ODESSA, TEXAS/MAY 9, 2021-ON SATURDAY, MAY 8TH, AT 10 AM, ODESSA COLLEGE HELD THE SPRING 2021 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY AT THE OC SPORTS CENTER. THE CEREMONY ALLOWED GRADUATES OF THE SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS AND EDUCATION AND THE SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON, WHILE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WATCHED VIA LIVE STREAM ON THE ODESSA COLLEGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
(TRAMAINE ANDERSON, VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION-ODESSA COLLEGE)
OVER 700 STUDENTS GRADUCATED DURING THE TWO DAY 2021 CEREMONY. ARIANNA GONZALEZ, ONE OF THE 318 OC STUDENTS THAT GRADUCATED AT THE SATURDAY MORNING CEREMONY, RECEIVED HER ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN APPLIED SCIENCE – SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY.
(ARIANNA GONZALEZ, 2021 OC GRADUATE-ASSOCIATES IN APPLIED SCIENCE-SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY)
PAULINA RIOS, THE SPRING OF 2021 ODESSA COLLEGE GRADUCATE RECEIVED HER ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN GENERAL STUDIES. SHE WILL GRADUATE FROM PRESIDIO ISD LATER IN MAY 2021 AND PLANS TO CONTINUE HER STUDIES AND MAJOR IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND MINOR IN BIOLOGY AT UT PERMIAN BASIN, AND HOPES TO WORK FOR THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE.
(PAULINA RIOS, 2021 ODESSA COLLEGE GRADUCATE-ASSOCIATES IN GENERAL STUDIES)
PAULINA’S OLDER SISTER CARMEN RIOS SAYS THAT HER LITTLE SISTER IS THE FIRST CHILD ON HER FATHER’S SIDE TO HAVE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE.
(CARMEN RIOS, PAULINA RIOS OLDER SISTER)
FOR DRB MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL NEWS, DANNY BARRERA.
