TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama awarded some 1,100 degrees at commencement ceremonies held Saturday, Dec. 18, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Millard Fuller, founder and president of Habitat for Humanity International, was the featured speaker. Fuller, an alumnus of the UA School of Law, also received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the 9 a.m. ceremony. Approximately 1,100 degrees were conferred.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 191,000 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:
MASTER’S DEGREE
DOTHAN — Kenneth Scott Farmer, Jennifer Ann Grimmer
EUFAULA — Kavon Jermainte Franklin
OPP — Crystal Gale Stephens
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ANDALUSIA — Beth Ann Brannon, Matthew Scott Prater, Genevieve Darling Spurlin, Rebekah L. Wilkes
CHANCELLOR — Amy Elise Armstrong
DOTHAN — John Anthony Brown, Lauren Hall Colley, Joseph Leon Dasinger, Kristin Amalia Diaz, Marion Lothrop Hanahan, Katie Lee Maddox, Jessica Laura McLean, Amos Mitchell Newsome III, Neil Allen Simmons, Daniel Jared Stokes, Brooke Katherine Wilson
ELBA — Joseph Michael Russell Jr.
ENTERPRISE — Kathryn Diane Buck, Christopher F. Garcia, Jennifer Lee Harrison, Clayton E. Hollinhead, Anisa Yvonne Jones, Paula Francine Jones, Lindsay Brooke Morrison, Terry S. Stepp
EUFAULA — Christopher B. Blackmon, John West Martin Jr.
HARTFORD — Melanie Michelle Simmons
HEADLAND — Allison Rebecca Deshazo, Megan Janet Richards
LOCKHART — Kathryn Amanda Bryan
MIDLAND CITY — Kristie Lynn Grimmer
OPP — Betsy S. Prior
TROY — William Raymond Hudson, Rory Lamont Murphy
Contact
Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu