RAPID CITY, SD – Western Dakota Technical College (WDTC) celebrated top students during an Outstanding Graduates Banquet in the college’s Event Center on Friday, May 9. The banquet, an annual hallmark event, honored 22 exceptional students with the Outstanding Graduate Award for their respective programs.
Chosen by instructors for their outstanding academic achievements and exemplary organizational, communication, and leadership skills, these students represent the pinnacle of excellence at WDTC.
Programs, the outstanding graduates and their hometowns are as follows:
- Accounting – Sheron Schramm, Rapid City
- Advanced Emergency Medical Technician – Kara Howerter, Rapid City
- Architectural & Engineering Technology – Tia Guptill, Quinn
- Automotive Technology – Natalia Biehl, Belle Fourche
- Business and Technology – Kathryn Volk, Mc Laughlin
- Computer Science-Information Technology Specialist – Haley Elizabeth Erickson, Rapid City
- Dental Assisting – Kallie Flint, New Underwood
- Diesel Technology – Adam Norman Amiotte, Interior
- Electrical Trades – Erick Jeffery Shaw, Rapid City
- Environmental Engineering Technician – Taylor Bertsch, Rapid City
- Health Information Management – Amanda Lynne Kruse, Rapid City
- HVAC/R Technology – Trigg LaPlante, Rapid City
- Medical Laboratory Technician – Dawson LaVerne Johnson, Sturgis
- Paramedic – Hayden Grote, Box Elder
- Phlebotomy – Tawnee Harrison, Sturgis
- Practical Nursing – Mary Catherine Taylor, Rapid City
- Practical Nursing – Brenna Paige Yarbrough, Fort Worth, Texas
- Registered Nursing – Bailey Elizabeth Pearl Bierle, Hermosa
- Registered Nursing – Carol Alyce Matt, Rapid City
- Surgical Technology – Emily Thomas, Lead
- Welding and Fabrication – Ayseluna JoEllen Hockenbary, Belle Fourche
- Welding and Fabrication – Jaycee Lee Rhoden, Newell
Tiffany Howe, WDTC’s Vice President of Teaching and Learning, served as the banquet Emcee. Justin Jutting, WDTC’s Autonomous Equipment Technician Program Director and Assessment Coordinator, as well as a WDTC graduate, delivered the keynote address.
WDTC’s 57th Commencement Ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. in the Monument Ice Arena, on Sat., May 17.
