TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 2,500 degrees at spring commencement ceremonies held recently in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
James P. Hayes Jr., president of the Economic Partnership of Alabama, was the featured speaker. Hayes also received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the event. Also receiving an honorary doctor of humane letters was Dr. John Hicks, executive assistant to the chancellor and secretary of the UA Board of Trustees.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 189,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. UA holds commencement ceremonies three times a year.
The following students from the Montgomery area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
ALEXANDER CITY — Angela Catherine Cameron
ANDALUSIA — Grant John Scott
ATMORE — Bonnie Lee Branum
AUBURN — James Alexander Muncie III, Sara Frances Russell
ENTERPRISE — Katherine Camille Marsh, Eris Bryan Paul
EUFAULA — Catherine H. Richardson
GREENSBORO — John William Ryan Jr.
HEADLAND — John Curtis Deshazo, James Curry Woods
LOUISVILLE — Daniel Vinson Bowden
MONTGOMERY — Michael Gregory Dean, Richard Willis Holmes, Latasha Renee Huffman, Brandon Douglas Hughey, Amanda Kay Morgan
OPELIKA — Christopher Mark Curenton
OZARK — John Rodgers Morgan III
PRATTVILLE — Kevin Paul Davidson
SELMA — William Price Blanton
WETUMPKA — April McKenzie Mason
DOCTORAL DEGREE
MONTGOMERY — Hope White
MASTER’S DEGREE
ALEXANDER CITY — Tyrone Douglas Edwards, Susan Ashley Thomas
ANDALUSIA — Julie S. Joiner
AUBURN — Deanna Gayle Keebler
CLAYTON — Latronia Denise Lovell
DADEVILLE — Sheila Hornsby Godfrey, Margaret Elizabeth Hudson
DALEVILLE — Janet L. Strickland,
DEMOPOLIS — Cristy Sue Bell, Pamela Denise Jowers
DOTHAN — Priscilla Ann Tucker
ECLECTIC — Allyson Parker Hobbs
GENEVA — Willard Hazley Ammons III
GREENSBORO — Scott Murphree Hall, Tranjula De’Visch Hamilton
GROVE HILL — Leslie Diane Brown, Laverne Taite
HAYNEVILLE — Kevin J. Jackson
HIGHLAND HOME — Arnita Leigh Shepherd
MARION — Glenn Travis Vaughn
MILLBROOK — Mary Noelle Dolbare, Evelyn Gilder Long
MONTGOMERY — Diane Dorman Allen, Jennifer Elizabeth Allred, Angela Lynn Barry, Brooke Allyson Broadway, Carmen Babs Cooper-Madison, Alyssa Martin, Richardson B. McKenzie IV, Jesse Daniel Provo, Collin Hunter Sewell, Denise E. Turner, Ann Wesley Tyson
MOUNDVILLE — Cynthia Ann Fisk
OPELIKA — Kelly Holasek Randall
OZARK — Cynthia Joy Carter, Michelle Laverne Piper
PRATTVILLE — John Thomas Ackerman, Stefanie Marie Ramirez
SELMA — Sheila Tanner Hatfield
TROY — Eric Justin Law, Brittney Dana Little
WETUMPKA — Lauren Elizabeth Ball, April McKenzie Mason
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ALBERTA — Antoine Davis Pettway
ALEXANDER CITY — Chad Robert Adamson, Leigh King Warr, David Bishop Welborn
ANDALUSIA — Steven Barrow Barlow, James Martin Clifton, Kristen Renee Messick
ASHFORD — Tambria Michelle Harrell, Jeffrey Allen Tedder
ATMORE — Marisa Diane Bell
AUBURN — Joshua Bryan Blount, Kimberly Dell Crosby, Melissa Regina Hickok, Tiffany Latoya Johnson, Bettina Fredericka Pulliam, Kurt Alan Rahe
BREWTON — Bradley E. Byrne Jr., Margaret Koster Henderson, Jayme Elizabeth Rotch
BUTLER — Charles Agnew Ezell IV
CAMDEN — Jennifer Susanne Luker
CHANCELLOR — Jeffrey Curt Howell
CLANTON — Jessica Lynn Alexander, Candace Rae Bates, Matthew Martindale Colson, April Maria Davis, Dante’ Bertram Tinsley
COFFEEVILLE — Jeania Renae Williams,
DADEVILLE — Jennifer Nicole Abernathy, Annie Flor Lee
DEATSVILLE — Ashley K. Turner
DEMOPOLIS — Terence Deshunn Braxton, Amanda Nicole Doyle, Meredith Lindbergh Giles, Thomas O’Neal Moore Jr., Gus Weiss IV
DOTHAN — Bethany Suzanne Bedsole, Stephen Wesley Carpenter, Amber Joy Cato, Tina Denise Duke, Justin Glen Hicks, Christie Danielle Ingram, Heather Janae Johnson, Thomas Jason Laska, Joshua Ryan Mallory, Amy Lauren Oakes, Lauren Elizabeth Parkman
ECLECTIC — Colleen Louise Geary
ELMORE — Lane Alison Guyse
ENTERPRISE — Connie Sue Akins, Katie Elizabeth Boyd, John Warren Marsh, David Brock Parker, Tatum Shepard, Joseph L Tindell, John Carey Tomberlin II
EUFAULA — Laura Cecilia Benavides, Jessica Renee Chaney, Kendra Guilford, Ashley Lynn Hadley, Christine Bainbridge Jaxon, Charles Brown Walsh
FLOMATON — Cassie Turner
GALLION — Kristen Patrice Coats, Valencia Lajoy Robertson, Jamee I. York
GLENWOOD — Erin M. Kraus
GOODWATER — Crystal Monique Smith
GREENSBORO — Twana Lasha Bates, Jesse Bell, Dondrea Dionne Brownlow, Chassey B. Ellis, Dana Elizabeth Gentry, Andrea McCoy
GREENVILLE — Wimberly Kate Edwards, John Michael Morris, Lauren Brooke Stephenson
GROVE HILL — Joy I. Benefield, Nicholas Ryan Reid
JACKSON — Kimberly Kenise Campbell, Larry W. Shoultz, Gabriel Wade Tiggs
JEMISON — Alyson Lynn Smith
LANETT — Mario Jarbarr Bailey, Johona Maria Nelloms
LUVERNE — Samuel Patrick Walker Jr.
