Tuscaloosa Area Residents to be Among UA Graduates

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama expects to award approximately 2,189 degrees at spring commencement exercises to be held Saturday, May 13, at Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

Best-selling author Winston Groom will be the commencement speaker; Alabama Rep. Robert E. “Bud” Cramer Jr. will speak at the UA School of Law’s graduation ceremony.

Groom, who will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters, is best known for his novel “Forrest Gump” which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning motion picture. He is currently working on “The Crimson Tide: An Illustrated History of Football at The University of Alabama,” due out this fall from the UA Press.

With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 174,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. UA holds commencement three times a year.

The following students from Tuscaloosa and surrounding areas are listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE

CARROLLTON-Melissa McLaughlin Harrison.

DUNCANVILLE-Alisha Rena Ruffin.

GORDO-Deanna Herring Mordecai.

LIINDEN-Laura Andrea Drinkard.

MILLPORT-Crystal Anne Newman.

NORTHPORT-Jane Margaret Calamusa, Mark Andrew Cerny, Jayson Lucas French, Anne Wilson Guthrie, Allen Morris Hammer, Christopher Robin Kelley.

TUSCALOOSA-Joshua Maddux Alford, Rose Marie Allenstein, Stacey Renee Altman, Denise Adeliene Baschab, Kevin Walker Beatty, Ian Michael Berry, Elizabeth Erin Bosquet, Mary Kate Cochrane, Steven Randolph Colclough, John David Collins, Jason Wheeler Connell, Adam Daniel Danneman, Thad Austin Davis, Noel Gregory Delchamps, Tommy Kenneth Foster, Kimberly Wood Geisler, Stephen Robert Geisler, Dana Posey Gentry, Nathaniel Fincher Hansford, Francis David Hollifield, Samuel Woodrow Junkin, William Kelly, Kermit L. Kendrick, Vicki Lynn Lambert, Othni James Lathram, Ashley Dawn Lomers, Ginger Emfinger Lucas, Joseph Allston Macon III, Andrew Scott McDavid, Katherine M McGinley, Timothy Scott McNally, Jeffrey Norman Mykkeltvedt, Robert Snow Plott, Lacy Shrae Robertson, Todd Allen Schroeder, Daniel Roy Schuler, Bradley Johns Smith, Kristofor David Sodergren, Jason Carlton Spray, Roy Roderick Sylvester II, Symantha Christeen Thomas, Kathryn Abbie Thompson, Brian Davis Wadsworth, Jennifer Leigh Wiggins, Steven Travis Wilson, Travis Russell Wisdom, Jason Dwight Woodard, Stephanie Smith Woodard, Chad Edward Woodruff, Jennifer Frances Zeigler.

VERNON-Ronald H. Strawbridge Jr.

WEST BLOCTON-Joseph Bryant Hicks.

DOCTORAL DEGREE

COTTONDALE-Hunter R Christian.

FOSTERS-Kimberly Suzanne Lackey.

NORTHPORT-Bianca Lianna Adair, Michael David Hawkins, Pamela Nicole Wilson.

TUSCALOOSA-Ana Maria Barcelos, Donald James Bradt, Christopher Mwita Chacha, Wayne Alan Chandler, Chadron Mark Friesen, Jae-Kwang Hwang, Quanpeng Ke, Stefan Maat, Jay Patrick Perkins, Thomas John Ratkovich, Eliot Kahlil Wilson, Wentao Wu, Jiantie Zhen.

MASTER’S DEGREE

BERRY-Pamela R Traweek.

CENTREVILLE-Sandra L. Kornegay, Jack Wilson Lightsey III.

COKER-Cortney Dawn Gantt.

COTTONDALE-Pasha Lenae Goins, John Edward Hill.

DEMOPOLIS-Sean Michael Smith.

DETROIT-Holly Helen Karr.

DIXONS MILL-Torriente Leron White.

DUNCANVILLE-Geza Kovacs, Denise Shropshire Stanley.

GORDO-James William Chapman Jr.

GREENSBORO-Katie Marie Strong.

HOLT-Jerry Paul Brothers.

MOUNDVILLE-Harold Brian Clayton, Misty Renee Holston.

NORTHPORT-Carrie Evan Arnwine, Christina Dawn Beem, Gaines Bennett Brake, Christy Maxwell Brown, Derek Lee Camp, Douglas Jackson Channell, Susan Stewart Clements, Robin Adrienne Cooper-Stone, Elizabeth Marie Gibson, David Austin Green, Christy Thomas Hardy, Mary Elizabeth Hendrix, Amanda Taylor Humphreys, George Durward Kelley Jr., Patricia Margaret Langer, Heather Leigh Larson, Wendy K. McMillian, Joey Glenn Milligan, Shannon Ann Pace, Victor Eugene Pritchett II, Kayla Diane Rice, Jennifer Lynn Schnatz, Avani Amit Shah, Anquetta Diggins Shealey, Rachel Elaine Shuttlesworth, Charles Michael Stilson Jr., Stacey Nichole Thompson, William Wyman Vintson, Tekle Orshiso Wanorie, Eric Lee Wilson.

TUSCALOOSA-Zephaniah Neal Allen, Kamran Aziz, Marilou Briney Baker, Junell Gwen Barnes, Zachary Leslie Barnes, Mei-Jean Kuo Barth, Travis Andrew Bennett, Rodney W. Bolls, Brian Keith Boyington, John Allen Bradshaw, Mark Steven Brown, Melissa Ann Buciak, Biao Cai, Glen Allison Cain, Elizabeth Anne Caldwell, Jamie Lynn Campbell, Toni Marie Carter, Gloria Niokka Chamblee, Karmon Renee Chaney, Phaisit Chewputtanagul, Craig Dudley Childs Jr, Michelle Stinson Childs, Paul Allen Clements Jr., Jeffrey Colin Coleman, Jonathan David Corliss, Kea Michele Costley, Laura A Couch, William Evan Couch, Lance William Davis, Michael Edward Dehilster, William Pitt Derryberry, Andrew Robert Duncan, Kristen Elise Durham, Jason Garcia Dyhouse, Carl Grady Eades III, John Joseph Ehrley, Faizal Mohammad Emamaullee, Mandy McManus Emedi, Stephen Lynn Entrekin, Jackie E Fazeli, Raymond Wayne Gaddy, Marisa Ann Galick, Veena Gangadharan, Ganesh Prasad Gautam, Jolee Floyd Gibbons, Shawn Edward Gilliam, Emily Byrnina Gore, Jennifer Ashley Grissom, Marci Lee Hardy, Heather Dawn Headrick, Dana Cooley Hickman, Stefan Ake Hilton, Chi Kit Ho, Delicia Marie Holley, William Andrew Howard, Christina Sue Howell, Ning Hu, Cristina Lynn Hughes, Andrew Paddison James, Deonne Essie Johnson, Timothy Nash Johnston, Stacy Lynn Jones, Karen Loraine Kearney, Jaedoek Kim, Michael Stephen Kimmett, Suzanne Marie King, Leslie Paul Kirchner, Sylvia Irmgard Koestner, Shun-Wei Lai, Price Kemper Laird, Jill Olympia Lancaster, Anita Castleberry Lanford, Kirk Edward Lawson, Jingnong Li, Fenglin Liu, Valesca Elvira Lopez, Stefan Maat, Lisa Ann Maddox, Thomas Nakia Magee, Jayne Ruth Majors, Patricio Adrian Maller, Marisa Lynn Manzi, Deritha Inez Marbory, Ladina Dichell Marshall, Stanley Carl McCaa, Bonnie Jean McFadden, Terry Duane McGee, Rebecca Conner McKinney, Ravindra Sharma Medikonduru, Michael Francis Mejia, Maria Del Mendoza, Wayne Wesley Minor, Cynthia H. Montgomery, Janet Lee Morin, Jeffrey Alan Natharius, Vincent Bradley Newbill, Kypros Doros Nicolaou, Robert Richard Norvel Jr., Isil Okten, Amanda Oswald, Paul Ronald Overstreet, Paul William Owen, Dustin A. Pardini, Josephine Gilchrist Prado, Gabrielle Prisco, Pamela Alicia Ramos, Grant Roy Robicheaux, Alison Marie Roboski, Mamie Lee Rochelle, Michelle Rene Ryan, Daniel Clayton Sackberger, Glenn Q. Sauder, John Andrew Savage IV, Demetria R Shabazz, Lori Davis Sharp, Susan Elizabeth Sibby, Cynthia Ann Sides, Elizabeth Ann Simpson, Bertha Nicole Sims, Jesper Jan-Ake Sjokvist, Charles Samuel Slawson, Shannon Elizabeth Sliter, Wesley Scott Smith, Charles Rodger Snead Jr., Allison Lee Snow, Pamela Moore Sparks, Kristen W. Sprayberry, Chetan Rajaram Surve, Laura McWilliams Swint, Wing-Sun Tam, Francis Robertson Tanner, Rebecca Barrineau Taylor, Tina Louise Teel, Phyllis Rena Thomas-Cotton, Manuel Osmin Torres Cerda, Erik Faik Turkman, Gabrielle Michelle Turner, Todd Russell Vinson, Nianqi Wang, Yaqi Wang, Lindy Smith Weaver, Bradford Munro Wilson, Michael Allen Wix, Xiaodong Yang, Tao Yao.

