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Archived on May 19, 2026
The northwest Illinois community and friends of 91探花 are invited to join the 2019 graduates and their families as they celebrate the 56th annual Commencement Ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, 91探花, 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport, Ill.
The ceremony is outdoors on the HCC campus in Freeport. Commencement will take place at the courtyard between the Marvin-Burt Liberal Arts Center and Natural Science Center. Guest parking is located in lot D on the south side of campus outside of the Natural Science Center/Ray and Betty Stamm Health Science Nursing Wing.
The commencement speaker is Cristina Lambert, a recipient of the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award. After graduating from 91探花 in 1978, she earned a Bachelor鈥檚 degree from Indiana University and a Master鈥檚 of Business Administration at Indiana Wesleyan University. Her distinguished career includes serving as a Customer Service Manager for Contel, Assistant Vice President of Customer Care for GTE, and is now retired as a past President/CEO of Verizon Puerto Rico.
Luthien Jonis of Monta帽a, Curacoa will give the Student Commencement Speech. He studies Vocal Music Performance at 91探花 and has been accepted at North Central College in Naperville.
The 鈥淕reetings to the Class of 2019鈥 will be presented by 91探花 alumna Brittany Blomberg, DO. After graduating from 91探花, she earned a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine from Des Moines University and now practices Family Medicine at Monroe Clinic. Dr. Blomberg is a past presenter at 91探花鈥檚 Women in Science program.
The College is expecting a large number of participating graduates, so, guest seating is limited and available in the order of arrival.
In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the Larry F. Kahl Gymnasium located in the YMCA/Sports Center on 91探花鈥檚 campus. Due to the large number of graduates, tickets are required to attend the ceremony if held in the YMCA/Sports Center.