Willimantic - Eastern Connecticut State University conferred 1,020 undergraduate and 157 graduate degrees during the school's 118th commencement ceremonies on Sunday.

The commencement speaker was Tom Sweeney, the chairman and chief executive officer of Incentra Solutions, Inc. of Boulder, Colo. The company provides outsourcing and data management solutions for than 2,000 mid-sized companies in the U.S and Canada. Sweeney graduated from Eastern in 1983.

The graduates from the region were as follows:

Undergraduate Degrees

Baltic: Alison Marie Blanchard, Holly Rachel Couture, Sister Joan Clare Gulden, Katherine Ellen Marshall, Amy Elizabeth White, Tracy Lynn White.

Bozrah: Brett Michael Favro, Jill Nicole LeFrancois, Donna Lynn McArdle, John Michael Walkup.

Canterbury: Paul James Bjork, John Patrick Brady, Jason Ryan Calouro, Jessica Lynn DiMartino, Christina L. Fensley, Mari Denise Hall, Heather Marie Horn, Daniel Peter Johnson, Alexa Pappas, Dawn Spielman Pindell, Rebekah R. Quimby, Cheri Ann Savoie.

Clinton: Jason Roger Cyr, Darren Matthew DeGoursey, Megan Aileen Turner, Allison Lee Willets.

Colchester: Kassiani Bisbikos, Hardie M. Burgin IV, Kristen Marie Elliott, Jennifer Denise Fanelli, Michelle Lynn Forthofer, Samantha Eve Gayeski, James Donald Hampton III, Tiffany North Jablonski, William Edward Jordan, Jr., Danielle Marissa Lockwood, Brooke Elizabeth Macri, Philip John Moroch, Courtney Ann Poirier, Tara Lynn Raber, Victoria Ann Rodrigue, Denise Carolyn Sassu, Megan Kathryn Sheehan, Jenny Byron Stone, Sheena Christine Vullo, Holly Lynn Webb, Kathryn Paige Zbin.

East Lyme: Lindsay M. Fahmi, Shontel Larche McAlpine, Steven S. Rolfe, Jason Ryan Sajkowicz.

Essex: Jeremy Joseph Maione.

Franklin: Richard Boris Avdevich.

Gales Ferry: Alicia Bensko, Kathryn Freeman Lubin, Kristopher Michael Peters, Kristin Marie Zaccaro.

Griswold: Stephanie Lynn Arremony, Erik Christensen, Karen Faye Domahowski, Craig Minta Emmerthal, Sarah Jane Erb, Lauren Evelyn Jordan, Timothy S. Kudelchuk, Sarah Elizabeth. Levy, Dawn Rose Poitras, Ashley LeeAnn Simon, Ashley Lynne Skidgell, Jack Keelan Wesa.

Groton: Elaine Michel Ackley, Guy L. Blackburn, Holly Ann Butler, Elizabeth Barnum Chirillo, Lucretia Higgins DeCourcey, Rachael Lynn Ensling, Joshua Christopher Finney, Lesley Anson Gushurst, Kelly Tith Hainaut, Jessica Estelle Johnson, Nicole Marie Kiely, Paul John Moyher III, Lesley Ann Palm, Lisa Grace Pratt, Leslie Reese Randle, Ivonne Rivas, Beth-Ann Mongillo Robinson, Lauren Elizabeth Rose, Emine Elizabeth Sahin, Karen Marie Santacroce, Debra Lynne Spatafore, Cherielin Toporowski.

Jewett City: Brad David Birkhofer, Stephanie Beth Bumpus, Heather E. DeSantis, Jessica Rose Johnson, Lindsay Barbara-Ann Jordan, Truphena Chanel Martin, Daryl John Schlender, Bryan J. Stadnicki.

Ledyard: Amanda Marie Cournoyer, Carl Henry Kirchner, Clifton Leo Martelle III, Beth JoAnn Mitchell, Andrew Thomas Morry, Barbara Nichole O'Donnell, Brittany Nicole Osmer, Travis Carr Poulos, Migdalia Gisela Salas, George L. Vassallo.

Lisbon: Betsy M. Barrett, Justin Ryan Davis, Marc Joseph Rigatti, Erin Lynn Shea, Ryan Joseph Sylvestre.

Mystic: Tracy Elizabeth Folster, Christian Heather Gaucher, Sara Hardman Lathrop, Andrea Kristin Lloyd, Ida Elizabeth Madison, Michelle Renée Rowe, Monique Emmaline Tarulli, Christine J. Valentine.

New London: Kristin Marie Alves, Isaac Ayala, David Steven Brown, Bryan Paul Foye, Emily Kathyrn Eneida Kavanaugh, Faith Deborah Owade, Stefanie Michelle Tanguay.

Niantic: John Paul Carroll, Matthew Simon Cleary, Kevin Dobo, Allen David Lungren, Lindsay Debra Raymond, Paul Jonathan Stone.

North Franklin: Jeffrey Mark Bergmann, Laura Anne Desmond, Stephen Nicholas Fernandez, Jessica Ann Lang, William Wayne Shaw, Jr.

North Stonington: David King Beiler III, Maria Isabel Birkbeck, Hailie Jo Bomster, Chelsea Clare Johnson.

Norwich: Melody Lee Aubin, Michael Devine Bailey, Jarrod Andre Beauregard, Stephanie Marie Beckert, Fannie Rebekah JayetteDonne Braboy, Erik W. Brosig, Christopher Michael Carmean, Maria Pamela De Leon Casucog,“Danny Charles, Jr.”, Shonya Alison Collier, Nicole Collins, Laura Elizabeth Denman, Nicolle Marie Donis, Sarah Henderson Edgar, Macpherson Eghianruwa, Victorious Anthony Felder, Virginia Louise Fletcher, Deborah S. Hensch, Lisette Hilario, Rebecca Ann Hock, Kristin Maj John, HaiZhen Ke, Mallory Marlowe Eve Keegan, Sonja Sunshine Kogut, Jennifer Lynn Lubszewicz, Nardeen K. Matta, Amanda Olive McClenathan,“David M. McHugh, Jr.”, Kevin Patrick McIntyre, Angela Susan Meader, Ryan Michael Monahan, Dale Shields Montford, Susan G. O'Neil, Sapna Rajendra Patel, Fanny Andrea Pedraza, James Daniel Pupillo, Adam John Rawlins, Amy Elizabeth Roselle-Cahill, Sandra Ann Spear, Tamara Lynn Thornton, Philip Lawrence Trostler,“Andis Vildavs, Jr.”, Christopher Alan Whitcomb.

Oakdale: David Alan Autencio, Jonathan Michael Drake, Dominic Hage, Jordan Michael Harrelson, Pauline Joy Homsey, Ellen Scannell Kane, Ilana Maria Kolodnicki, Peggy L. Marsc, Patrick Gilbert O'Connor, Isaac Willy Yates.

Old Lyme: Deborah W. Berghoff, John Daniel Ilvento, Daniel J. Pegnataro.

Old Saybrook: Cynthia Marie Denya.

Pawcatuck: Stephen Thomas Bessette, Michael A. Cassell, Andrew Scott Lavigne, Kara Teresa Walters.

Plainfield: Matthew James Braunstein, Alisha Susan Driscoll, Jeannie Marie Gardiner, Jessica Lynn Garvie, Jennifer A. Goyette, Kerri Lynn Harwood, Tyler Adam Matteau, Nicole Elizabeth Panteleakos, Tonya Rose Passmore, Ryan Timothy Ravenelle, Wendy Jo Rys, Beverly Lois Shaw, Christina Marie Sherman, Nathaniel Ben Tondreau, Craig Matthew Vallee.

Preston: Armando Nicholas Bettini, Daniel Charles Camp, Kari Elizabeth Curtis, Stephanie Lauren George, Suzanne M. Haulotte, Patrick William Mignault, Kevin Corey Monahan, James Mason Palmer, Linda Denise Hollingsworth Riegel.

Quaker Hill: Drucie Bathin, Christopher Caleb Champlin, Jesse Bryan Piacenza, Christopher William Smith, Donald Robert Welsh.

Salem: Lacey Christine Gaynor.

Stonington: Danielle Marie Giramonti, Patrick Michael Lloyd, Geordan Faith Mandell, Jacob Aaron Spaulding.

Taftville: Lori Ann Perry, Cynthia Marie Stolaronek.

Uncasville: Kristen Michelle Demara, Alana Lynn Falanga, Theresa Ann Ferguson, Cynthia Lynn Johnson, Katrina Ann Mercer, Jessica Sheyanne Schuster, Jennifer Leigh Sears, Adrianne Melissa Sostre, Amanda Lynn St. Germain, Timothy A. Strogoff, Lynsey Marie Thomson, Tara Marie Yu.

Voluntown: Nicholas M. Luft, Jaime Lee Maheu, Jennifer Marie McManus, Lauren Michelle Mercier, Rachel Mae Musser.

Waterford: John Francis Bottone, Lindsay Marie Bowes, Alysha Marie Cavalieri, Jeffrey Ryan Drew, Joanna Y. Lazarus, Tamsin Lathrop Maynard, Kristen Jean McDonald, James Milford Mosley, Stephanie Lynn Peterson, Marcus John Pinchera, Jessica Leigh Schermerhorn, John Anthony Spinnato, Karen Jude Yanchinsky.

Graduate Degrees

Baltic: M. Irene Sirois.

Canterbury: Traci Dziurgot.

Colchester: Joanne Boulais, Cheryl Montalvo.

Gales Ferry: Lisa Crocetta, Thomas Malone, Steven Teschendorf.

Groton: JoAnn Pillar, Lisa Sullivan.

Jewett City: Amy Deguire.

New London: Jefferson Harris, Holly Perez.

Niantic: Rebecca McCue.

Norwich: Donna Bartling, Danielle Belliveau, Neringa Coutu, Christine Laverty, Amy Rygielski, Brian Stevenson, Jennifer Thom.

Preston: Lynn Depina, Cindy Ives.

Salem: Amy Monarca.

Stonington: Amelia Caster.

Uncasville: Scott Matusz.

Waterford: Virginia Campbell, Daun Estey, Ronald Welch.

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