The 35th graduating ceremony of Florida Atlantic University included more than 800 graduates. The Boca Raton school opened its doors in 1964 and now has 11,000 students. The university’s six colleges include Business, Education, Engineering, Humanities, Science and Social Science.

FAU awarded doctorates in two new programs in April. Joseph Holung of Royal Palm Beach earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering and Joan Pynes of Sunrise earned a doctorate in Public Administration.

Many of the April graduates are residents of south Palm Beach County. They include:

BOCA RATON:

Bachelor’s degrees:

Jose Acuna, Dane Ah-Line, Saleh Alawad, Allyson Arnold, Jeffrey Atlas, Deidre Bannon, Thomas Barcia, Patrica Basel, Olonmbuk Bassey, Alan Becklein, Adam Bergman, David Berkebile, Robin Bird, Kathryn Boehly, Christy Bradford, Walter Brengel, Doyle Bush, Robert Campbell, Ronald Campbell, William Campbell III, Carol Cassity, Susan Caswell, Grace Chao, Phillipe Chassot, Sara Cifuenties, Gerard Clancy, Brock Cline, Christine Condow, Debra Constantino, Maryjane Crawley, Karen Crim, Diane Del Gobbo, Sonia DiFabio, Beth DiMauro, Lucretia Dibenedetto, Stephanie Dougherty, Paul Dufresne, Alton Eckhardt III, Sumi Esaki, Beth Fragher, David Fendell, Richard Ferranti, Gregory Fischer, David Foerstner, John Foster, Nancy Froio, and Lisa Fulle. Also, Yolanda Galindo, Eileen Garrigan, Karen Genneken, Christopher Georgoff, Adam Gilman, Frank Gine Jr., Steven Goldsmith, Julio Gonella, Jennifer Granito, Andrea Green, Judith Grisel, Henry Harbeck, Tony Herrstrom, Allen Hertz, Elisabeth Hoffman, Jordon Horn, Elaine Howell, Michael Humphreys, Steven Jaffe, Omar Jammeh, Alinda Jennings, A. Johnston Johnston, Julie Kagan, Dana Karnatz, Justin Kennelly, Robert Kenny Jr., Renee Kipp, Steven Kirkman, Kathleen Kirst, Sheryl Knowles, Carol Korman, Andrea Krauter, Mary Krutak, Shari Landes, Anthony Landino, Sylie Leblanc-Moriniere, Roman Legaspi, Silvia Lenna, and Jasmin Leslie. Also, Richard Maglocco, Kimberly Makish, Maura Maloney, Anil Mandalia, Ethel Marr, Ruth Marrero, Beatriz Martinez, Monica Martinez, Carmelo Marturana, Margaret Matthews, Lori Mayer, J. McGilton, Colleen McGinn, Brian McGrath, Vincenza Meli, Vincent Mennona Jr., Kimberly Meredith, Giselle Mirana, M. Mehdi Montaseri, Brian Montgomery, Kristi Morrow, Francesco Ortoleva, Annamaria Palmiotto, Rebecca Payner, Judith Perlman, Christine Perretta, Gregory Peters, Susan Piasecki, Laurie Pumo, and Linda Purtell.

Also, Richard Rauch, Julie Reuss, Tracy Robinson, Robert Romanitch, Mattew Ronan, Patricia Rorex, El Hassan Saadioui, Mazen Salah, Tami Scantland, Colleen Schoch, Michael Schroeder, Richard Silvestri, Lauren Smyth, Karin Stanforth, Michael Steele, Scott Stull, Constance Swem, Loyd Tomlinson, Steven Torrence, Tran Tran, Deborah Trowbridge, Diane Tunno, Rossana Velez, Diane Vesecky, Craig Vickers, Michael Vlahovic, Joseph Walsh, Sandra Weaver, William Wend, Joe Wilder, Cheryl Wilke, Elaine Williams, Brian Womack, Brian Wong, Tracey Zacchilli, Catherine Zappia, Anne Zetzer, Lynda Zika

MASTER’S DEGREES:

Linda Anderson, Ashwin Badven, Donald Barnes, Robert Barnes, Arthur Bickel, Robert Bickel, Candice Blanco, Nancy Bleasdale, Deborah Chase, Robert Chelemer, Ke-Hao Chen, Shoupu Chen, Suzanne Dervain, Michael Dubbury, Jerome Edward, Thierry Gibertcq, Kathryn Heinlein, Teresa Herrero, Cynthia Klamm, Jong-Yu Liu, Edwin Lybass, Eileen McFadden, Helen McLane, Willian McLean, Jane Mincho, Andres Molina, John Nicholson, Brenda Ozaki, William Painter, Sharmila Palakurthi, William Petrie Jr., Venkateswara Rao, Jean Rassineux, Suzanne Shapiro, Jen-Yu Shieh, Weiqing Wang, Marjorie Wilkov, Donna Wong, Yu-Huei Yang, Jianguo Yao, Karen Younginger.

SPECIAL EDUCATION DEGREE:

Virginia Reed

BOYNTON BEACH:

Bachelor’s degrees:

Lisa Ford, Paul Lambrakis, Michael Primozic, Jo Ann Rodriguez, Ada Wallmueller, Anna Hajek, Charlene Bothof, John Guttuso, Michelle Guttuso, Mojgan Karmi, Norman Lyons, Robert Ross, John Rabba, Dawn Transleau, Margaret Le Jeune

Master’s degree:

Reginald Myers

DELRAY BEACH:

Bachelor’s degrees:

Craig Barnard, Afred Birch Jr., Mark Ciaffella, Cheri Costa, Stacie Dombrowki, Ingrid Eekhof, Michael Farrell, Jodi Goldstein, Phyllis Hetzer, Elyse Heyman, Ann Hogan, Garry Ikola, Evelyn Jacobs, David Jones, James Keith, Joseph Kretschmar, Marion Marsh, Helen Mencher, Francene Oster Costa, Dawn Perkins, Claude Poissant, Kristiane Pritchard, Richard Vajna, Frederica Varney, James Viane Jr., Kurt Wagner, Horace Wilmot Jr., Rebecca Zazzi

MASTER’S DEGREES:

Alejandro Beltran, Robin Glance, Mark Stair, Bruce Wasserman.

LAKE PARK:

Bachelor’s degrees:

Allison Armer, Maureen Collins, Donna Daugherty

MASTER’S DEGREE:

Valerie Swenson

LAKE WORTH:

Bachelor’s degrees:

Mark Bannon, Robert Franke, Diane Hess, Robin Isaacson, Jacquelyn Kent, Paul Landerman, Barbara Malmuth, Bryan Rutherford, Betty Schmidt, Janice Daum, Lois Heming, Cynthia Lindgren, Terence McMahon, Jerry Miller, Keith Frifeldt, Tuula Komonen, Charles Sturm, Mark Tatarinov, Louis Coccaro, Geraldine Geiger, Richard Dankovcik, Jack Gancarz, Bonnie McLaughlin, Barry Schnur, An Truong, Debra Drake, Maryanne Mater.

MASTER’S DEGREES:

Edgar Breese, Eleanor Caldwell, Ginger Pederson, Lydia Dardi, Richard Scuderi, Michael Tarter.

LANTANA:

Bachelor’s degrees:

Mona Geer, Lloyd Lambert, William Ryan III.

PALM BEACH:

Bachelor’s degrees:

Blair Butler, Diane Calhoun, Maryanne Gonclaves, Richard Sherherd.

WEST PALM BEACH:

Bachelor’s degrees:

Joanne Baker, James Barnes, Michelle Biferie, Elaine Cassandra, Sharon Drosakis, Leo Esposito, Boni Evans, Murray Kahl, Susanne Reuss, Kathleen Swinehart, Joseph Throop, Gene Wallenstein, Constance Willis, James Wilson, Maria Andino, Diane Backstrom, Carol Giles, Patricia Hedley, Elaine Matz, David Barnes, Lori Blitstein, David Brennen, Robert Breslin, Anthony Caico, Jered Carr, Daniel Chupp, Stephen Cohen, Tulia Collada, Laura De Rochemont, Verner Mattson Jr., Kimberly Miller, Mary Rausch, Steve Ray, Carolyn Roberson, Joseph Sands, Robert Sharone, Kathleene Urbaniak, Jerrie Howe, Thomas Pummer, Lyndsay Stauffer, Beverly Ineson, Charles Johnson, Shaun Bromley, Richard Lue Qui, Lillian Reyes, Leah Saar, Jan Brice, Cynthia Goppert, Melanie Lash, Christine Placek, Marie White, Lauren Renkert

MASTER’S DEGREES:

Roger Brown, Josephine Stenson, Romeo Muniz, Kathy Sigall, Michael Tillet, Phillip Davidson, Dennis Johnson, Charles Hewitt, Dennis Yeskey, Peter Brandenberg.

EDUCATION SPECIALIST DEGREE:

Orval Simon-Bower