North Lake College Commencement
June 13, 2020
Class of 2020
Making History
On behalf of the Board of Trustees for the Dallas County Community College District, congratulations on your graduation! During these unprecedented times there were no instruction manuals, yet you committed yourselves to your classes, stayed the course and achieved your dreams.
We want you to be ready for new jobs and new opportunities. We also want you to be prepared for change. You must be able to adapt to dynamic, real-life situations and each of you have proven that you can do just that during this pandemic. You are entering a tough job market, and you are tough too. We've instilled in you an "Education That Works," regardless of your next step in life - whether you are transferring to a university to continue your education or entering the workforce.
The District's colleges enroll students of all ages and from all walks of life. The students at our seven colleges reflect and represent our multifaceted communities. You, our graduates, are the reason for our existence and you are an integral part of the beautiful, diverse social fabric that is Dallas County.
Very soon, our seven colleges will become a single institution - Dallas College. You are the last class of students that will graduate from the seven individual colleges, and we are especially proud of this historymaking class of graduates. Your determination and grit to finish strong will be remembered for years to come. Congratulations!
“It doesn't matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success.”
When Mark started his door-to-door business selling garbage bags at age 12, the seed was planted for his long-term success. He later graduated from Indiana University, moved to Dallas and, following a dispute with his employer, Mark created MicroSolutions - a computer consulting service. He sold it in 1990 to CompuServe.
In 1995, Mark and one of his long-time friends came up with another business: an internet-based solution to listen to Hoosiers basketball games in Texas. In just four years Broadcast.com (then Audionet) sold to Yahoo for billions of dollars.
Mark is also heralded for his acquisition of the Dallas Mavericks in 2000. He oversaw the Mavs competing in the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, in 2006, and becoming NBA World Champions, in 2011.
Through The Mark Cuban Foundation, Mark gives back to the communities that promoted his success. The Foundation's AI Bootcamps Initiative hosts free trainings for low-income high schoolers. Mark also saved, and annually funds, the Dallas Saint Patrick's Day Parade - the largest parade in Dallas and a true city institution.
Program Agenda
Introduction to Virtual Commencement and Board Welcome
Wesley Jameson
Vice Chair, DCCCD Board of Trustees, District 5
Remarks to Graduation Candidates and Community
Dr. Joe D. May
DCCCD Chancellor
Guest Keynote Speaker
Mr. Mark Cuban
Dallas Mavericks Owner and Entrepreneur
President’s Remarks
Dr. Christa Slejko
North Lake College President
Student Speakers
Mhkeda Shillingford
Student Government Association President
Introduction of the Graduates
Dr. Christa Slejko
Presentation of Candidates for Graduation
Conferring of Degrees and Certificates
Dr. Christa Slejko
Closing Remarks
April Braden
President’s Scholar 2019-2020, Faculty History
Faculty Highlight Reel
Special Thanks
Honorable Clay Jenkins
Dallas County Judge
Khary Payton
Actor
Honorable Victoria Neave
Texas House Representative
Legend
(Vet) - Veteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
(MAT) - Mu Alpha Theta - Math National Honor Society
(NSCS) - National Society of Collegiate Scholars
(PTK) - Phi Theta Kappa - International Honor Society
(PB) - Psi Beta - National Honor Society in Psychology
(Emp) - North Lake College Employee
(SAGE) - SAGE Scholar
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE
- Yassir Abbas
- Elvys Aguilera
- Jonathan Aguirre
- Denise Ahern
- Abimbola Alagbado
- Sissel Marie Anderson
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Daniel Andrews
- Horace Ates
- Luis Barbosa
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or ReservistEmpNorth Lake College EmployeePTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Chris Beimer
- Aaron Bell
- Aaron Ordell Berrey
- Dipak Bhattarai
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Anukriti Bhola
- Daniel Ryan Bullard
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Brandon Bunger
- Jose Camarillo
- Jesus Carreno
- TyAndra Collier
- Cynthia Annelise Coronado Bravo
- Jonathan Cox
- Chris Dang
- Thao Dao
- Elsa Delgado
- Eduardo Denova
- Miranda Dewberry
- Stephanie Evette Edwards
- George Escobar
- Rashard Ewing
- Joshua J. Fairweather
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Tyler Fears
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Eliud Flores
- Lakirah Franklin
PBPsi Beta
- Moises Garcia
- Emily Garner
- Brenda Garza
- Francisco Garza
- Mykela Gavin
- Mariah Gobin
PTKPhi Theta KappaPBPsi Beta
- Maria De los Angeles Gomez
- Sergio Gonzalez
- Andrew Grambusch
- Jordan Hall
- Tareq Hamoodah
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- David Heffley
- Alvaro Hernandez
- Chris Holden
- Holly Howard
- Batool Hussain
- Gerri Jackson
- Cynthia Jeter
- Luis Jimenez Sr.
