Essex County College awarded 1,350 associate degrees and certificates at its 43rd Commencement on May 23, 2012 at the Prudential Center in Newark.

The following residents of Caldwell, Fairfield, Roseland and West Caldwell were graduates of the Class of 2012 at Essex County College.

 CALDWELL                                                                      
Kevin Molina, Eric Peterson, Arthur Rees, Samantha Zaragoza

FAIRFIELD                                                                        
Rusty Gulay, Michael Hibo, Panagiota Marousis, Adam Nisivoccia, Charles Parkin, Marisol Stagnitto, GeraldTobia       

ROSELAND                                                                   
Andrew Cota, Katelyn Pendley, Donald Short, Casey Valerian

WEST CALDWELL                                                           
Donald Davidson Jr., Brendan Egan, Juan Flores, Ricardo Galano,  Xhusticja Hoxha, Kerry Kilborn, Christopher Kotomski, Austin Reed,  Nicole Ridings,  Christina Faith Ritch, Daniel Souritzidis