Northwest College graduation Saturday

Commencement exercises at Northwest College are scheduled for this Saturday, May 11, beginning at 10:30 a.m. in Cabre Gym. 

The ceremony will be live streamed on the NWC Facebook Page and YouTube, or viewers can watch directly from the college website at nwc.edu.

Parking east of Cabre Gym is again limited this year due to construction on campus. Overflow parking is designated for the residence hall lots north of Cabre. Handicapped parking will be available on the north side of Cabre Gym with entry through the north entrance (by the art department). Parking attendants will be on site before commencement to direct traffic as needed.

This year’s guest speakers are Anthony M. Polvere (2024 Distinguished Faculty Award winner), Lindsay Linton Buk (2024 Distinguished Alumna) and Kinley Bollinger (student).

Anthony Polvere

Polvere is associate professor of photography and program coordinator of NWC’s highly regarded photographic communications program and has been a faculty member for 24 years. Polvere has undergraduate degrees in business and political science from Pace University in New York and one in photojournalism from Northern Arizona University. He completed a master’s in educational leadership at NAU in 1996 and began his teaching career there in the commercial photography program before moving to Northwest College in 2000.

Lindsay Linton Buk

An artist, photographer and fifth-generation Wyoming native, Buk’s work can be described as “art with an impact.” After earning her bachelor’s degree in history from Middlebury College, she returned to Wyoming to study photographic communications at Northwest College, graduating in 2010. She then worked as a commercial photographer in New York City and taught photography workshops for Canon before again returning to Wyoming to found her photography studio and the “Women in Wyoming” project, an art and media exhibit showcasing the strength and spirit.

Kinley Bollinger

Bollinger is a 2022 graduate of Cody High School and began her college career at Northwest College that fall. Over the last two years, she’s been an active member of the campus, performing as a percussionist and cellist in several student music groups, participating in Campus Ventures and working as an undergraduate researcher in biomedicine. She is also a member of Phi Theta Kappa and has served as a peer tutor in math and science.