Minnesota West announces candidates for graduation and 2021 commencement ceremonies

Minnesota West Community & Technical College will host multiple commencement ceremonies for students graduating this year. Due to COVID restrictions and to keep, our students, visitors, faculty and staff safe each graduate is limited to inviting two guests to their ceremony. Social distancing will be followed and masks are required. The commencement ceremonies are scheduled as below. All ceremonies will also be live streamed on the Minnesota West Facebook page at www.facebook.com/MinnesotaWest.

April 27 — Canby campus

• 2 p.m. Electrical and Wind graduates

• 3:30 p.m. Diesel Technology graduates

• 5 p.m. Dental Assistant, Liberal Arts, Other graduates

April 28 — Granite Falls campus

• 5:30 p.m. All programs

April 29 – Pipestone campus

• 1 p.m. All programs

April 29 — Luverne center

• 5 p.m. Graduation ceremony for all programs

April 30 — Worthington campus

• 10 a.m. Law Enforcement program and graduation (Minnesota West Center for Health and Wellness Gymnasium) 1 p.m. Liberal Arts graduation ceremony (Minnesota West Center for Health and Wellness Gymnasium)

• 3 p.m. All other programs graduation ceremony (Minnesota West Center for Health and Wellness Gymnasium)

Nursing pinning and graduation ceremonies 

May 4 — Worthington campus

• 2 p.m. Nursing pinning and graduation — Worthington, Center for Health and Wellness Gymnasium

May 5 — Granite Falls campus

• 10 a.m. Nursing pinning and graduation — Pipestone, Room 103

May 5 — Pipestone campus

• 3:30 p.m. Nursing pinning and graduation – Yellow Medicine East High School — gym 450 9th Avenue, Granite Falls. Use Espland gym doors on the north side of the building.

Local graduates include: Sunmisola Abimbola, Marshall; Maria Anderson, Porter; Grant Anseeuw, Canby; Heather Antony, Canby; Erica Arends, Canby; Austin Axford, Tracy; Maverick Beckmann, Slayton; Jonathon Bell, Marshall; Eden Bengtson, Slayton; Ashly Benson, Marshall; Tarah Bomgaars, Marshall; Veronica Bretado, Marshall; Heather Burnett, Walnut Grove; Joshua Byers, Westbrook; Marline Chelimo, Marshall; Ruth Chesire, Marshall; Briana Citrowske, Marshall; Wyatt Cooper, Walnut Grove; Kathleen DeSmet, Minneota; Heather Digre, Hendricks; Daphne Ellefsen, Lake Benton; Vanessa Erickson, Cottonwood; Cameron Faller, Clarkfield; Jennifer Flint, Tracy; Joseph Garvey, Marshall; Kenzie Gillow, Marshall; Stephanie Gomez-Filippi, Marshall; Melissa Grussing, Dawson; Nicholas Guerrero, Marshall; Courtney Hansen, Tyler; Katie Hansen, Hendricks; Stacy Hanson, Tracy; Dakota Haugen, Hanley Falls; Daneal Haupert, Lake Wilson; Jake Henckel, Canby; Lena Her, Marshall; Kailey Hinz, Wood Lake; Jayden Houselog, Holland; Christi Hubner, Holland; Caleb Johnson, Boyd; Hunter Johnson, Hazel Run; Lillie Johnson, Lake Benton; Sidney Karbo, Tracy; Briana Knott, Wabasso; Caren Kosgei, Marshall; Taryn Krog, Lake Benton; Touhoua Lee, Walnut Grove; Hallie Lingen, Balaton; Zoey Logan, Slayton; Kalia Lor, Walnut Grove; Noah Lusti, Granite Falls; Nicole Maher, Revere; Lexy Manderscheid, Lake Wilson; Jodene Mensink, Wood Lake; Krista Miller, Granite Falls; Moreen Moindi, Marshall; Victoria Muck, Slayton; Hilda Murrey, Marshall; Ashton Nelson, Ivanhoe; Joseph Odirih, Marshall; Elizabeth Olson, Canby; Jose Ornelas, Granite Falls; Samantha Peterson, Dawson; Tanner Peterson, Clarkfield; Rachel Popowski, Cottonwood; Amy Pressley, Slayton; Joshua Reese, Tyler; Christopher Robasse, Wabasso; Jesse Robertson, Cottonwood; Stephen Rolling, Tracy; Judaya Rubertus, Marshall; Fatimat Rufai, Marshall; Judith Sanchez, Tyler; Isaac Schmitt, Marshall; Andrew Scholl, Marshall; Sybil Schultz, Russell; Andrew Shultz, Clarkfield; Cassidy Skogen, Canby; Victoria Skorczewski, Ivanhoe; Kayla Smith, Ivanhoe; Tristan Sorensen, Ivanhoe; Taylor St. Pierre, Cottonwood; Adam Steensma, Slayton; Candace Stolp, Marshall; Hannah Swift, Russell; Brittney Thooft, Lake Benton; Tyler Timm, Marshall; Hailey VanEck, Slayton; Tyler Venekamp, Marshall; Jessica Verly, Ghent; Jeremy Warren, Marshall; Austin Wendinger, Slayton; Dale White, Marshall.