It's happy campus

Certificates were presented by college principal Heather Dunk in front of the students' proud families and friends.

Mrs Dunk said at yesterday's ceremony: "Our students and staff should be very pleased with what they have achieved.

"Students have worked very hard to achieve their goals, and our exceptional staff continue to offer students the very best in learning.

"We wish our graduates every success as they progress to employment and further and higher education."

Among the 2009 graduates is former supermarket worker Samantha Garner, 24, from Irvine.

She came to the College two years ago and has graduated with an HNC in Social Care.

She said: "I was stuck in a rut and no longer enjoyed my job, which I had been doing since leaving school so I decided that it was time to change my career.

"I'd always been interested in social work, so I started to look around.

"I knew Kilmarnock was right for me the staff were so friendly and enthusiastic.

"I enrolled on the NQ Social Care course and enjoyed it, and then I moved on to the HNC.

"My guidance counsellor urged me to apply for university and in September this year, I enrolled at Glasgaow Caledonian University on the BA (Hons) Social Work course."

She added: "I am so grateful to the college for giving me the confidence to pursue my dream."

Samantha's mother, Janette has returned to education and in August, began the NC Social Care course at Kilmarnock College. ALL THE GRADUATIONS FROM KILMARNOCK

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE HND Social Sciences: Janine Aitken; Kelly Black; Eoin Cashman; Yasemin Erdil; Tam Ferrans; John Francis Hannacher; David Harkin; Caroline Hyslop; Sundass Nasir; Jacqueline O'Brien; Darren Rae; Liam Rodgers; Sheree Shaw; Nancy Slinger; Lesley Taylor; Louise Thomson; Simon Harold Walker. HNC Social Sciences: Anne Austin; Beth Barnes; Christine Cassidy; Laura Elizabeth Clark; Francis MacPherson; Scott McAllister; William McCulloch; Christina Janet McDonald; Stephen McFadzean; Joleen McPartland; David Minnes; Mary Morrison; Fiona Rankin; Linda Scott; Jennifer Anne Stewart; Angela Sweeney; Lorna Wilson; Elizabeth Samantha Wood; Lorna Wright.

BEAUTY

HND Beauty Therapy:Pamela Andrew; Kerry Lee Barnes; Kayleigh Bryson; Jade Colville; Nicola Cuthbert; Samantha Cuthbert; Emma Dawson; Kerrie Drennan; Stacey Ann Johnstone; Amanda Jones; Julie Marshall; Wendy McClung; Nicola Mclean; Sarah Mullen; Blythe Smith; Emma Louise Stewart; Danielle Thomson; Kelly Walker.

HNC Beauty Therapy: Angela Cumming; Emma Gibbons; Nicola McGregor; Alexandria Montgomery; Iona Petterson; Lyndsay Watson.

BUSINESS, ACCOUNTING AND HOUSING

HNC Accounting: Fiona Campbell; Jennifer Currie; Victoria Holland; June McCulloch; Lorna Todd.

HND Accounting: Angela Gallacher; Kay Gibson; Lisa Armstrong Halliday; Bridget Laird; Ellen McClung; Yvonne Nimmo; Zoe Redmond; Samantha-Jane Thomson.

HNC Business: Cherylann Cree; Karina Kasprzak; Craig Paxton; John Thomson; Colin Andrew White.

CIH Level 3 Housing: Sally Craig; Thomas Devaney; Janet Hepburn; Thomas Kelly; Linzie Paton; Catherine Perrie; Jane Rattigan; Carolyne Reekie; Amanda Syme; June Wallace; Natalie Weir.

CIH Level 4 Housing: Deborah Allan; Lisa Black; Judith Colquhoun; Valerie Henderson; Marie Lawrie; Jakki McIlwraith; Christopher Morton; Shari Parris; Janice Quinn; Elaine Smallwood; Karen Taylor; Tracy Walker.

COMPUTING, ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

HNC Computing: John David Bowe; James Craig; Andrew Faulds; Helen Forrest; David Hennedy; Andrew McCallum; Scott McClure; Mark McKay; Mark Sherwin; Aden Sowerby; Martin Stevenson; Robin Vine.

HND Computing, Technical Support: Kevin McLaughlin; Alan Richmond; David Shaw; Stuart James Williams; Atilla Yildiz.

HNC Administration and Information Technology: Christine Anderson; Fiona Crawford; Margaret Doughty; Ashley Hutchison; Alison McCall; Rachel McIntyre; Julie Swan; Janet Mary Elizabeth Williamson; Natalie Willsden; Hazel Withers.

EARLY EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE

HNC Early Education and Childcare: Kayleigh Adgie; Kathleen Anderson; Sharon Elizabeth Beckwith; Emma Blyth; Alison Burns; Carol Clayton; Kathleen Cook; Natasha Dick; Rhea Hanlon; Debbie Kerr; Laren Lynn Kerr; Shirley Laidlaw; Kelly Lorimer; Karen Mcginn; Louisa Mclardy; Irene Mclaren; Christeen Miller; Emma Paterson; Laura Paterson; Beverley Ramage; Lana Victoria Robertson; Cheryl Scott; Kerrie Simpson; Gerrard Smith; Dawn Watson.

ENGINEERING

Advanced Certificate Engineering Practice, Engineering Manufacture: Greg Adams; Christopher Stuart Brown; Derek Gilmour; Gary Hershaw; Adam Kenneth Husband; Michael Quinn; Craig Storrie.

Advanced Certificate Engineering Practice, Fabrication and Welding: Andrew James Cairns; Louise Clark; Matthew Flanders; Andrew Payne.

Advanced Certificate Engineering Practice, Electrical Engineering: Paul Hayes; Giovanni Kelso Roman; Kenneth Alexander Wilson.

Advanced Certificate Engineering Practice, Manufacture and Engineering Support: James Houston.

HNC Computer Aided Draughting and Design: Gordon Currie; Darren Cush; Craig Hogg; Steven Johnston; Ryan J C Queen; Shirley Toner.

HNC Fabrication, Welding and Inspection: Taylor Dickie; Chris Fern; Graeme Handley; Sean Hannan; Gary Jamieson; Jamie McGhee; Philip Morris; Christopher Newall; Scott Reed; Daniel Smith; James Forbes Stevenson; Graeme Watson; Michael Wood.

HNC Electrical Engineering: Martin Graeme Cardno; Andrew George Currie; Scott Hayes; Craig McAvoy; Greig Rankin; Iain Russell; Christopher Scott.

HNC Engineering Practice: William Agnew; Nairn Burns; Andrew James Cairns; Donald Carmichael; William Peter Hepburn; Thomas Mckay; Teri Pollock; Mark Ralph; Stuart Craig Robinson; Andrew Taylor; David Templeton; Andrew Walker; Matthew Watson.

HNC Manufacturing Engineering: Barry Armstrong; Jamie Bell; Alistair Boyd; Charlie Burke; Robert Mclean; Jordan Anthony Young.

HND Manufacturing Engineering: Stewart Aitken; Steven Allison; Kyle Bicker; Richard Mullen; Emma Reid; John Shanks; Gary Stewart; Scott Walker; Martin Yeudall.

HNC Engineering, Manufacturing: Jonathan Burns; Barry Dickens.

HNC Mechanical Engineering: David Cunningham; Michael Webb; Steven Whittet.

HND Engineering, Electrical: Stephen McGoogan; Michael Rankin; Stephen Reilly.

HNC Engineering, Electrical: Brian Lynch; Kenneth Woods.

HND Engineering, Manufacturing Systems: Daniel Harris; Peter Mabon.

HNC Quality: Amy Taylor.

CQI Quality: Jamie Bradley, Ann Gibson, Campbell Howie.

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

HNC Social Care: Nicola Aird; Sharon Beattie; Heather Boyd; Donna Burns; Amanda Byrne; Elizabeth Anne Caldwell; Margaret Connell; Lindsey Cook; Robert Craig; Janet Gillian Farren; Cheryl Ferguson; Janice Flynn; Stacey Galloway; Samantha Garner; Steven Hart; Linda Henderson; Victoria Sarah Jones; Nicola Keegan; Yvonne Kennedy; Ainsley Kerr; Donna Maria Lopez; Tamie Maxwell; Jacqueline Mcatee; Alison McCluskey; Rhona McDonagh; Fiona McDowall; Craig McEwan; Paula McFarlane; Annette Mcgarill; Billy McGill; Joanne Mcglone; Robert Mcgowan; John McHarg; Geraldine McIndoe; Lynda McInnes; Helen Mckell; Anne Mcloughlin; Bridget McMail; Paula McMaster; Amanda Frances Miller; Ruth Milligan; Sharon Muir; John Reid; Claire Elizabeth Ritchie; Nicola Salisbury; Emma Scott; Marilyn Scott; Alexandra Steel; Anne Steele; Margaret Rose Stirling; Alexandria Christine Stoppard; Mark Vance; Jim Walker; Kerry Ward; Caroline Whitelaw; Elizabeth Withers.

HNC Health Care: Emma Baines; Lorna Barret; Lorraine Best; Sharon Black; Laura Brown; Elaine Bryden; Mary Burgess; Gemma Carruthers; Neena Chalmers; David Colvin; Patricia Gerrard; Tracey Goldie; Fiona Innes Gray; Sheena Hamilton; Yasmin Hawkins; Graeme David Jackson; Suzanne Kirkland; Jess Sloan Kirkwood; Lisa Laird; Allison Lewis; Gillian McClelland; Jacqueline McGougan; Susan McLean; Gayle Melnitschuk; Fiona Mitchell; Adele Rennie; David Salotti; Janet Smith; Natalie Smith; Heather Stirrat; Wilma Wallace; Nicola C Watson; Kimberley Rose Watts.

Registered Manager Health Care, Social Care: Lesley O'Rourke.

SCIENCE

HND Biomedical Sciences: Gavin Armstrong; Natasha Birney; Liam Gilroy; Gayle Hepburn; Simon James Mackie; Lorna Rankin; Linzie Richardson; Stuart Wilson.

HNC Applied Sciences: Liam Gilroy; Alan Outram; Bayan Soujeri.

SPORT AND FITNESS

HNC Fitness, Health and Exercise: Ashleigh Kerr; Drew Mcnaughton; Lynne Thomson Paterson.

HND Fitness, Health and Exercise: Ben Andrews; Steven Freeburn; Adam John Gibson; Ross McCall; Ryan McColl; Lynn McCutcheon; Fiona Sarah Mcgeechan; Mary Catherine Steven; Stacey Barbara Marie Wilson; Floyd Wright.

HNC Sports Coaching with Development of Sport: Amanda Conway; Gavin Craig HND Sports Coaching with Development of Sport: William John Smillie Alexander; Kriss Andrews; Robert Brown; David Buchanan; Nicola Chalmers; David Connelly; Cameron Thomas Donaldson; Mark Gilchrist; Ross Good; Ryan Andrew Harvie; Scott Local; Jamie Mackay; Stephanie McDonald; Kimberley McFarlane; Kirsty Mcgregor; Adam Moore; Andrew Paxton; David Alexander Rutherford; Johnny Sinclair; Ian Richard Sommers; Allan Todd; Stephen Wood.

SPONSORED AWARDS

William Agnew Engineering Student of the Year: Anne Brannagan.

East Ayrshire Council Computing Student of the Year: Christine Anderson.

Silhouette Dermalift Beauty Student of the Year: Pamela Andrew.

Ede and Ravenscroft Health Student of the Year: Eunsuk Blackwood.

Sport and Fitness Student of the Year: Les Bryden.

Early Education and Childcare Student of the Year: Adele Bryson.

Construction and Land Management Student of the Year: Sarah Louise Carney.

Hairdressing Student of the Year: Lindsay Gibb.

Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce Business Student of the Year: Karina Kasprzak.

Ede and Ravenscroft More Choices, More Chances Student of the Year: John McIlvanney.

Motor Vehicle Student of the Year: Graeme Stevenson.

GE Caledonian Academic Achievement in the field of Engineering: Gordon Currie.

Academic achievement in the field of Engineering: Emma Reid.

TPS Fronius Academic Achievement in the Field of Engineering: Graeme Handley.