LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Commencement exercises for Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette will be held on Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 2:00 pm in Elliott Hall of Music on Purdue University’s campus. Guests of graduates may arrive one hour prior to the ceremony.

From the Lafayette region, Ivy Tech will graduate 724 students who have earned an associate of applied science degree, associate of science degree, associate of arts degree, technical certificate, and/or certificate. Participating in the ceremony will be 327 students.

The ceremony will include a message from the president of Ivy Tech Community College, Thomas Snyder, and a commencement address by Connie Neininger, Executive Director for White County Economic Development.

Ivy Tech Community College is the state’s largest public post-secondary institution and the nation’s largest singly-accredited statewide community college system with more than 120,000 students enrolled annually. Ivy Tech has campuses throughout Indiana. It serves as the state’s engine of workforce development, offering affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its community along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. -– Ivy Tech Community College is accepting nominations for its annual Distinguished Alumni award. The chosen alumni will be honored at the college’s commencement ceremony on May 10 at 2:00 p.m. in Elliott Hall of Music, West Lafayette.

Nominees must be a graduate of Ivy Tech Community College and have received either an associate’s degree or a technical certificate, and not be a current Ivy Tech employee. Past award winners have been chosen for making a positive impact on their community, excelling in their chosen career, or outstanding support of Ivy Tech. Nominations can be submitted online at http://ivytech.edu/lafayette/alumni/nomination.html, or a paper nomination form is available by calling 765-269-5241.

Ivy Tech’s Lafayette region has recognized outstanding alumni since 1991. Past recipients of the Distinguished Alumni award are:

• Kathy Vernon
• Steve Reed
• Jim Myers
• John Stall
• Theodore Gaston
• Theresa Janssen
• Rudy Mills
• Scott Robertson
• Billy Henderson
• Patricia Sheppherd
• Cherilynn Mundell
• Linda Eckert
• Diana Bonebrake
• Alan Burnette
• Dave Mecklenburg
• Virginia Harman

Ivy Tech Community College is the state’s largest public post-secondary institution and the nation’s largest singly-accredited statewide community college system with more than 120,000 students enrolled annually. Ivy Tech has campuses throughout Indiana. It serves as the state’s engine of workforce development, offering affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its community along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ivy Tech Community College will hold the 3rd Annual Health Careers Job Fair on Thursday, February 19 from noon to 3:00 pm in Ivy Hall located at 3101 South Creasy Lane.

The Health Careers Job Fair, designed specifically for health professions, is an opportunity for recent graduates, soon-to-graduate students, and alumni to discover potential employment in the area.

More than 30 organizations will be in attendance looking for candidates from all health majors, and approximately 200 students and graduates are expected to attend.

Health care employers that would like to participate in this year’s Health Careers Job Fair can visit http://ivytech.edu/lafayette/career_services/careerFairForm.html to register. Booth space is free, and includes a table and chairs, electrical access, wireless web access, and a light lunch and refreshments. Space is limited and will be reserved on a first-come, first-serve basis.

For more information contact Carrie Borders at (765) 269-5120, or cborders2@ivytech.edu.

Ivy Tech Community College is the state’s largest public post-secondary institution and the nation’s largest singly-accredited statewide community college system with more than 120,000 students enrolled annually. Ivy Tech has campuses throughout Indiana. It serves as the state’s engine of workforce development, offering affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its community along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. -– Nine employees from five companies recently graduated from Ivy Tech Community College’s Six Sigma Institute. The companies represented were Kirby Risk, Fairfield, Federal Mogul, Voestalpine and Hollingsworth & Vose. The employees from Hollingsworth & Vose traveled from East Walpole, MA to participate in the institute. The group is the sixth class to graduate from the institute.

The graduates were awarded Black Belt status after completing over 200 hours of training and completing a process improvement project for their companies. Together the five teams solved problems that realized a total savings of $1.3 million dollars.

For information on Ivy Tech’s next Six Sigma Institute, contact Mark Brandyberry at (765) 269-5877, or mbrandyberry@ivytech.edu.

Six Sigma is a nationally-recognized process management strategy originally developed by Motorola in 1986.

Ivy Tech Community College is the state’s largest public post-secondary institution and the nation’s largest singly-accredited statewide community college system with more than 120,000 students enrolled annually. Ivy Tech has campuses throughout Indiana. It serves as the state’s engine of workforce development, offering affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its community along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. –- Ivy Tech Community College’s Dean’s List is awarded to students who have accumulated at least twelve credit hours, been enrolled in at least six credit hours for the semester and earned a grade point average of 3.50 or above.

The Ivy Tech fall 2008 Dean’s List recipients from Tippecanoe County are:

Leeanna F Adams, Nathan D Ade, Stacey L Ahlrich, Alicia K Alberts, Brittany E Alger, Karina R Allain, Carrie A Allebach, Luis Alvarez, Merlene Anderson, Crystal C Anker, Robert W Applegate, Michelle E Applegate, Douglas E Ashman, Elizabeth A Atkinson, Jennifer J Augenstine, Lindsay B Auten, Cherie K Bachman, Nicole G Bader, Ashley Baer, Faeem Bahar, Kathleen Baker, Malinda Baker, Gregory A Banes, Joshua E Bangel, Jamey L Barngrover, Valerie K Barrett, John C Barrett, Brandy J Bartley, Brooke A Baumis, Ramon N Baxter, Demitria J Beach, Tracy A Beall, Marisa C Bergery, Jennifer L Berman,Chelsea R Berryman, Angelica M Berumen, Robert P Bevill, Marcus R Billy, Amanda J Bisher, Thomas J Blevins, Teresa K Boehle, Pamela Bol, Sabrina Booe, Angela Borchert, Vanessa C Bores, Jacqueline D Bosma, Megan L Bowers, Samantha A Bramble, Daniel E Braun, Lara J Brickey, Theresa Brown, Tamara L Brubaker, Eden Bruce, Amanda R Brutans, Ray D Burchett, Victoria M Burkhardt, Jessica A Burton, Trena J Busch, Deborah A Buss, Megan R Byrer, William J Cameron, Gabriela B Campos, Alecia N Carlson, Katrina K Carmicle, Stephen D Catt, Denise D Cephus, Jeffery A Certa, Rebecca A Chadwell, Danny T Chan, John K Cherry,Amy N Christian, Matthew P Clark, Jerry A Clinkscales, Larry G Clopton, Bethany J Clopton, Richard G Closser, Robert A Clugh, Mindy A Clyde, Edward A Collier, Ashley E Cool, Kendra K Coolman, Perry D Cooper, Regina A Cottrell, Kelly R Cox, Stephanie A Crites, Jessica R Crum, Briana N Cummins, Stephanie J Curwick, Curtis L Dalton, Jeff J Davis, Andrew F Davis, Nelson C Davis, April M Davis, Tiffany Day, Jose Del Real, Matthew A Delp, Suchita D Divecha, Abbie E Dobbins, Jessica N Dobbins, Jian X Dong, Mirna L Dorado, Joy Douglas, Ashley C Dowell, Tera A Driscol, Amanda D Druhan, Amanda D Druhan, Shawn C Dulin, Robby T Dunbar, Anna M Durall, Richard W Duvall, Zachary A Dwiggins, Robert L Easter, Kelly K Eastman, Sarah E Edwards, Brenda L Elmore-Simpson, Kerri A Elston, Rob Fallon, Jessica D Feeney, Robert M Flanagan, Cheryl L Foley, Geoffrey C Foster, Amelia A Fowler, Jocelyn L Frank, Justin E Franklin, Michael G Freeman, Michael W Fuller, Kendra J Furr, Kendra J Furr, Christina L Gainey, Erin R Gakle, Jason C Gant, Kristoffer C Garringer, Amanda M Gasho, Steven M Gates, Jonathan W Gerard, Ashley Geske, Autumn M Gibbs, Gregory L Gick, Sydney E Giebel, Charles D Gipson, Emily K Glavash, Teri L Gosewehr, Catherine Grammer, Lindsey Grass, Matthew Gray, Haylea M Gray, Brandy L Green, Lucinda A Greer, Brian A Griffin, Lisa A Grimes, Kayla M Grimes, Alicia M Grinstead, Erin M Griswold, Melissa S Guevara, Ronald Guyton, Taronda D Hacker, Sherry M Hahn, Tracey L Hall, Jennifer A Halsmer, Alexander M Hamlett, Rebecca M Harlow, Marianne E Harmas, Erin E Harrigan, Eric L Harris, Mary K Hartman, Heather M Hauser, Elizabeth Hayden, Jordan A Hayden, Andrea G Heichelbech, Betsy J Hendryx, Sheila A Hensell, Monique M Hensley, Natasha L Herbst, Suzanne R Herget, Brianna Herman, Angel G Herrera, Debra S Herron, Ryan C Hicks, Cheyenne N Hill, Catherine M Hinton, Kristin R Hoffman, Joyce Hoffman, Tiffany R Holsten, Ryan M Homburg, Kelly A Hornbeck, Bethany K Hottenstine, Stacey N Houmes, Grant M Howard, Joanna B Hubbard, Robert R Hughes, Daniel J Isaacson, Shad M Jackson, Courtney L Jacoba, Faye A Jessmon, Susan J Johansson, Jacob W Johnson, Jamie S Johnson, Kelly L Jordan, Matthew G Kapp, Christine A Kase, Larryssa L Kasney, Zachary M Kater, Donnie Keech, Janet L Keller, Keith J Kendall, Holly K Kendall, Kevin M Killian, Ryan L Kincer, Trenton V King, Mason Kirchubel, Elizabeth A Kitchell, Christi L Klemme, Megan E Klinkhamer, Dawn M Kobiljak, Jacob W Konrad, Thomas A Kreeger, Michelle L Krieg, Brittney L Lakin, Rachael M Lanz, Victoria R Lappin, Jennifer L Large, Jennifer B Lawson, Jennifer A Layne, Jeffrey Lazar, Troy A Lee, Keyla M Lemus, Michael T Lesage, Marvin R Lewis, Kristin R Linder, Kristine L Lindquist, Jacquolyn M Lober,Lyndsey N Loft, Katherine R Lohmiller, Talisha Long, Thomas C Losey, Hiep-Hung J Ly-Pham, Ronald B Mahrling Jr., Amanda S Mapes, Abbey K Marciniak, Stephanie S Marsch, Maigen R Martin, Jeff C Martin, Bethany L Mason, Lee R Mauer, Brandon M McCain, Stephanie L McCalment, Nicole McCarty, Rebecca J McClure, Nichole D McClure, Phillip G McCoy, Nina M McCray, Chelsea M McGill, Brittany N McGill, Matt J McGrath, Sharon A McIntosh, Josh G McKinney, Susan E Meadows, Jessica Merzdorf, Regina M Miceli, Jeffrey B Mikels, Krista L Milazzo, Timothy J Miles, Sean O Miller, Sharon M Miller, Kristin M Miller, Shelby E Miller, Jodi R Minix, Paul J Mishler, Amy M Mitchell, Phillip H Mize, William G Morgan, Christina J Morlan, Ryan M Morris, Camille S Morrison, Buffy L Moss, Tessa Mui, Ian D Muinzer, Ross A Muinzer, Nicholas J Mulhaupt, Natalie R Myer, Christina Naparla, Charles M Nderitu, Matthew A Nelson, Mark J Nelson, Benjamin K Nganga, Alisha F Nickell, Dustin C Nogle, Blake A Noles, Rebecca M Noojin, Katina North, Christopher J Nuland, Jeffrey L Oberlander, Karen E O’Brien, Christy J Odle, John R O’Keefe, Jennifer A Oldham, Denise R Oliver, Joaquin Orozco, Maribella Ortiz, Erin E Owen, Beatriz Pacheco, Sean D Padecky, Mary E Padget, Lindsay Palmer, Michael N Pappas, Linda S Parr, Jeffrey L Pavese, Charles E Payne, Karla J Peffley, Rachel M Penn, Rachel M Penn, Raymond W Perigo, Reanna R Perkinson, Lisa M Peters, Kris R Petrie, Thomas W Phillips, Malinda K Phillips, Hannah J Pruitt, Craig P Pryor, Leah M Rardon, Jessica B Rayman, Alyson N Raymer, Donna Z Rife, Jennifer L Rivera, Wylie D Robinson, Michelle L Roland, Miguel A Rosales, Angelita E Rudisaile, Kate Rudman, Danielle M Russell, Tristan M Sanders, Jennifer L Sanders, Charles D Sanders, Joshua W Sayers, Stephanie L Scheckel, John Schultz, Eric T Scott, Nannette E Seward, Russell L Shaw, Susan Shaw, Brendan C Sheahan, Noah S Sheeley, Kenny E Sheets, Kenny E Sheets, Natasha Sheikh, Anna M Shoaf, Molly C Shriner, Anthony R Shuck, Tyler K Siefers, James W Simpson, Vera L Sipple, Jessica Smeelink, Archie E Smith, Monique R Smith, Ronnesha E Smith, Bryant S Smith, Leeann D Snyder, Catherine M Sorenson, Amanda J Southern, Erick L Sowell, Frederick A Spaid Jr., Polly Spasoff, Darlene M Spradlin, Jessica L Stafford, Christopher Stanley, John J Stearns, Frank Sterwerf, Don Stocks, Brittany E Stone, Julie D Stout, Jeffrey A Strantz, Noah T Sulfridge, Noah T Sulfridge, Brent M Synesael, Maciej P Syslo, Beau Tague, Tracy L Tarr, Michael J Taylor, Alyssa R Tennyson, Connie M Tetzloff, Nita M Thelen, Sam Thilges, Joshua Thomack, Robert J Thomas, Rebekah R Thomas, Zachary J Thompson, Elizabeth A Thorpe, Kristal A Treece, Ebony C Underwood, Linda F Van Dame, Staci D Vancoppenolle, Kristy L Vanderipe, Elysse M Varner, Hannah Vaughn, Katelyn D Verhoeven, Danny M Vukobratovich, Audrey Waggoner, Jennifer D Walker, Devin E Walker, Kacey A Wallar, Allison D Watson, Laurie A Weger, Randall D Weida, Cindy Welch, Stacey L Welk, Matthew D Wendel, Elizabeth C Went, Bryan M Whitaker, Tyler N White, Jo A Whitlock, Allison P Wiese, Justin R Wilcox, Joyce L Wilkinson, Pamela R Williams, Teresa L Wilson, Chelli L Wright, Holly M Wright, Wanda G Wright, James L Wright, Gwendolyn K Wright, Christina L Wright, Margaret E Wu, Rachael M Wurtzbacher, Robin E Wyant, Stephanie Wyland, Michelle L Yeager, Ashley Yearwood, Elizabeth E Yoder, Michelle L Yost, Chao Zheng, Grazyna Zieminski, Aaron S Zimmerman.

Ivy Tech Community College is the state’s largest public post-secondary institution and the nation’s largest singly-accredited statewide community college system with more than 120,000 students enrolled annually. Ivy Tech has campuses throughout Indiana. It serves as the state’s engine of workforce development, offering affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its community along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.