WEST BLOCTON-Richard E. Stephens.

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

AKRON-Melanie Duncan Barrett.

ALICEVILLE-Jenephoia Lashay Wilder.

BANKSTON-Angela Marie Bonner, Bridget Meharg Skelton.

BELLAMY-Merkeshia Lashonte Hines.

BERRY-Sandra Gail Banks, Kimberly Jean Edmonson, Courtney Robin Lawson. BROOKWOOD-Christy Renee Clarke, Michael Glen Herron, Tiffany Trawick Toxey.

BUHL-Sandy Kaye Clayton.

CARROLLTON-Douglas Jones Varnon, Michael Wayne Walker.

CENTREVILLE-Robert Kevin Colburn, Jana Nicole George, Eric Rhine,Terri Dixie Snipes, Tyran Sabrina Wilkinson.

COATOPA-Quanda Mitchelle Watson.

COKER-Amy Nicole Bennett, Stacey Nichole Bobo, Keith Preston Donald, William Caton Gantt, Wendy Kristine Holcomb, Martha J. Key, Denise Barringer McMillian, Warren Ross Perdue, Cherry Belinda Presnall.

COTTONDALE-Ashley Dawn Carruth, Kimberly Sue McMillan, Edwina Jo Mitchell, Tiffany Rayshun Prince, Kimberly Paige Snider, Amanda Lenora Stanley, Marcia Danielle Stanley, Sandra Kaye Trimm, Katjie Jill Willingham, Forrest Lee Windham.

CUBA-Julie Christine Hardin.

DEMOPOLIS-Brandon Shane Agee, Deshanta Neshae Ingram, Emily Randall King, Jennifer Rose Northcutt, Cedric Howard Samuel, Regina Dawn Sprinkle.

DUNCANVILLE-Joshua Cain Davis, Rebecca Joyce Deuso, Brady Allen Owens, Jason Matthew Watson.

ELROD-Christopher John Strickland.

EUTAW-Bonita Lasha Oliver, William Oliver Parker III.

FAYETTE-Elizabeth Ann Beauchamp, Richard Paul Hanna Jr., Carla Leeanne Kelley, Kelli Samantha Knight, Kelli Elizabeth Madison, Jaime Claire Newman, Natalie Jane Nichols, Emily Celeste Rainwater, Leslie Dawn Sanford, Angelia Marie White.

GAINESVILLE-Natashia Raquel Hutchins.

GALLION-Stacey Lynn Crawford, Timothy Collins Monroe.

GORDO-Beatrice Bernice Byrd, Benjamin Clark Herring, Sharon Gay Shirley.

GREENSBORO-Jennifer Leigh Causey.

LINDEN-Thomas Christopher Kynard.

LIVINGSTON-Derrick Antwon Jones.

MARION-Derrick O’Neal Jackson.

MILLPORT-Kara Joy Carpenter, April Torrie Hardin.

MOUNDVILLE-Tina Nicole Davis, Lisa Hall Matherson, Samuel Jerry Matherson, Sylvia Maria Santiago, Charles Ray Seale, Miranda Leigh Whitfield.

NORTHPORT-Kelly Elizabeth Bishop, Rodrick Davis Brownlee, Charles Adam Brush, Michael Fowler Burroughs, Fang Chen, Heath Patrick Cooper, David Wesley Devine, Michael Heath Farris, Jennifer Nicole Fields, Randy Joseph Gibbs, Amy Dawn Gundlach-Evans, Charles Abraham Haun III, Amanda Leigh Johnson, Jason Matthew Jones, Amy Elizabeth Kennedy, Tae Yang Kim, Ashley Meredith Knight, Jay Timothy Leatherwood, Rebecca Carrol McDuff, Anne-Marie Milam, Erik Lee Moller, Kalindy Ann Moncrief, Andrew Carey Nairn, Risa Osawa, Samantha Therese Pekera, Jeremy Ryan Pike, Emma Michelle Powell, Nicole Trimm Pugh, Jason Paul Ray, Braxton Farrell Reese, Clemens Alexander Reimer, Jeffrey Wade Roberts, Elaina Gayle Sexton, Jennifer Ann Siemers, Chad Chalhub Smith, Ronnie Alan Smith, Aaron Vaughn Staub, Perry Kyle Stewart, Robert Samuel Swain, Stachea Robin Taylor, Ashley Ray Tunnell, Edgar Louis Walker, Jamie Renee Walker, Malene Abena Watson, Alexander Evan Weaver, Paul Morris Wideman, Nathaniel David Willmon, Patricia Alyson Wood.

