TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 2,400 degrees at joint May-August commencement ceremonies held May 6-7 in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Sela Ward, award winning actress and UA alumna, was the featured speaker. Ward, best-known for her television roles as Lily Sammler on “Once and Again” and Teddy Reed on “Sisters,” is a 1977 graduate of the UA College of Communication and Information Sciences.
Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, gave the commencement address for the UA Law School.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 193,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university.
The following students from the Huntsville area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
ARAB-Jacob Alan Maples
DECATUR-Matthew T. Dukes
HUNTSVILLE-Shauna Renee Barnett, Kevin Wayne Blackburn, Anne E. Borelli, Rebecca Brinkley, Jason Lynn Britt, Jeremy Daniel Cameron, Mary Virginia Shasteen
MASTER’S DEGREE
ALBERTVILLE-Angela West Otinger, Rissa Arrianna Parrish, Patricia Ann Warren
ARAB-David Wayne Jones, Richard Andrew Lescarini, Amber Nicole Malone, Jason Ernest Malone, Diane Lao Moon, Jessica Walker Quillin, Kevin Michael Serrett, Mitzi E. Wiggins
ATHENS-Kristin Nicole Brock, Jessica Fae Crosby, Gina Denise Demuro, Eric D. Olson, Jennifer Leigh Whitt
BOAZ-Jennifer Leigh Beck, Karen Lindsey McCurley, Rachel Dawn Noles, Jeniffer Thrasher Powell
BROWNSBORO-Kristen Annette Mann
DECATUR-Courtney Tereia Clark, John P. Garrett, Nathaniel David Holaway, Christopher Thomas Inman, Carol Davis McKelvey, Daniel Allen Ray, Thomas Newton Thrasher
GRANT-Le Shell Smith
GUNTERSVILLE-Leah Schell Gunter, Jacqueline R. Hardaway
HARTSELLE-Robert Christopher Blaylock, Robert Matthew Brechtel, Emily Garnett, Jack R. Napier Jr., Lavonda Jean Napier
HARVEST-Elizabeth Briglia Helleson
HUNTSVILLE-Ronald Keven Bufford, Rebekah Kathleen Luzar, Joe Edward Midgett Jr., David Earl Noe, Theron F. Stallworth, Wesley Joseph Stoddard, James Caldwell Troupe, Brook Jamison Weeks
MADISON-James Keith Baird, Nikki Lacole Bhones, Michael Allan Blaylock, Brooke Lanise Elliott, Cecil Brian Goodwin, Stephanie Scogin Ledbetter, Amanda Karen Mitchell, James Trent Nix, Joshua Ray Quick, Rebecca Elaine Street, Gary Duane Wilson
NEW MARKET-Amanda Parr
OWENS CROSSROADS-Kelly Berry Kessler, David John Massey, Jennifer Lynne Sudnik,
PISGAH-Wendy Heather Bryant, Barbara Allen Kilgore
SCOTTSBORO-Jimmy Wain Hodges, Elizabeth Franklin Loyd, Elizabeth Suzanne Moore, Teresa Lynne Zimmer
SOMERVILLE-David Wayne Estes
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ALBERTVILLE-Tammy Michelle Campbell, Alison Kay Landers, Kimberly Danielle Smith, Anna Kathryn Walley
ARAB-Jonathan D. Beuoy, Joshua Murphy, Jeffrey Andrew Perlaky, Jeffrey W. Taylor, Karen Lee Torres
ATHENS-Thomas Bradley Clem, Tamara Harris, Melessa D. Hood, Alison N. Long, Joshua M. McDonough, Laura Kei Simmons, Thomas Lloyd Turpin, Samantha Nicole Van Kirk, Janet Leigh Waggoner
BOAZ-Shannon Lea Ainsworth, Jessica Lee Gillilan, Lauren Denise King, Jennifer Renee Miller
BROWNSBORO-Jennifer Pauline Burge
BRYANT-Jennifer L. Moore, Sara Elizabeth Watkins
DECATUR-Clint Stephen Abbott, John Randolph Adams, Bryan L. Beltran, Herman Nathan Clark III, Nicholas Stanley Davidson, John Brett Dean, Christopher Michael Descher, Nneka M. Egbe, Stefan Louis Mancuso, Brandi Deanne McCown, Emily Jennings Pace, Tracy Michelle Peek, Manisha Quiauna Redus, Brandon Gregory Stewart, Alaina C. Thibadoux, Jordan W. Tubb, Andrew Blake Winton
DUTTON-Ray Thomas Clemens
ELKMONT-Alissa Colleen Johnson
FALKVILLE-Amy Lee Green, Marcus A. Hume
FLAT ROCK-Farrah Meshon Tullis
GUNTERSVILLE-Jonathan K. Flanagan, Joshua Paul Gulley, Adam Nathaniel Williams
HAMPTON COVE-Brooke Emelia Turner
HARTSELLE-Kristi Leann Crow, Amy Marie Lumpkins, Bethany R. Lusk, Jonathan Curtis Stone
HARVEST-Theresa Gaye Deacon, Kendrea Dijuanna Looney, Will Matthew Taylor
HAZEL GREEN-Kasey L. Birdsong
HOLLYWOOD-Lori Rhea Keller
HUNTSVILLE-Jesse Evan Booth, Crystal Angelic Bradbury, Jennifer Lucille Bulak, Victor Robert Burlingame, Ashley Leanne Carr, Andrew Christopher Coley, Carolyn Nell Crackel, Matthew Ronald Creel, Justin Ryan Currie, Ryan Patterson Davis, Alex Martin Dieterich, Samuel Summers Fleming, Christopher C. Fletcher, Laeh Julianna Hardin, Geoffrey M. Harriman, Jessica Faye Hovis, Jason B. Jendro, Jennifer Lyn Joyner, Michael Ryan Kuffner, Miranda Ann Landman, Christine Ann Lorentz, Laura Ellen Lowman, Allen Rees Mayer, Andrew Miles McCauley, Holly Elizabeth McCauley, Nathan Lee Miller, Nicholas D. Millitello, Jeremy Blake Mullins, Laura Kay Patterson, Kimberly Ann Peters, Stefanie Anne Peterson, Sarah Rose Reppucci, Cassandra H. Robinson, Emily Beth Roth, Andrea Heath Serio, Grace Deniece Shelby, Megan Dione Smith, James T. Spinoso, Blair Marie Strong, Derek Michael Tokaz, Antony Tran, Gary Wayne Turner, Amy Leigh Venable, Jeffery Alan Whatley, James Brady Winn, Craig Stephen Wysock
MADISON-Lindsey Carlson, Charles Martin Carson, Tracy Erin Cockrell, Lauren Melissa Davidson, Julianna Kernan Edwards, Brannon S. Flores, James Earl Forsyth III, Tara M. Kettell, Jared Michael McKee, Stephanie E. Nance, Tandy Barrett Nicholson Jr., Latina Tenise Rivers, Clint Dean Rushing, Michelle Jacqueline Ryan, Amy Elizabeth Smith, Misti Dawn Waters
MERIDIANVILLE-John Carson Williams
OWENS CROSSROADS-Karli C. Berkowitz, Richard Gregory Smith
PISGAH-William Daniel Hall, Cassandra Leanne Steeley
SCOTTSBORO-Ryan Franklin Thompson
SECTION-Gregory Ryan Culpepper, Joshua Jeremiah Smith
SOMERVILLE-Gaven Scott Ballinger
TRINITY-James Richard McCulloch
UNION GROVE-Erin Amanda Camp
Contact
Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu