Editor's note: A listing of Purdue University graduates that ran Wednesday was incomplete. The following students also graduated in December from the university.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. | Purdue University awarded degrees to students during commencement ceremonies in December. Of the degrees presented, 1,980 were to undergraduates, 766 were to graduate students and 12 were to professional students. Local graduates included the following:

Bachelor degrees

Cedar Lake: Jaclyn Kienzle, liberal arts

Crown Point: Preksha Sheth, pharmacy; Ryne Wheatley, technology

DeMotte: Alan Koster, technology; Matthew Strong, technology

Dyer: Jennifer Hektoen, management; Gerald Kirby, liberal arts; Jorge Valdez, liberal arts

Gary: Phaedra Ellington, liberal arts; Oyegoke Kale, technology; Matthew McFarling, technology

Griffith: Carolyne Joseph, nuclear engineering; Lisa Stalbaum, liberal arts

Hammond: Tanye' Tyler, liberal arts

Hobart: Michael Schweighardt, liberal arts; Charles Shinneman, consumer and family sciences

Lowell: Lauren Sweet, consumer and family sciences

Michigan City: Mike Bannwart, liberal arts; Peter Guse, education; Joseph Kutch, science; Jennifer Rice, liberal arts

Munster: Shaunak Kothari, biomedical engineering; Lisa Penman, liberal arts; Hillary Van Dyke, liberal arts; Maxwell Ntiamoah, technology; John Vroom, liberal arts

Portage: Brett Arnold, technology

St. John: Brian Kozak, science

Schererville: Petar Lazarevic, industrial engineering; John Mackenzie, science; Sean Quinn, liberal arts

South Holland: Chiemeka Chuma-Okorafor, engineering

Valparaiso: Jennifer Booker, management; Steven Krawczyk Jr., science; Jill Murray, consumer and family sciences; Neal Niemeyer, consumer and family sciences

Associate degrees

Crown Point: Anthony Grantsaris

Lowell: Drew Peterson

Merrillville: Eric Guajardo, Paul Kurczynski

Michigan City: Paul Kieszkowski

Portage: Chad Fredericks

Schererville: Kristofer Brann

Valparaiso: Joshua Anson

Certificate

St. John: Brian Kozak, entrepreneurship and innovation

Valparaiso: Christopher Kerns, entrepreneurship and innovation