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December 10, 2025
by: Janine Wine
TCAT Dickson Communications and Marketing Coordinator
Dickson, TN: TCAT Dickson President Laura Travis conferred nearly fifty diplomas and technical certificates during commencement December 9 for Dickson and Williamson campus graduates.
Ken Williams, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration for Zochem, served as guest speaker. Williams shared he learned to respect skilled professionals at an early age growing up in a family hardware store.
Williams told graduates, “I learned that I had to be willing to do the things that others were not willing to do.” Williams also shared that each graduate present was good at something with the skills they had acquired. “As I look at you today, I know you have a tremendous basket of talents. You are good at what you do,” he said.
Graduates receiving third party certifications were recognized. Those students were Deason Burns, Charles Ivey, Juan Perez, and Aidan Sanders from Automotive Technology; Stephen Fossie, Kalei Sky James, and Lyndsey Morgan from Digital Graphic Design; Landon Christensen, Avery McCord, Gabriel Metzler, Christian Sullivan, and Nicholas Tanner from Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration; Gavin Bullinger, Clysta Hinton, Alex Miller, and Tristin Pierce from Machine Tool Technology; and J’son McCullough, Kendahl Brooke Petty, Malakhi Redman, Daniel Repasky, Andrew Vandiver, and Mason Young from Welding Technology.
National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) Inductees were applauded for their achievements. To be inducted into NTHS students must maintain an “A” average, attend at least 95 percent of their total program hours, and be nominated by their instructors. Graduates with the NTHS distinction were Nicholas Tanner – Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration; Jasmine Crosy, Julia Ryan, Kylea Sullivan, and Sarah Timmons from Practical Nursing; Dora Luz Ramirez-Galeana from Cosmetology; Gavin Bullinger and Alex Miller from Machine Tool Technology; and Kalei Sky James from Digital Graphic Design.
Graduates with the highest-grade point average in their respective career clusters were recognized as honorary banner bearers. They were Julia Ryan – National Technical Honor Society, Gavin Bullinger – SkillsUSA, Julia Ryan – Health Science, Alysia Lea Goddard, and Justice Potts – Human Services, Jonathan Sanders – Information Technology, Clysta Hinton – Manufacturing, Justin Long – Transportation, and Kalei Sky James – Visual Arts.
President Travis conferred diplomas and technical certificates for the following students: from Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Landon Christensen with honors, Avery McCord, Gabriel Metzler, Christian Sullivan, and Nicholas Tanner with honors; from Practical Nursing Kaitlynn Brubacher with honors, Jasmine Crosby with honors, Julie-Anna Davidson, Susannah Krug, MaKenzie Lawrence, LeeAnne Roberts, Julia Ryan with honors and President’s List, Keomini Shuman, Arionna Soard, Ashley Soard, Kylea Sullivan, Sarah Timmons with honors, Esther Tshibwabwa, Breanna Valentine, and Allison West; from Cosmetology Alysia Lea Goddard, Claire Jackson with honors, Justice Potts with honors, Dora Luz Ramirez-Galeana with honors, Sinclair-Gayle Jauniyae Robertson, Alisa Kelly Rodriquez with honors, and Skylar Street; from Computer Information Technology – Jonathan Sanders; from Machine Tool Technology Gavin Bullinger with honors, Clysta Hinton with honors and President’s List, Alex Miller with honors, and Tristan Pierce with honors; from Welding Technology J’son McCullough, Kendahl Brooke Petty with honors, Malakhi Redman, Daniel Repasky, Andrew Vandiver with honors, and Mason Young; from Automotive Technology Deason Duke Burns, Charles Ivy, Juan Perez, and Aidan Sanders; from Diesel Powered Equipment Technology Justin Long with honors and Spencer Peach with honors; and from Digital Graphic Design Stephen Fossie, Kalei Sky James with honors, and Lyndsey Morgan with honors and President’s List.
Dickson’s hometown college since 1964, TCAT now has campus locations in Dickson, Clarksville, and Franklin and primarily serves students in Dickson, Montgomery, Cheatham, Stewart, Houston, Humphreys, Hickman, and Williamson counties in addition to neighboring communities and Kentucky residents.
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.
TCAT Dickson President Laura Travis conferred nearly 50 diplomas and technical certiticates during the colleges fall commencement ceremony for Dickson and Williamson campus graduates December 9 at First Baptist Church Dickson.