Among the Santa Paula residents who will be graduating on the 17th is Eva Zamudio, who says: “The enhancement of my family is what drives me forward and gives me more willpower. I have been through many obstacles, but I always manage to push on. All in one year I had so many medical problems. I overcame Bell’s Palsy, gallstones, kidney stones, being hit by a car, and giving birth to my new baby. All of these obstacles left me in bed for a few months but I managed to take three classes in the summer. My family tells me that I push myself too hard, but I can’t stop because I am too close to my dream of becoming a lawyer. No one in my family has received his or her A.A. degree and it makes me feel very proud because I know what I had to do to receive it. My mom, who died in 1998 of cancer, would be very proud of me because I am her only child to have graduated from high school, let alone community college. I know education is the key to the future and I am very determined to succeed.”For additional information, contact Alisa Sparkia Moore, Ventura College Public Information Officer, 654-6462 or asmoore@vcccd.net. Ms. Zamudio may be reached at 805-525-0460 (home), 805-654-6320 (work) 805-625-1158 (cell) or by email at eva_zamudio@yahoo.com.Santa Paula: Maria Alonso,Jose Luis Alvarez, Jr., Luis Arana, Juan Campos, Rafael Castillo, Jr., Elisette Y. Davila, Herlinda Delgadillo, Gisela Dominguez, Jennifer C. Flores, Sandra A. Franco, Robert Galvan, Marie Bernadette Garfio, Brenda Gomez, Wendy Graham, Jackson O. Grisales, Brian William Hernandez, Judith Jeracel Hernandez, Janet Herrera, Antonio H. Huante, Erika G. Hurtado, Leslie D. Isom, Rebecca Clare Kolbeck, Michael A. Lemos, Alejandro Magana, Ayde Magana, Nelly C. Magana, Karena N. Martinez, Carmen Moreno, Justin C. Morgan, Abel P. Mota, III, Katalina Navarro, Sandra M. Nieto, Jennifer L. Noe, Monica Raeleen Norris, Sergio Olivares, Jorge Ortega, Yvon M. Ortega, Jorge Paniagua, Mabel Ponce, Lisa Cathleen Reeder, Erin Reyes, Troi Ann Reynolds, Romelia Rosa Richman, Matthew Richman, Leticia Ruiz, Sara Ruiz, Cynthia Sandoval, Denise L. Schaefer, Kevin Sliger, Marcela Solis, Esther Tobias, Devin Toohey, Maria Conchita Torres, Luis Torres, Amanda H. Tovar, Lisa M. Valverde, Victor Vasquez, Miguel Vega, Eva J. Zamudio
Ventura College commencement May 17, 59 Santa Paulans to graduate
May 12, 2006
Santa Paula News
The Ventura College 76th Annual Commencement Ceremony will be held at the Athletic Event Center on the Ventura College Campus on Wednesday, May 17.
The Ventura College 76th Annual Commencement Ceremony will be held at the Athletic Event Center on the Ventura College Campus on Wednesday, May 17. More than 870 students are eligible to be recognized. The day’s events will include the traditional graduation breakfast, the processional ceremony, and a reception for the graduates and their families. Two sign-language interpreters will be utilized during the graduation ceremony, and an interpreter will be available upon request for the other events. The Commencement will be web cast at http://www.venturacollege.edu/events/graduation/.The annual graduation breakfast will start serving at 9:00 a.m. in the main dining room in the Campus Center. The breakfast is co-sponsored by the Ventura College Foundation and the Associated Students of Ventura College.Commencement begins at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Robin Calote, Ventura College President, will address the group. The Chair of the Ventura County Community College District Board of Trustees Mary Anne Rooney, the Chancellor of the Ventura Community College District, Dr. James M. Meznek, Academic Senate President Kathryn Schoenrock, Classified Senate Representative Robin Douglas, and Mr. Jeff Matt, outgoing president of the Associated Students of Ventura College will make brief remarks as well. Four professors will announce the graduates.The College President’s Office is hosting the post-ceremony reception for the graduates, their family, faculty and staff on the lawn behind Guthrie Hall, next to Central Campus Way, immediately after the ceremony.
