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 Birmingham area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
BIRMINGHAM — zip code 35204 — William Anthony Bell, 35222 — William Banton Price, 35243 — Kirk Wendell Stewart, 35244 — Aron Thomas Mujumdar
PELHAM — Zachary Andrew Vandyke
DOCTORAL DEGREE
BESSEMER — Lea Ann Davis
BIRMINGHAM — 35205 — David Horace Harwell, 35213 — Peggy McKewen Kyzer
GARDENDALE — Sandra C. Thomas
HELENA — Jason Thomas Kirby
HOOVER — Joanne Decarla Stephens
HUEYTOWN — Lafacial Yvette Wilson
LEEDS — Jeffrey L. Scott
PELHAM — Caroline Boulesteix
MASTER’S DEGREE
BESSEMER — Scott Douglas Cole
BIRMINGHAM — 35206 — Shatangi Tameko Ware, 35209 — Jill Reed Harwell, William Robert Thomas, 35210 — Joash Mutua Wambua, 35235 — Patrick Robinson Sessions, Carla Jean Whitley, 35242 — Erica Jean Couchman, Julee Michelle Foster, Christopher Youell Uptain, 35243 — Robert B. Hendrickson, Brett N. Tucker
CHELSEA — Brandy Linn Erwin
FULTONDALE — Chandria Lavette Lacey
HOMEWOOD — Cassandra Clarice Hudson
HOOVER — Alison Leah Cook, Matthew Lewis Downs, Ava Marie Rodenhausen, Erin Sullivan Thrift
HUEYTOWN — Holly Brewer Sager
MAYLENE — Briana Kelsey Lowe
MCCALLA — Jaime Hoggle Guffey
PELHAM — Kristi Arians Murray, Lynn Marie Yoder
TRUSSVILLE — Jennifer Paton Stacey
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ADAMSVILLE — Jeremy Wayne Tuggle
ADGER — Christy Kaye Johnston
ALABASTER — John Matthew Kilpatrick, Charles Jeffery Leslie, Jason Patrick Young
BESSEMER — Christopher James Barnes, Robert Carl Edwards, Trina Nicole Johnson, Wesley K. McDougal, Lorenzo Thomas, Amy Elizabeth Wheat, Landon W. Williams
BIRMINGHAM — 35204 — Nancy Michelle Latham, Salera Perkins, Angela Monique Pruitt, Laquita Yvonne Toney, 35205 — Christopher S. Davis, Charles Brandon Yow, 35206 — La Tasha Collins, Roscoe Lucian Hornbuckle, Amy Nicole Pierce, 35207 — Eva Renee Melton, Atiya Nassia Robertson, 35208 — Kareem Ladale Easley, Christopher Remond Story, Brandon Tyjuan Welch, Angela Jeanese Winston, 35209 — Carrie Elaine Bonds, Charles Edward Brown Jr., Rebecca Marie Dipiazza, 35210 — Shawndrika Latrice Cook, Jasmine Leniese Pruitt, Walker Reynolds IV, Iesha Shanell Smith, 35211 — Jenesia Danette Bradley, Brandon Lamar Evans, Ronald Erik Griffith, Meoshia Tomora McKinney, 35213 — John Graham Beard, Leo Milton Karpeles, Lauren Louise Marsh, George Isbell O’Rear Jr., Anne Frances Shackleford, Roscoe Davis Whatley, 35214 — Kristie Nicole Jordan, Wesley Ryan Taylor, Mia E. Threlkeld, 35215 — Michael Allen Davidson, Brian Douglas Duke, Margaret Allison Hozey, Otto Wendell Myree, Jenny Marie Smith, 35216 — Sarah Stewart Browne, Vanita Dinesh Patel, Bruce Walton Romeo, 35217 — Devereux A. Thompson, Natasha Lashon Williams, 35218 — Emmett George Pollard Jr., 35222 — Kyle S. Stackpole, 35223 — Christopher Paul Anthony, Laura Beth Crawford, Nicholas C. Cunningham, Jason Evan Reisman, Joshua Mark Smith, Wynne Comer White, 35226 — Christopher H. Bailey, Stephen Garrett Dean, William Jonathan Glass, Gary Matthew Johnson, Kevin Michael O’Byrne, Jacqueline Lee Wright, 35228 — Tinita Denise Hamilton, 35235 — Helen Camille Finley, Deidre Franche Horn, 35242 — Lauren Elsa Adair, Justin Pierce Alexander, Jamie Lynn Atchley, Lauren A. Boyd, Jessica Marie Cooley, Jason Michael Dillon, Melinda Leigh Elkourie, Susan Marie Hentz, Susan Marie Hentz, Andrew Terry Hubbard, Young-Sung Lee, Douglas C. Miles, Sarah Elizabeth Muzer, Damien Brian Parker, Anthony Michael Plaia, Wilson Hunter Shepherd, Ian Blake Smith, Bradley E. Williams, Russell Graham Wilson, 35243 — John Templeton Harlan, Sarah Rochelle Smithberg, Manley Inge Tingle, Melanie Leigh Watson, Christy Scott Wilson, 35244 — Perron Curtis Bryant, Joshua David Earnest
CALERA — Anthony Trent Clark, Bradley Stephen Pommer, Lucy Pegues Richards, Justin Thomas Wheat
CHELSEA — Amanda Marie Hall
CLAY — Derek Scott Irons
COLUMBIANA — Justin Theodore Enoch
FAIRFIELD — Jerome Lee Jr.
GARDENDALE — Matthew C. Campbell, Lisa Ann Dobbs, Erin Marie Wright
HELENA — Bryant James Brooks, Joshua Paul Moore, Christopher Thomas Vines, Farris Champion Wallace
HOMEWOOD — Tracey Jasper Barker, Stephen Wayne Barth Jr., John Paul Bevel, Matthew Leland Blackwood, Dave Alan Crittenden, Holly Lynn Hasenfuss, Nora Jasmine Ismail, Eric Gregory Mann
HOOVER — Michael Matthew Banks, Sarah E. Crow, Christin Brooke Gorday, Daniel Ryan Gottschalk, Joshua Alexander Kerley, Amanda Helen Keyes, Robyn Kathleen Moore, Brian Anthony Murphy, Philip Trey Patterson, Scott Gerhard Richardson, Curt York Thompson, Kristen Leigh Weidenback, Jevida Beyetti Yow
HUEYTOWN — Jacob Eugene Allison, Kenneth Enrico Dent, Lindsey Rae Herring, Joseph Ray Hyde, Justin Alexander Mayfield, Robert Benjamin Reach, Shaun Micheal Tyler, Robin Leigh Williams
INDIAN SPRINGS — Benjamin Donald Greer, Rebecca Ellen White
LEEDS — David Scott Bell, Ricky Matthew York
MAYLENE — Patrick Stephen Wegent
MCCALLA — Ronald Casey Beard, Jodi Catherine Conger, Kevin Wayne Mills, Dorothy Michelle Moore, Amanda Brooke Spencer
MIDFIELD — Stephanie Lanette Wilkes
MONTEVALLO — Elizabeth Ashley Potoukian
MORRIS — Casey Arron Dodd
MT OLIVE — David Keith Salters
PELHAM — Jay Stephen Garrett, Leslie Morgan Garrett, Paige A. Harris, Jessica Katherine Hodnett, Angela Lee McAlpin, Laura Maureen McMahan, Traci Nicole Metcalf, Tiffany Dawn Moore, Jennifer Louise Neely, Molly Suzanne Watkins
PINSON — Kevin Anthony Calma, Nichole Alexandria Griggs, Justin Royce Johnston, David Allen Smith, Dennis Brandon Wood
PLEASANT GROVE — Brandon Heath Bradberry, Jessica Michelle Castleman, Allison Beth Clement, Mary Ann Palmer, Jamie Michelle Wheless
TRUSSVILLE — Lauren Louise Aydelette, Justin Michael Blackburn, Richard Clayton Christeson, Jessica Nicole Cooley, Jacob Christian Foster, Julie Ann Peters, Christopher M. Quarles, Faye Burdette Summers, Philip James Taunton, Emily H. Walsh, Brianna Lee Wright
VESTAVIA — John Chilton Powell, Burt Lee Welch
WARRIOR — Therese A. Rouse, Christopher Michael Self, Donald Oliver Smith, Carmen Amber Wilemon
Contact
Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu