Atlantic Cape Awards 186 Degrees To Cape May County Students

MAYS LANDING – Atlantic Cape Community College awarded 964 associate in arts, associate in science and associate in applied science degrees at the school’s 48th commencement, May 21. Of the total, 186 were awarded to Cape May County residents.
Freeholder and business owner Will Morey delivered the keynote address.
Dr. Peter L. Mora, Atlantic Cape president, presented an honorary associate in arts degree to Morey, president and CEO of The Morey Organization and co-chair of the Atlantic Cape Foundation’s major gifts campaign, Create Opportunity.
Stephen R. Dunn received the President’s Distinguished Alumni Award, which recognizes an Atlantic Cape graduate who has distinguished him or herself through professional, personal, public or community-based accomplishments. Dunn, of Atlantic City, was a member of the first Atlantic Cape class and had a distinguished career as scientific researcher at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Medical College.
Dennis Stacy of Northfield, treasurer of the Atlantic Cape Foundation Board of Trustees, received the President’s Distinguished Foundation Board Member Award, which recognizes a current or past member of the board who has demonstrated leadership, advocacy and support on behalf of the college and its students. He led the effort to develop the board’s investment policies and he oversees the financial health of the organization as the chair of the Foundation’s Finance Committee.
High Honors Student
High honors student Chad A. Murnaghan of Court House, who achieved a perfect 4.0 average, delivered the class farewell. Murnaghan earned an associate degree in accounting, returning to college after a 20-year career as a plumber.
He shared with graduates how Atlantic Cape helped give his life new direction after being laid off. “Atlantic Cape Community College’s motto states ‘Opportunity Starts Here,’ and this was true for me as this is my opportunity for a whole new path in life, as it is for each and every one of the graduates here today,” Murnaghan said. “I always dreamed of a college degree, and I couldn’t be more proud of myself, and my fellow classmates, as we go forth into the next chapter of our lives, now possessing the education needed to succeed in today’s world.”
Student Government Association President Mohamed B. Shawi of Egg Harbor Township, who will transfer to University of Central Florida, told the graduates: “Throughout my time here, like many of you, I faced difficulties, both educational and personal, but with every obstacle I faced I was fortunate enough to have a professor or an adviser that was there to help me overcome it.”
Israel Negron II of Hammonton was elected by the student body to serve as alumni representative to the college’s board of trustees, and was recognized.
Maria Ivette Torres, Board of Trustees chair, conferred and presented degrees to the graduates.
Graduates from Cape May County include:
Avalon
Samantha A. Baxter
Beesley’s Point
Stephanie M. Nichols
Belleplain
James D. Zarharchuck
Cape May
Heather Bailey
Christopher J. Brennan
Tyler Finley
John Freese
Pamela E. Gittle
Rebecca N. Hedum
Jennifer Hickok
Sara E. Kazemian
William T. Kocis, III
David S. Maguire
Cheyenne R. McKinney
Maria M. Nelson
Edward G. Snyder
Raffaella A. Soriano
Cape May Court House
Michael L. Bailey
Tamia R. Bey
Andrew Bongiovanni
Ian S. Borgo
Haley A. Bramble
Samantha M. Burkholder
Dario L. Colombo
Morgan N. Cox
De Vante Crews
Katherine R. Day
Linda K. DiLouie
Lewis Donofrio, III
Ronald A. Ernst
Ronald W. Fay, III
Franklin Flash, Jr.
Megan J. Fleck
Angelina Freese
William A. Fusco
Louis J. Harned
Ashley Lake
Ruth E. Maniscalco
Emily J. McAvoy
Shannon E. McGann
Shawn J. McHale
Caitlin A. McLaughlin
Melanie K. Mitt
Teresa D. Moyer
Chad A. Murnaghan
Megan V. Orlando
Katerina Pardalios
Joelyn R. Reardon
Nicole T. Robinson
Kasey J. Tomlin
Toni J. Torres
Dana M. Tyndall
Alexa G. Ventura
Alyssa N. Waldron
Samantha R. Yoast
Clermont
Jon P. Gansert, Jr.