MARION — Orlando Quentrez Essex, Cheryl Yvette Jones
MIDLAND CITY — Stuart Benzi Rummell
MILLBROOK — Sarah Marie Labencki, John Stuart Rabon, Michael Crail Rice, Donald Edward Wheeler Jr.
MONROEVILLE — Rachel Marie Rich
MONTGOMERY — Derrick Lacarrious Bell, Marion Anthony Bishop, Richard Montgomery Blair, Thomas Elliott Broughton, Meredith Patricia Brown, William R. Cunningham Jr., Maria Marquitta Davis, Robert Neal Davis,
Stephen Parrish Dees, Yasaman Deravi, John Philip Dobbins, Laura Elizabeth Goldman, Erin Courtney Green, Rebecca Elizabeth Hardwich, Christy Leigh Hornsby, Shaniece Ryshann Iverson, Ramus J. King, Novita Patrice Kirksey, Sherie Lynee’ Lewis, Daniel W. Mathews Jr., James David McPherson, Milton Guran Montaque, Chloe Alethea Moore, Ebony Nicole Parks, Jason E. Portera, Emily Anne Pugh, Amy Melissa Redd, Emily Renee’ Reynolds, Rikki Nichole Ross, Kimberly K. Sayles, Krystle Siobhan Simmons, Tim David Tucker, Joseph Andrew Whitehead, Jeffrey Darnell Wright, Jauh-Liang Yuan
MOUNDVILLE — Patricia Redick Burroughs, Joshua Blake Chappelle, Clara Edwards, Christina Marie Keeney, Charli Kassandra Neill, Harrie Winfield Wilson
NEW BROCKTON — Rachel Elaine Carroll
OPELIKA — Lashun Jaquay Alexander, Kenya Chiquetta Cook, Sabrina Lakela Crowder, Elizabeth L. Mitchell, Candice Ann Randall, Samuel Kenneth Wilkes
OPP — Elizabeth D. McLeod
OZARK — Rebecca Suzanne Carroll, Emily Diann Jackson, Anne Myree Shillabeer, Steven D. Turnbull
PHENIX CITY — Kimberly Tanesha Blanding, Thomas Franklin Cooper III, Osric Darone Grant, Dana Michael May, Margaret Lynn Savage
PIKE ROAD — Tiffany Leah Bonner
PINE HILL — Sabrina Godwin
PITTSVIEW — Jeremiah Joel Thomas
PRATTVILLE — Beverly Dian Davis, Joseph Christopher Deloach, Erica Lynn Edwards, Kenneth Ryan Gilbert, Whitney Leigh Hunt, Stefanie Marie Ramirez, Jessica Michelle Wood
RED LEVEL — Mary Anne Taylor
SAMSON — Jonathan William Brunson
SARDIS — Sonia L. Williams
SELMA — Donald Claiborne Blanton, Margaret Tillman Boyd, Celia Rebecca Bradsell, Andrew Hagan Brignac, Arthurene Loualease Brown, Christopher P. Crutchfield, Christopher Dallas Eaton, Angela Lakasha Edwards, Kathryn Ann Jung, Sarina Latrease Moore, Geoffrey Aaron Parks, Robert Williams Jr.
SLOCOMB — Lindsey Blair Andrews, Randall Marc Price, Johna Kay Register
SMITHS — Marie Nicole Feagins
SPROTT — Carly Leeanne Nichols
SWEET WATER — Randi Cherri Burnett, Thomas Earl Rodgers
TALLASSEE — Heather Suzanne Funderburk
THOMASVILLE — Jamie Amanda Crow, Jennifer Holly Hutto, Christopher Scott Knight
THORSBY — Douglas Seth Collins
TROY — Katherine Lee Bassett, Jason Andrew Todd
TUSKEGEE — Brandon Hillard Boyd, Kandice E. Pickett, Robert Richard Turner
UNION SPRINGS — Katherine Faith Waters
UNIONTOWN — Lerose Natasha Minor
VALLEY — Jay Guy Angus, Jolanda Lawon Barnes, Lemanski Shuntae Hall, Tameka Terrianne Magby
WETUMPKA — Emily Elaine Reneau
Contact
Linda Hill, Office of Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu