AWC Radiologic Technology program to graduate students with honors
Congratulations Class of 2020
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Sixteen students will graduate from the Radiologic Technology program at Arizona Western College (AWC) this spring.
AWC says all students will receive a certificate of completion and awardees will be given plaques.
Their names will be displayed on a permanent plaque on a wall of the Radiology Department at Yuma Regional Medical Center.
A number of these students will also be recognized for their achievements from their time at the program.
Among those, Grecia Alonso will be recognized for earning the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) Excellence Award for Teamwork (Colleague Award).
Grecia will also be recognized for receiving the Most Merits Award.
Brittany Hough will be awarded the Frank Barby Clinical Award for exceptional clinical performance.
Hough will receive the Jim Hall Academic Award for having the highest GPA along with her classmate Tamberley Corfman.
Other students who received Merit Awards include Gabriela Espinosa, Crystal Prather, and Charles Ungor.
Gabriela Espinosa was selected as the class speaker for the program. She shared that she and her classmates have all come so far from where they started at the beginning of their educational journey two years ago.
“We started as a group of strangers from all walks of life who quickly became family,” said Espinosa.
“During our first semester of learning and observing, we were afraid to press buttons or even move. During our last spring semester, we worked side-by-side with technologists in the most critical of situations. Now we are here, ready to graduate and hang up our school scrubs for the real deal.”
Gabriela Espinosa
While the experience of their last semester was cut short by the coronavirus, Espinosa added she wouldn’t trade their journey.
Jesus Roldan will be recognized as a Rising Senior, an award given to the first-year student with the most potential.
“I cannot think of another class who is more ready to join the front lines during this COVID-19 pandemic,” said Radiologic Technology Program Director Victoria Holas.
“They were excellent students during our Infection Control class when we talked about bacteria, viruses, and airborne diseases. I never wanted them to experience something like this pandemic, but I know that they are prepared. I also know that they are committed to excellent patient care, because each time an AWC employee visited the clinical sites for x-rays, I hear compliments about their professionalism and expertise. I am very pleased to have been their teacher and I am proud of their accomplishments.”
Radiologic Technology Program Director Victoria Holas
YRMC staff technologist and AWC alumnus Hector Romero will be recognized by students in the program with the JRCERT Excellence Award for Clinical Teaching.
Students also selected Alexandria Richey as their commencement speaker. Richey is also an alumnus of AWC, who previously spent time as an adjunct faculty member for the program.
2018-2020 Radiologic Technology program graduates and awards:
Grecia Alonso - JRCERT Excellence Award for Teamwork (Colleague Award) and Most Merits Award
Diamante Chavez
Tamberley Corfman - Jim Hall Academic Award
Gabriela Espinosa - Class Speaker and Merit Awards
Carolina Herrera
Brittany Hough - Frank Barby Clinical Award and the Jim Hall Academic Award
Matthew Jesser
Shane Keeling
Amberlyn Maurer
Michelle Carrillo Payan
Crystal Prather - Merit Awards
Ellise Price
Carolina Redshirt
Valeria Torres
Charles Ungor - Merit Awards
Peyton Wilson
