TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 1,100 degrees at winter commencement ceremonies held Saturday, Dec. 18, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Millard Fuller, founder and president of Habitat for Humanity International, was the featured speaker. Fuller, an alumnus of the UA School of Law, also received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the ceremony. Approximately 1,100 degrees were conferred.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 191,000 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 Anniston area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
DOCTORAL DEGREE
ANNISTON — Andrew Brent Helms
MASTER’S DEGREE
ANNISTON — Mary Helen Andrade, Marcia E. Hardney
CENTRE — Lesley Willmeth Ray
JACKSONVILLE — Tamara Diane Blackwell
MUNFORD — Michelle Medders Swinford
PIEDMONT — James W. Lecroy
SYLACAUGA — Philip Craig Cosper
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ANNISTON — Amber Michelle England, Libbi Danielle Hicks, Ashley Nicole Johnson, Caroline M. Morris, Myrtice Faye Robertson
CENTRE — Alyson Leann Bradley, Mary Elizabeth Kelly
JACKSONVILLE — Ashley Diane Clayton
LINCOLN — Tunza Leistacey Hill, Ashley Michelle O’Dell
LINEVILLE — Brett Harrison Robbins
OHATCHEE — Phillip Enmon Clark
OXFORD — Brandon W. Bonds, Tara Loyd, Chadrett Posey Pearson
SYLACAUGA — Ashley Nicole Childress, Calvin James Cook Jr.
TALLADEGA — Andrew Coleman Lumpkin, Matthew Lane Peters, Timothy Ryan Shirley
WEAVER — Amy Marie Maxwell
Contact
Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu