TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 2,500 degrees at spring commencement ceremonies held recently in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
James P. Hayes Jr., president of the Economic Partnership of Alabama, was the featured speaker. Hayes also received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the event. Also receiving an honorary doctor of humane letters was Dr. John Hicks, executive assistant to the chancellor and secretary of the UA Board of Trustees.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 189,000 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 Anniston area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
JACKSONVILLE — Katie Lynn Hammett, John Frederick Maurer
LEESBURG — Clinton George Eubanks
TALLADEGA — Shunta Latrice Vincent
DOCTORAL DEGREE
SYLACAUGA — Kimberly L. Murphree
MASTER’S DEGREE
ALPINE — Rebecca Joylyn Boggs, Latoya Rochelle Glover
ANNISTON — Joshua David Burford, Margaret Hervey Folsom, Clinton Joseph Johnson Jr., Rebecca Turley Ridley, Darryl Ward Spradley, Elizabeth Carleton Suther
CEDAR BLUFF — Aaron Vines Latham
JACKSONVILLE — Ashley Michelle Maddox, Amy Elizabeth Smith
LEESBURG — Teresa Tucker Sauls, Connie S. Stone
LINEVILLE — Shelia Kay Robertson
OXFORD — Kimberly Dawn Mullendore, Janet Mae Randall
SYLACAUGA — Mary B. Givens
WEAVER — Barbara Michelle Fulmer
WELLINGTON — David Fredrick Bryant III
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ALEXANDRIA — Bucky Dewayne Dingler
ALPINE — Bradley Clell Logan
ANNISTON — Nora Catherine Daniel, Michael Gary Haynes
ASHLAND — Stephanie Ladora Burton
CEDAR BLUFF — Robert S. Green
CENTRE — Valerie Marie Miller, Jennifer Brooke Tallent
CHILDERSBURG — Mary Beth Carpenter
FRUITHURST — Brandon Douglas Hunt, Joseph Charles Hunt
HEFLIN — Jonathan Berton Edwards, Casey Marie Scott
JACKSONVILLE — Jennifer Ann Brown, Stefan Christopher Mullinax, Unis Trimaine Parker, Danyel Linda Weldon
LINCOLN — Kristin May Buck
OXFORD — Matthew Bryant Taliaferro, Meredith Lea Wood
SYLACAUGA — Kristy Carol Patton, Kathleen Penton, Steven Earl Sprayberry, Virginia Elizabeth Taylor
TALLADEGA — Kimberly Grace Barclay, Erin Elizabeth O’Brien, Alison Marie Wade, William Stephen Wood
WEAVER — Bethany Rae Lee
Contact
Linda Hill, Office of Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu