Lehigh Carbon Community College held its virtual commencement ceremony on Aug. 12, 2020, via YouTube.

Commencement recognized the more than 900 students who have earned associate degrees, certificates or diplomas from December 2019, May 2020 and August 2020.

Graduates had the opportunity to participate in the ceremony by submitting photos that were included in the prerecorded presentation. L

LCCC President Dr. Ann D. Bieber presided over the ceremony and offered the welcome and remarks.

Larissa M. Verta, vice president for academic services and student development, presented the candidates for graduation. In the absence of walking across a stage to receive their diploma, the names of all student graduates were included in the presentation. Peggy M. Heim, dean of student support and success, closed with remarks.

Graduates include:

Allentown: Nicholas Adams, Daniel Ajero, Jared Albright, Joandy AlejoGarcia, Chloe Altschuler, Franca Anabui, Shekinah Anderson, Landon Annoni, Blake Anthony, Maria Araya, Franklina Arias, Zachary Arruda, Diana Attalla, cum laude, Shannon Avila, Alexander Azar, Jephenie Baez, Audrey Baseheart, summa cum laude, Enas Bayoumy, Girianna Bazan, Adeniyi Bello, Luisa Benitez, Sr., Sheila Bennett, magna cum laude, Spencer Bernhard, Anna Bishop, summa cum laude, Christopher Bishop, Megan Bonsell, magna cum laude, Monica Brensinger, summa cum laude, Jose Brito, Oscar Burgos, Sr., Danielle Bussiere, Leslie Cainas, cum laude, Malik Camacho, Ivan Candelario, Feliz Cardenas, Aida Carmona, magna cum laude, Rebecca Carter, cum laude, Catherine Castellan, Shawn Celestin, Luis Chauca, Sabrina Clarke, Karina Colfe, magna cum laude, Evan Colon, cum laude, Melissa Conley, Delto Contreras, Christian Cordova, Jesalyn Cruz-Olivera, cum laude, Leilany Cuellar, John Czonstka, Michael D’Alessandro, Jr., cum laude, Claudia DeLosSantos, Nicholyeliz DelgadoReyes, Nadea Dundore, Rosie Duran, Brandon Durrick, Josue Edouard, Rebecca Edwards, Enes Ekinci, Abdelali Elhissen, Philip Elias, magna cum laude, Esteban Escobar, Jaribel Espinal, Keith Esposito, Cristi Estevez, magna cum laude, Norma Evans, James Fenstermaker, cum laude, Maggie Fenstermaker, Karen Fernandez, cum laude, Zuleyka Fernandez-Cuevas, Raquel FloresLopez, cum laude, Fernando Fontanez-Hein, Rachel Fridinger, Melissa Garay, Dayna Garcia, Elisabet Garcia, cum laude, Nicholas Garcia, Jr., cum laude, Jolanta Garhi, Deandre Garrison, Jared Gaudio, Alejandra Genao, Angy Gendy, cum laude, Iulia Gherasim, magna cum laude, Christopher Giannetta, magna cum laude, Nicholas Giannetta, Kara Gist, Alexander Gonzalez, Brigitte Gonzalez, Kayleen Gonzalez, Christian Gonzalez-Correa, Michael Goodness, magna cum laude, Alexandra Goslin, cum laude, Gabrielle Grafenberg, David Green, magna cum laude, Melanie Guilleard, cum laude, Kevin Gustafson, Miguel Guzman, Yasmin Guzman, Melisa Haring, magna cum laude, LaTanya Harris, Noelle Hart, magna cum laude, Andrew Hartigan, Marcie Hartman, Naomi Hawkins, cum laude, Leonard Hein, magna cum laude, Victoria Hertzog, Marcia Hill, Harrison Hinkle, cum laude, Brandon Hoffert, Ginger Hughes, Brieanna Jackson, Javid Jelkh, Itera Johnson, Zachary Johnson, Stephanie