- Christon Jones
- Derin K. Joseph
- Elizabeth Kamratowski
PTKPhi Theta KappaMATMu Alpha ThetaSAGESAGE Scholar
- Rosemary Kelley
- Saraya Kingsley
- Jennifer Kirkley
- Nzuzi Kompany
- Flavio Landeros
- Hunter Lewis
- Tyrone Loyd
- Engobo Hilaire Mambe
- Matthew Alexander Martinez
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Oscar Martinez
- Rigoberto Martinez
- Aleah McDonough
- Miguel Meave
- Helen Medrano
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Ahmer Mian
- LaQuithia Minneweather
- Meryem Mohammed
- Julia Montiel
- Joseph H. Moussinga
- Patrick Neufville
- Jacob Daniel Nigreville
PTKPhi Theta KappaNSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Ejiroghene Olokpa
- Hammed Omotayo
- Juan Pale
- Alexis Patterson
- Lawrence Patterson
- Rosalind Peterson
- Mitchell Porter
- Oscar Ramirez
- D’Angelo Rankins
- Austin Reeves
- Londera Rhodes
- Cristobal Rios
- Israel Rodriguez
- David Ryan
- Andres Salas
- Dillon Sefah
- Rodney Shepherd
- Cheryl Smith
- Zarahi Solano-Orantes
- Sydney Spidell
MATMu Alpha Theta
- Robert Stockstill
- Robert Talbott
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Eunice Tejada
- Jose Tinoco
PBPsi Beta
- Rashad Trahan
- Tien Tran
- Erick Nkongolo Tshibambi
- Kimberly Tum
- David Valdovinos
- Riya Verma
- Kristi Vinson
- Ly Thi Truc Vo
- Krystle P. Walton
- Ann Marie Wang
- Glenda Whitaker
- Austin Wright
- Trevor D. Young
- Liliana Zoller
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS IN TEACHING
- Melinda Ammons
- Sarahi Castro
- MacKenzie Leigh Davis
- Heather Foster
- Katia Isela Gonzalez Marin
- Alissa Pearl Hossain
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Evanna Huynh
- Rubia Laurentino
EmpNorth Lake College Employee
- Cassia Liz
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Lauren Madden
- Paulina Ortiz Juarez
- Karina Maricela Polio
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Elba Romero
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
- Salam Abbadi
- Mariam Abdulla
- Khalisa Raihannah Abdussamad
- Samrawit Abebe
- Catherine Abienekpen
- Darlyn Abreu
- Diksha Acharya
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Milan Acharya
- Mausami Acharya Neupane
- Priscilla Acosta
- Ajay Adhikari
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Amit Adhikari
- Kabita Adhikari
- Sarana Adhikari
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Sushma Adhikari
- Princella Amansia Adiendze
- Opeyemi Olamiposi Aguda
- Brianna Aguilar
- Noah Alexander Aguilar
- Tyma Alabed
- Sara Aldabseh
- Aamir Ali
- Brianna Allison
- Adrian Allotey
- Alberto Almaguer
- Yelitza Alva
- Fernanda Guadalupe Alvarado Martinez
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Veronica Lised Alvarez
- Jonathan Anaya
- Bre’Yanna Anderson
- Cristian Arias
- Adaly Armijo
- Itzel Guadalupe Arredondo
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Roshni Aryal
- Shikha Aryal
- Ashley Carolina Arzate Mendoza
- Chalieta Audreylia
- Nimeh Yasser Awad
- Alyssa Ayala
- Chetana Bajracharya
- Brilyn Baker
- Fely Feliciano Balela
- Tabitha Banks
- Maria Elena Barboza Perez
- Puja Barun
- Patricia Bashobora
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Asmita Basnet
- Brian Becker
- Matthew Bemis
- Hira Bhandari
- Pabitra Bhandari
- Prakash Bhandari
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Samaya Narayan Bhari
- Prabodh Bhattarai
EmpNorth Lake College EmployeePBPsi BetaMATMu Alpha ThetaSAGESAGE Scholar
- Sujan Bhattarai
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Rujon Bhuju
- Emmanuel Bilolo
- Rakshya Bista
- Ram Bista
- Sushil Bista
- Pradeep BK
- Brittney Blake
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Brenda Blanco
- Sebastian Blanco Ruiz
- Naw Blessing
- Benjamin Bonilla
- Karen Bonilla
- Amy Boyd
- Desiree Brewer
- Alexander Brown
- Jdonald Brown
- Ta’Dreiona Brown
- Sanjay Budhathoki
- David Burnett
- Chase Michael Byars
- Karina Caballero
- Kevin Calderon
- Jose Cardenas
- Skylar E. Casey
- Michael Chambers
- Dinesh Prasad Chaulagain
- Praveen Chaulagain
- Roshan Chaulagain
- Nikhilesh Chhetri
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Rojina Chhetri
- Heman Chongbang Limbu
- Zia Choudhry
- Candace Cliff
- Annette Comer PBPsi Beta
- Pricilla Corona
- Amanda Coronado
- Brianna Correa
- Kimberly T. Correa
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Victoria Nicole Cortez
- Alen Cowles
NSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Natalie Crawford
- Maria A. Cruz
- Walter Cruz
- Tania Cuff
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Arzoo Dahal
- Diwakar Dahal
- Swikrit Dahal
- Sajani Dangal
- Haley Daniels
EmpNorth Lake College EmployeePTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Bijon Demings
- Edith Desantiago
- Samikshya Deuja
- Patrick Devaney
- Hari Devkota
- Kripa Devkota
- Ram Devkota
- Rupak Devkota
- Anamol Dhakal
- Chahana Dhakal
- Rupesh Dhakal
- Khem Dhami
- Magloire M. Diala
- Hiedy Marie Diaz
- Kerlin E. Diaz
- Shan Dickey
- Stacey Lynn Ditchley
- Raju Diwakar
- Karen Dobson
- Kasandra Dominguez
- Melissa Dongmo
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Morgan Dougherty
- Wissal Dumiati
- Aidan Duong
- Madison Dyer
- Nicholas Fairbanks
- Kashuf Fatima EmpNorth Lake College EmployeeNSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Caitlyn Feather
- Antonia Figueroa
- Alexandra Flores
- Anderson Flores
- Lilybett Flores
- Luis Felipe Flores Chavez
- Paris Fralin
- Riley Fuller
- Ananda Gaire
- Anjal Gajurel
- Alberto Jesus Galindez Gutierrez
- Monica Gallegos
- Gabriela Garcia
- Lesly Garcia
- Maricela Garcia
- Nancy Garcia
- Rodolfo Garcia
- Sanjay Gartaula
- Jesus Garza Munoz
- Denzil Gatsi
- Tatenda Gatsi
- Melinda Gauntt-Thompson
- Deepa Gautam
- Divya Gautam
- Ranjan Gautam
- Daisy Gaytan
- Surakshya GC
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Elizabeth Geis
- Aashish Ghimire
- Pratik Ghimire
- Rimisha Ghorsaini
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Melanie Gibbs-Fifield
- Alisha Giri
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Hintsa Girmay
- Reetu Gochhen
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- John Gomez
- Yamilet Gomez
- Diana Gonzales
- Shelby Goodner
- Claudia Govea
- Breanna Gracey
- Bryan Graciano Sanchez
- Michael Granados
- Ritika Guda
- Vanessa Yvette Guerra
- Vanessa Christina Guerrero
- Alisha Gurung
- Manoj Gurung
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Meghna Gurung
- Sagar Gurung
- Soni Gurung
- Sunil Gurung
- Darian Gutierrez
- Luis Gutierrez
- Betheny Gutierrez Martinez
- Zanavea Hall-Hillary
- Khem Hamal
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Omar Hamdan
- Addnin Haque
- Mahek Haque
- Tahiti Haque
- Ross Hargrove
- Dax Harris
- Michael Harris
- Yasmine Hart
- Zohaib Hassan
- DeAndre Hawkins
- D’Juana Haynes
- Fatima Hernandez
- Manuel Hernandez
- Esmeralda Herrera
- Jessica Hidrogo
- Salman Hirani
- Christopher Hollingsworth
- Christi Holt
- Holly Howard
- Sakriya Humagain
- Faizan Hussain
- Nisrine Idriss
- Furqan Iqbal
- Sunera Iqbal
- Henry Iraheta
- Claudia Iribarren
- Farhia Isak
- Deshawn Lamont Ivy Sr.