RALPH-Jimmie Ann Cork, Mary Margaret McCracken.

REFORM-Elizabeth Margaret Spruill.

SAMANTHA-Ginger W. Collins.

SPROTT-Kizzy Jackson.

SULLIGENT-Carla Cribbs, Jaime Leanne McLemore.

TUSCALOOSA-Mastura Abas, Lora Jeanne Adkins, Mohammed F. Al Mansour, Jessica Leigh Alexander, Arnela Alichkovich, Jennifer Lynn Allen, Addie Priscilla Argo, Fady Assaad, Jennifer Diane Avery, Stacy Wayne Bailey, Marcus Alan Ballard, Alice Cleere Barr, Anthony C. Barrile III, Brian Keith Beckham, Vanessa Sarah Bell, Natalie Ray Bement, Justin Donald Benefield, Matthew Boyd Bentley, Ginger Brewer Berry, Michaela Ingram Bice, William Bradley Blackmon, Katharine E. Boettcher, John Thomas Boney, Jeb Curtis Bonner, John Alton Boutwell, Bart Dwayne Box, Charles E. Bracknell II, Portia Lejaundra Britton, Shelley W. Brockwell, Heather Erin Brookshire, Michael Hugh Brown, Michael Scott Brown, Travis Stanley Brown, Mary Elizabeth Brush, Candace Faith Bryson, Cynthia Gene Burrage, Austin Johnson Burrows, William H. Byington III, Stephanie Ann Caldow, Christine Marie Campanaro, James Garrett Carmon, Allyson Kimberly Carter, Yao-Jen Chang, Laurie Ann Charnigo, Stuart Shaw Cheatham, Mary Ann Chesnut, Ashley Kay Christian, Hyun Joo Chung, Cooper Hardie Chunn, Jamie Butler Cicatiello, Nancy Rebecca Clanton, Janea Rene Clark, Shawn Lee Cleary, Yolanda Latrice Clemons, Kimberly Joann Colbert, Terry Eugene Collins, Stephanie Ann Cooper, Brock Leonard Corder, Jason Kevin Courson, Ashley Ann Crook, James Lee Crownover, Latoya Eugenia Dailey, Amber Middlebrooks Darnell, Bradley Scott Darnell, Howard Carter Davidson, Julie Ann Dedovich, Damon Louis Dismukes, Bethany Ellen Donham, Sarah Olivia Dunlap, Roman Bayne Duren, Heather Beth Edmondson, Sean Laurence Elliott, Cynthia Armine Ellis, Jake Tyler Embry, Michael Ryan English, Latonda Misha Eubanks, Patricia Faye Evans, Oliver Hamilton Ezell, Susan Michele Farris, Meredith Fayard, Charles Matt Fetner, Elizabeth Lorene Fink, Christine Elise Ford, Forrest Andrew Ford, Debbie Jean Frisby, Erica Yolanda Fulford, Allison Bailey Gary, Russell Kevin Gilbert, Shannon Leigh Glass, Thomas Bret Golson, Kelvin Clay Gosa, James Ross Gunnells, Amber Kristine Hahn, Ryan Dale Hall, Jennifer Jean Hallman, Scott A Hamilton Jr., Casey Glenn Hamlett, Wade Owen Hankinson III, Irini Hanna, Masami Hareyama, Tonya Michelle Harrington, Peggy Morris Harris, Dina Rachelle Hays, Jeremy Franklin Hays, Yu-Fen He, Julius Nathan Henderson, Harold Lee Herrin Jr., Robert Findlay Higginbotham, Lisa Ann Hill, Wesley Brian Hodgins, Andrew Timothy Holley, Daniel Reed Holliman, Carrie Francis Howard, Melanie Ingram Howard, Stanley Michael Howard, Meggan Marie Huggins, Heather Lynn Hunt, Eddie Lee Hunter Jr., Zakariya Hassan Ibrahim, Mohammad Tariq Iqbal, Gary Jaiman, Syvonya Yvette James, Jennifer Renae Jerome, Andrew Glenn Johanson, Paxton McKeown Johanson, John Walker Johnson,Anedra Filyaw Jones, Daniel Glenn Jones, Donia Lee Jones, Arthur Thomas Kappel III, Angelene McKinney