Holland College holds June Graduation

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

(L-R) Joan Connell, member of the Holland College Board of Governors; Primary Care Paramedicine graduating student Allen Clements; Heidi Walsh-Bernardi, student speaker and graduating student from Human Services; and guest speaker Dr. Kinsey Smith

Charlottetown, PE - Students from Holland College's Child and Youth Care Worker, Early Childhood Care & Education, Human Services, Practical Nursing, Primary Care Paramedicine, Resident Care Worker, Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine Repair and Overhaul Technology, and Wind Turbine Technology programs graduated in a ceremony at the Delta Prince Edward Hotel recently. This graduation is one of seven the college held this year, with a total of more than 1,080 students receiving post-secondary credentials.

Heidi Walsh-Bernardi, a student graduating from Human Services spoke on behalf of the students, and guest speaker was Dr. Kinsey Smith, Professor Emeritus of McMaster University and chair of the Public Engagement Health PEI Board.

Following is a list of graduates as supplied by Holland College. Please note that where no home province is stated, the student is a resident of P.E.I.

HEALTH and COMMUNITY STUDIES DEPARTMENT
CHILD AND YOUTH CARE WORKER
Star Arbing, North Milton; Susan Mary Burleigh, Ellerslie; Morgan Callaghan-Rice, Charlottetown; Elaine D'Costa, Charlottetown; Ashley Doiron, Phil Gallant, Charlottetown; Jenna Glover, Central Bedeque; Mallory Hall, Miscouche; Stacey King-Bondt, Charlottetown; Abbey MacCormack, St Peter's Bay; Robert F. MacDonald, Vernon Bridge; Emma MacDougall, Charlottetown; Alex MacInnis, Charlottetown; Morgan Myers, Crapaud; Samantha Dawn Newman, Charlottetown; Sarah Quigley, Borden Carleton; Jody Bevin Raymond, Stratford; Katelyn M. Richardson, Charlottetown; Brenna Irene Kirsten Stewart, Charlottetown; Kirsten Walker, Charlottetown; Sarah Wedge, Summerside; Calle Weiss, Charlottetown.

EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION
Jessica Allen, Stratford; Shao-Ting Chang, Charlottetown; Deisha Doucette, St. Louis; Michelle Flanagan, Charlottetown; Amanda Fortin, Cornwall; Shannon Gallant **, Elmsdale; Ji Young Lee (Sandy Lee), Charlottetown; Reiner MacDonald, St. Catherines; Suzanne Mooney, Souris; Danielle Bonnie-Ann Redmond, Charlottetown; Bethany Robichaud, Stratford; Ying Song, Charlottetown; Ashleigh Marie Dawne Stead, Cardigan.
**Recipient of the Margaret McCain "Putting Knowledge into Action" Scholarship

HUMAN SERVICES
Angela Raye Beals, Charlottetown; Caleigh Ann Burhoe Belfast; Mary-Irene Campbell, Souris; Norah Elizabeth Clement, Souris; Karen Clow, Nine Mile Creek; Debra Lynn Court, Hunter River; Ashley Dawson, Ellerslie; Ronald Deighan, Summerside; Julie Dykeman-Vessey, Charlottetown; Chris Gallant, Summerside; Kathy Jenkins, Stratford; Tory-Ann Johnston, Cardigan; Kerri-Anne Keefe, Summerside; Kassey LeClair, Charlottetown; Maddison Lombard, Fredericton, N.B.; John MacAllar, Warren Grove; Alysha Theresa Macleod, Summerside; Kendra MacDonald, Charlottetown; Renee McCormack, Souris; Michael Robert Moors, Halifax, N.S.; Jenna Nicholson, Hunter River; Erica Roche, Souris; Madalyn Smith, West Devon; Nathan Toombs, Charlottetown; Ceara Tremblett, Charlottetown; Heidi Walsh-Bernardi, Stratford.

