Editor's note: A listing of Purdue University graduates that ran Wednesday was incomplete. The following students also graduated in December from the university.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. | Purdue University awarded degrees to students during commencement ceremonies in December. Of the degrees presented, 1,980 were to undergraduates, 766 were to graduate students and 12 were to professional students. Local graduates included the following:
Bachelor degrees
Cedar Lake: Jaclyn Kienzle, liberal arts
Crown Point: Preksha Sheth, pharmacy; Ryne Wheatley, technology
DeMotte: Alan Koster, technology; Matthew Strong, technology
Dyer: Jennifer Hektoen, management; Gerald Kirby, liberal arts; Jorge Valdez, liberal arts
Gary: Phaedra Ellington, liberal arts; Oyegoke Kale, technology; Matthew McFarling, technology
Griffith: Carolyne Joseph, nuclear engineering; Lisa Stalbaum, liberal arts
Hammond: Tanye' Tyler, liberal arts
Hobart: Michael Schweighardt, liberal arts; Charles Shinneman, consumer and family sciences
Lowell: Lauren Sweet, consumer and family sciences
Michigan City: Mike Bannwart, liberal arts; Peter Guse, education; Joseph Kutch, science; Jennifer Rice, liberal arts
Munster: Shaunak Kothari, biomedical engineering; Lisa Penman, liberal arts; Hillary Van Dyke, liberal arts; Maxwell Ntiamoah, technology; John Vroom, liberal arts
Portage: Brett Arnold, technology
St. John: Brian Kozak, science
Schererville: Petar Lazarevic, industrial engineering; John Mackenzie, science; Sean Quinn, liberal arts
South Holland: Chiemeka Chuma-Okorafor, engineering
Valparaiso: Jennifer Booker, management; Steven Krawczyk Jr., science; Jill Murray, consumer and family sciences; Neal Niemeyer, consumer and family sciences
Associate degrees
Crown Point: Anthony Grantsaris
Lowell: Drew Peterson
Merrillville: Eric Guajardo, Paul Kurczynski
Michigan City: Paul Kieszkowski
Portage: Chad Fredericks
Schererville: Kristofer Brann
Valparaiso: Joshua Anson
Certificate
St. John: Brian Kozak, entrepreneurship and innovation
Valparaiso: Christopher Kerns, entrepreneurship and innovation
