Jerseyville's Ryleigh Jones Graduates From Quincy University

QUINCY - Jerseyville's Ryleigh Jones, recently graduated from Quincy University in the winter commencement ceremony with a bachelor of science in Elementary Education.

Quincy University hosted its Winter Commencement ceremony on December 13, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in Quincy University's Pepsi Arena in the Health and Fitness Center, 20th & Oak Street. The 2025 winter graduating class is composed of 36 undergraduates and eight graduate degree recipients.

Sarah Vordtriede-Patton, PhD, provost and vice president for academic affairs, convened the ceremony. QU president Brian McGee, PhD, conferred the degrees and gave closing remarks Nancy Blattner, PhD, CSJA, president of Fontbonne University, delivered the commencement address. During her more than 40-year career in higher education, Blattner has served as a tenured professor at Southeast Missouri State University and as the interim associate provost for graduate studies and support programs and the executive director of the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center at Longwood University. She previously served for five years as the vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Fontbonne University before leaving St. Louis for 11 years to serve as the president of Caldwell University, a Dominican institution in New Jersey.

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