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.
