20171216 - MC College encourages winter graduates (hrb)

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Graduates of the Class of 2017 listen as Kathleen Porth (not pictured), of Woodstock, speaks at McHenry County College Fall Commencement, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 in Crystal Lake.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Kathleen Porth, of Woodstock, speaks at McHenry County College Fall Commencement, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 in Crystal Lake. Porth was been selected as the student speaker for the commencement ceremony. She received her Associate in Arts (AA) degree and hopes to transfer to Northern Illinois University to study archaeology. She is a mother of four grown children, is a school bus driver for School District 200 and aspires to be an archeologist someday. She attended MCC part-time for the past four years. Ten days after Porth graduated from MCC, she will turn 65.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Kathleen Porth, of Woodstock, walks past faculty members at McHenry County College Fall Commencement, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 in Crystal Lake. Porth was been selected as the student speaker for the commencement ceremony. She received her Associate in Arts (AA) degree and hopes to transfer to Northern Illinois University to study archaeology. She is a mother of four grown children, is a school bus driver for School District 200 and aspires to be an archeologist someday. She attended MCC part-time for the past four years. Ten days after Porth graduated from MCC, she will turn 65.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Tracy Tantillo receives her Associate in Applied Science for Accounting at McHenry County College Fall Commencement, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 in Crystal Lake. MCC had 448 candidates for graduation who have applied for 473 certificates and degrees.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Kathleen Porth, of Woodstock, speaks at McHenry County College Fall Commencement, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 in Crystal Lake. Porth was been selected as the student speaker for the commencement ceremony. She received her Associate in Arts (AA) degree and hopes to transfer to Northern Illinois University to study archaeology. She is a mother of four grown children, is a school bus driver for School District 200 and aspires to be an archeologist someday. She attended MCC part-time for the past four years. Ten days after Porth graduated from MCC, she will turn 65.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Kathleen Porth, of Woodstock, gets her portrait taken before the McHenry County College Fall Commencement, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 in Crystal Lake. Porth was been selected as the student speaker for the commencement ceremony. She received her Associate in Arts (AA) degree and hopes to transfer to Northern Illinois University to study archaeology. She is a mother of four grown children, is a school bus driver for School District 200 and aspires to be an archeologist someday. She attended MCC part-time for the past four years. Ten days after Porth graduated from MCC, she will turn 65.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Kathleen Porth (front), of Woodstock, and fellow graduates look through the program as others find their seat at McHenry County College Fall Commencement, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 in Crystal Lake. Porth was been selected as the student speaker for the commencement ceremony. She received her Associate in Arts (AA) degree and hopes to transfer to Northern Illinois University to study archaeology. She is a mother of four grown children, is a school bus driver for School District 200 and aspires to be an archeologist someday. She attended MCC part-time for the past four years. Ten days after Porth graduated from MCC, she will turn 65.