Tuscaloosa Area Residents Among UA Graduates

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 1,000 degrees at summer commencement ceremonies held Monday, Aug. 11, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

Thomas C. Hubbard, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and a 1965 UA graduate, was the featured speaker. During the ceremony Hubbard was given an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. Also during the ceremony, Gloria Narramore Moody, a longtime patron of the arts, received the Julia and Henry Tutwiler Award, UA’s most prestigious award for volunteer service.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 186,000 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:

DOCTORAL DEGREE

MARION — Melissa Faye Jackson

NORTHPORT — Sandra Kaye Flynn

TUSCALOOSA — Bebe C. Barefoot, Steven Douglas Bodin, Kelvin Wendell Croom, Dion Darvin Hepburn, Lajuan Antoine Hutchinson, Melvin Clay. Lewis Jr., Joopin Loh, Alexander N. Pinzul, Melissa McElroy Smith, Hui Song, Charles Keith Springle, Jonathan D. Steigman, Shurrun Valencia Varner, William Madison Wallace Jr., Hongwei Yin, Peiqin Zhou

MASTER’S DEGREE

ALICEVILLE — Mary Frances Somerville

BRENT — Catherine Elizabeth Gurley, Christina Hollifield

BROOKWOOD — Misty Lee Rose

COKER — Wendy Fowler Jones

COTTONDALE — Regina Hicks, C’Kiimba Margo Hobbs

FAYETTE — Cara Elizabeth Coons

GORDO — Cynthia Diane Jackson, Jamie Alisha Windham

MOUNDVILLE — Kevin Lee Windham

NORTHPORT — William Gary Black, Aaron Madison Cabaniss, Sandra Jones Drummond, Gregory Myles Evans, Victoria Leigh Evans, Michael Heath Farris, Carol Spencer Fuller, Julie Savage Jones, Robert Edward Keith, Kunio Kono, Jan Mims McDaniel, Jacqueline Yvonne McNealey, Tina Elizabeth Ray, Kimberly Renee Roberts, Kaouthar Souki, Jason Colby Stapp, Elizabeth Ann Walker, Brenda Lee Warbington, Jennifer Leigh White

TUSCALOOSA — Guy Antebi, Marilyn T. Archibald, Alam I. Asadov, Jimmy Bejarano, Doriane Latanya Blount, Daniel Wayne Bray, Tammy Colburn Brown, Trina Byrd Busby, Courtney F. Carpenter, Jenifer Howell Clements, Stephen Michael Davis, Kevin Robert Elliott, Michael Ryan England, Mark David Gilbert, Maydison Chriswin Ginting, Monika Lynn Gragg, Clint Robert Haggard, Darrell Eugene Hagler, Bin He, Brian Everett Henry, Leigh Bristol Holden, Fredrick Deon Irby, Allen Bonnoitt Jones, Younbae Jun, Daman Preet Kaur, Amanda Davis Kirk, Miyeon Kwon, Adrienne Reubena Lee, Mi-Na Lee, Ying Liu, Ramakrishna V. Manda, Marvel A. Maring, Regina Gray Noland, Jamal Obid, Francisco Palermo, Mathew Paul, Melisa Stegall Phillips, Lan Qin, Mara Elizabeth Ray, Charles Pendleton Redwine, Haichen Ren, Nancy Morgan Robinson, Julia Denise Rutley, Dohyoung Ryang, Christian Scheck, Tapan Narendrabhai Shah, Yelena Shaltayeva, Takesha Monique Shannon, Sabrina Hinton Sheffield, Holly Marlene Shepherd, Sharon Ruth Stanley, Jennifer Ann Steelman, Sandi Lynne Sullivan, Jora De’Nee Thomas, Stephanie Demetria Tubbs, William Douglas Tucker, Gopakumar Venugopalan, Floydena Syreeta Walker, Rebecca Gilbert Warren, Dave M. Washington Jr., Mi Wen, Elizabeth Childress Western, Anna Gwendolyn Whitt, Katherine Dillard Wicker, Ravindra K. Wijesundera, Yiyi Wu, Kangzhen Xie, Tracey Marie Zilke

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ALICEVILLE — John Michael Conner

BANKSTON — Charlana Ruth Bonner

BERRY — Stephanie L. Brand, Jason Ray Wallace

BRENT — Meg Elizabeth Cottingham

BROOKWOOD — Elizabeth Lane Gibson, Cheryl Lynn Rollins, Nicholas Scott Smith, Jonathan Scott Whitten

CARROLLTON — Angela Faye Huffman

COKER — Gena Richardson Mathews

COTTONDALE — Karen Renee’ Archibald, Daniel Valayat Drennen, Stephanie J. Shinholster

DEMOPOLIS — Peter Wadkin Coleman, Elizabeth Rachael Prestwood

DUNCANVILLE — Julie Melissa Davis

EUTAW — Brian Lee McFeely

FAYETTE — Rachel Lee Ellenburg, Katherine Neal Grimsley, James Joseph Layton, Stefanie B.Whitson

GORDO — Quinderrick Antonio Moden

GREENSBORO — Reginal Bernard Sanders, Meredith Latonya Wiggins

LIVINGSTON — Tena Felicia Gulley

MARION — Amber Nichole Weeks

MOUNDVILLE — Lashonda Michelle Archibald, Michael Shane Daugherty, Ashanta Deshaun Pickens, Shemeka Michelle Wright

NORTHPORT — Garrett Dwight Allen, Albert Christian Anders, Amy Marie Boyd, Christopher D. Cartledge, Mary Caroline Coleman, William Joshua Culver, Jeanette Dancy, Lewis Clarke Drummond, Amanda Fae Durrans, David Brenton Elliott, Rebecca Gail Falls, Lisa Ellis Friday, Michael Andrew Gore, Patricia Freeman Gregg, Kelvin Deondra Hamilton, Ronald Patrick Hampel, Angela Hannah Harris, Olan Scott Hewitt, Amanda Ellen Hollyhand, Jenny Wells Lee, Justin Seth Lewis, Ryan David Massengale, Melissa Brooke Myers, Charles Houston Parrish, Joseph William Rose, Brynna Rae Scott, Robin Louise Stevenson April Dawn Tittle, Jason Andrew Todd, Daniel Chi Yu

RALPH — Kalea Dailey Brown, Andrea Michelle Compton

REFORM — Alphonsia Sommerville III

SAWYERVILLE — Maurika Lajoi Hobson

SULLIGENT — Haley Ann Ray, Virginia Christine White

SWEET WATER — Liyang Pan Riggins, Sheila A. Rodgers

TUSCALOOSA — Kenneth Neil Abbott Jr., Amy Lynn Achterhof, Nawaf S. Al-Jindan, Ashley Michele Alexander, Abdulrahman Hasan Alhosani, Charles Luther Armstrong, Sonya E. Asher, Ben Loyd Avery, Lisa Dorothy Bagley, Jarrod Lane Barrier, George Evan Beasley, Jamekia Lykeisha Bies, David Alan Blackston, Carl Ronnie Boglin Jr., Sheila Michelle Brown, Shequita L. Burrell, Natalie Butler Burt, Marina Cristina Camacho, Brittney Michelle Cannon, Frank Lewis Carnes, Willard Byrum Carpenter, Annabel Coley Carroll, Carl Lee Clark Jr., Lennis James Clark, Steven David Clark, Jennifer Anne Coakley, Heather Ann Connelly, Casey Love Cook, Deontae Donnell Cox, Carla Vinetta Crawford, Michael Louis Crawford, Jennifer Myers Crowe, Donna Annette Crowley, Sabrina Ruth Crummie, Margaret Lee Curtis, Erica Reshae Day, James Mathias Deas III, Leah Suzanne Dennis, James Michael Dockery, Melissa Denise Donald, Xiao Chao Du, Kimberly Kay Eaton, Mark Randall Ekonen, Robin Matthew Elliott, Mandi Elise Gant, Matthew Evan Garner, Richard W. Geddie, Pamela Kristen Graham, Daniel Reuben Green, Matthew Lowell Gregory, Michael Heath Haley, Jennifer Lynn Hall, Meredith Anne Halliday, Jennifer Luise Hardman, Metrice Michelle Harris, Justin Franklin Harrison, Derrick Wen Helm, Soon-Bum Hong, Truda Elise Horn, Catherine Carol Howell, Leslie Diane Howerton, Cassandra Clarice Hudson, Amanda Lynn Huey, Lewis Todd Hughes, Brentley McCrory Hutt, Robert D. Jamison, Jawuan Denair Jenkins, Christy Rashun Johnson, Lanita Faye Jones-Bostic, Catherine Brewer Jones, Dustin Dal Jones, Taneezia Dionne Jones, Chris Michael Kemmesat, Mohammad Ishfaq Khan, Verkeisha Yvette King, Timothy Dewayne Knight, William Bradley Lamb, Adam Jason Lang, Connieleatha D. Lavender, Terri Diane Leslie, Helen Rachael Levey, Dusti Lynn Livingston, Shane Thomas Lovelady, Woodrow Lowe Jr., Daniel Phillip Lowery, Donna Tramaine Mackey, Mary Ann Marshall, Ann Smith McAfee, Robert Matthew McBride, Andrea McCoy, Maxine Lilly McHardy, David Bradford Merritt, Christopher Joe Mills, Monetia Lynette Moore, Yoshiko Murata, Jamie Lanea Murphree, Stephen Christoper Myrick, Felix Khay Ng, Joshua Bryan Nippert, James Ron Norris, Amy Lee O’Brien, Lance Yocom Orr, Jason David Phillips, Rebekah Rae Plunkett, Jonathon Richard Poe, Rodgerick Marcell Ragsdale, Delvin Martinis Rainer, Grantland Terry Rice, John Richard Roberts, Jeffrey Michael Schexnayder, Bradford Paul Schlomer, Courtney Lee Schwartzenburg, Valori Shea Scroggins, Mat Van Searcy, Preeti Kirit Shah, Kimberly Lea Skelton, Adrienne Richelle Smith, Crescent French Smith, Jeremy Steven Smith, Nathan Andrew Smith, Robert Charles Smith Jr., Shawn Kevin Spier, Roy Stanley, Lekeisha Annease Steele, Joshua Scott Stephens, Lawrence Graham Stidham, Kathryn Lee Taylor, Kelli Brooke Thomas, Kenneth Develle Thomas, Colleen Amanda Thompson, April Elizabeth Tomlin, Sabrina Rachiel Townsend, Jennifer Marie Turner, John Richard Turner, Melissa Denee’ Tuten, Marty Justin Vandiver, Blake Edward Ward, Tiah Bri-Tan White, Jeffery Carl Williams, Joy Sheri Williams, Sara Florence Williams, Destini Yvonne Woods, Karen Marie Yates, Hyungkeyn Yi, Brad Dixon Young

UNIONTOWN — Natalia Shallay Dent

VANCE — Jana Howell Harland

VERNON — Dustin Trent Collins

WEST BLOCTON — Anthony Collins

WOODSTOCK — Andrea Nicole Wright