Samantha Wilhelm knew Amarillo College would be a good place to start but only intended to stay a year. Two years later, Wilhelm earned her associate’s degree and will join Amarillo College’s Class of 2025 graduates at Commencement Friday, May 9 at the Amarillo Civic Center Coliseum."Since I was homeschooled, I thought the size and atmosphere at AC would make it a good place to start,” she said. “I have loved the environment here.”

Ester Perez can hardly wait to take her mother on the road with her as a traveling nuclear medicine technologist for those on their own cancer journey. Perez fought her own rare cancer in her 20’s and is now set to join Amarillo College’s Class of 2025 graduates Friday, May 9.Perez remembers scan days as some of the hardest in her experience and knows her work in nuclear medicine can make a difference.