Early College Degree Program

HCC Early College Degree Program students graduate

Hagerstown Community College is pleased to announce the graduates in the Early College Degree Program. Thirty-four students are earning associate degrees from HCC at the same time they are completing high school.

The Early College Degree Program, formerly Middle College, is a partnership between HCC and Washington County Public Schools (WCPS) to allow college-ready high school students the opportunity to earn college degrees or certificates while completing their high school diplomas.

The graduates in the 2023 class include the following students:

Barbara Ingram School of the Arts

• Mukisa Serufusa – A.S. Computer Science, transferring to Messiah University
   

Boonsboro High School

• Lochlan Joyce – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Physics and Mathematics Concentrations, transferring to the University of Maryland College Park
• Nicholas Mayonado – A.S. Arts and Sciences, transferring to Mount St. Mary’s University
• Jesse McGuffin – A.S. Cybersecurity, transferring to Stevenson University
   

Clear Spring High School

• Cate Plaisance – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Biology and Chemistry Concentrations, transferring to Liberty University
• Jack Ressler – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Mathematics Concentration, transferring to Shepherd University
   

Grace Academy

• Noelle Cunningham – A.S. Engineering Science, A.S. Arts and Sciences, Mathematics Concentration, transferring to West Virginia University
   

Hancock Middle Senior High School

• Caitlin Lennon-Puthoff – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Biology Concentration, transferring to St. Mary’s College of Maryland
   

North Hagerstown High School

• Shannon Baker – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Biology Concentration, transferring to University of Pittsburgh
• Jacqueline Boese – A.A.S. Interactive Design and Game Development, transferring to the University of Washington in Seattle
• Jasmine Bulle – A.S. Cybersecurity, transferring to Mount St. Mary’s University
• Carrington Hilliard – A.S. Engineering Science, A.S. Arts and Sciences, Mathematics Concentration, transferring to Capitol Technology University
• Eva Jovel – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Biology Concentration, transferring to the University of Pittsburgh
• Ryleigh McKenzie – A.S. Arts and Sciences, transferring to Salisbury University
• Reaghan Olmo – A.A.S. Interactive Design and Game Development
• Lucy Strama – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Mathematics Concentration, transferring to West Virginia University
• Ian Watts – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Physics and Mathematics Concentrations, transferring to the University of Maryland College Park
• Makhi Williams – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Biology Concentration, transferring to Towson University
   

Smithsburg High School

• Nathaniel Ellis – A.S. Cybersecurity, transferring to the University of Maryland Global Campus
• Adriana Miller – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Biology Concentration, transferring to Mount St. Mary’s University
• Shiri Nchotu – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Mathematics Concentration, transferring to Notre Dame of Maryland University
• Caeley Neal – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Biology and Chemistry Concentrations, transferring to Mount St. Mary’s University
   

South Hagerstown High School

• Meredith Lester – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Biology Concentration, transferring to Salisbury University
   

Williamsport High School

• Janay Badoe – A.S. Computer Science, transferring to Nova Southeastern University
• Grace Caudell – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Biology Concentration, transferring to St. Mary’s College of Maryland
• Charlotte Jones – A.S. Computer Science, transferring to the University of Florida
• Ava Kline – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Biology Concentration, transferring to Loyola University Maryland
• Talon Koerting – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Mathematics Concentration, transferring to the University of Maryland College Park
• Elizabeth Levasseur – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Biology Concentration, transferring to the University of California Riverside
• Cayden Palamar – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Mathematics Concentration, transferring to Frostburg State University
• Leia Patel – A.S. Business Administration
• Josef Ricafort – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Biology and Chemistry Concentrations, transferring to the University of Maryland College Park
• Sydnie Scire – A.S. Environmental Studies, transferring to Frostburg State University
• Mia Walsh – A.S. Arts and Sciences, Mathematics Concentration, transferring to the University of Maryland College Park
   

For more information on HCC’s Early College Degree Program, visit www.hagerstowncc.edu/earlycollegedegree.

(May 16, 2023)