Jones-Shive, Alexandra Juarez, magna cum laude, Josefita Jusino, magna cum laude, Christina Kamel, Michael Kametler, Chad Kanishock, Kirandip Kaur, magna cum laude, Amanda Kay, Charade Kelly, Marisha Kelly, Gene Kleppinger III, Allison Koch, Michael Lachendro, Trevor Lanning, magna cum laude, Lisa Lasko, Marixsa Lebron, Jacob Lentz, Abigail Leonardo, Jael Lopez, Lilyan Lopez, Matthew Lopez, cum laude, Michele Lope, cum laude, Raquel Lopez, Xavier Lorde, Geraldine Luciano, cum laude, Leslie Luna, Conor Lydon, Mical Madera, Asraa Mahmud, Moses Maldonado, cum laude, Larisol Malena, Jose Marcial, Jacqueline Martinez, Maria Martinez, Melissa Martinez, Jahnyce Matos, Deirdre McAndrews, magna cum laude, Caitlin McCormick, Craig McNeill, Aurea McPherson, Bastian Medina, Tiffany Medina, Shamini Mehta, cum laude, Naomi Melendez, cum laude, Adam Mellinger, magna cum laude, Jocelyn Meyer, Elissa Meyers, magna cum laude, Roshaine Miller, Ryan Miller, Kirsten Mohry, Laura Montalvo, cum laude, Cristle Morales, Ian Morder, cum laude, Chelsea Morgan, cum laude, Deidrick Morgan, magna cum laude, Anthony Morris, Connie Moya, Charlotte Moyer, magna cum laude, Catherine Mumma, Elie Nassar, Olivia Navitsky, Desiree Nester, magna cum laude, Huong Nguyen, Samuel Nunez, Emily Nyce, Raymond Ocasio, Jr., Thalita Oliveira, magna cum laude, Anaceley Ortiz, Cynthia Ortiz, magna cum laude, Donny Ortiz, Derek Palmer, Dhruvil Patel, Claire Patterson, cum laude, Karla Perallon, cum laude, Joshua Peralta, Gabriel Perdue, Natalia Pereira Burgos, cum laude, Liz Perez, cum laude, Kimberly Pfingstl, cum laude, Kayla Piacquadio, cum laude, Shannon Piccone, Randy Pinto, Wisleidy Plasencia, cum laude, Marlene Pollock, Carmen Pomares, Daquan Qualls, Seth Rabold, Carlos Rebollar, Maryse Reppert, Olyvia Repyneck, Katelynn Rex, Samantha Richards, Ginger Rissmiller, Addin Rivera, Jose Rivera, magna cum laude, Lynette Rivera, Visellie Rivera Rodriguez, Mostafa Rmouz, magna cum laude, Anthony Rodriguez, Cassandra Rodriguez, cum laude, Sheila Rodriguez, Aaliyah Rodriguez-Pintos, Kathleen Rohrbach, cum laude, Matthew Rosa, Yamairis Rosa Rivera, Sara Rueda, Dilcia Ruiz Usma, Sr., Hector Sagastume, Yeny Salazar, Romio Salibi, Brandon Salter, Natalie Sams, Jocsan Sanchez, Jamie Santana, Yanira Santana, Marlley Santos, Nathan Sarara, Melanie Sassaman, Michael Sayegh, Michael Scebelo, Scott Schlegel, Jeyanna Shattah, Michelle Silkworth, Marsha Silverence, Gabriela Simerea, Erika Sinchi, Laura Smith, Jacob Snyder, cum laude, Halie Somogyi, Pedro Sosa, Tiffany Speer, Jeriko Styles, Terri Swingle, Nicole Sylvester, Kimberly Taskalos, cum laude, Jose Tavera-Morel, Karenlies Tejeda, Ian Thewlis, Tyonek Thompson, Christopher Torres, Denise Torres, magna cum laude, Angela Treese-Landis, summa cum laude, Leonie Tsen, magna cum laude, Karla Umanzor, Rossleidy Vargas, cum laude, Edison Vasquez, Brian Vidal Mendoza, Sarah Wagstaff, Austin Watson, cum laude, Alysia Wenzel, Spencer Werst, Nicholas Wertman, Austin Willever, Jaliliah Williams, Benjamin Woychowsky, magna cum laude, Henry Wytanis IV, Austin Yanders, Mark Yem, Mercy Yem, Karina Yunez, Briana Zielinski, Isabelle Zimmerman, cum laude and Yusuf Zohny.

