The Las Cruces Fire Department is hosting a commencement ceremony Friday afternoon where 17 cadets are expected to graduate from the 33rd Fire Academy.
The graduation ceremony is planned for 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, in the auditorium of the Dona Ana Community College, 2800 Sonoma Ranch Blvd.
The ceremony is free and open to the public.
The Fire Academy cadets expected to graduate on Friday are Emmanuel Aguirre, Brock Baca, Daniel Chavez, John Eric Chavez, Marcos Diaz, Timothy Jacobs, Isaac Jacques, Dominic Lopez, Christian Luthi, Patric Magallanes, Kyle Miller, Eric Palma, Sandro Roque, Antonio Sanchez, Austin Standridge, Summer Stanzione and Kristin Wahlen.