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Kilgore College awards degrees, certificates

Kilgore College awarded 260 degrees and certificates Friday (May 9) to graduates at two ceremonies in Dodson Auditorium on the KC campus. At 5:30, the ceremony included 176 students receiving Associate of Applied Science and Certificates of Completion. At 8 p.m., Associate of Arts, Associate of Arts in Teaching and Associate of Science degrees were awarded to 84 students.

Jerry Long, D.D.S., was the speaker at both ceremonies. Long, a former KC student, graduated from the University of Texas Dental Branch-Houston and is currently a managing partner of D.D.S. Associates in Houston.

In 1998, Long was named “Texas Dentist of the Year” by the Texas Academy of General Dentistry. He is also an adjunct clinical associate professor at The University of Texas Dental Branch—Houston and served for several years as the Deputy Chief of Hospital Dentistry at The Methodist Hospital in Houston.

Local graduates included:

Big Sandy — Lisa A. Akins, Certificate of Completion; Micah P. Behr, Associate of Arts; Amy Lynn Bell, Associate of Arts; Maureen D. Faulkner, Certificate of Completion; Abby L. Roberts, Certificate of Completion; Marquita L. Strickland, Certificate of Completion;

Diana — Keelan A. Ford, Certificate of Completion, Keelan A. Ford, Associate of Applied Science; Amy E. Vick, Associate of Applied Science; Carol L. Wall, Associate of Applied Science;

Gilmer — Karen Allen, Certificate of Completion; Haydee Chesnut, Associate of Applied Science; Steven K. Crabtree, Sr., Certificate of Completion; Miranda L. Fatherree, Associate of Arts; Kathy R. Jones, Certificate of Completion; Brandi M. Jordon, Associate of Applied Science; Summer R. Medlin, Associate of Applied Science; Anthony Michael Melton, Associate of Arts; Jennifer Ann Nunley, Associate of Arts; F. Wayne Skinner, Associate of Applied Science; Jordan Stratton, Certificate of Completion; Bracy A. Sweat, Associate of Applied Science; Bracy A. Sweat, Certificate of Completion; Bracy A. Sweat, Associate of Science; Tina D. Villafuerte. Associate of Applied Science; Holley A. Warren, Certificate of Completion; Tyrell O. Waters, Associate of Arts;

Ore City — Craig S. Bell, Certificate of Completion; Kimberly Beekman Garcia, Associate of Applied Science.

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