Tuscaloosa Area Residents Among UA Graduates

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 2,467 degrees at spring commencement ceremonies held Friday, May 16, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

Internationally renowned flutist and conductor Ransom Wilson gave the commencement address at UA’s two University-wide commencement ceremonies held at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively. Wilson, an Artist Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, is professor of flute at Yale University. He has recorded 30 albums as both flutist and conductor and was nominated three times for the “Grammy” award.

Wilson received an honorary doctorate of human letters from UA. Two notable Alabamians also received awards at the 9 a.m. ceremony. Wayne Flynt, Distinguished University Professor at Auburn University and an expert on Southern history, politics and religion, received the Hugo Black Award, UA’s top award, in recognition of his distinguished service to the people of Alabama and the nation. H. Pettus Randall III, who served as chair of Randall Publishing before his death in 2002, was the posthumous recipient of the Julia and Henry Tutwiler Distinguished Service Award.

David Bronner, CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, was the speaker for the UA Law School graduation ceremony held Friday at 5 p.m. Bronner holds both a law degree and a doctorate degree from the University and served as assistant dean of the UA Law School from 1972-73.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 185,000 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

CARROLLTON — David Hunter Pate

DEMOPOLIS — Monica Hall Grecu

EMELLE — Thomas Allen Wheat IV

NORTHPORT — Christopher W. Cantrell, Derrick A. Mills, Clinton D. Mountain Jr., Melanie Chism Watkins, Anna Jean Williams

TUSCALOOSA — Stephen Jared Austin, Cyrus Clifford Barger III, Shelley Lynn Bilbrey, David Steven Cain, Tameka Ann Coaker, Terry Eugene Collins, Amy Michele Cooper, Edward D. Cotter, Daniel Alexander Feig, Michael Joseph Felsen, Stephen Noble Fitts, Christopher Lee Frederick, Archibald Irwin Grubb II, Carol G. Harper, Jennifer Belle Heaven, Robert Morgan Illman, Kechia Juan Lindsey, Ragen Dylan Marsh, Alan Daniel Mathis, Erin Elizabeth May, Richard Alan McGuire, Alan Benton Miller, Gary Matthew Osborn, Adam Patterson Plant, Kathleen Rosemary Sandy, Edward Simmons Sledge IV, Jonathan Ashley Spann, Daniel Brian Tidwell, Jason Bryon Tingle, Jeremy Dean Tucker, Natalie Nicole Turner, Gregory Edward Vaughan, Elliot Joseph Vogt, Robert Joseph Wermuth, David Parks White, John Wheatley Wireman

DOCTORAL DEGREE

COKER — Lazaro Beltran-Sanchez

DUNCANVILLE — Denise Butler Cleveland

NORTHPORT — Krista Spradley Chambless, Douglas Jackson Channell

TUSCALOOSA — Brent Jarrod Brzezinski, Jerry Don Chaney, Yunlong Gao, Debbie Lee Hahs, Alan Peter Jung, Hong-Sik Jung, Randy James Lane, Wilmer Alberto Luna, Jing Meng, Meihua Piao, Amy Danielle Skinner, In Hyuk Son, Frances Johnson Turner, Horacio Vasquez, Tao Xu

MASTER’S DEGREE

ALICEVILLE — Cassandra Burton, Terry Sterling, Jenephoia Lashay Wilder

BRENT — Ashley Lane Brown

COKER — Martha J. Key, Timothy Christopher Kidd

COTTONDALE — Valerie Reid Jones, Edwina Jo Mitchell, Terina Cummings Wood

DEMOPOLIS — Sean Michael Smith

ETHELSVILLE — Thames Randall Shelton

FAYETTE — Dwanla Smith Anderson, Georgene Lyn McDonald, Sarah Dusten Newman

GREENSBORO — Kimbley Denise Banks, Cynthia R. Barnette

MOUNDVILLE — Kathryn Jones Gidley, Yvonne Kim Noland, Sharon Powell Seales

NORTHPORT — Amanda Junkin Al-Betar, Debbie Cooley Benson, Marla O. Breaux, Lesley Shannon Broughton, Michael Lloyd Casey, Christina Lynne Chesnut, Jennifer M. Cotton, Johnna Powell Drummond, Tina Ann Evans, Courtney Wesley Hall, Hilan Irby Jones, Robert Edward Keith, Anne-Marie Rose Leistico, Tangilia L. McLemore-Landers, Gina Beck Mize, Kalindy Ann Moncrief, Kimberly Dawn Naramore, Reba A. Robb, Connie Jean Stovall, Lusha Marguerite Tronstad, Hilary Jane Weaver

RALPH — Jonathan Keith Dorriety

TUSCALOOSA — Robert Dean Alley, Stacy Latham Alley, Amia Lynn Baker, Ravikumar Baskaran, Katherine Lashae Baxter, Genece Blackmon, Maria Graciana Boettner, Brandy Lyn Booth, John Alton Boutwell, Dia Nicole Brannen, April Leanne Brashier, Lee Barrett Bryars, Russell Kane Burnette, Marguerite Burr Cameron, Kevin Ray Chancellor, Dulal Chanda, Karma Ruth Chavez, Haozhe Chen, Yu Dang, Michael Scott Devasher, Uma Sankar Dittakavi, Erica Amber Dixon, Lichun Dong, Patricia Ann Doughty, Daniel William Durkin, Amy Kathryn Elmore, Chunyao Feng, Jonathan Lucas Fitts, Jarrett Brant Fowler, Brandon T. Fox, Christopher Clark Gelwix, Stephen Randall Gelwix, Brenda D. Gibson, Jeremy Wayne Gibson, Patrick Shane Givens, Garrett A. Goodman, Kristy Michele Goodman, Cody Shane Goss, Scott Joyner Grissett, Vikas Grover, Weidong Guo, Robin Hayes Gurganus, Rabia M. Hakima, Mary Miranda Hammonds, Inn Geun Han, Greta Winston Harkness, Lisa Marie Harvey, Sarah Kirk Hayes, Alissa Beth Hearne, Brian Everett Henry, Celeste Harris Hill, Tracy Barger Hinton, Anthony D. Hoefer, Leigh Bristol Holden, Kristy Reid Holt, Edna Marie Hood, Charles Jeremy Horne, Xiao Huang, Kristy Ann Huffman, Neal McCoy Hughes, Karen Sullivan Hulsey, Heather Duerre Humann, Deandra Lovette Jackson, Shirita R. Jackson, Karen C. James, Barbara Jean Jamestone, Kurtis L. Johnson, Tawnya Taddiken Johnson, Younbae Jun, Vivek Kapoor, Young Il Kim, Jason Thomas Kirby, Miyeon Kwon, Thomas Devon Laney, Baker Lawley, Carol Smith Leven, Gaisheng Liu, Guojin Lu, William C. Lucas, Lei Luo, Rebecca Amory Lutz, Chandan Mahato, Marvel A. Maring, Daniel Noland Meredith, Luberta Giles Miller, Margaret Ann Monfee, Seyed Moosavi, Renea Donzell Motte, Paul Joseph Moxon, Benita Doroshea Newton, Amelia Gladney Nolen, Emily Katherine O’Steen, Molly Louise Oberlin, Cristian Paiva, Virginia Bucurel Palermo, Haoxin Pan, Dawn Marie Papuga, Christopher Brian Patterson, Irina A. Perevalova, Michael Harold Pettis, Michelle Robertson Phillips, Cecilia Irene Piehl, Richard Douglas Pierce, Brandon Dane Powell, Laura Marie Purdin, Bastian Quindt, Paige Ryan Raney, Luisa Kay Reyes, Keith Edward Rieger, Nattacha Nicole Rogers, Dohyoung Ryang, Dipankar Sahoo, Elizabeth Gibson Schadt, Gabriele Schafferdt-Scherer, Sarah Elizabeth Scott, Michelle Denise Sears, Dmitriy S. Shaltayev, Yelena Shaltayeva, Viktor M. Shuparskyy, Thanes Sittivorapong, Creg Lee Stephenson, Earl Ray Stewart Jr., Richard A. Stoddart, Sandi Lynne Sullivan, Niral R. Thakor, Melissa C. Tidwell, Jacalyn Genevieve Tippey, Susan Willoughby Tisdale, Humberto Torreblanca, Tina Denise Turner, Suresh Kumar Vuray, Kevin Wade Walker, Melissa Renee Watkins, Lauren Alice Weaver, Mi Wen, Daniel Byron Western, Edward John Whitehorn, Kangzhen Xie, Fang Yang, Xiaoli Yang, Kalyan-Chakr Yellapu, Jingyun Zhang, Yongxia Zhang

VANCE — Maria Elaine Scudder

VERNON — Christopher D. Cribbs, Gregory Neal Rector

WARD — Mable Roshelle Lawson

WOODSTOCK — Audrey Ellen Smallwood

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ALICEVILLE — Calvin James Harkness, Sara Ann Stewart

BERRY — Joshua Wood Lawson, Carrie Nichole Long, Chrisynda Janiece Moore, Michael Andrea Moore

BOLIGEE — Shannon Jessie Terrell

BROOKWOOD — Pamela Diane Green, Tiffney Sheree Kizziah, Mark Allen Rose, Brit San Sherrill, Nicholas Scott Smith

BUHL — Wesley Ronald Traweek

CARROLLTON — Angela Faye Huffman, Louise Schimmel Pate, Marshall Kelly Puckett Jr., Laquetta Asheen Williams

CENTREVILLE — Rachel Kendra Cottingham, Kevin Lee James, John Mark Moses, Kimberly Rose Reynolds

COALING — Courtney Lashell Carter

COATOPA — Monyetta Nicole Nation

COKER — David Joshua Poole, Matthew Wayne Richardson, Steven Mark Shelton, Justin D. Vaughn

COTTONDALE — Charity Yvonne Brown, Amanda Christine Burnette, Kevin Daniel Carden, April Lindsey Carroll, Robert Clinton Fikes, Bryan Allen Hester, Jaena Marie Hollingsworth, Lisa Gordon Johnson, Shannon Leah McCarter, Christopher G. McDaniel, Kelly Jo McDaniel, Karen Watts Perkins

DEMOPOLIS — Kelley Elizabeth Freeman

DIXONS MILLS — Antonio Terrell White

DUNCANVILLE — Julie Melissa Davis, Patricia Lynn Lowery, Tracy Soles Strickland

EUTAW — Rebecca Leigh Stephens, Robin Lee Thomas

FAUNSDALE — Travis Demarcus Agee

FAYETTE — Ginger Saraann Beasley, Stacie Francine Carroll, Samuel Hodo Collins, Rachel Lee Ellenburg, Adam Heath Elliott, Danny Todd Hollingsworth, Cynthia Lee Smith, Jesse Laura Stevens, Michael Andrew Talerico

GAINESVILLE — Marcus Deandre Jones

GORDO — Sarah Cook, Staci Jo Duffy, Joshua Frank Elmore, Rosin Paige Spencer

GREENSBORO — Sunmee Christine Comer, Christian Mullinax Crane, Shalong O’Neal Hamilton, Kasabrian Deanna Jones, Mark Lee Moore, Cletricia Mechell Peterson, Jessica Laine Stewart

LINDEN — Tiffany Nico’l Phillips

LIVINGSTON — Shanna Deonne Moore, Mary Adams Tartt

MOUNDVILLE — April Leigh Ballard, Linda Drue Hays-Gibbs, Peter Dewitt Huver, Teresa Diane King, Brandi Bigham Lester, Jaela Cherie Rutledge, Robert Lee White Jr.

NORTHPORT — Jennifer Anne Adams, Amy Nicole Appling, George Clayton Arnold, Saskia Renee’ Badgewell, Stephen Scott Beams, Julia Elizabeth Bradley, Kimberly Robin Broughton, Haley Michelle Brown, Shaun Isaac Calix, Kelly Lee Carnes, William Allen Carter, Haley Marie Clark, Randall Holt Clark Jr., Jason Matthew Combs, Jamie Ann Compton, Carter Richie Davis, Mary Ann Deguzman, Jennifer Leigh Diab, Brett Michael Dodd, Lewis Clarke Drummond, Michael Jeremy Duke, Kana Anne Ellis, Michael Curtis Evans, Stephanie Ann Falls, Robyn M. Fields, Leroy Gant, Jaclyn Patrice Gear, Joey Keith Glasgow, Amber Elaine Gordon, Michael Andrew Gore, Sandra Marie Griffin, Cheri Ann Guikema, Heather Hamilton, Wesley O’Brian Hamm, Nathan Wade Hannah, Lucy Ann Hester, Sarah E. Higginbotham, Tara Cline Hodges, Clarisa Harris Hood, Timothy Neil Hutchings, Paul Edward Jones, Kimberly W. King, Ruby Renee’ King, Karen Yvette Lilly, Timothy Robin Lyons, Wanda Faye Martin, Joshua Michael McCullough, Christopher Lee McKinney, Russell Morris Miller, Jeremy H. Moore, Monetia Lynette Moore, Jennifer Jean Moshier, Melissa Brooke Myers, Corina M. Nakashima, Robert Walker Naves, Jennifer Ryan Nicholson, Misty Lee Nix, James Joshua Perdue, Apryl Nicole Ramsey, Lindy Karol Rich, Claire Mavette Sands, John William Scott, Jonathan Randall Shaddix, Leslie Brooke Shanner, Jessalynn Anne Smith, Robin Louise Stevenson, Ann Elisabeth Swann, Casey Leigh Swindle, Kimberly O’Rael Tubbs, Charisse Pauline Whitaker, Lyons Friedman Yellin

RALPH — Matthew Morgan Burns, Andrea Michelle Compton

REFORM — Demetris Lashondra Giles, Stephanie Leigh Keasler, Justin Michael Owens

SULLIGENT — Amberly B. Hulsey, Nicholus Dean Stuckey

SWEET WATER — Meredith Rae Mathers, Sheila A. Rodgers

TUSCALOOSA — Ibraheem Salem Al-Saadi, Sami Alburi, Darrin Blake Alcorn, Charles Luther Armstrong, Angie Wyatt Askew, Thomas Jordan Baird, Jessica Leah Barnes, Natalie Susan Barrington, Amy Susan Bartmess, Van Gardner Baucum, George Evan Beasley, David Clinton Beavers, Andrea Lynn Beckham, David Alan Blackston, Valerie Renee Boddie, Anneliese Christine Bolland, Robert Paul Booth, Antonio Dalmar Boyd, Julie Alice Brand, Margaret Emily Brewer, Jonathan Brian Bridges, Cletis Lake Browder, Andrea Brooke Brown, Jennifer Ann Brown, Laronda Michelle Brown, Sheila Michelle Brown, Toni Elizabeth Brown, Desiree Lynn Bryant, Tasha May Bryant, Eraca Buchannon, Gabrielle Danita Burnside, William Milam Cain, Leander N. Calame IV, Ashley Brooke Calhoun, Ryan Lewis Campbell, Stephen Michael Campbell, Josh Kane Cancel, Jason Van Carmack, Camille Joseph Carroll, Mary Emily Chastain, Steven David Clark, Cory Demetrius Cleveland, Kimberly Joann Colbert, Terry Lamar Colburn, Carla Elizabeth Compton, Benjamin Vernon Copeland, Toni Jane Copeland, Jason Bradley Costanzo, Michael Louis Crawford, Britni Michelle Crocker, Tamara Lacole Croom, Leslie Boone Crosthwait, Hannah Catherine Curlee, David Anthony Cusimano, David T. Daniel III, Benjamin Thomas Davis, Nicholas Steven Davis, Joe Marco De Los Reyes, Leslie Darlene Dean, Ashley Beth Denny, Heather Nicole Deweese-Helm, Michael Patrick Dewey, Laura Ann Diblasi, Anne Carter Dice, Wendy Suzanne Dickey, James-Paul Bryan Dill, Michael James Disher, Amanda Beth Donaldson, Riekeemiah Vonkeese Drew, Teresa Ann Eatmon, Michael Steven Eddins, Jessica M. Edmonds, Elizabeth Ashley Edwards, Melakikki Shonee’ Edwards, Justin Patton Estes, Stephanie Brogden Faulkner, Robert Edward Ferguson, Monica Renee Finch, Nneka Katari Fowler, Rebekah Marlene Fox, Lisa Ellis Friday, Jill N. Funkhouser, Catherine Michele Gambrell, Veronica Anna Gardner, Jennifer Denise Garner, Christopher James Garrett, Terrilyn Alicia Gibson, Rashida Giles, Anita Fondren Gilliland, Jason Lee Glenn, Brett Alexander Golson, Lisa Marie Gonzalez, Pol-Enrico Gonzalez, Deanetta Deshawn Goodloe, Carl Johan Grahs, Daniel Reuben Green, Katie Jo Greer, Matthew Lowell Gregory, Benjamin Martin Grizzell, Salvatore Guerra, Natasha Leigh Hagan, Jeffrey Paul Ham, Megan Andrea Hampton, Leah Joy Hardin, Christopher Jason Harrelson, Amanda Sue Hendon, Gloria Ann Hicks, Paul Kim Hoang, Julie Marie Holdsworth, Karen Victoria Holman, Catherine Carol Howell, Abigail Louise Hoyle, Mark Daniel Hudson, Calvin Edward Inabinett Jr., Taesha Lashay Jennings, Kyle Franklin Jernigan, Mandy Beth Johnson, Ginger Wyatt Johnston, Grant David Jollands, Godfrey Sinclair Jones Jr., Michael Allen Jones, Taneezia Dionne Jones, Teresha Maya Jones, Christopher John Jordan, Kendall Lee Junkin, Lea Karatheodoris, Susann Margareta Karlsson, Jennifer Charleene Karp, Yesim Karsu, Richard Moses Katz, Melanie Nicole Keeton, Christopher Scott Kemp, Aleshia Lashan Kennedy, Kimberly Monique Kennedy, Amber Leigh Killian, Leigh McLain Kirby, Michelle Leigh Kitzler, Ashley Virginia Klicker, Emily Kniess, Japheth K. Koech, Mary Margaret Lagrone, Elizabeth Ashley Lake, April Marie Langford, Benjamin Powell Lary, Benita Shene Lee, Joe-Hun Lee, Helen R. Levey, Kristen Nicole Lewter, Jason Allen Little, Matthew Tyler Lomax, Kathleen Ann Lyons, Donna Tramaine Mackey, David Malamud, Todd Abraham Martin, Holly Marie McCreless, Jessica E. McDuffie-Massey, Pamela Gail McGhee, Kevin Michael McGill, Ragan Melanie McLain, Dana Marie Melton, Nabeel Ahmed Memon, Iris Yanette Merida, Christopher Joseph Meyer, Heidi Lee Miller, Lauren Ashley Mills, Erin Marie Minor, Amber Lee Mitchell, Michael Jason Mitchell, Scott Traylor Morris, Jamie Lanea Murphree, Anna Marie Napenas, Amy Beth Narvaez, Mary Ann Nelson, Donna Michelle Nevins, Jeffrey Clark Norris, Cara Michelle Oliver, Kirsten Paige Orr, Kathryn Renee Ott, Jason Larry Parham, Jason Aaron Partain, Jennifer Partain, Bhavik Natvar Patel, Garry Christopher Patrick, Jennifer Robin Payne, Paul Reza Pedram, Scotch Grant Peloso, Lisa Lynn Pennington, Jason Robert Perdelwitz, Shauna Tameka Phillips, Lance Holliman Poole, Whitney Kathryn Poole, Stephanie Marie Prestridge, Michael Charles Prewitt, Daniel James Pritchett, Joel Tucker Randolph, Damon Zanos Ray, Saman Razzak, Audra Casey Redmill, Gerald Antwayne Reed, Holly Adrianna Reed, Ian Hines Reed, Frances Ann Reilly, Kevin Marc Reynolds, Kristy Ballard Rhodes, Angela Michelle Roberts, Veronica Stephanie Roberts, Alice Lee Robertson, Clarence Elias Robinson, Jeffery C. Robinson, Todd Alan Rodgers, Brady Gene Rogers, Mironda Lynn Ross, Brandy Lashay Rushing, Robert Clinton Saucier, Mousumi Kirit Shah, Nicole Sanders Shaw, Amanda Michelle Smith, Lambert Patton Smith Jr., Natalia Sosedkina, Alexander Ivanov Sotirov, Shelley D. Spann, Deidre Selene Stalnaker, William David Steele, Lucas Coleman Stewart, Nicolaas Sven Stoel, Matthew Ryan Stokes, Michelle Annette Stowell, James M. Streit II, Marie Ase Svensson, Keshawnia Michelle Swanigan, Benjamin Keen Talmadge, Jennifer Corinne Tanner, Michele Renae Terry, Kenneth Develle Thomas, Laura Anne Thomas, Melinda Emily Thomas, Tabitha Christine Thomas, Toria La’Quanya Thomas, Marla Brooke Tice, Jason Douglas Tillman, Haley Carroll Tingle, April Elizabeth Tomlin, Steven Baird Tucker, Tiffany Denise Underwood, Andrew Geoffrey Varvoutis, Jason Benjamin Warren, Ashley Anderson Waters, Elizabeth Margaret Watson, John London Weathers, Shannon Elizabeth Weaver, Paul Alexander Weller, Shernay Antoinette Wells, Kristina Marie West, Lorie Jean White, Zachary Allen White, Ammie Rogers Whitley, Justin Robert Williams, Laveda Verdell Williams, Tamara Brooke Williams, Vadonna Shanee’ Williams, April Christine Wilson, Kevin Eric Witzberger, Destini Yvonne Woods, Jennifer Lou Yarbrough, Steven Dewayne Yates, Stacy Lyn Young

UNIONTOWN — Erwin Lamond Dudley

VANCE — Brittany Newell Bricken, William Bradford Bricken, Ashley Delane Gray, Wynn Anderson Simmons

VERNON — Myra Danielle Crossley, Beau Yukio Phillips

WEST BLOCTON — Robert Levene Johnson, Mary Lorene Mathews, Steven O’Neal Motley

WOODSTOCK — Charity Elizabeth Hudson

YORK — Andrew Clete Beard, Christopher D. Bedwell