In a ceremony at Aurora’s historic Paramount Theatre on May 21, Waubonsee Community College awarded degrees to 1,035 graduates.

This number represents December 2014 graduates, along with May and August 2015 candidates.

Included in the total are 788 transfer-oriented associate degrees, 229 Associate in Applied Science degrees (in 30 different career areas), 42 Associate in General Studies degrees, one degree focused on fine arts and three degrees focused on engineering.

Delivering the commencement address was Anne Pramaggiore, President and CEO of ComEd.

Since its first graduating class in 1968, Waubonsee has conferred 21,716 degrees to local students.