San Juan College will hold a virtual graduation ceremony for its students, as well as recognize the graduating class of San Juan College High School, at 10 a.m. Saturday on www.sanjuancollege.edu.
SJCHS students earned their high school diploma and associate degrees simultaneously. Those who have earned degrees from New Mexico Highlands University – Farmington Center, University of New Mexico, San Juan Center and the San Juan College Academic and Career Engagement Center will also be recognized.
Vince Moffitt, CEO of Basin Health Companies and president of Arroyo Rescue and Recreational Training, will provide the keynote address. San Juan College President Toni Hopper Pendergrass will preside over the ceremony.
Gayle Dean, executive director of the San Juan College Foundation, will award the foundation’s Allison Award for Excellence to an outstanding faculty member.
The graduate selected by the Graduation Committee to represent the 2021 graduating class and speak at this year’s ceremony is Dreeyale Yazzie. Yazzie is part of the first graduating cohort from the Career-Life Engagement and Readiness program.
Graduation will recognize more than 1,300 San Juan College graduates earning associate degrees and certificates, 68 San Juan College High School graduates, 339 ACE Center graduates earning their high school equivalency degrees, and more than 134 graduates earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees from New Mexico Highlands University and the University of New Mexico.