- Keacey James
- Jose Jaquez
- Sohiel Jasani
- Amira Jemie
- Rebecca Jeter
- Brenda Jimenez
- Ajelyn Bayani Johnson
- Jared Johnson
- Adreayn Jones
- Kamal Joshi
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Saurav Joshi
- Elizabeth Jurado
PBPsi Beta
- Asmita KC
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Sugam Kafle
- Bedi K. Kalombo
- Ankur Ricky Kamaria
- Nathan Kamba
- Grace Kang
- Dipendra Kaphle
- Prasiddha Karki
- Kamal Karkidholi
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Sanjay Katuwal
PTKPhi Theta KappaNSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Aaishma KC
- Samikshya Khadgi
EmpNorth Lake College Employee
- Pranisha Khadka
- Sushil Khadka
- Ilsa Khan
- Mohammad Manir Uzzaman Khan
- Moiz Khan
- Muhammad Khan
- Sajan Khanal
- Sandeep Khanal
- Saroj Khanal
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Subighya Khanal
- Kiran Khatri
- Roja Khatri
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Dana Khattab
- Aakarshan Khoju Shrestha
- Laetitia Kikongi
- Min Sun Kim
- Suhyun Kim
- Aman Koirala
- Sudip Koirala
- Ahmed Kotachi
- Arthmel Kouame
- Asmita Kunwar
EmpNorth Lake College EmployeePTKPhi Theta KappaPBPsi BetaSAGESAGE Scholar
- Nordia Laidley-Layne
NSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Milan Lama
- Semiu Lasisi
- Jennifer Lebon
- Jonathan Ntesa Lebube
NSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Michael Lee
- Yoel Lee
- Teresa Lizama
- Lourdes Lombard Cortes
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Gary Lopez
- Jesus Lopez
- Kaprianna Maria Lopez
- Kimberly Lopez
- Noemi Lopez
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Fredy Lovato
- Helen Lozano
- Phu Ly
- Kristin Lynch
- Jade Maylena Mabine
- Wilfried Mackita
- Karen Estefani Madrid
- Kabin Magar
- Shreya Maharjan
- Supriti Maharjan
- Al Wasee Mahmood
- Kevin Duy Mai
- Angela Main
- Ashish Mainali
- Surakshya Mainali
- Pradeep Makaju
PTKPhi Theta KappaNSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Gaynord D. Malele
- Prabesh Malla Thakuri
- Allison Danae Manriquez Galvan
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Francisco Marquez
NSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Yahaira Marquez
- Christopher Martinez
NSCSNational Society of Collegiate ScholarsMATMu Alpha Theta
- Gladys Nicole Martinez
- Paola Martinez
- Vanessa Martinez
- Eva Martinez
PBPsi BetaNSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Senaida Maria Martinez Gaona PBPsi Beta
- Fatema Marvi
PBPsi Beta
- Makayla Jae Mata
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Debra Meek
- Genesis Mejia
- Kristy Melton
- Yessi Membreno
- Dua Memon
- Christ Vie Dimoke Nkunga Menase
- Oscar Mendez
- Diego Mendoza
- Charity Merritt
- Cecil Miller
- Kayla Milliron
- Maha Minhaj
- Lenzy Mixon
- Sara Monsivais Torres
- Ana Montana Estrada
- Wendoline Morales-Perez
- Alisia Moreno
- Arturo J. Moreno
- Dorian Moreno
- Mariana Moreno
- Leovi Moreno-Vance
- Ibrahim Mosavi
- Mariam Moussa
- Aurelie Mukendi
- Elias WaMuludiki Muludiki Jr.
