Thirty-eight people from the Perry area were among the more than 2,000 students who graduated from Des Moines Area Community College’s Ankeny, Boone, Carroll, Newton, Urban and West Campuses in May commencement exercises.
DMACC’s Perry-area graduates in spring 2025 were:
- Donna Beasley, Emergency Medical Technology, Bouton
- Alexandra Aguilar, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Perry
- Elsie Aguilar, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Perry
- Manuel Aguirre, Web Development, Perry
- Michael Alberto, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Perry
- Emilie Bates, Paraeducator Generalist, Perry
- Noah Bates, Blueprint Reading and Thermal Cutting Welding, Perry
- Youssef Belarbi, Welding and Gas Metal Arc Welding, Perry
- Andrea Brownlee, Emergency Medical Technology, Perry
- Aiden Burgin, Blueprint Reading and Thermal Cutting Welding, Perry
- Kevin Colin, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, Perry
- Jessica Conrad, Liberal Arts, Perry
- Stacy Flores Solis, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Perry
- Fithawit Goitom, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Perry
- Mallory Grant, Paraeducator Generalist, Perry
- Mason Headley, Blueprint Reading and Thermal Cutting Welding, Perry
- Taylor Headley, C# Developer, Java App Developer and Python Application Developer, Perry
- Alejandra Hernandez, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Perry
- Samuel Hernandez, Blueprint Reading and Thermal Cutting Welding, Perry
- Trevor Kilts, Power Equipment Technology, Perry
- Bianca Leerhoff, Liberal Arts, Perry
- Jetzibe Lopez, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Perry
- Autumn Love, Elementary Education Transfer, Perry
- Jackson Loyd, Paraeducator Generalist, Perry
- Anai Magana, Paraeducator Generalist, Perry
- Sofia Martinez Soriano, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Perry
- Freddy Melendrez-Corado, Blueprint Reading and Thermal Cutting Welding, Perry
- Ricardo Morales, Basic Hydraulics, Industry Logic Controllers and Sensor and Logic Control System, Perry
- Joscelyn Nunez, Practical Nursing, Perry
- Fiorella Oliver Colon, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Perry
- Jayden Quillen, InDesign, Perry
- Dominic Rinner, Blueprint Reading and Thermal Cutting Welding, Perry
- Jessica Saenz, Liberal Arts, Perry
- Anthony Sanchez, Blueprint Reading and Thermal Cutting Welding, Perry
- Jeancarlos Santiago Puente, Paraeducator Generalist, Perry
- Andrew Schuttler, Blueprint Reading and Thermal Cutting Welding, Perry
- Zachary Shelley, Blueprint Reading and Thermal Cutting Welding, Perry
- Kaiden Summerson, Accounting Specialist, Perry
Scholars attaining the DMACC President’s List and DMACC Dean’s List for the spring 2025 term were also named this week by the college.
Twelve Perry-area scholars were named to the spring 2025 President’s List. To qualify for the President’s List, a student must have earned a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 during the term. Achieving the spring President’s List were:
- Donna Beasley, Emergency Medical Technology Basic, Bouton
- Amy Aguirre, Pathway-Health Science/Fitness, Perry
- Halmar Arteaga Bran, Computer Languages, Perry
- Dylan Dickey, Video Production, Perry
- Itzel Hernandez, Biology-Transfer, Perry
- Nate Lutterman, Pathway-Education/Communications/Humanities, Perry
- Denise Mitchell, Medical Billing and Coding, Perry
- Ricardo Morales, Industrial Technician, Perry
- Diana Okubay, Pathway-Information Technology, Perry
- Miguel Orduna, Secondary Education-Transfer, Perry
- Kaiden Summerson, Accounting Specialist, Perry
- Guadalupe Torres, Pre-Nursing, Perry
Twenty-one Perry-area scholars were named to the DMACC Dean’s List for the spring 2025 term. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must have earned a grade point average (GPA) between 3.5 and 3.99. Making the spring Dean’s List were:
- Connor Post, Pathway-Health Science/Fitness, Bouton
- Manuel Aguirre, Web Development, Perry
- Javeria Ali, Cybersecurity, Perry
- Merlyn Amaya, Accounting Specialist, Perry
- Biniam Berhe, Business-Transfer, Perry
- Andrea Brownlee, Emergency Medical Technology Basic, Perry
- Thomas Corrigan, Liberal Arts, Perry
- Kerry Dittert, Medical Billing and Coding, Perry
- Nepthale Gonzalez, Human Services, Perry
- Jose Hernandez, Honda PACT Auto Repair, Perry
- Kyle Hernandez, Exercise Science-Transfer, Perry
- Rachael Kares, Secondary Education-Transfer, Perry
- Bianca Leerhoff, Liberal Arts, Perry
- Autumn Love, Elementary Education-Transfer, Perry
- Callie McFarland, Pre-Nursing, Perry
- Lindsey Oblea, Business-Transfer, Perry
- Jayden Quillen, Graphic Design, Perry
- Keegan Snyder, Electric Utility Technology, Perry
- Maci Tunink, Elementary Education-Transfer, Perry
- Hannah York, Pre-Nursing, Perry
- Kristi York, Human Services, Perry