Breinigsville: Md Ahmed, Ally Bernfeld, Morgan Coley, Justyna Drapala, April Garza, Gabriela Guerrero, Valerie Horvath, Tyler Laudenslager, Theresa Masonis, cum laude, and Aishwarya Singh.

Fogelsville: Dawson Hamershock, Jesse Hance, magna cum laude, Kyle Lin, Bradley Rex, cum laude, and Emily Tedesco.

Germansville: Jill Bortz, cum laude, Makayla Clymer, cum laude, Tina Corke, cum laude, Luke Daly, Meredith Handwerk, Cheyanne Hoffman, magna cum laude, Tyler Reinert, Stacy Santiago, summa cum laude, and Justin Solt, magna cum laude.

New Tripoli: Stephen Cebenko, Jr., cum laude, Lydia Danner, Shane Foley, Benjamin Hunsberger, Benjamin Latham, Herbert Shackleton III, cum laude, Akaash Shukla, Emily Strohl and Elaine Tagliamonti, cum laude.

Orefield: Halee Adams, Constance Baxter, summa cum laude, Audrey Clayton, cum laude, Emily Cole, Michael Hafer, Amanda Houser, Matthew Hyzinski, Michael LeBoeuf, Micah Marushak, cum laude, Asmaa Moore, Jean Munn, Calvin Panner, Lauren Pash, Kaylee Sam, Johanna Townsend, Shealin Weston, cum laude, Eva Wilson and Payton Zellers.

Schnecksville: Lisa Conte, summa cum laude, Ashley Dongvort, Evan Ehritz, Alexandria Geiger, Elizabeth George, John Handler, Mark Lang, Cody Leaman, cum laude, Joshua Neely, Emiliano Ramirez, Nicholas Smith, Gavin Snyder, Melanie Templeton, magna cum laude, April Tweed and Vadzim Zharnasek, cum laude.

Slatington: Jarrett Alexander, Tyler Alexander, Samantha Baumann, Christine Caban, cum laude, Alyxzandrya DeLong, cum laude, Danielle Doll, Kaytee Doll, Angelique Godown, Kristi Grabarits, magna cum laude, Sylecia Green, Nathan Guth, magna cum laude, Michael McKinney, Jr., Abigail Quigley, Ashlee Storm, Reid Szczepanski and Serra Thomason, magna cum laude.

Trexlertown: Samantha Clauser, Alexandria Maaser and Kristina Velasco, cum laude.

Walnutport: Andrea Bachman, magna cum laude, Samantha Lambert, Peter Ondrasik and Britani Pristash.

The following individuals received academic awards:

Climax Goulder Bealine Award, Constance Q. Baxter.

Rosemary Kradel, Mathematics Achievement Award, Tyler L. Laudenslager.

Professor William L.F. and Mrs. Mary Joan Schmehl Political Science Organization Alumni Award, Justin M. Solt.

Occupational Therapy Assistant Outstanding Student Award, Autumn H. Frey.

Occupational Therapy Assistant Student Association Award, Charlotte M. Moyer.

Occupational Therapy Assistant Student Scholarship Award, Kristen L. Hayward.

Lehigh County Medical Society Award for highest clinical experience course grades, Justyna Drapala.

Associate degree in Nursing, Faculty Recognition Award, Raymond F. Ocasio.

Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania - LCCC Chapter Service Award, Feliz L. Cardenas.

Wayne E. Kirker Award, Kory E. Prehl.

Distinction in Science Award, Trevor R. Lanning and Herbert T. Shackleton.

Computer Science Faculty Recognition Award, Deidrick Morgan.