- Victor Muraya
- Jenniver MurrayNSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Kelvin Muse
- Amirah Mustafa
- Tahera Mustafa
- Christian Mvita
- Nsonta Mwewa
- Karina Najera
- Zain-ul-Abideen Nasir
- Flore Ndjibu
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Sanskriti Nepal
- Nicole Nephew
- Anjali Neupane
EmpNorth Lake College EmployeePTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Bipana Neupane
- Hari Neupane
- Ranjit Neupane
- Sophiya Neupane
- Moise Ngoy
- Bao T. Nguyen
- Chris Nguyen
- Jacqueline Nguyen
- Thu Nguyen
- Oscar Nieto
- Nicole Nixon
- Janet Njeri
- Mwamba Nkulu
- Yosselin Nolasco
- Agustina Novaco
- Doris Nyagah
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Bishnu Nyoupane
- Unia’sha A. O’Con
- Noel Odollo
- Madeline Isabel Ojeda
- Okikiola Solomon Ojeniyi
- Ruth Okate
- Rasak Oladipupo
- Adetunji James Oluwadoyn
- Cristine Olvera
- Emmanuel Oni
- Jorge Ordaz Juarez
- Fritzi Ortega-Rivera
- Nicholas Ortiz
- Ginger Lee Owens
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Rafael Padilla
- Patricia Ann Palos
- Erika Pande
- Samir Pandeya
- Anup Parajuli
- Rushma Parajuli
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Ashley Park
- Woo Park
- Kinjal Parmar
- Erica Parsee
- Bijal Patel
- Biren Patel
- Emily Jocelyn Patel
- Srujal Patel
- Tulsiben Patel
- Nishan Pathak
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Ashmita Paudel
- Asmita Paudel
- Monica Pena
- Benjamin Perez
- Edith Perez Cuarenta
- Stephanie Perez-Pantoja
- Ramsey Phillips
- Tavian Phillips
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Namrata Phuyal
- Prashant Phuyal
- Isaiah Shamar Pittman
EmpNorth Lake College EmployeePTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Yashaswi Pokharel
- Miranda Pompa
- Desiree Marie Ponce
- Anish Poudel
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Asmita Poudel
- Prajesh Poudel
- Rupak Poudel
- Karina Prado
- Alisha Prajapati
- Zhuxin Pu
- Efrain Puente
- Karen Puente
- Minh Ngoc Quach
- Humaira Quium
- Santa Rabina
- Gulsan Rai
- Rajiv Rajlawat
- Brenda Ramirez
- Itzuri Ramirez
- Rocio Ramirez
- Jenny G. Ramirez Figueroa
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Anita Rana
- Dibesh Rana
- Eva Ranjit
- Karuna Raut
- Viswasanthi Ravuri
- Satyika Rayamajhi
- Cari Reeves
- Reshma Regi
- Kamaldeep Regmi
- Raj Kumar Regmi
- Afsheen Rehmatullah
- Myrna Reyna
PBPsi Beta
- Kassie R. Rice
- Bishnu Rijal
- Kelly Rios
- Jacob Risch
- Jazmin Robles
- Jennifer Rocha
- Cinthya Rodriguez
- Emely Rodriguez
- Hector Rodriguez
- Rebecca Rodriguez
- Victor Rodriguez
- Jesus Rodriguez-Borrego
- Hannah Sophia Roybal
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Tinisha Rucker
- Sudeep Ruwali
- Stephanie Salas
- Cruzifer Salazar Perez
- Sanam Saleem
- Rasha Saleh
- Lizeth Salvador
- Maria Gabriela Sanchez
- Michelle Sanchez
- Viktoria Sandridge
- Natalia Santillana
- Claudia Santos
- Michelle Alejandra Sariles
- Carolina Sauceda
- Jessica Sauceda
- James Scarbrough
- Sarah Schretter
- Temitope Senbanjo
- Sara Seukunian
- Asad Shafique
- Hassan Shahid
PBPsi BetaSAGESAGE Scholar
- Anushikha Sharma
- Asmita Sharma
- Bikash Sharma
- Manjita Sharma
- Neha Sharma
- Yasmeen Zarifah Shaw
- Mohammad Sarif Sheikh
- Vishal Shekhawat
- Ryan Shepherd
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Ariana Shields
- Mhakeda Shillingford
PTKPhi Theta KappaSAGESAGE Scholar
- Adit Shrestha
- Anmol Shrestha
- Bhumika Shrestha
- Chanda Shrestha
- Era Shrestha
- Manisha Shrestha
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Nabin Shrestha
- Shreha Shrestha
- Shreya Shrestha
- Suyesh Shrestha
- Marlysa Silva
- Sameer Simkhada
- Rebecca Simpson
- LaTerrica Smith
- Luis Solano
- Abdoul-Aziz Songne
- Isabella Sosa
- Jasmine Soto
- Jonnalys Lorraine Soto
- Kimberly Soto
- Vignesh Soundararajan
- Stephanie Sprinkle
- Taylor Stephenson
- Choodamani Subedi
- Uttam Subedi
- Rabina Sunuwar
- Anuja Tamang
- Maya Tamang
PTKPhi Theta KappaSAGESAGE Scholar
- Nabin Tamang
- Suman Tamang
- Mary Tanner
- Wardah Tesire
- Anisha Thapa
- Pabita Thapa
- Rajshree Thapa
EmpNorth Lake College EmployeePTKPhi Theta KappaPBPsi BetaSAGESAGE Scholar
- Saurav Thapa
- Suruchi Thapa
- Rahul Thapa Magar
- Gabrielle Thomas
- D’Antiona Thompson
- Rodrigue Toko Tientcheu
- Samikshya Timilsena
- Sajina Tiwari
- Suja Tiwari
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Bang Tran
- Helen Tran
- Hong Quang Tran
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Kim Khanh Tran
- Nhi Tran
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Thong Tran
- Morgan Trent
- Herve Tshibamba
- Patricia Tshiliata
- Abhijit Tumbahangphe
- Diana Lili Turcios
- Eileen Marina Turcios
- Angie Arlene Turner
PTKPhi Theta KappaNSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Anuja Upadhyay
- Ishrat Upoma
- Sandra Uragu
- Mildred Urias Espino
- Uriel Uscanga
- Jocelin Uvalle
- Martin Angelo Valdez
- Joel Valstan
- Francisco Varas
- Paulo Vasquez
- Laura Vazquez
- Monica Vega-Muñoz
- Paloma Vela
- Paul Velasquez
- Nayely Velez
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Kimberly Vertiz Ramos
- Marcela Villalpando
- Rosa Delmis Villatoro
- Michelle Vu
- Suraj Wagle
- Guilaine Flora Wangap
- Jada Watkis
- Stacey Weaver
- Jordan Williams
- LaTasha Monique Williams
- Devin Wilson
- Jasmine R. Wilson
- Ramiah Woods
- Richard Woods
- Natasha Wrinkle
- Chitranjan Yadav
- Rajani Yonjan
- Ashish Yonzon
NSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Adriana Young
- Devin Young
- Hanaan Younus
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Muhammad Zeshan Yousuf
- Lucy Yuniwoh
- Rafsana Zaman
- Abraham Zepeda
- Koniza Grace Esther O. Zigre
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Clarissa Zuniga
CERTIFICATES
- Samahir Bedawi Abdulkadir
- Adebola Adeolayinka
- Rafae Agha
- Jorge Aguayo
- Jonathan Aguirre
- Sandrine Aka
- Abimbola Alagbado
- John Allison
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Alla Alshalal
- Noor Alshalal
- Georgia Alvarez
- Daniel Andrews
- Carlos Arredondo
- Jill Asibelua
- Sheniqua Austin
- Jennifer Ayala
- Edward Baffoe
- Miguel Banda
- Kebeh Baysah
- Chris Beimer
- Wyatt Bell
- Oladapo Benson
- Brian Bentley
- Aaron Ordell Berrey
- Dipak Bhattarai
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Curtis Black
- Dalia Blell
- Fernando Bonilla Jr.
- Jorge Borunda
- Juan Bravo
- Christina Brookins
- Lavern Brown
- Patrick Brown
- Angela Nicole Bryant NSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Daniel Ryan Bullard
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Rebecca Burcham
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Daniel Burgos
- Josue Bustamante
- Jonas Butler
- Mark Cabrera
- Jose Camarillo
- JJ Canchica
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Heather Cano
- Frederick Capers
- Elva Carranco
- Jesus Carreno
- Brenda Chance
- Kelly Chapman
- James Chiramel
- Raymond Cifaldi
- TyAndra Collier
- Bryan Contreras
- Cynthia Annelise Coronado Bravo
- Kym Crisp
- Eliceo Cruz-Gutierrez
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Celia Cruz-Young
- Chris Dang
- Brietta Dawkins
- Jasmine Desquare
- Alexis Diaz
- Tiffany M. Doakes
- Larry Duong
- Stephanie Evette Edwards
- Joseph El-Dabaghi
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Cameron Ermish
- Joe Errisuriz
- Franklyn Escobar
- George Escobar
- Rashard Ewing
- Roger Ewing
- Joshua J. Fairweather
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Keisha Farrington
- Joshua Faust
- Luis Felipe Flores Chavez
- Hero Glen Floro
- Staci Foley
- Jeffrey Forsyth
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Lakirah Franklin
PBPsi Beta
- Paola Gallegos
- Cindy Garcia
- Emily Garner
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Mykela Gavin
- Genevieve Gibson
- Guy James Gigundjueto
- Mariah Gobin
PTKPhi Theta KappaPBPsi Beta
- Armando Gonzalez
- Lettie Gonzalez
NSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Martha Gonzalez
- Nora Gonzalez
- Sergio Gonzalez
- Andrew Grambusch
- Tareq Hamoodah
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Courtney A. Hancock Newsome, M.Ed.
