FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Graduates from on- and off-post colleges and universities received their diplomas Aug. 9 at the Main Post Chapel, as Fort Leonard Wood’s Truman Army Education and Personnel Testing Center hosted its 39th Combined College Commencement Ceremony.
Opening the ceremony, Caitlin Beasley, director of Ozarks Technical Community College’s Waynesville and Fort Leonard Wood centers, said, “I know I speak for every college administrator, faculty member and graduate present today in expressing our gratitude to the United States Army for its longstanding support in making higher education available to our men and women in uniform, their families and members of the local communities at installations around the world.”
Also providing remarks at the ceremony was Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge Arzabala.
“Our mission on this installation is clear — leave better than you arrived and Be All You Can Be,” Arzabala said. “These individuals have committed themselves to making themselves better.”
The student speaker at the event was Capt. Thomas Robbins, commander of Headquarter and Headquarters Company of the 14th Military Police Brigade. He was there to accept his master’s degree in business and organizational security management.
In his speech, he thanked loved ones and school faculty for never letting him give up, no matter how busy he was with his Army duties.
“Most of the graduates before you are not traditional college students,” Robbins said. “I challenge all my fellow graduates to continue to be lifelong learners.”
More information on higher education opportunities on the installation can be found on the Fort Leonard Wood website.
Below is a list of this year’s graduates — including those who did not attend the ceremony — listed by school:
Columbia College
Tomella Earl, Angelica Hedgecock, Jordan Munn, Eric Mwaura, Savanna Rudloff, Thalia Steele, Navjeet Sunnar
Drury Global Online
MaKayla Asfaw, Vanessa Casiano, Brandy Elkins, Durso Gillespie Sr., Jermaine Gordon, Michael Grant, Walter Koon, Madison Picard, Macey Shelton, Tanya Sloan
Lincoln University Missouri
Lawren Baker, Maison Bramel, Nicole Decher, Joyce Deku, Jessica Franco, Isabella Fregoso, Haley Hand, Jasmine Holmquist, Kia Kemp, Whitney Kitchens, Emma Lopez, Carol Sparks McCord, Danielle McDonald, Katrina McMahon, Cleopatra Obeng, Elpidio Peralta, Kelly Scarbrough, Elaine Sekita, Stacy Smith, Victor Uwitonze,
Ozarks Technical Community College
Hassan Amjed, Katherine Ardaiz, Meghan Armistead, Nathan Bilz, Angie Brownfield, Kelcie Cole, Mariah Combs, Emily Crabtree, Chloe Cummins, Salena Figueroa, Carri Hall, Kaitlin Harry, Maci Holtsclaw, Chris Johnson, Clinton Johnson, Amanda Jones, Robert Jones, Sydney Kunnemann, Andrew Lacoe, Renee Logan, Jess Magnia, Nafissatou Massally, Ostyn Miriani, Jesus Olivas, Tyler Owens, Reyna Palomera, Keshea Parrish, Wilmarie Phillips-Hernandez, Gabriel Reichert, Andrew Richardson, Logan Sasseen, Briar Sayer, Wynesha Schumaker, Matthew Sutton Jr., Blake Teel, Joanne Telebrico, Jaden Thomas, Halle Timer, Jena Vergara, Meghan Weiss, Tyne Williams, Jason Young
Webster University
Dennis Ahn, Benjamin Armstrong, Savanna Aversa, Jaison Banks, Vincent Barronette, Jason Bell, Zachary Busenbark, Tavares Campbell, William Carter, Jacob Cook, William Courchesne, Roberto Cruz Jr., Jesus De La Torre, Drew Dunker, Jose Duran, Adeline Fuata, Pahhola Gonzalez, Casey Heairet, Gregororio Hernandez, Robert Holland Jr., Shaddrick Holt, Kalin Holyoak, James Huerth, Kolton Kares, Othello Karnuah, Christopher Kelleher, Keegan LeBleu, Kyle Lynch, Luis Mendez, Matthew Murphy, Alex Nikiforoff, Emmanuel Orosco, Donnita Patterson-Brown, Giovanna Preston, Joshua Rester, Nathan Richard, Jacob Rittenhouse, Thomas Robbins, Taylor Schilling, Jessica Schuyler, Charles Stone, D’Angela Thompson, Dustin Tracy, Bradley Watrous, Kristian Weaver, Josua Womack
American Military University
Edward Aduse-Poku, Tileesa Alven, Timothy Randall Crockett
Arkansas State University
Kaitlin Timmons
Coastline Community College
Jason Livan Leiva
Columbia Southern University
Kenneth Chefan
Concordia University Chicago
Kirstan Carpenter
Florida Gulf Coast University
Jayden Skye Patterson
Grand Canyon University
Ruben Rameriez
Liberty University
Yeismarie Calcano
Post University
Jacob Cody DiPietro
Saint Leo University
Matheus Azevedo
Strayer University
Sasha Gonzalez
University of Maryland Global Campus
Brian Carlo Bravante, Andres Rodriguez
Arkansas State University
Dr. Megan Titus
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