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 Dothan area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
ANDALUSIA — Grant John Scott
ENTERPRISE — Katherine Camille Marsh, Eris Bryan Paul
EUFAULA — Catherine H. Richardson
HEADLAND — John Curtis Deshazo, James Curry Woods
LOUISVILLE — Daniel Vinson Bowden
OZARK — John Rodgers Morgan III
MASTER’S DEGREE
ANDALUSIA — Julie S. Joiner
CLAYTON — Latronia Denise Lovell
DALEVILLE — Janet L. Strickland
DOTHAN — Priscilla Ann Tucker
GENEVA — Willard Hazley Ammons III
OZARK — Cynthia Joy Carter, Michelle Laverne Piper
TROY — Eric Justin Law, Brittney Dana Little
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ANDALUSIA — Steven Barrow Barlow, James Martin Clifton, Kristen Renee Messick
ASHFORD — Tambria Michelle Harrell, Jeffrey Allen Tedder
CHANCELLOR — Jeffrey Curt Howell
DOTHAN — Bethany Suzanne Bedsole, Stephen Wesley Carpenter, Amber Joy Cato, Tina Denise Duke, Justin Glen Hicks, Christie Danielle Ingram, Heather Janae Johnson, Thomas Jason Laska, Joshua Ryan Mallory, Amy Lauren Oakes, Lauren Elizabeth Parkman
ENTERPRISE — Connie Sue Akins, Katie Elizabeth Boyd, John Warren Marsh, David Brock Parker, Tatum Shepard, Joseph L. Tindell, John Carey Tomberlin II
EUFAULA — Laura Cecilia Benavides, Jessica Renee Chaney, Kendra Guilford, Ashley Lynn Hadley, Christine Bainbridge Jaxon, Charles Brown Walsh
MIDLAND CITY — Stuart Benzi Rummell
NEW BROCKTON — Rachel Elaine Carroll
OPP — Elizabeth D. McLeod
OZARK — Rebecca Suzanne Carroll, Emily Diann Jackson, Anne Myree Shillabeer, Steven D. Turnbull
RED LEVEL — Mary Anne Taylor
SAMSON — Jonathan William Brunson
SLOCOMB — Lindsey Blair Andrews, Randall Marc Price, Johna Kay Register
TROY — Katherine Lee Bassett, Jason Andrew Todd
Contact
Linda Hill, Office of Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu