TCAT Dickson Clarksville Campus Summer 2024 Graduation

TCAT Dickson’s Clarksville campus holds summer commencement

by: Janine Wine

Communications and Marketing Coordinator

TCAT Dickson

CLAKSVILLE, TN: More than seventy students had diplomas and technical certificates conferred by Tennessee College of Applied Technology – Dickson (TCAT Dickson) President Laura Travis during the Clarksville campus’ summer commencement ceremony which included graduates from four Tennessee counties and two counties in Kentucky.

City of Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts delivered the commencement address. “Whether you are here because you chose to be or because you were voluntold to be here, today shows the commitment you made to your education. The people who have asked you to forgo your commitment to your education should not have done that,” Pitts said, adding “There is a Chinese Proverb that says, ‘The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.”

Pitts asked graduates to remember their parents, families, and friends who were in attendance and who had supported them by giving them a round of applause. He then drew laughs from the audience by adding, “There’s never been a better time to ask them for money.”

Mechatronics Multicraft Tech student Komi Amenyo was recognized for having perfect attendance while enrolled in his 20-month program.

Students receiving third party certifications included Building Construction Technology students Jared Fullerton, Jacob Gidley, and William Yang; Computer Information Technology students Mekhi Humphries, Jaylen Shatto, and Bethany Torbenson; Cosmetology students Jordan Allen, Olivia Bates, Jayla Coy, Bailee Gardner, Camryn Lumbard, Cally Pitts, Erin Quinlan, Shalissa Shepard, Breanna Stone, and Jay Sugg; Criminal Justice: Correctional Officer student Zaria Heinrich; Diesel Powered Equipment Technology students Tyler Brown, Vito Galindo, Dylanger Griffith, and Paul Treiber; Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration students Nolan Keith Brown, Juantonio Edwards, Marco He, and Dyami Snyder; Welding Technology students Hector Camacho, Gavin Duffany, Elijah Fairley, Colin Lawson, Mason Mergele, Jacob Miller, Jacob Moreno, Xavier Pupplo, and Jon Reyes.

Honorary banner carriers were recognized for having achieved the highest grade point average in their career clusters. Those students included: Construction – Nolan Keith Brown, Health Science – Shontel Renae Smith, Human Services – Breanna Nicole Stone, Information Technology – Jaylen Shatto, Manufacturing – Dakera Parker, Transportation – Paul Treiber, and Corrections and Security – Zaria Heinrich.

Graduates who had been inducted into the National Technical Honor Society by achieving an A average, completing at least 95 percent of their total program hours, and nominated by their instructors were: Jacob Gidley, William Yang, Jonathan Marchese, Esther Kamene Opio, Justine Marie Schwarz, Shontel Renae Smith, Kole Joseph Guerrero, Carlos Lopez, Dakera Parker, Keira Thomas, Komi Amenyo, TeJay Carley, Nelson Hernandez, Jeremiah Smith, Colin Lawson, Vito Galindo, and Paul Treiber.

Degrees and Technical Certificates were conferred upon Jared Fullerton, Jacob Gidley, and William Yang in Building Construction Technology; Nolan Keith Brown, Juantonio Edwards, Marco He, and Dyami Snyder in Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration; Melissa Fowler in Pharmacy Technology; Tykeria Tashiya Alexander, Adella Burton, Sierra Crosby, Anaiya Lorena Darden-Taylor, Jayce Brooke Fuqua, Meah Hamilton, Jordan Cheyenne Joiner, Phallen Nichole Montague, Esther Kamene Opio, Ashley Rodriguez, Julia Michelle Salinas, Justine Marie Schwarz, Shontel Renae Smith, LaMya Thompson, and Tiffany She’Nae Torian in Practical Nursing; Jordan Allen, Olivia Bates, Jayla Coy, Bailee Gardner, Camryn Lumbard, Cally Nicole Pitts, Erin Quinlan, Shalissa Shepard, Breanna Nicole Stone, and Jay Sugg in Cosmetology; Mekhi Humphries, Jaylen Shatto, and Bethany Torbenson in Computer Information Technology; Micheal Bothner, Kole Joseph Guerrero, DeCarlo Ray Kirby, Carlos Lopez, Dakera Parker, and Keira Thomas in Industrial Electrical Maintenance/ Mechatronics; Komi Amenyo, TeJay Carley, Nelson Hernandez, and Jeremiah Smith in Mechatronics Multicraft Tech; Hector Camacho, Gavin Duffany, Elijah Fairley, Colin Lawson, Mason Mergele, Jacob Miller, Jacob Moreno, Xavier Pupplo, and Jon Reyes in Welding Technology; Jerret Amos, Sarad Bledsoe, and Matthew LeBlanc in Automotive Technology; Tyler Bowers, Vito Galindo, Dylanger Griffith, and Paul Treiber in Diesel Powered Equipment Technology; and Zaria Heinrich in Criminal Justice: Correctional Officer.

TCAT Dickson is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education, and complies with non-discrimination laws: Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, and ADA. Located on Highway 46 in Dickson, the technical training college also has extension campuses in Clarksville, and Franklin. Additional information about the school is located at www.TCATDickson.edu.