PRACTICAL NURSING
Mattie Aitken, Souris; Sarah Avery, Guysborough, N.S.; Sherry L. Barlow, Miscouche; Krista Blaker, Souris; Kelsey Burke, St. Peter's Bay; Taylor Coles, Charlottetown; Kyra-Lynn Deschene, Summerside; Kendra Dollar, Charlottetown; Andrew Ellsworth, O'Leary; Heather Evelyn Hudson, Whitehorse, Yukon; Jessica Lea, Belfast; Katye MacEwen, Charlottetown; Shelley MacNeill, Stratford; Jessica McGrath, Covehead; Allison Luciano, Halifax, N.S.; Jennifer MacLean, West Devon; Melissa Munn, Charlottetown; Melanie Perrin, Charlottetown; Maxine Perry, Tignish; Lorraine Peterson Smith, Mount Herbert; Jacklyn Publicover, Charlottetown; Dawn Rafuse, Georgetown; Hailey Ramsay, Cornwall; Shalyn E. Sabine, Summerside; Rachael Sentner, O'Leary; Mary-Beth Smallwood, Stratford; Tara Anne Spencer, Charlottetown; Kayla Starling, Summerside; Joanne Yoston**, Cardigan.
** Recipient of the LPN Association Award for Academic Excellence

PRIMARY CARE PARAMEDICINE
Jennifer Aitkens, Summerside; Nathan Best, Brookfield; Andrew McAlister Gordon Bethune, Halifax, N.S.; Jane Bonnell *, Pouch Cove, N.L.; Sam Brown, Kensington; Chris Chandler, Charlottetown; Allen Trevor Clements, Stratford; Curtis Dicks, Vernon Bridge; Brooke Folland, Kensington; Eric Joseph Graham, Amherst, N.S.; Cody Blois Hambly, Stratford; Mitchell Eric Jay, Montague; Alex Lutes, Stratford; Tyler MacKay, Summerside; Matthew Mackin, Rothesay, N.B.; Matt MacLean, Sydney, N.S.; Katie McKenna, Charlottetown; Jenna Ann McKinley, Moncton, N.B.; Jason Munroe, Heatherton, N.S.; Mitchell Ronald Dillon Myers, St. Nicholas; Pete Phillips, Cape Traverse; Shanda Rae, Charlottetown; Anna Schoonhoven, Aylesford, N.S.; Luke Slysz, Charlottetown; Sarah Georgie E. Smith, St. John's, N.L.; Matthew William Whynot, Mahone Bay, N.S.
*Certificate of Participation

RESIDENT CARE WORKER - Charlottetown
Jocelyn Nadine Campbell, Summerside; Johnena Clow, Mt. Stewart; Ashley Crombie, North Rustico; Lara DeWolfe, Stratford; Barb Feehan, Mount Stewart; Nancy Fleming, Cardigan; Krista Gillis, Tracadie Cross; Melanie Ann Gillis, Marshfield; Cheryl Hodder, Summerside; Jonny Keoughan, Charlottetown; Capri LaPierre, Souris; Brittany LeBlanc, Florence, N.S.; Danielle MacDougall, Ellerslie; Courtney MacLean, Fairview; Shannon McKenna, Charlottetown; Jenna McQuaid, Bonshaw; Joanna Molyneaux, Cornwall; Rose-Ann Mugridge, Summerside; Kaitlyn Murchison, Charlottetown; Lisa Scantlebury, Clyde River; Jennika Taylor, Charlottetown; Debbie Yeo, O'Leary.

RESIDENT CARE WORKER - Souris
Timmy Carter, Souris; Stacy Cheverie, Souris; Elizabeth Clinton, Souris; Vanessa Clinton, Souris; Crystal Creamer, Souris; Helen Crossman, Montague; Carolyn Gallant, Souris; Holly Gallant, Souris; John Hughes, Cardigan; Bobbi Sue Keating, Souris; Becky McCarron, Montague; Stephanie McMahon, Souris; Jillian Nicholson, Montague; Betty O'Hanley, Souris.

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY and TRADES DEPARTMENT
AIRCRAFT GAS TURBINE ENGINE REPAIR & OVERHAUL TECHNOLOGY
Josh Darrach, Tyne Valley; Jian Ping Feng, Summerside; Jason Howell, Wilmot Valley; Justin A. Redmond, Charlottetown; Matthew Scott, Cornwall; Simon Van Wiechen, Montague.

WIND TURBINE TECHNOLOGY
C. J. Arsenault, Cornwall; Corey Archibald Blois, Dutch Settlement, N.S.; Robert French, Augustine Cove; Henry Gareth Griffiths, Summerside; Daniel Edward Hollett, Truro, N.S.; Coby Jake Jack, Port Bickerton, N.S.; Dennis Lewis, Lennox Island; Anthony MacPhee, Georgetown; Matthew Peppard, New Glasgow, N.S.; Johnny Serkeyn, London, Ont.; Nicholas James Edward Spicer, Port Williams, N.S.; Blake Towers, Eastern Passage, N.S.; Stephen Yard, Vancouver, B.C.

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