Huntsville Area Residents Among UA Graduates

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 1,231 degrees to students in August.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 194,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university.

A joint May-August commencement ceremony was held in May in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Sela Ward, award winning actress and UA alumna, was the featured speaker.

The following students from the Huntsville area were listed as candidates to receive August degrees:

DOCTORAL DEGREE

MADISON-Guoqing Wang

MASTER’S DEGREE

ALBERTVILLE-Leah Kae Day, John Martin Doyle, Debra Dianne Fant, Robert Heath Landers

ARAB- Mona Barbee, Wendi Marie Blackmon, Heather Boully Brazelton, Linda Lowery Buchanan, Donnie Andrew Caves, Michell Dawn Flack, Rachel Cox Morrow, Hope Marie Prevallet, Amanda Nicole Woody

ATHENS- Joshua Derek Morgan

BOAZ- Michael David Manasco, Barry Ray Mayhall, Joshua Beamon Walker

DECATUR- Eileen Verchot Hall, Traci Knight Ingleright, Cynthia Ann Nichols

GRANT- Elizabeth A Cobb, Sherry Allyson Latham

GUNTERSVILLE-Jennifer Reagan Beard

GURLEY- Jill Ellen Trimble

HAMPTON COVE- Valerie Adams Byars

HARVEST-Angela Suzanne Frederick, Elizabeth Briglia Helleson

HUNTSVILLE- Stephen Daniel Burns, Jonathan Whitley Newby, Paul Christopher Newman, Angela Renae Pietrzak, Laurel Nicole Shockley, Margaret Liles Stephens, Kelly Lynn Youmans

LACEYS SPRING-Wesley Morgan Chunn

MADISON-Roberta Goetz Malcolm

UNION GROVE-Jennifer Lynn Manning, Alison Danielle Saint, Rebecca Ruth Welch

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ALBERTVILLE-Matthew Mason Burttram, Clint T. Champion, Hayden L. Couch, Ashby Alana Frazier, Clifton Wallace Rule,

ARAB-Justin Lynn Cook, Zachary Michael Griffith,

ATHENS- Keith Gregory Balch, Leslie Kathryn Christopher, Melanie Kate Dunn, Joshua M. McDonough, William Christopher Preston,

BOAZ-Julie Suzanne Sanders

BRIDGEPORT-Jonathan L. Colvin

BROWNSBORO-Austin Robert Boyd, Jason Hugh Lawler

DECATUR-David Ralph Burns, Paul M. Davis, Christopher Michael Descher, Adam Eugene Dickinson, Jacob R. Earls, William Matthew Jennette, Jennifer Ashley Martin, Mary Duncan Wahl, Michael Andrew Ward

DUTTON-Joshua David Hawkins, Leigh Ann Shelton

FACKLER-Jacob B. Guess

FALKVILLE-Patrick Alan Thompson

GUNTERSVILLE- Brandon W. Lyles, Brooke Garner Morrow, Mary Kathryn Reed, Kiley Alicia Whitehead

HARTSELLE- Amy Ann Peck, James Wesley Watson

HAZEL GREEN- James Matthew Parker

HORTON-Michael Jeffrey Bonds

HUNTSVILLE-Maria Elizabeth Ammons, Jared Daniel Austin, Kyle Nathan Backer, Brandie Lynn Beard, Victoria Nicole Clark, Alex Martin Dieterich, West A. Duncan, Samuel Summers Fleming, Nathan Karol Forczyk, William Case Holderfield, Amanda Kathleen James, Jonathan Robert Neighbors, Matthew D. Ray, Kelli Leigh Roberson, Sarah Ann Rowell, Benjamin Dean Stone, Jeffery Alan Whatley, Kelley Suzann Whatley

MADISON- Ashley Nichole Bains, Terrance Lamar Brown, Rachel Louise Cochran, Tracy Erin Cockrell, Andrew William Echerd, Olivia Kathryne Harvill, Taylre Smith Malkemes, Daniel E. McCormick, Laurie Anne Ridley, Latina Tenise Rivers, Jessica Leigh Robertson, Justin Patrick Ward

MERIDIANVILLE-Carrie R. Tate

NEW HOPE-Kipplin Clay Cain

SCOTTSBORO-Mark Wallace Chapman, Amber Katherine Nevin

UNION GROVE-Kyle Parker Nesmith