PRESS RELEASE
Date: January 26, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Heather Gilchrist
Phone: 419-627-8345
Email: hgilchrist@tri-state.edu
OBC HONORS GRADUATING CLASS
Sheffield Village, OH: On Saturday, January 23, 2010, the Sheffield Village campus of Ohio Business College held its Graduation Commencement Ceremony to honor graduates from the 2009 Summer and Fall Quarters. The 1:00pm ceremony was held at the Church on the Northcoast in Lorain where family and friends honored 105 graduates.
The ceremony opened with a welcome from Vice President, Rosanne Catella and an invocation given by graduate Gayle MacLean. The audience was addressed by guest speaker, Michael Stitts. Mr. Stitts is a Quality Assurance Analyst at Amtrust Bank, a division of New York Community Bank and a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. State Representative of the Ohio 57th District, Matt Lundy, assisted in the ceremony as the announcer. OBC graduates, Denise Amspaugh and Dawn Opperman were selected as speakers while the closing benediction was delivered by graduate Samantha Lacock.
Ohio Business College proudly recognizes the following graduates: Benny T. Adams III, Siera S. Allgood, Denise Michelle Amspaugh, Johnessa M. Anderson, Derolin M. Arredondo, Carrie Lynn Baehr, Stacey M. Barsan, Christy D. Beale-Donat, Lindsey Erin Belcher, Celia L. Bellman, Tamara L. Bliss, Megan F. Board, Marian S. Bradford, Catherine Brown, Pamela Brown, Kermetta Joyce Bryant, Erika La Nise Burgess, Lana M. Camacho, Angel Iesha Cannon, DW Capers III, Nicole L. Carmichael, Billy Ray Carté, Annette Carter, Brittany Brennel Chapman, Alexis Marie Charlton, Jennifer E. Clark, Sierra L. Clark, Tara Close, Morgan Clow, Alicia D. Cochran, Amanda M. Collins, Shai C. Cook, Yalesia Nicole Cooper, Tina M. Dedonno, Vickre R. Evans, Jacklin Daniel Forcier, Cherie Ford, Nicole L. Gannon, Angela Nicole Gibson, LaKeisha Charmaine Graham, Ingrid G. Grizzell, Stephanie Gunnoe, Annetta Hanna, Jennifer A. Hejnal, Andrea Sue Hicks, Nicolé Monique Howard, Vikki L. Hughes, Elizabeth Johnson, Jessica N. Johnson, Holly K. Jones, Theresa Ann Kovacs, Kelly T. Kroft, Samantha Marie Lacock, Christine R. Lane, Jamel Lee, Vera L. Libbey, Renee K. Lindberg Tiffany Ann Linden, Brooke Alica Little, Stephanie Regina Dominique Littlejohn, Gayle A. MacLean, Stephanie Sophia McCoy, Matthew W. McCraw, Shannon M. McGann, Stephanie Montalvo, Erika Paige Nail, Sara L. Nichols, Brenda L. Nunez, Meagan E. Oliver, Dawn N. Opperman, Raymond A. Ortiz, Renae A. Parsons, Katha A. Partin, Brittaney S. Pasenow, Andrea M. Pastor, Jennifer Peŕez, Tammy L. Phillip, Holly M. Pounders, Susan Quillen, Angela M. Radford, Jacqualynn Robinson, Zoraida Romero, Melissa A. Rossell, Ashley R. Rowe, Alyssa M. Sams, Tonya M. Sanders, Amber Lynn Schaefer, Whitney Tyler Simpson, Kayla LeeAnn Smith, Darla J. Snyder, Wendy A. Starks, Christine Anne Strimpel, Kristi L. Sumpter, Danna Marie Thacker, Kimberly Anne Thomas, Mary Tobicash, Ginette Torres, Kennith Earl Twitty Sr., Kelly A. VanDyke, Laura Marie VanDyke, Sandra Jean Wanner, Kimberly R. Wintersole, Jamey M. Worthen, Idreka Wright, and Kendra L. Wyatt.