EmpNorth Lake College Employee
- Nyla Henderson
- Victoria Henson
- Alvaro Hernandez
- Michael Hernandez
- Oscar Hernandez
- Yancy Hernandez Herrera
- Jordy Herrera
- Imranullah Hesarnaiee
- Janice Hicks
SAGESAGE Scholar
- Cynthia Hooks
- Shanna Housley
- Holly Howard
- Thomas Hunter
- Batool Hussain
- Gerri Jackson
- Najwan Jawad Jalal
- Cynthia Jeter
- Francisco Jimenez
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Luis Jimenez Sr.
- Ronnie Johnson
- Christon Jones
- Franklin Jones
- Junedale Jones
- Derin K. Joseph
- Lorina Juc
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Alicia Junaid
- Siby Kalloor
- Elizabeth Kamratowski
PTKPhi Theta KappaMATMu Alpha ThetaSAGESAGE Scholar
- Victor Kanardy
- Sachendra Karmacharya
- Nathan Keesee
- Luke Keeton
- Rosemary Kelley
- Tereka Kelly
- Alisha Keys
- Ronald Kidwell
- Marcus Kilgore
- Saraya Kingsley
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Jennifer Kirkley
- Jennie Klock
- Tony Kottaridis
- Paul Koutoua
- David Kramer
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Jose Lara
- Catherine Lee
- Hunter Lewis
- Spencer Lewis
- Jing Liu
- Enrique Loayza
- Bailey Lohse
- Danielson Lord
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Tyrone Loyd
- Son Luu
- Lenine Marques
- Matthew Alexander Martinez
- Oscar Martinez
- Aleah McDonough
- Milan McGowan
- Marielle McGregor
- Sylvia McPherson
- Gabriel Medina
- Jeffery Medina
- Helen Medrano
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Eddie Michael Jr.
- Sherrie Miles
- Skye Miller
- LaQuithia Minneweather
- Meryem Mohammed
- Derek Moncrief
- Jeremy Monsey
- Mary Moreno
- Esequiel Morin
- Shelby LeVell Morris
- Candace Morrish
- Max Moses
- Marcel Muamba
- James Murry
- Allison Nelson
- Keshav Neupane
- Lettis Ngoe
- Moise Ngoy
- Jacob Daniel Nigreville
PTKPhi Theta KappaNSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Derrick Noble
- Yunuel Northrop
- Andrew Nyland
- Eden Ocean
- Arnold Olivarez
- Stevie Ray Olivarez
- Lorenzo Openito
- Ruben Oretega
- Jacob Ornelas
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Gabriel Ortiz Hernandez
- Dinesh Pandya
- Surya Paneru
- Chandni Patel
- Jonathan Perez
- Thelwray Perry
- Rosalind Peterson
- Owen Pierce
- LaToya Plater
- De’Andrae Polk
- Mitchell Porter
- Maria Prado
- Leslie Price
- Anup Pyakurel
- Arcelis Vanessa Quintero
- Brian Quintero
- Alex Ramirez
- Oscar Ramirez
- Guillermo Ramos
- Orlando Rangel
- Ashley Reeves
- Austin Reeves
- Brendan Rex
- Jesus Rico
- Jose Rivas Gamez
- Iris Rivera-González
- Kristen Robinson
- Victor Rodgers
- Erasmo Rodriguez
- Emilio Rosales
- David Ryan
- Omar Saavedra
- Clara Saenz
- Andres Salas
- Everard Salazar
- Victoriana Sanchez
- Paulla Sandoval
- Michael Santayana
- Olga Santiago
NSCSNational Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Oscar Santos
- Bilal Sayed
- William Schabel
- Dillon Sefah
- Aaron Vega Serralde
- Muhammad Shafique
- Mary Alice Shaw
- Sarah Sheldon
- Rodney Shepherd
EmpNorth Lake College Employee
- Shan Ali Siddiqi
- Josue Silva
- Mauricio Silviano
- Cheryl Smith
- Marco Solis
- Jourdain Southerland
- Tyra Spain
- Paul Styrvoky
- Eric Tarver
- Kirsten Taylor
- Edwin Tinoco
- Rashad Trahan
- Charlie Tran
- Tien Tran
- Vicky Tran
- Erick Nkongolo Tshibambi
- Tamra Turnbo
- Lucero Elizabeth Umanzor
VetVeteran, Active Duty, or Reservist
- Matthew Vanderlaan
- Natalie Vargas
- Alicia Varner
- Frank Vasquez
- Mario Vasquez
- Ariel Velez
- Agustin Vera
- Riya Verma
- Kristi Vinson
- Katrina Wade-Miller
- Jeffrey Wafford
- Michael Wallace
- Ann Marie Wang
- Richard Welch