Kelley, Clayton Ward Kornegay, Savvas George Kounnos, Chad Alan Lachance, Candice Elizabeth Lake, Antoine W. Lassiter, Christopher Brian Lawrence, Ming-Fee Liaw, Ladonna Lee Lipscomb, Jamey Faye Logan, Daphne Tanette Long, Katheryn Louise Long, Jennifer Lynn Lukas, Wendy Ann Madden, Nader Abdullah Malibari, Kristi Michelle Mallicote, Alex D. Malone, Bryan Scott Martin, Tracie Lynn Mason, Brian Keith Massey, Anthony Chijiok Mbachu, Joy Nicole McCollum, Jessica Dianne McCorkle, Justin James McCorkle, Joanne Elizabeth McCrary, Anne Peyton McMullen, Christopher Eric McNutt, Matheus Neves Medeiros, Margaret Cornelia Minges, Jodi Lynn Moon, Deborah Lynne Moore, Matthew Allen Moore, Bradford Nicholas Morgan, Carol Smith Moseley, David William Moss, Clinton D. Mountain Jr., Mohd Aizam Muhamad Zin, Amanda Dawn Mulkey, Seiki Nakamura, Tadato Nakamura, Scott Edward Nix, Merritt Ani Noble, Christina Burroughs Norris, Benson Heath Nunnelly, Leon Oliver O’Neal, Mindy Deanne O’Rear, Patrick Michael Oakley, Heather Renee Ott, Leah June Pack, Jose Cecilio Padilla, Diondra Shawnte’ Parker, Abner Wilson Patton IV, Carl Ray Peabody, Matthew Todd Perkins, Denise Marie Perry, Thomas Josef Pfau, Timothy Ryan Pflugner, Joe Morris Pike Jr., Todd Milton Posey, Sarah Jacklyn Powell, Helen Xan Pugh, Karen Margaret Quarles, Juliet Ann Ramirez, Christopher Lesure Randle, Bradley Alan Ray, Stephanie Renee Raymond, Kacy Loraine Ready, Cedrick Deon Rembert, Seth Edward Resnick, Jennifer Christina Rester, Alejandro Rios, Ariel Alejandro Rivero, Susan Renee Russell, Shahid Saeed, Albert Lee Satcher Jr., Emily Margaret Selzer, Eric James Sexton, Abdulrahman M. Shamashir, Adam Paul Shattuck, George Levings Shaw, Jennifer Lee Shiller, Adam Robert Shockley, Amy Elizabeth Shows, Calvin Simon Jr., Justin Warren Simpson, Andrew Lee Smith, Daniel Patrick Smith, Robert Earl Smith Jr., Robert Michael Smith, Ti Keshia Smith, Loren Renee Snyder, Siew Woan Soo Thoo, Betty Anne Squyres, Kelly Sue Staten, Amy Elizabeth Stephens, Elizabeth Laine Stomps, Scott Gregory Strain, Tenza Mechelle Summerville, Lisa Marie Sylvester, Chiyasu Tanaka, Heather Marie Taylor, Cassandra L.Thomas-Sanders, Christopher John Thomas, Leonard Austin Thompson, Sarah Celestine Thompson, Chris Darryl Thorn, Charles Jeffrey Tidmore, Matthew Christian Tidmore, Rebekah Lea Tidmore, Elizabeth Ann Tierce, Jason Bryon Tingle, Bradley Payton Tinney, Jonna Purse Todd, James Anderson Traynor, Johnny Clarence Trayvick, Roger Dale Turner Jr., Gordon Douglas Typer, Vincent Joseph Van Luvender, James Abram Vandermeer, Peng-Chen Wang, Meredith Anne Warren, Vonnetta Lynn West, Byron Rush White, Toby Schneider Whitman, Sonya Anne Wilkins, Steven Robert Wilson, Meredith Overbeck Winkler, Miaz Won, Heather Moss Wright, Jack Laymond Wylie, Shunsuke Yamada, Panan Yotakhong, George Danovic Young, Neophytos Zannetos Zannetos, Michael Christian Zoebelein.

UNIONTOWN-Gabriel David Judd, Melinda Ann Norwood.

WEST BLOCTON-Pauline Hill Carr, Ovella H. Dukes.