Del Haven
Joseph M. Ignatovig, Jr.
Marissa Myers
Anthony Patrizi
William J. Woodring
Dennisville
Nicole C. Reed
Erma
Dennis R. McVay
Carl L. Roth
Andrew E. Schwartz
Green Creek
Maria K. Oslar
Marmora
Jessica M. Barlow-Getty
Calvin G. Gaddy
Mary F. Giordano
Tabitha A. Handelong
Danielle M. Jones
Ryan F. Ladd
Rachel A. McGettigan
Phillip A. Paterno
Kaitlyn B. Payne
Stephen G. Schaffer
North Cape May
Sharon Adams
Maria A. Biffoni
Susan Broderick
Kimberly A. Hannum
Paul C. Hope
Cassidie E. Howard
Michael V. Krieg
Kerri Lynn Marker
Meaghan A. Moore
Ryan C. Riess
Nathanael L. Rovira
North Wildwood
Galina V. Garkusha
William C. Jeffrey
James M. McNally
Kasey L. McNamee
Rachel H. Suchocki
Ocean City
Matthew P. Banks
Ciara S. Boyle
Perla E. Castro
Michael J. Daquila
Ashley E. Eiler
Geoffrey E. Ely
Edward J. Guischard
Mallory Q. Martin
Mackenzie K. McGuckin
Robyn Merz
Jacob Millevoi
Michael Pashuck
Diane Sellers
Christina M. Shiffler
Mikala R. Thomas
Travis L. Thompson
Christopher V. Vivarelli
James B. Wilde
Andrew Edmund Yhlen
Ocean View
Christopher P. Bossert
Therese A. Cifers
Jennifer A. Delellis
Natalia Fine
Jordan P. Huber
Ryann C. Jones
Mary Ellen Larosa
Renee’ C. LeBlanc
Seth A. Miller
Marion Y. Nagatsuka
Theresa A. Rock
Kristen L. Sherick
Joseph J. Torroni
Petersburg
Chris P. Baruffi
Christian J. Chadwick
Alex J. Costanzo
Patricia J. Hansen
Danielle F. Leroy
William D. Lokken
Patrick S. Reidy
Jason T. Stephens
Nadya D. Stephenson
Rio Grande
Mila T. Evans
Kaitlin A. Rodia
Sea Isle City
Brittany L. Ebert
Victor C. Faust, III
Rita M. Lythgoe
Kirsty M. Milano
Seaville
Wyatt I. Atwood
Alexandra R. Martino
Carol A. Olandt
Diane F. Perrin
Matthew C. Rinck
South Seaville
Molly Palmer
Stone Harbor
Melissa A. Perrotta
Tuckahoe
Stephanie L. Nelson
Alissa M. Petrella
Timothy J. Yamanaka
Villas
Kathryn R. Del Vecchio
Donna Lynn Flynn-Allen
Jessica L. Gaughan
Michael J. Giles
Heather Marie Hatala
Shawn A. Johnston
Joseph F. Klaszky
Alexander Myers
Cheyanne Ashley Pepe
Emma M. Price
Christa M. Rucci
Lurentine M. Salmon
Brian K. Schubert, Jr.
Mia S Snyder
Nikolay D. Zhelyazkov
Whitesboro
Jazmine A. Shepard-Mowatt
Wildwood
Joelmer Acevedo
Danielle L. Graves
Michael S. Greger
Krystsina Homan
Lorena M. Love
Aaron T. Markley
Melanie M. McCullough
Gladys E. Sepulveda
Jacob A. Zozzaro
Wildwood Crest
Brian F. Canetti
Matthew R. Capra
Suzanne M. Conine
Davita M. Ennals
Yahilyn Feliciano
Robert C. Matthews
Nicole J. Semick
Woodbine
Ryan J. Burke
Michael T. Cade
Ashley E. Carter
Dakota J. Lewis
Edgard Rivera
Veronica K. Williams