Area High School Students Graduate with College Degrees

Posted: July 9, 2020
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The Early Degree program run by Tompkins Cortland Community College’s CollegeNow passed a milestone this year: over the past ten years, more than 200 students have earned their college degree at the same time as their high school. Tompkins Cortland’s Class of 2020 featured 52 concurrent enrollment students who are also members of their high school’s Class of 2020.

CollegeNow has been around for more than thirty years, but CollegeNow first began offering the Early Degree program in 2010, giving ambitious high school students the chance to earn an associate degree while completing their high school requirements. After seeing two graduates the first year, the Early Degree program has steadily grown, setting a new record for class size in 2020.

CollegeNow currently works with more than 75 school districts, offering opportunities for students in those districts to earn college credits for free. In addition to the students who complete their associate degrees, hundreds more earn credits they can take with them wherever they attend college. Historically over the past several years, more than two-thirds of all Tompkins and Cortland Counties high school seniors graduate with Tompkins Cortland credits through the CollegeNow program.

 

Below is a list of the CollegeNow Early Degree Class of 2020 and their degree, sorted by high school.

  • Afton                            
    • Lucas Nichols (Business Administration)
  • Bainbridge                    
    • Samantha Ceresna (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Colby Hotaling (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Alli Miller (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
  • Candor                         
    • Carolynne Horstmann (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Kayleigh Wulf (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
  • Cortland                       
    • Joshua Anecelle (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Kathryn Aumick (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Emma Baum (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Abigail Bowker (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Lindsey Bush (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Grace Call (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Marissa Chierchio (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Nicholas Djafari (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Jacob Gilbert (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Marissa Gilmore (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Kaitlyn Pratt (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Lillian Quick (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Julia Spaziani (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Lark Stevens (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Maxwell Zinn (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
  • Dryden                         
    • Laura Krebs (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
  • Groton                         
    • Brooke Brecht (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Abby Corcoran (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Morgan Dittman (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Kade Eldred (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Kaleb Goodwin (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Drew Jackson (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Lillyan McCormick (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Averie Roberts (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Jay VanVolkinburg (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
  • Homer                          
    • Kaiden Haynes (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Ryan McLaughlin (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
  • Ithaca                           
    • Asa Zannella (Accounting)
  • Marathon                     
    • Paige Euson (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Riley Jennison (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Jared O'Shea (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
  • Newfield                       
    • Ian Adams (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Connor Furman (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
  • Owego Free Academy  
    • Qwinten Adams (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Robyn Beyer (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Jenny Jacoby (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Brandon Lavo (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Emmalyn Saddlemire (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
    • Emma Stephenson (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Shayna Winters (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math/Science)
  • South Lewis                  
    • Kathryn Reid (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
  • Spencer-Van Etten        
    • Hayley McDaniels (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Jennavieve VanGalder (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
  • Tioga                              
    • Gaia Cooper (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Bryce Mashas (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)
    • Adeline Whitmore (Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies)