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More Than 40 Ferris State Student-Athletes Set To Receive Degrees This Weekend

More Than 40 Ferris State Student-Athletes Set To Receive Degrees This Weekend

Big Rapids, Mich. - More than 40 current and former Ferris State University student-athletes are expected to officially receive degrees as part of the 2016 spring commencement ceremonies to be held this weekend (May 6-7) at FSU's Jim Wink Arena.

All 43 student-athletes will receive degrees as spring or summer graduates at FSU. Approximately 2,400 students are eligible to graduate at commencement ceremonies for the Spring 2016 term. Of that group, approximately 1,750 students are expected to participate in five different Big Rapids campus ceremonies.

Commencement begins on Friday, May 6 with the College of Health Professions ceremony at 3:30 p.m. in Jim Wink Arena of the Ewigleben Sports Complex. The doors open at 2:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., ceremonies will be hosted for the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Doctorate in Community College Leadership. Pickard will address graduates at the 7 p.m. ceremony. The doors open at 6 p.m.

Ceremonies resume on Saturday, May 7. At 9 a.m. is commencement for the College of Business. Harrold will address COB graduates. Doors open at 8 a.m. At 12:30 p.m., a ceremony will be held for the College of Education and Human Services and the Michigan College of Optometry. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Finally, the 4 p.m. ceremony will be hosted for the College of Engineering Technology. CET graduates will be addressed by Hegbloom. Doors for the 4 p.m. ceremony open at 3 p.m.

More information on Ferris State's commencment ceremonies can be found at this link:
http://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/current/Commencement/index.html

Below is a list of the spring/summer student-athletes who will graduate:

Emily Carlson (Softball) -Doctor of Optometry graduating with Distinction

Brandon Cushman (Track/CC)-Doctor of Pharmacy graduating with High Distinction

Breann Ovokaitys (Track/CC)- Doctor of Pharmacy

Brett Allpow (Track/CC)- Associate in Applied Science, Welding Technology graduating with Cum Laude

Brandon Anselmini (Hockey)-B.S. Construction Management graduating Cum Laude

Kenny Babinski (Hockey)-B.S. Construction Management graduating Cum Laude

Michael Bloom (Football) – Associate in Applied Science, Welding Technology

Kahlil Bolling (Football)- B.S. Marketing Graduating Cum Laude

James Chappell (M Basketball)- B.S. Criminal Justice—Corrections

Daniel Chilcote (M Basketball)- B.s. Biology Pre Med graduating Cum Laude

Frank Colletti (Football)- B.S. Automotive Engineering Tech

Cody DeWitt (Football)- B.S. Automotive Engineering Technology

Simon Denis (Hockey)- B.S. Applied Speech Communication

Cody Dingeldey (Football) B. S Business Administration graduating Cum Laude

Zachary Dorer (Hockey) B.S. Finance

Danielle Dowd (Volleyball)- B.S Nursing graduating Magna Cum Laude

Alexis Garza (Soccer) B.S. Allied Health Science

Austin Grant (M Track/CC)- B.S. Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Emily Haynes (W Track/CC) B.S. Biology

Caroline Heitzman (Volleyball) B.S. Applied Speech Communication

Ben Hinamanu (Football) B.S. Marketing

Alexis Huntey (Volleyball/W Basketball) B.S. Marketing graduating Cum Laude

Nate Iveson (M Track/CC)-B.S. Product Design Engineering Technology

Kathleen Koomen (W Golf)-B.S. Marketing graduating Cum Laude

Damonta Madden (Football) B.S. Criminal Justice—Corrections

Olga Martinsone (W Tennis) B.S. Professional Tennis Management

Abigail Meirndorf (Soccer) B.S. Marketing graduating Magna Cum Laude

Gunner Myers (M Track/CC) Associates in Applied Science, Restaurant and Food Industry Management

Tyler Nunn (M Golf) B.S. PGA Golf Management

Sean O'Rourke (Hockey) B.S Business Administration/Legal Studies

Briana Raasio (W Track) Associates Applied Science Marketing

Jordan Roxas (Football) B.S Information Security and Intelligence graduating Magna Cum Laude

Lindsey Scott (Soccer) Associate Applied Science, Radiography

Casey Shauman (Soccer) B.S. Marketing graduating Cum Laude

Jared Stolicker (M Basketball) B. S Business Administration

Stacy Thompson (Softball) B.S Biology

Michelle Tononi (Softball) B.S. Elementary Education graduating Cum Laude

Megan VanderMeer (Volleyball) B.S. Technical and Professional Communication

Jake VanderKlok (Football) B.S. Health Care Systems Administration

Jenna Way (Volleyball) Associate in Applied Science, Dental Hygiene graduating Cum Laude

Ryan Wickstrom (M Track/CC) B.S. Business Administration

Charles Williams (Hockey) B.S Applied Speech Communication

Justin Zimmer (Football) B.S Integrative Studies graduating Magna Cum Laude