TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 1,100 degrees at commencement ceremonies held Saturday, Dec. 18, at 9 a.m. 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.
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 Tuscaloosa area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
TUSCALOOSA — Charles Eugene Abney, Adam Anthony Bollaert, Adam Lynn Bourne, John Michael Dawkins
DOCTORAL DEGREE
NORTHPORT — Ronald Norman Dains, Mark A. Smith, Danyang Zhang
TUSCALOOSA — Hamid Alouach, Praveen K. Cheekatamarla, Michael L. Curry, Yu Dang, Zelimir Djurcic, Zhinong Huang, Zhijun Jia, Venkateswarulu Kamavaram, Gaisheng Liu, Juan Carlos Llinas Villa, C. Delores Parrish-Lane, Christian Scheck, William Grinell Smith, Susan Morrow Wharton, Carlos Augusto Zuluaga
MASTER’S DEGREE
AKRON — Yolanda Denise Moore
BERRY — Joshua Wood Lawson
COTTONDALE — Lisa Gordon Johnson
ECHOLA — Lula Broderick Allen
GREENSBORO — Carole S. Hoffman
NORTHPORT — Min Chu, Jason Clint Denham, Sarah Olivia Dunlap, Robyn Michelle Fields, Kimberly Lien Glick, Marcia A. Hood, Jennifer Fields Humber, Daphne Lasellea Jefferson, Laurie Etheridge Mayo, Jennifer Lynn Morris, Linda Gayle Nation, Crystal Lynn Schrum, Trenton Parker Shepherd, Shelli Nicole Williams
RALPH — Stacy Dawn Smith
REFORM — Michael Joseph Marcel
TUSCALOOSA — Arun Aggarwal, Brian Jeremy Baillif, Carlie Sellers Baird, Jason Blaine Baker, Tynley Formby Baker, Ravikumar Baskaran, Sheryl Deen Battles, John Gregory Bell, Willis Kyle Benefield, Michele Renee Bishop, George D. Boatright, Angela Dawn Boatwright, Valerie Renee Boddie, Susan Thieme Brantley, Robert Jackson Bremer, Jodi Fran Chandler, Hyeyoung Choi, Ashley Kay Christian, Alexis Zeller Clark, Brandon Mark Davidson, Michelle Leigh Deramus, Kevin Eugene Derryberry, Wendy Suzanne Dickey, Meghna Dilip, Kristy Lea Dixon, Amanda Beth Donaldson, Jacy Noelle Douglas, William R. England II, Jennifer Kaci Fairchild, Emily Diane Foster, Ashley Lynn Fulgham, Ashley Dale Gamble, Puneet Singh Gill, Matthew Trent Givens, Ajaykumar Gupta, Merrily Anne Harris, Muffin Dill Hartsfield, Carsten Jens Haustein, Celeste Harris Hill, Kathryn Campbell Hilliker, Yan Huang, Karen Ruth Johnstone, Tiesha Ann Kallunki, Hyuna Kang, Tribhuwan Prakash Kharkwal, Louis Alfred Leblanc III, Judy Ryan Leonard, Congxiao Liu, Yongqing Liu, Kyle Douglas Lubsen, Jennifer Kathleen Mathews, Marcella Rose McIntyre, Nina S. McMullen, Susan Speckels McMullen, Andrea Krage Minear, Srinivas Chakravarthy Nama, Thanh Thu Nguyen, Jeffrey Clark Norris, Brian Christopher Odom, Purshottam Pai Shrik, Milind A. Phadnis, Donna Marie Ploessl, John D. Pugh, Michael Shay Rasbury, Clifford Armstrong Robb, April L. Rohn, Tanvir Ahmad Rony, Sage Elizabeth Rose, Jonathan Kyle Rowe, Gloria P. Shamblin, Tameka Latrail Shamery, Christen Camille Smallwood, Carly Akers Standridge, Niveditha Thagarapu, Mohammad Sharif Ullah, Colleen Hudson Walker, Rebekah Carden Wanstall, Timothy Michael Wingenter, James Brett Wood, Francis Jerome Woods IV, Jiannan Zhao, Deyu Zhou
WOODSTOCK — Melissa Bailey Lewis
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ALICEVILLE — Shelisha Linea Steele
BANKSTON — John Kristopher Curington
BERRY — Rhonda S. Logan, Laura Elizabeth Richardson, Stacy West Thrasher
BRENT — Ashantis Shanik Craighead
BRIERFIELD — Miranda D. Graves
BROOKWOOD — Billie Nicole Carroll, Sabrina Ann Hawkins, Michael Scott Nix, Kimberly Shea Rich, April N. Sims
CARROLLTON — Jeremy John Perkins
CENTREVILLE — Jeffrey Todd Bridges, Lora A. Jones, Angela Faith Stewart
COALING — Lori Jane Foster, Christina Perry Mink
COKER — April Nicole Channell, Jeffrey Thomas Coleman, Jonathan M. Houston, Tara Cheri Leonard
COTTONDALE — Kimberli Anne Barger, Kellie Moore Blackmon, Jill Meredith Colburn, Brett David Ember, Darlyce Lee Hester, Desiree Monique Hood, Emily Paige Kepler, Christeena Maria Kizziah, Nikki Jo Odom, Bogdanel Paul Radu, Lori Denice Shuttlesworth
DEMOPOLIS — James Brady Dearman
DUNCANVILLE — William Casey Martin, Robin Ashley Newborn, Roger Durane Rudolph, Sarah Elizabeth Rush, Rodney Levert Tolbert
ETHELSVILLE — De’Ann Hughes
EUTAW — Robert William Freelend
FAYETTE — Chasity Nicole Brown, Belinda Darlene Cannon, Ashley Nicole Davis, Kyle A. Davis, Benjamin McKinley Tucker, Karla Marie Unger
FOSTERS — April Harris Jones, Jennifer L. Powell, Christina Gail Williams
GORDO — Sheila Burroughs Clemmons, Quenton Lashane Knox
KENNEDY — Jonathan Z. Anderson
LINDEN — Abram Arnoldrous Hinson
LIVINGSTON — Roderick Prenell Bell, Dorian Leigh McDaniel, Thomas Hester Tartt
MILLPORT — Mikina L. Mitchell
MOUNDVILLE — Josh A. Durden, Rachel Ellen Grooms, Eloise E. James, Jennifer Renee McCrory, Andrea L’Miya Mills, Antonius Dequan Mills, Joshua Guy Wilson
NORTHPORT — Abdulaziz Al-shethry, Daniel Anderson Bishop, Stephanie Ann Boothe, Abby Elizabeth Brown, Charletta Francine Butler, Jennifer McGuff Canterbury, Barry Matthew Corwin, Kenneth Scott Farley, Tyera Monique Ford, Laina Renee Frase, David A. Freistaedter, Jennafer Ruth Gaddis, Daniel Thomas Gear, Michael Andrew Gore, Frank Owen Griffin III, Holly Ann Grof, Theodore A. Gryska, Jennifer Lauren Holdefer, Krystle Lane Holliman, Joshua Heath Hollingshead, Amanda Ellen Hollyhand, Andrew Garrett Hutchison, Bradley Alan Jernigan, Kenneth Joshua Johnson, Kevin Charles Kassner, David Andrew Kone, Monica Nicole Kraft, Eric Kelso Lowe, Ebonie Lakisha Meadows, Alex Richard Merritt, Tamar Anne Mills, April Michele Montgomery, Robin Leigh Montgomery, Jessica Ann Moore, Robert Lee Moshier, Sherri Fondren Mullins, Philip O’Leary, Amanda L. Perkins, Clint Alan Randolph, Laurie Anne Ridley, Donald Wayne Rush Jr., Quinton E. Sanders III, Erin Colleen Shockley, Risha Ann Smith, Lisa A. Stamps, Angie Renee Standifer, Robin Louise Stevenson, Lindsay Ann Sullivan, Kathryn Ford Swann, Antoine Jamaal Thomas, Jeremy Lee Tillis, Stacy P. Trawick, Kenneth Wayne Yarnell
RALPH — Mistie Jane Abston, Brent Lewis Burns, Harrison Knox Harris III
SAWYERVILLE — James Eric Bailey
SULLIGENT — Brandi L. Greer
SWEET WATER — Kindra Lashaye Washington
TUSCALOOSA — Katsuhiko Abe, Curtis Abrams Jr., Can Akbas, James Tipton Alexander, Vanessa E. Alva Melendez, Ashley Amanda Armstrong, Brendan Mark Ashby, Sonya E. Asher, Joshua S. Ashley, Bryant Austin Bagley, Justin Colonial Bagley, Keisha Lashae Banks, Alan Wise Barrett, Emma Kate Barrett, Tracy Lynn Barton, Carson L. Bedingfield, Richard Wade Besant, Eric Scott Billings, Quandrix Lee Blackburn, Earlisha Nakeyta Blackmon, Baatarzaya Boldbaatar, Joshua A. Bridges, Christian A. Brodersen, John Carlos Brown, Jennifer Erin Browning, Christian Lee Bullock, Terry Jackson Bunn Jr., Andrew Stephen Burns, Mary J. Cain, Kamila Shuntae Cannon, Heather Lanae Captain, Jennifer Lynn Cashman, Michael Judson Chambers, John Rogers Childers II, Samuel I. Clark, April Maddox Cockrell, Cesar A. Coleman, Evonda Collins, Mark Adam Cook, Felicia Fonshay Cox, Kevin Wayne Croom, Laurie Christine Crunk, Hanniel Olinga Cummings, Salina Sayana Curtis, Amy Lynn Davis, Shanita Jacinta Davis, Jennifer Renee’ Dodd, Josiah Leon Donaldson, Melissa F. Durden, Teresa Ann Eatmon, Angela Ware Edwards, David Fitzgerald Ellis, Ted Kemp Ellis II, Ashley D. Erickson, Anna Christine Etheridge, Jaymaka Nicole Evans, Lindsey David Evans, Amanda Jo Fields, Dennis Wade Fields, Joseph Erick Forsyth, Angelan Christina Gaddy, William Nickolas Garner, Stephen Christopher Gibson, Kathryn Lakrisha Gilliam, Dustin Todd Gilliland, Tarry Juwa Givens, Lewis Hamilton Golden, Paulo Evaristo Gonzalez, John Edward Gordon Jr., Jerars D. Gosa, Chris Gostek, Joseph Chamberlain Grabill, Matt Bradley Grice, Lindsey Cole Griffin, Oliver Brandon Gurganus, Laura Amanda Hales, Charity Lynn Hall, Leah Michelle Hall, Reginald Lamont Hall, Tammy Lashon Hannah, Irene Renay Harrell, Tahesia G. Harrigan, Katherine Leigh Hawley, Matthew D. Holcomb, Kellie Elizabeth Holt, Thomas Matthew Huckabee, Clayton Lee Hudson, Jason Craig Hudson, Latoya Denise Hudson, Gary Allen Ishmael, Lasheika Shonnell James, Rachel Elizabeth Jett, Ling Ji, Ashley Tingle Johnson, Crystal Diane Jones, Lydia Jane Jones, Marcos Epifanio Juarez, Shimeka Auntai Keller, Joshua Ellsworth Kelley, Mohammad Ishfaq Khan, Narak Kim, Rosemary Ruth Kozel, Kristopher K. Krieger, Jacqueline Marie Lacharite, April Marie Langford, Deboris Vache Lanier, Lashonda Renae Lawson, Hyun A. Lee, Jennifer Michelle Lemaster, David Luis Leopard Jr., Megan Elizabeth Levine, Melissa Ann Lewis, Janaina C. Linhares, Adrienne D. Lochamy, April Ann Locklin, Ashley Nicole Long, Hadi Luguja, Mary Ann Marshall, Cynthia Renee Martin, Monica Kenyatta McArthur, Margaret McCrary, Katie A. McMullen, Jamin Andrew McPhetrige, John Malcolm Meadows II, Heather Susanne Mechler, Julie Erin Meggs, Iris Yanette Merida, Collin Clay Miller, Landon Cabell Miller Jr., Laurie Lynn Miller, David R. Mitchell, Mindi Leann Mitchell, Susan Rebekah Moak, Leah Kendall Moreland, Ariel Eliahu Morgenstern, Brian Anthony Morris, Jennifer Diane Morris, Richard Andrew Mullins, Jamie Lanea Murphree, Samantha Marie Murray, Sharyl Mary Nasuto, Tandy B. Nicholson Jr., Kevin Scott Ninesling, David Brad Nix, Charla Yvette Noland, Yolanda Yvette Nord, Matthew James Ochocki, Matthew Overbeck, Jamaal Sharif Palmer, Cavin Je’Ron Parrish, Tina Patel, Veronica Maria Paz, Richard Alexander Peak, Lisa Peak Perdelwitz, Jayson Joseph Perkinson, Ginger Suzanne Phares, Danilo Piccin, Jaclyn Donelle Piccin, Christopher Wayne Porter, Matthew Tyler Ridgway, Tammy Yvonne Robertson, Hollyann Michael Rohrer, Mashay Rutley, Danielle J. Schlesinger, William Jamison Scott, Mark Edward Simpson, Christopher Wade Smith, Tonya Stange Smith, Lissette Soto, Kevin Laurence Spencer, Stanley Eugene Stabler, Kristin Leigh Stavinoha, Lekeisha Annease Steele, Jeffery Alan Stevens, Sabrina Bruce Strickland, Sarah Louise Tapper, Charlie W. Thornton Jr., Brandon M. Tinsley, Ashley Weathers Todd, Bevin Keene Tomlin, Michael Vincent Tortorici, Michael Wayne Townley, Lendell Germond Townsend, Chelsie Paige Tyner, Justin Ryan Vinson, Kody Fleming Walker, Kimdeldria L. Washington, Eloise Hopson Webb, Michelle E. Webster, William Rufus Wiggins Jr., Vanjessitha A. Wilkinson, Joshua Grant Willens, Stephen Tyrone Williams, Amanda Lee Williamson, Amanda Season Williamson, Amber Lynn Williamson, Wendy Nicole Williford, Stephanie Nicole Woods, Elizabeth A. Wyatt, Kristin Gail Wyatt, Laney Kay Yates, Hyungkeyn Yi, John Michael Young
UNIONTOWN — Regina Latrice Arrington
VANCE — Joshua Charles Averett, Shelia Bell Brooks, Courtney Jane Hickey, Tabatha Michelle Stovall
VERNON — April Marie Corbett, Dana Ruth Herren
WEST BLOCTON — Julie Christina Ingram
WOODSTOCK — Emily Nicole Estes
YORK — Micah Dale Rodgers
Contact
Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu