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 Florence area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
FLORENCE — Heath Spencer Holden, Leah Ruth Wilson
TUSCUMBIA — Wendy Kay Fleming
DOCTORAL DEGREE
ATHENS — Joseph Palmer Olson
FLORENCE — Katherine Louise Cole
MASTER’S DEGREE
ATHENS — Prentice Thadis Chandler
CHEROKEE — Neal McCoy Hughes
FLORENCE — Jerry Lee Anderton, Beth Gibbs Wallace, John Morgan Webb
KILLEN — Stacy Jean Childers, Alan Ray Elledge, Melisa Diane Fowler
MOULTON — Mary Elizabeth Tucker
ROGERSVILLE — Teresa Kay Garner
RUSSELLVILLE — Kelly Nichole Cooke, Laura Beth Hammack, Christopher Youell Uptain
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ATHENS — Kathryn Lillian Davis, Rachel Elise Hartman, Nikki Leigh Hively, Tonya Danielle Johnson, Zachary Wayne Magnusson, Joshua Derek Morgan, Wesley Douglas Reynolds, Heather Dawn Scott, Tyler Hansen Statton, Lauren Elizabeth Strain, Morgan Garland Wilbanks
COURTLAND — Monique Sharae Grant
ELKMONT — Rheannon Leigh Parsons
FLORENCE — Jessica Lauren Allen, Adam Michael Byram, Jana Lynn Corl, Lindsey Ann Hayes, Bryant Jackson Isom, Allison Alon King, Jonathan Randall Little, Shelley Dianne McDaniel, Amanda Leigh McGee, Ashley Nicole Morrow, Mary Blanche Neese, Kimberly Alyson Olive, Jill Elizabeth Sealy, Christopher Lee Smith, Zachary Chase Thompson
KILLEN — Kevin Lee Glover, Alanna Leann Holden, Jamie Clay King, Jonathan David King, Cassidy Joe Koonce, Joseph Daniel Seay, Andrea Elizabeth White
LEXINGTON — Todd Michael Sullivan
MOULTON — Robert Speake Reich, Beau C. Sams
MOUNT HOPE — Jessica Lee Herring
MUSCLE SHOALS — John R. Campbell, Ashley Sharee Flanagan, Shaw Roger Gargis, Sandra Michele Spreadbury
NORTH COURTLAND — Oreal Shantell Taylor
PHIL CAMPBELL — James Courington Glasgow, Christopher Marc Taylor
ROGERSVILLE — Janette Susan Dura
RUSSELLVILLE — Jessica Ann Hancock, Nathaniel Floyd Kuykendall, Amanda Gail Logan, Kimberly D. Smith
SHEFFIELD — Kathryn Brooks Mason, James Paul Rogers
TOWN CREEK — Syreeta Joy Goode, Alison Lynn Hutto
TUSCUMBIA — Jennifer Kae Bishop, Archie Eugene Brown Jr., Jairus Keith Buchanan, Carri A. Flanagan, Jon Bernard Gargis, Kevin Shawn Hubbard, Brian Ray James, David Ryan McCaig, Jerrod Wayne McIver
WATERLOO — Summer Brook Dowdy
Contact
Linda Hill, Office of Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu