Tuscaloosa Area Residents to be Among UA Graduates

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama expects to award approximately 1,100 degrees at summer commencement exercises to be held Saturday, Aug. 12, at Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

Vivian Malone Jones, UA’s first African American graduate, will be the featured speaker. She will also receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree at the ceremony.

Jones enrolled at UA on June 11, 1963, following Gov. George Wallace’s unsuccessful “stand in the schoolhouse door,” and in 1965 received her degree in business management. In 1996, she retired after more than 30 years in various federal government positions that culminated with her position as director of the Office of Environmental Justice of the Environmental Protection Agency. She currently works with the Atlanta Associates of MONY Life Insurance Company of America

With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 175,000 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:
DOCTORAL DEGREE

LINDEN-Roben Wallace Lewis.

TUSCALOOSA-Tammy Deshazo Barry, Philippe Delannoy, Zhangfei He, Clare Louise Hencken, Wallace Edward Holznagel, Lori S. Kopp, Chongchan Lee, Elise Cecile Lewis, Sara Helms Robicheaux, Rakesh Sah, Yanjie Sun, Michael Allen Waters, Feng Zhou.

MASTER’S DEGREE

ALICEVILLE-Emily Eubank Conley.

BEAVERTON-Denise Cantrell Markham.

BERRY-Pamela O’Bryant West.

BROOKWOOD-William Vernon Young.

CENTREVILLE-Andrea Lyn Edmonds.

CUBA-Andrea Renae Gibbs.

DEMOPOLIS-Sean Michael Smith.

EUTAW-Robin Daniels Lee.

FAYETTE-Cristal E. Smith-Crowell.

GREENSBORO-Katie Marie Strong.

LAWLEY-Felicia Kaye Creel.

MOUNDVILLE-James Daniel Butler.

NORTHPORT-Candace Carr Bailey, Keena Paige Calloway, Aimee Susan Chism,

Pamela Jill Farris, Terry Allen Johnson, Gwen Andrea Lambert, Scott Richard Lanier,

Kimberly Gregory Milligan, Sandra Raye Owens, Reba A. Robb, Angela Wynette Sanford, Anquetta Diggins Shealey, Susan Hilary Shirley.

SULLIGENT-Jennie Rina Sizemore.

TUSCALOOSA-Alexander Vaughan Ames, Deborah S. Anderson, Felix Argenis Angulo, Elizabeth Ann Atcheson, Jason Blaine Baggett, Bethany Adair Brogden,

Robin Kimberly Carey, Carmen Lourdes Castillo, Tracie Michelle Chandler,

Scott Andrew Chenard, Amy Hsu-Chung Chu, Philip Antonio Coleman, Qun Dai,

Audrey Dorroh, Mary White Etheredge, Shelley Dawn Fairbrother, Thomas Brandon Farmer, Kirsten Mary Gravengaard, James Howard Gray II, Vivek Hardayal Jaiswal,

Brian Daniel Jennette, Hyelin Jeon, Kimberly Ladon Kendrick, Diwakar Khanal,

Kelly Leighanne King, Mary Katherine Klose, Wen-Ling Kuo, Mary Neilson Laseter,

Sonya Denise Lewis, Jingnong Li, Yang Liang, Yu Liu, Zhaosong Lu, Guozhong Ma,

Lisa Ann Maddox, Kimberly Goodwin Massey, Adrienne Corey McClung, Douglas Waites Milligan, Elisabet Helga Palmadottir, Denise Craig Perry, Eric Alton Peterson,

Philip Rhett Plugge, Jody Garland Pounds, Paige Ryan Raney, Heather Lashea Rice,

Anne Marie Romano, Phillip Brandon Russell, Stefano Santilli, Robert Casey Slack,

Kristen Julina Smith, Della Ruth Stevens, Kitty Langston Strickland, Laura McWilliams Swint, Mary Cates Templeton, Gokul Komandoor Tirupathi, Jose Felix Torres,

Tina Denise Turner, Gopakumar Venugopalan, Thongsay Vongpaseuth, Beverly A. Wallace, Quan Wan, Jing Xia Wang, Quan Wen, Connie Hill Williamson, Jeffrey Neil Windham.

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

BANKSTON-Angela Marie Bonner.

BERRY-Kimberly Jean Edmonson.

BOLIGEE-Kelly McClellan Hall.

BRENT-Taisha Renee’ Holifield, Lakeda Rochelle Stewart.

BROOKWOOD-Michael Glen Herron, Kimberly Dawn Walker-Guy.

CARROLLTON-Marty Gerald Gates, David Hunter Pate, John Dustin Sheppard.

COATOPA-Dana Devine Greene.

COKER-Jeanne Lynn Jones.

COTTONDALE-Tiffany Rayshun Prince.

CUBA-John Spero Averett.

DAYTON-Charles Barry Poole.

DEMOPOLIS-Heather Rowley Carpenter.

DUNCANVILLE-Robyn Grace Alexander, Joshua Cain Davis.

EUTAW-Devereux A. Thompson.

FAUNSDALE-Elizabeth Christian McKee.

