The annual commencement ceremony at Grace College and Seminary on Saturday, May 12, honored 546 graduates earning associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees. The 9 a.m. ceremony was held in the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center, 610 Wooster Rd, Winona Lake, Ind. Among the graduates were these individuals, who, upon admittance to the school, indicated they were part of a Charis Fellowship (Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches) congregation. Included on the list are two pastors in the Charis Fellowship who received a Doctor of Ministry degree — Kipling George Cone, who serves on staff at the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor), and Rustin Don Krapfl, who is pastor of Brighton Chapel, Howe, Ind.
- Marc Anthony Baldwin, B.S., Applied Physics, Buena Park, Calif. (Bellflower Brethren Church, Bellflower, Calif.)
- Betsy Ann Becker, M.A., Intercultural Studies, Ashland, Ohio (Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio)
- Charlotte Noelle Byers, B.S. Elementary Education, Ostrander, Ohio
- Kipling George Cone, D. Min., Pastoral Studies, Winona Lake, Ind. (Grace Brethren Church, Winona Lake, Ind.)
- Mark Anthony Elliott, B.S., Applied Physics, Lewistown, Pa. (Kish Valley Grace Brethren Church, Reedsville, Pa.)
- Sonja Marie Flory, B.A., Bible Translation, Smithville, Ohio (Grace Church, Wooster, Ohio)
- Eli Thomas Graham, B.A., General Business, Denver, Ind. (Grace Brethren Church, Winona Lake, Ind.)
- James Alexander Hall, M.S., concentration in Nonprofit Management, Warsaw, Ind. (Grace Brethren Church, Winona Lake, Ind.)
- Colleen Rebecca Homoelle, B.S., Elementary Education/ Mild Intervention, Worthington, Ohio (Grace Polaris Church, Columbus, Ohio)
- Dylan Ray Hostetler, B.S., Applied Physics, Goshen, Ind.
- Rustin Don Krapfl, D. Min., Pastoral Studies, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Brighton Chapel, Howe, Ind.)
- Drew Scott McCollom, B.S., Management of Info Systems, Warsaw, Ind. (Grace Brethren Church, Winona Lake, Ind.)
- Alec Joseph McLean, B.A., Entrepreneurial Management, Columbus, Ohio (Grace Polaris Church, Columbus, Ohio)
- Ashmine Danielle Minnix, B.A., Spanish Education, Roanoke, Va. (Ghent Grace Brethren Church, Roanoke, Va.)
- Janet Carol Minnix, M.A., Ministry Studies, Women’s Leadership Studies, Roanoke, Va. (Ghent Grace Brethren Church, Roanoke, Va.)
- Annkelly Elizabeth Myers, B.S., Elementary Education/ Mild Intervention, Smithville, Ohio (Grace Church, Wooster, Ohio)
- Marcos David Navarro, B.A., Biblical Studies, Warsaw, Ind. (Community Grace Brethren Church, Warsaw, Ind.)
- Branden Christopher Pahl, M.D., Pastoral Studies, Warsaw, Ind. (Brookville Grace Brethren Church)
- Kimberly N. Ramont, B.S., Psychology Criminal Justice, Vandalia, Ohio
- Ted Dean Rondeau, M.A., Intercultural Studies, Warsaw, Ind. (Grace Community Church, Goshen, Ind.)
- Anna Marie Roseler, B.S., Elementary Education/ Mild Intervention, Wooster, Ohio (Grace Church, Wooster, Ohio)
- Joelle Doris Schram, B.A., General Science, Winona Lake, Ind. (Grace Brethren Church, Winona Lake, Ind.)
- Erin Alyssa Shuler, B.S., Counseling, Criminal Justice, Warsaw, Ind. (Grace Brethren Church, Leesburg, Ind.)
- Casey Joy Silliman, B.S., Elementary Education, New Paris, Ind. (Grace Community Church, Goshen, Ind.)
- Charles Evan Smith, B.S., Applied Physics, Goshen, Ind. (Grace Community Church, Goshen, Ind.)
- Owen Bradley Smith, B.S., Environmental Science, Ashland, Ohio (Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio)
- Jill Lyn Steenbarger, B.S., Human Services, Davenport, Iowa (New Horizon Community Church, Winona Lake, Ind.)
- Joshua Clarence Wilson, M.Div, Pastoral Studies, Winona Lake, Ind. (Grace Brethren Church, Winona Lake, Ind.)
- Joel Michael Zook, B.A., Biblical Studies, Orrville, Ohio (Grace Church, Wooster, Ohio)