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 Huntsville area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
DOCTORAL DEGREE
DECATUR-Susan L. Olmstead
HUNTSVILLE-Catherine Rachmeler Vasile
MADISON-Charlie Henry Dawson III
MASTER’S DEGREE
ALBERTVILLE-Jennifer Reagan Kitchens, Melissa Shankles Lowery, Jonathan D. Peppers, Rita Michelle Walker
ARAB-Sarah Amanda Burgett
ATHENS-Michael Charles Farrah, Linda Thompson McClary, Rene’ Loggins Noojin, Bonnie Brooke Ruf, Beata Anne Totten, Robert L. Watson
BOAZ-Tonya Suzanne Littleton, Sonny Jason Presley, Christopher Laine Spruiell, Denise Rains Willis
DECATUR-Elizabeth Brittan Rawson, Jennifer Shea Rowden, Heather Marion Schacht
ELKMONT-Charles Thomas McCrary Jr.
GUNTERSVILLE-Trisha Marie Bodine, Cara Alewine Mason, April Adams Pritchett
HARTSELLE-Paul Allen Ebert, Evelyn Leslie Penn
HUNTSVILLE-Marisa Camille Allison, Deborah Denise Cannon, Patrick Ryan Clark, Paula T. Ethridge, Lindsay King Hoffmeyer, Leilani Barnett Kesner, Cynthia Hannah Maxwell, Trent Jennings Mitchell, Tina Michele Moore, Mary M. Powers, Ronald Douglas Reed, Lisa Rogers, Lauren Michelle Sanderson, Cynthia L. Shaw, Deidre Selene Stalnaker, Rebecca Connolly Wells
MADISON-Gail Reddick Geveden, Laura A. Touchstone
OWENS CROSSROADS-Morgan Rae Carter
SCOTTSBORO-Martha Elizabeth Hood
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ALBERTVILLE-Stephanie Ann Brown, Debra Leigh Canez
ARAB-Neil Gray Allen, Tiffany Brooke Campbell, Matt B. Plunkett
ATHENS-Jeremy Vinston Bailey, Eric D. Olson, Lindsey R. Scott, Lauren Elizabeth Strain, Holly Sue Vliek, Jennifer Lou Yarbrough
BRIDGEPORT-James B. Thomas
DANVILLE-Benjamin David Hodges
DECATUR-April L. Alsbrooks, George Arthur Barran, Michael Weldon Broom, Blair Stofel, David Edward Wuesthoff, William Daniel Wyker EVA-Julia A. Gutierrez
FLAT ROCK-James McGhee Caperton III
GRANT-Brandy J. Campbell, Michael B. Smith
GUNTERSVILLE-Brooke Garner Morrow
HARTSELLE-Destiny Jean Palik, Stuart Tyler Tanksley
HAZEL GREEN-Kenneth Ricky Woodall Jr.
HUNTSVILLE-Andrea Catherine Brunty, Amy Lynn Chrisley, Matthew R. Davis, Crystal Nicole Duckworth, Natalie Michele Fedrowisch, Jason N. Finley, Janna Elizabeth Goins, Travelle A. Hawthorne, Jennifer Diane Lomax, Michael Patrick Manary, Julie Elizabeth McMakin, Amanda L. Phillips, Colin C. Quillivan, Calvin Levon Reed, Clayton Joseph Stephens, Shanika Sharelle Thompson, Carolynn Denise Thornton, Brooke Emelia Turner, Chad Allen Vickers, Jamie Anne Zarrilli
MADISON-Terrance Lamar Brown, Laurenna Eileen Frakes, Jared Michael McKee, Richard Allan Rice, Leslie Nicole Treece
NEW HOPE-Johnny Brent Beal
PISGAH-Meredith Suzanne Gant, Nicholas Bradford Jeffery, Cassaranda Michelle Martin
SCOTTSBORO-Jennifer Lynn Craven, Hoyt Ewin Harbin
STEVENSON-Bethany June Stump
UNION GROVE-Christopher Lee Willis
Contact
Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu