September 29, 2025/
Summer 2025 Graduates Announed
Lake Land College is pleased to announce the students who have graduated following completion of the Summer 2025 term. The 2025 Summer graduates are:
| Name | Hometown | Degree | Academic Program Title |
| Chelsea Dane | Casey | Certificate | Practical Nursing | |||
| Ashtyn Nash | Casey | Associate in Arts | Psychology | |||
| Kathryn Wofford | Casey | Associate in Applied Science | Medical Coding & Health Information | |||
| Kathryn Wofford | Casey | Certificate | Medical Coding Specialist | |||
| Dannielle Catt | Greenup | Certificate | Cosmetology | |||
| Joshua Dick | Greenup | Associate in Applied Science | IT-Programming | |||
| Joshua Dick | Greenup | Certificate | IT-Programming | |||
| Lauren Finn | Greenup | Certificate | Practical Nursing | |||
| Bailey Jackson | Greenup | Certificate | Practical Nursing |
| Isabel Martinez | Jewett | Associate in Applied Science | Law Enforcement | |||
| Keely Sutton | Kansas | Certificate | Esthetics |
| Emma Cusick | Marshall | Certificate | Cosmetology | |||
| Baylee Rhode | Marshall | Certificate | Practical Nursing |
| Chloe Hawkins | Westfield | Certificate | Practical Nursing |
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