{"id":408940,"date":"2024-05-16T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=408940"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"361-Guam-Community-College-students-graduate-on-May-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/361-Guam-Community-College-students-graduate-on-May-17\/","title":{"rendered":"361 Guam Community College students graduate on May 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guam Community College will graduate 361 students on Friday, May 17, 2024 at 9am at the UOG Calvo Fieldhouse in Mangilao. Graduates include 53 adult high school, 47 apprenticeship, 220 associate of science, 56 associate of arts, and 65 certifications. The total count of graduates walking on Friday, 292. The total number of degrees and certificates conferred are 441.<\/p>\n<p>Most Distinguished &amp; Distinguished graduates<\/p>\n<p>The Most Distinguished and Distinguished awardees for Academic Year 2024 have been selected and will be recognized in Friday\u2019s ceremony. The Top 2 students are Most Distinguished Graduate Ireese Valencia, Associate of Science in Marketing and Distinguished Graduate Joriza Noelle Luzano, Associate of Science in Computer Science.<\/p>\n<p>Valencia graduate Top 20 in 2021 at Okkodo High School and received a Certificate of Mastery for her hard work in GCC\u2019s secondary Marketing program. Her parents are Rodrigo and Amor Valencia of Dededo. She is a devoted marketing student and embodies an unwavering passion for content creation and entrepreneurship. \u201cI thrive on overcoming challenges,\u201d Ms. Valencia said. \u201cI am constantly seeking opportunities to broaden my skill set and explore new horizons. Beyond my academic pursuits, I am driven by a vision to reshape the marketing landscape through captivating storytelling and innovative strategies,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Luzano is a 2021 graduate from George Washington High School and received a Certificate of Mastery in Nursing while at G.W.H.S. Her parents are Noel Samson and Karen Ann Luzano of Mangilao. Throughout her academic journey, she has honed fundamental skills such as leadership, creativity, perseverance, and adaptability alongside her peers to excel in her studies. \u201cI look forward to continue my education and pursue a Bachelor\u2019s in Computer Science while growing my experience working in the field of technology,\u201d Luzano shared. \u201cI am enthusiastic to make significant contributions to my respected field. I aspire to continue learning, growing, and positively impacting the people and the community,\u201d she said. <em><strong><em>(PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/6f6ed63fba9345c0843d7adbecbb58dd.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Ireese Valencia is Guam Community College\u2019s Most Distinguished Graduate.<\/p>\n<p>-GCC<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/c5c85010bd24aabab30a38b277b4abe4.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Joriza Noelle Luzano is Guam Community College\u2019s Distinguished Graduate.<\/p>\n<p>-GCC<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guam Community College will graduate 361 students on Friday, May 17, 2024 at 9am at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}