News Release

IWV, KRV, SK Campuses

CCCC Holds 32nd Commencement Exercises

Ridgecrest, CA – May 3, 2005

Cerro Coso Community College's 32nd Commencement Exercises are scheduled for Friday, May 13, 2005 at 6PM in the Raymond A. McCue Athletic Complex of the College's Indian Wells Valley Campus in Ridgecrest.

Cerro Coso will be honoring a class of approximately 240 eligible graduates from the IWV Campus in Ridgecrest, Kern River Valley Center in Lake Isabella, and the South Kern Center at Edwards Air Force Base.

The following students have been selected by the Academic Senate to address the graduates at commencement: Adam Auer (A.A. in General Education) and Annell Farris (A.A. in General Education) from the Indian Wells Valley Campus and Chad Adams (A.S. in Social Sciences) from the South Kern Campus.

Jocselyn Himes has been selected as the Alumni Association's Distinguished Commencement Speaker. Himes attended Cerro Coso Community College from 1990-1994. She then went on to the Kansas City Art Institute and graduated with a degree in Art History and Fiber in 1997. Since graduating, she has developed a body of work using several methods including Shibori, and a rust-printing technique. Clothing designers Bill Blass and Vera Wang have purchased her fabric designs for use in their clothing collections.

"Cerro Coso is very proud of its graduates, and we invite the public to join us in honoring their outstanding accomplishments," states Dr. Sharon K. Dyer, President Cerro Coso Community College."

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Handeland, Director of Facilities Development and Services (760) 384-6230