith)
Tamara Jane Lal (Nanaimo)
Barbara Marie Leach (Nanaimo)
Catharine Mary Mahnke (Creston)
Carrie J. Mansbridge (Courtenay)
Viola Theresa Marshall (Nanaimo)
Nicola McGuire* (Nanaimo)
Trina Lee McKay (Powell River)
Joanne Rochelle McMurray* (Port Alberni)
Patty Roann Meyerhoff* (Nanaimo)
Deena Nelson (Lake Cowichan)
Kari Lynn O'Hara* (Nanaimo)
Patricia Ann Partridge* (Duncan)
Vanessa Lynn Pearson (Ladysmith)
Tina Pereza* (Port Alberni)
Trang Thuy Pham (Nanaimo)
Marie Purtzki* (Nanaimo)
Darlene Heather Sharpe (Nanaimo)
Margie van Ingen* (Parksville)
Andrea June Walker (Nanaimo)
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