TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama awarded some 1,000 degrees at fall commencement exercises held Monday, Dec. 17, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Dr. Rita Colwell, director of the National Science Foundation, was the featured speaker. Colwell also received an honorary doctor of humane letters during the 9 a.m. ceremony.
Having served as director since 1998, Colwell has spearheaded the NSF’s emphases in K-12 science and mathematics education, graduate science and engineering education/training and the increased participation of women and minorities in science and engineering.
Before coming to NSF, Colwell was president of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, where she remains professor of microbiology and biotechnology. She was also a member of the National Science Board from 1984 to 1990. She is a nationally respected scientist and educator and has authored or co-authored 16 books and more than 600 scientific publications. She produced the award-winning film “Invisible Seas” and has served on editorial boards of numerous scientific journals.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 179,000 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 – James L. Crane, Jennifer Dawn Ledoux, Kareitha A.Osborne.
Northport – Adrian Manning Rowley.
DOCTORAL DEGREE
Cottondale – Ian Eric Gibson.
Northport – Donald Wayne Rhodes, Eric Lee Wilson.
Tuscaloosa – Abdul-Rahman F. Al-Samman, Margit Bussmann, Jerald Lynn Cofield, Timothy Francisco, Sharon Elizabeth Harbin, Jean Foster Herron, Guohai Jin, Hwa-Seong Jin, Yiguo Liang, Yafeng Liu, Feijun Luo, Robert Deane Mohr Jr., Jacqueline Varnedoe Morgan, Sutham Niyomwas, Dmitri Gennadjevich Sobolev, Marilyn Jeanne Staffo, Moo Je Sung, Qi Zhang.
MASTER’S DEGREE
Brent – Kenneth Albert Fetzer Jr.
Carrollton – April Natasha Jones.
Cottondale – Jeffrey Keith Hargrave, Shandra Meshell Shaw.
Fayette – Joseph Edward May.
Greensboro – Jennifer Causey Barnette.
Kennedy – Mashella Jean Crowley.
Northport – Bradlee Heath Armstrong, Beverly McCrackin Cammeron, Melissa Anne Cook, James David Glasgow Jr., Amy Lyndal Hamner, James Brandon Haynie, Jason Matthew Jones, Sherman Areko McElroy, Kimberly Gregory Milligan, Emma Michelle Powell, Jennifer Leigh Smitherman, Kathleen Erin Whalen.
Tuscaloosa – Rafael J. Alvarez Serrano, Jennifer Louise Anderson, Lauren Elisabeth Andres, Paige Bell Archer, Patricia Kaye Bailey, Robin Sullivan Ball, William E. Barger, Sally Marie Bedgood, Allison Byrd Boothe, April Leanne Brashier, Heather Marie Brewer, Angel F. Briones, Yuriy Bulka, Cory James Carson, Jianhong Chen, Joanna Michelle Christian, Charles Porter Clark Jr., Howard Michael Crowson, Michael Fernando Dillon, Michael Thomas Dobbs, Nicole Mills Dubose, Carl Grady Eades III, Wenan Fei, Janice Owens Filer, Gina Wilson Frazier, Sylvia Freyre, Steven Paul Gardner, John E. Gerstle III, Steffen Gunzel, Guanghong Guo, Janice Elaine Hall, Rebecca Ann Harshman, Lorrie Cardwell Herrington, Bin Huangfu, Michael Dale Hutcheson, Suriyanarayanan Janakiraman, Sundar Rajan Krishnan, Shirley Diane Luck, Andrea Jean Lynch, Dawn Chisum Martin, Allison Michele Mays, Dongming Mei, Cheryl Darlene Michaels, Jamie Lyn Morris, Marianne Murdock, Daureen Nesdill, Corina Nistorica, Cynthia Ann Noland, Nandagopal Padmanabhan, Nagendranath Pagadala, Maria Pamplona, Somnuck Peetipeerakul, Holly Irene Posey, Dingxi Qiu, Amy Marie Robinson, Andrew Ronald Rogers, Puneet Saxena, Shital Chamanlal Shah, Heidi Shoemaker, Melgisedek Sikongo, Elizabeth C. Stephens, Pilar Irene Stransky, Jennifer Ann Sweeney, Tara Jane Thomas, Audrey Nicole Tippett, Qiming Wang, Gerald Kenneth Wood, Shannon Pollock Woolf, Wenjun Xiao, Maosheng Yao, Jing Yu, Melodie J. Zeiler, Danyang Zhang, Jingyun Zhang, Yongming Zhuang.
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
Aliceville – Elizabeth Summerville Lee.
Bankston – Cassie Wyers Locke.
Belk – Jon William Welsh V.
Berry – Kimberly Michael Richardson.
Boligee – Jennifer Leigh Tucker.
Brent – Elmira Charlette Caddell, Catherine Elizabeth Gurley.
Brookwood – Kimberly Jill Hayes.
Carrollton – Clinton David Grayson, Warren Reese Hudgins Jr.
Cottondale – Jennifer Ann Brown, Anna Grace Drennen, Shannon Bowen Jones, William Wesley Nolen, Mark Allen Rose.
Cuba – Marcus Lamar Spencer.
Demopolis – Katherine Leann Hudgens, Randy Douglas London, John Webb Reynolds.
Duncanville – David Eugene Hibbets.
Ethelsville – Bryan Paul Bray.
Eutaw – Perrin Letroy Mobley, Scott L. Smith.
Fayette – Jennifer Nancy Enis, Michael Paul Hardin, Jennifer N. Killingsworth, Matthew Gaines Knowlton, Marshae Shevonne Odum, Laura D. Watts.
Fosters – Shannon Lynn Hill.
Gordo – Heather Kristen Reece, Kristy M. Satcher.
Greensboro – Paul Anthony Glover, Thomas Bailey Lee.
Holt – Shara Leigh Hughes.
Livingston – Margaret Elizabeth Gallman, Edgar Rhodes Hauser III.
Northport – Raied Mohammed Al-Shehab, Ryan McDavid Ballard, Tamera Jo Barkey, Gina Renae Beck, David Samuel Bowman, Amanda Leigh Colburn, Anne-Laura Rhodes Cook, Aimee Diane Cowart, Joyce Truelove Curry, Melvin Pharris Davis, Wendy D. Evans, Alison Irene Gravely, Timothy Luke Hagler, Amy Nicole Hughes, Ethan Douglas Jackson, Eric Konrad Kornegay, Kim Regena Lancaster, Jared Adam Lane, Robert Ross Lane, Latonya Marcel Law, Gwendolyn Ann Little, Tracy Cheek Logan, Amy Gale McCool, Michael Park McCracken, Erica Dawn Montgomery, Brandy Leigh Morris, Sarah Eileen Nagy, Jennifer Mae Phares, Mark Alan Reidenbach, Laurie Anne Ridley, Melissa Dawn Shoup, Jayne Anne Simms, Regina Westbrooks Simpson, Stephan Blake Skelton, Jason Esco Smith, Robert Harold Smith, Lauren Ashley Wilder.
Ralph – Laura Leatherwood.
Reform – Keicia E. Tilley.
Sulligent – Mary Anna Price, Christopher Eric Roberts.
Thomaston – Tracy Lyn Martin.
Tuscaloosa – Hisham Abouali, Ahmed Akhuraidah, Carrie Jo Aldridge, Mary M. Amoroso, Ashlee Kay Anderson, Melissa Ann Arrasmith, Ryan Corson Ausman, Christopher Carl Babb, Brockwell Jackson Ballard, Leslie Marie Ballinger, Jana Leigh Bannister, Valerie Jean Baroco, Monica M Barton, David Mack Battles, Robert Gabriel Baxter, Leanita Rea Benderson, Angel Michelle Benoit, Elisha Lynn Bonner, James Douglas Brightwell, Christopher Lee Brown, Karl Ashford Brown, Kristi Michelle Butler, Lorena Ramos Cabral, Netra Shavonne Carter, Jodi Fran Chandler, Yieng-Fhyi Chen, Janice Karen Clein, Margaret Duncan Coons, Lindsay Brooke Cowan, Katherine Lee Cramer, Carla Vinetta Crawford, Eric Christopher Crowe, Phillip Lloyd Crunk, Megan Nicole Dahlman, Geoffrey Kirk Daniel, Jonathan Hunter Darty, Thomas Larry Davis Jr., Maria T. Dickerson, Joseph Bryan Dill, Matthew Thomas Disalvo, Jennifer Ellis Dockery, Jennifer Helen Dorgan, David Scott Draper, Casey Lee Edwards, Matthew Brodbeck Ellis, Rosemary Ruth Ferrell, Leslie Diane Fisher, Nneka Katari Fowler, Jorie Marie Franklin, Jerald Maurice Freeman Jr., Matthew Gregory Galloway, Puneet Singh Gill, Jamie Edward Glass, Christopher Clay Gordon, Maria Denise Griffin, Matthew Ashley Griffin, Amy Page Grinstead, Zachariah William Haga, Jerry Patrick Hall, Jared Marshall Hammond, Mary Miranda Hammonds, Devin Deshaye Hardy, Susan Paige Harkey, Benjamin Michael Harris, Sarah Elizabeth Harris, Mark Allan Harrison, Lee Richard Harvin, Jason Nicholas Hatmaker, Joseph Monroe Hawkins, Shusaku Hayashi, Richard Wayne Hennings Jr., Patrick Jonathon Henry, Kevin Richard Hera, Melonye Deldreda Hood, Erika Brooke Hunnicutt, Terri Jean Hunnicutt, Vera Hunter, Thomas William Ikard, Andrea Lashawn Jackson, Tara Mumphrey Jackson, Nancy Beth James, Michael Earl Jerido, Christy Rashun Johnson, Traci Kaye Johnson, John Jacob Jordan, Jared Garner Kallunki, Robert Edward Keith, Erin Nicole Kemp, Kyung-Tak Kim, Hirohito Koyama, Takahiko Kusunoki, Steven Francis Lamadeleine, Robin Carol Lamon, Jennifer Marie Landrieu, Chang Hun Lee, Joshua Adam Leonard, Christopher Carneal Lewis, Elizabeth Lafollette Lewis, Haley Camille Lewis, Brian Heith Little, Mona Yu Lu, Kyle Douglas Lubsen, Christy Phares Lyles, Eric Miqual Mack, Brian Anthony Mackey, Christopher Danald Marcum, Troy Durant Marthinsen, Jason Christopher McAddley, Keith Allen McGee, Elizabeth Sarah McNally, Craig Richard McPherson, Laura Ellen Misiolek, Lisa Stephanie Morin, Ashley Hayden Morrison, Tamara Brianna Nall, John Andrew Nerney, Kar’Rie Tyshun Nevith, Kay P. Northrup, Earnest Christian Palmer, Jenny Elizabeth Parker, Lawrence Frezier Payne, Blake Foster Pearson, Jodi J. Peck, Sheiletta Marie Peoples, Margaret Elizabeth Perry, Erin Melisa Phillips, Gary Michael Pickett, Braxton Plunkett Jr., Tiffany Marie Posey, Everett Cameron Powell, Joseph Todd Powell, Jamey Richard Preskitt, Laura Marie Purdin, Trent Edward Rapps, Robert Allen Ray, Christina Jittina Reed, Susan Elizabeth Reynolds, Robert Carlos Roberts III, Jarvis Minge Robertson, Todd Clayton Robinson, Dexter Jerome Samuels, Sherri Tucker Sanders, Amanda L. Schexnayder, Tricia Marie Schmandt, Kellie C. Selman, Ryan Louis Shanrock, Jaekyung Shim, Misty Leigh Skelton, Elizabeth Ellen Smith, Tracy Denise Smith, Knegleshia Meon Smothers, Andrea Marie Staffo, Ryan Patrick Staniscavage, Sharon Ruth Stanley, Jawanna Lakisha Stevenson, Ashley Tisdale Stewart, Paula Marie Stuhr, Stacie Michelle Styles, Nuwan Sri Suriyagoda, Jacqueline Lynn Taylor, Sara Ann Taylor, James Allen Thomas, Lasonjia Sarjartae Thomas, Shannon Nicole Tidmore, Jeremy Cliffton Todd, Ottis Glenn Toney Jr., Benjamin Joseph Traylor, Charles Richard Tuten Jr., Rodney Deaundra Ulmer, Paige Renee Verley, Jonathan Darrell Vice, Derrick Dwayne Walker, Nakeschi Nachelle Watkins, John David Watson, Joseph Adam Watson, Zachary Christopher Webster, Westley Daniel Welch, Susan Kay West, Adrian Danielle White, Brenna Gail Whitley, Jonathan Dustin Wilks, Modina La-Trice Williams, John Anderson Williamson, Melissa Jo Williamson, Mark Bailey Wilson, Shelli Jo Wilson, Andrew Lewis Zow.
Vance – Dana Michelle Barnard, Vera Rena’ Dobbins, Paul Joseph Hubbard III, Cherryn Delane Kornegay.
Vernon – Jeffrey Keith Hankins, Jonathan Brent Morrison.
Contact
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