Birmingham Area Residents Among UA Graduates

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 1,260 degrees at summer commencement ceremonies held Monday, Aug. 16, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 190,000 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 Birmingham area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:

DOCTORAL DEGREE

ALABASTER-Christopher Lee Cain

BIRMINGHAM-35213 zip code-Nancy Jane Fox, 35235-Theresa Marie McCormick

HELENA-Wendy K. Kautz

HOMEWOOD-Rebecca Giles Sellers

TARRANT-Paul Douglas Mahaffey

MASTER’S DEGREE

BESSEMER-David Randall Allinder, Bert Henry Scott III,

BIRMINGHAM-35203-Lucas P. Dix, 35205-Leslie F. Johnston, Susann Margareta Karlsson, 35206-Melissa A. Scott, 35209-Cheryl S. Cecil, Catherine Dupree Shields, 35210-Jo Netta Terry, 35211-Joseph M. Griffin III, 35214-Jonathan Bradley Penick, 35215-Jill Bailey Griffin, Matthew Wesley Roach, 35216-Cynthia Ann Tumlin, 35223-Marian Bradley Hosch, 35226-Sarah Hicks Thompson, 35242-Lauren Ann Belew, Amy Elizabeth Bryan, 35243-Brian Keith Cocke, Kyle Barton Duffy, Christopher Lee Guest, 35244-Andrew Michael Austin, Karen Denise Harris, Collette Rafique Mahmood, Viraj Vasant Sahasrabuddhe

CALERA-Marcia Creel Clinner, Kelley Anne Smith

GARDENDALE-Samantha Lee McWhorter

HELENA-Meredith Weldon Harris, Jennifer Witt Speer, Brittany Howard Stegall

HOMEWOOD-Susan Michelle Criss

HOOVER-Abbey Lane Blalock, Janice Elaine Cooke, Scott Timothy Fauber, Jennifer Koehler, Emily Peers

HUEYTOWN-Terri Ellison Elder

LEEDS-William Gurney Brock, Jennifer Burns Bryant

MCCALLA-Jo Alice Harp

MONTEVALLO-Ronald Murray Holsombeck, John Wendel Simmer

PELHAM-Jennifer Lauren Kimbrough, Smita Rani Seard

TRUSSVILLE-Allison Lorraine Dearman, Kelly Huff Mikell, Colleen Amanda Thompson

VESTAVIA HILLS-Jessica Lee Griffin

WARRIOR-Mark Allan Sloan

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ADAMSVILLE-Andrew Michael Gibson, Jeanetta P. Wells

ALABASTER-Rebecca Alison Binford

BESSEMER-Angela Dawn Cleckler, Christopher Lamar Davis, Gerrad Merril Hicks, Michele Nichole Hill, Leila Lynn Mashayekh, Shunta Renee’ Murry, Tiffanie Marie Snead

BIRMINGHAM-35203-Doris Bookout Henson, 35205-Nicholas C. Cunningham, Christopher S. Davis, Monique Rachaun Tait, 35206-Jasmine Andrea Gore, 35208-Kimberly Lyche’ Stromas, 35209-Ryan Matthew Smith, 35210-Ronald Jones Jr., 35211-Jeb Stuart Hornsby, Andrenetta C. Whitfield, 35212-Johnathan T. Effinger, 35213-Richey William McRoberts, Dana Carrie Miserez, Alexander Morrow, 35214-Alexandra Ashley, Dramundra Yahtease Collier, Carl Hugo Davis II, Krysti Renee’ Dudley, Kristopher M. Fletcher, Ardarius Vincent Price, Katara Ann Shaw, 35215-Kristi Anne Britt, Charles Jackson Hicks, David Wesley McGinnis, 35216-Lisa Marie Burke, Christopher Edward Heaven, Jennifer Leigh Pridgen, 35218-Gerald Leon Sanders Jr., Alonzo Samuel Williams, 35221-Quiani Howell, 35222-Hugh Kirkpatrick Atkinson, 35223-Christopher Paul Anthony, Frances Lott Callahan, John Matthew Helms, Hallie McCoy Marx, Marshall Peter Rathmell, Wynne Comer White, 35224-Tommia Lacherri Burts, 35226-Jacqueline Lee Wright, Christina Alyce Zaden, 35235-Amanda Katherine Crawford, Tiffany Sharron Garner, Nakeysha Dionne Steward, Sarah E. Wynn, 35242-Justin Pierce Alexander, Suzanne Allen, Colin Smith Dorman, Jennifer Lee Durbin, Netokie Lashay Grady, Mary Lauren Griffin, Madeleine Mozell Hill, Grant Ellis Hyche, Shannon Leigh Rumage, Julie Ann Rynearson, Candice Lee Slaton, Thomas Wayne Taylor, Bradley E. Williams, 35243-Dan Edsel Batchelor II, Shelley Elizabeth Buck, Carrie Jacqueline Buntain, Michael Carl Cannova, John Nicholas Guest, Lindsay Brooke Smith, 35244-Donna H. Lewis, Melissa Kay Moore, Joshua Paul Perry, Eric Thomas Rogers, Jennifer Leigh Simonetti, Christopher J. Watson Jr.

CALERA-Jennifer Leigh Reach

CHELSEA-Erin Rene’ Mayfield

COLUMBIANA-Michael Jeremiah Collins, Tiffany Lynn Seale

GARDENDALE-Matthew C. Campbell, Scott Price Jenkins, Patricia Nicole Merritt, Lindsey Rebecca Moore, Wayne Lashaun Murrah, Adam Scott Painter, Tiffany Ann Thomas

HELENA-Cindy Latasha Logan, Meredith Ashley Ward

HOMEWOOD-Tracey Jasper Barker, John Paul Bevel, Brian Daniel Collins, Theophilus Hawthorne

HOOVER-Gary Paul Adams, Leslie Elizabeth Baldwin, Allison Paige Daigle, Daniel Steven Davis, Lacy Gayle Gilliland, Benjamin Edward Johnson, Meagan Caswell Kennedy, Amanda Helen Keyes, Stephanie Lee Kite, John Hays Natter, Mia N. Pak, Peter Christian Rawls, Shy Ron, Todd Mitchell White

HUEYTOWN-Robert Duncan

INDIAN SPRINGS-Boyd Armando Campbell, Joy Irene Keith

IRONDALE-Alan Wayne Johnson

MCCALLA-Kelli Ruth Allred, Gregory Ryan Dykes, Valerie R. Stegall, Lynsey Brooke Tibbs, Brian James Trippe

MIDFIELD-Stephanie Lanette Wilkes

MONTEVALLO-Gregory Reid Peoples

MORRIS-Casey Arron Dodd, Jana Leigh Hill

MT OLIVE-Leigh Ann Shaw

PELHAM-Patrick Ryan McGee, Kevin Ryan McLendon, Mark Andrew Ryan

PINSON-Craig Alan Harrison, Charlotte Kelly Lopez, Holly Leanne McLaughlin, Alanna Jillian Moman, Jarod Austin Pardue, Jason Allen Wolfe

PLEASANT GROVE-Brandon Marvell Bivins, Brad G. Clement, Meredith Christina Puccio

TRUSSVILLE-Ashley Elizabeth Carlisle, Jeffery Kirk Cornelius Jr., Aaron Michael Davis

VANDIVER-Iris Whitfield Wood

VESTAVIA HILLS-Kavita Janak Doshi, Seth Kane Dunsker, Charles G. Kessler III, Thomas Greene Miller, Nathanael Bruce Williams

WARRIOR-Adam James Madison,Veronica Halie Yarbrough