- Natalie Williams
EmpNorth Lake College Employee
- Tania Wittgenfeld
- Nathaniel Woodham
- Liva Yalong
- Trevor D. Young
- Liliana Zoller
SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- Adebola Adeolayinka
- Sheye A. Alabi
- Ebrahim Aldamari
- Wyatt Bell
- Oladapo Benson
- Thomas Botts
- Robert Castillo
- Zia Choudhry
- Travis Chun
- Larry Duong
- Asra Fatima
- Joshua Faust
- Jared Fearn
- Abraham Garcia Chaparro
- Efriam Garza
- Guy James Gigundjueto
- Emmanuel Gonzalez
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Juan Gonzalez
PTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Eddie Granados
- Joshua Griffin
- Shakeel Hafeez
- Imranullah Hesarnaiee
- Wondmagegn Hillo
- Thomas Hunter
- Patrick Kamanda
PTKPhi Theta KappaMATMu Alpha ThetaSAGESAGE Scholar
- Sachendra Karmacharya
- Matthew Kelsch
EmpNorth Lake College EmployeePTKPhi Theta Kappa
- Paul Koutoua
- Shane Landrum
- Marcel Muamba
- Mudilo Mwamba
- Keshav Neupane
- Derrick Noble
- Patrickholmes Onyeogali
- Surya Paneru
- Robert Penuliar
- Oscar Sigaran
- Nathan Smith
- Ousmane Soro
- Yuvansundar Sundarapandian
- Joshua Terrell
- Michael Wallace
- Chalif Williams
- Derrick Wyatt
- Vestnar Yim
All hoods are lined with silk showing the official colors of the institution which conferred the degree, and all are trimmed in specified widths with velvet signifying the degree as follows:
- Accounting–drab
- Agriculture–maize
- Architecture–blue/violet
- Arts–white
- Business Administration/Education–drab Communication–crimson
- Counseling and Guidance–light blue Dentistry–lilac
- Divinity–scarlet
- Dramatic/Fine Arts–brown Economics–copper
- Education–light blue
- Engineering–orange
- English–white
- Government–peacock blue
- Health and Rehabilitation–sage green History–white
- Hygiene–sage green
- Industrial Arts–gold
- Journalism–crimson
- Law–purple
- Literature–white
- Library Science–lemon Mathematics–gold
- Medicine–kelly green
- Music–pink
- Nursing–apricot
- Pharmacy–olive
- Philosophy–gold
- Public Administration–peacock blue Public Health–salmon pink Science–gold
- Social Science/Service/Work–citron Sociology–white
- Speech–silver
Honors Recognition at Commencement
North Lake College recognizes graduates with certain academic honors by listing their names in the printed program with specific notations. The description of these notations can be found at the end of the list of graduate names.
Graduation Honor Cords
Honor cords are reserved for students who have achieved academic honor over the course of their time at North Lake College.
Graduation Stoles
A graduation or academic stole is a decorative vestment worn by students who are members of various organizations for the purpose of denoting outstanding achievements in academics.
Ornamentation
Alpha Beta Gamma
International Business Honor Society
Sapphire Blue Stoles
Mu Alpha Theta
Math National Honor Society
Blue and Gold Cord
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Gold Medallion w/Maroon and Gold Ribbon
Phi Theta Kappa
International Honor Society
Blue and Gold Cord and Gold Stoles
Psi Beta
National Honor Society in Psychology
Light Gold Stoles w/Blue Psi Beta Emblem
North Lake College SAGE Scholars
Green Cord
STEM Scholars
Yellow Cord
Student Leadership Institute
Purple Cord
Veterans
Red, White and Blue Cord
Welcome to the DCCCD Alumni Association
Stay Connected With Us!
Now that you are a graduate of the colleges of DCCCD, we want to keep you aware of the exciting things happening.
Update your contact info at:
alumni@dcccd.edu | 214-378-1573 |
www.foundation.dcccd.edu/alumni