Two Northeast natives recently graduated from the University of Central Missouri, participating in the fall commencement exercises held Dec. 10-11 in the university’s Multipurpose Building.

Students who completed their degree requirements by the end of the fall 2010 semester were honored at the event.

Those graduating included Ariel A. Aguilar of the Belmont neighborhood with a Bachelor of Music Education, and Maria P. Mendoza of the Wheeling Avenue neighborhood with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.