Philomath High School alum Ella Skinkis will be among those awarded degrees this weekend at the University of Portland.
Skinkis, 22, will graduate in the top 7% of her class with academic distinction, magna cum laude, and a degree in mathematics at a ceremony Sunday at the university’s Chiles Center.
Skinkis will also be commissioned this weekend into the Air Force as a second lieutenant with plans to serve as a Gold Bar Recruiter this summer in Syracuse before reporting this fall for pilot training at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas.
Skinkis, the daughter of Karen and Randy Skinkis, was a co-valedictorian with Philomath High’s Class of 2019.