FAYETTE-John McConnell Currie, Joseph Thomas Moore.

FOSTERS-Brian Keith Nickoles.

GORDO-Elizabeth Allison Campbell, Ginger Melane Duren.

GREENSBORO-Madeline Elizabeth Crawford.

LINDEN-Counce Moody Drinkard.

LIVINGSTON-Merkeshia Lashonte’ Hines.

NORTHPORT-James Ryan Alverson, Brandon Lee Brown, Aaron Madison Cabaniss,

Nancy Chen, Matthew Wilson Daniel, Philip Mahan Davis, Reid Scott Davis,

Matthew Kevin Erdman, Joseph Matthew Fowler, Aaron Keith Gammon, Herman Pendleton Gocke II, Pamela Lynn Grammer, Mary Leslie Hahn, Robert Earl Hall II,

Walter Shields Hayes, Hope Allen Holemon, Eddie Lamar Johnson, Lashonda Patrice Kemp, Amy Elizabeth Kennedy, Joseph Andrew Keys Sr., Royce Andy Knight, Lisa Ashley-Shae Koontz, Jonathan Matthew Lawson, Richard Daniel Leavell, Brien Matthew Lohrmann, Ashley Marie Love, Ashlee Nicole McClendon, Jeremy Ryan Pike, Holly Joann Schmitt, Wiley Scott Smith, Jerry Scott Swiney, Melissa Adams Thomas,

Donna Renee Topazi, Jeremy Chad Trammell, Edgar Louis Walker Jr., Katherine Elizabeth White.

TUSCALOOSA-Steve Alfred, Leila Ashley Arthur, Shenavia Lasha Baity, Timothy Louis Bayles, Deborah Joy Bowman, Dale Allen Bright, Danielle Marie Bruns,

Sara Elizabeth Butler, James George Chambers IV, James Tompkins Cochrane Jr., Margaret Mims Cochrane, Cynthia Leigh Cook, Benjamin Vernon Copeland, Brooks Walden Copeland, Derrick Jamelle Crayton, Samuel A. Das, Charles Cooper Donham,

Kelly Eugene Douglas, Joseph Richard Duncan, Nikki Bonner Elliott, David Scott Ennis,

Douglas Paul Feller, Tanya Jessica Forbes, Forrest Andrew Ford, John Scott Gaddy,

Lorie Ann Glover, Matthew Ashley Griffin, Adjoa Rubiette Grubbs, Lewis Morton Guy,

Deidra Elaine Ham, David Charles Hartley, William Abbot Henderson, Jason Lee Hewett, Lisa Bridges Higginbotham, Misty Renae Holbrook, Cardenas Lavez Hubbard, Jeffrey Dewayne Hubbert, Hiroshi Inoue, William Jarrett Ivey, Taeyoung Jeong, Allison Danielle Kirkley, Stephanie Frances Koch, Jean Philippe Lejeune, Christopher Shawn Linville, Andrew Michael Magazu, Adam Patrick Maginnis, Mary Mikell McBride,

Thomas Alex McLeod Jr., Marquette Tyshaun McMullen, Monica Alexandra Morales, Eunice Richmond Parker, Elizabeth Ann Patton, Ann Lynn Pearson, Joe Morris Pike Jr., Jerald Andrew Pollack, Melody Dawn Quizon, Sonja Yvonne Rawls, Tecumsia Yvonne Ray, Mandoria Ann Rice, Cassandra Gail Robinson, Tonya Lashun Rogers, Hayden Ashley Rossell, Tara Elise Roth, Jefferson Clayton Rowell, Antonio Fernando Saavedra,

Waleed Mohammad Saeed, Aimee Bollingham Sanders, Arkeisha A Sanders, Christopher Scott Sanders, Kelley Ann Schwartz, Kenneth Edwin Scissum Jr., Stacy Diane Scroggins, Florenda Champion Shakir, Mary Kylie Shannon, Ne-Juan Monique Shaul, William Wellborn Shaw, Ghassan Hosni Shawli, Fuad Farouq Silwani, Della Elaine Simms, Malcolm Thomas Smith, Tanja Laverne Smith, Ti Keshia Smith, Gregory John Somsel, Youilite Arniece Spears, Charlye Ann Spiegel, Joshua Johnson Stewart, Heather Ann Swain, Richard Patrick Swatloski, Charles Michael Taylor, John Mark Taylor, Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Lynn Thomas, Chris Darryl Thorn, Berkhan H. Tosyali, Mehul Bipinbhai Vashi, Rebecca Lynn Viosca, Vernon Leslie Vogel III, David Anthony Washington, Deborah Lynne Whetstone, James Henry Willis Jr., Jolanta Simonne Wilson, Stanley Glenn Wilson, Christy Dionne Winningham, George Thomas Winters Jr., Miaz Won, Russell Wayne Yarbrough.

VANCE-Jason Stones Hubbard, Moneeck Deshan Jackson, Melissa Carole Kornegay.

VERNON-Jeffrey Leon McReynolds.

YORK-Natasha Nicole Walker.

Contact

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