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 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 Mobile area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
DAPHNE — John Wesley Bell
ORANGE BEACH — Michael Adrian Hart
MASTER’S DEGREE
GULF SHORES — Matthew Seth Burgess
JACKSON — Andrew Wesley Warren
MOBILE — Allyson R. Ard, Ella Lipsey Harvey, Amanda Marie Kirchler
OPP — Crystal Gale Stephens
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ANDALUSIA — Beth Ann Brannon, Matthew Scott Prater, Genevieve Darling Spurlin, Rebekah L. Wilkes
ATMORE — Ashley Shane Gibbs, Ryan D. Green, Stephanie Nicole Roberts
BAY MINETTE — Kerri Danielle Arnette, Clara Nicole Mackinnon
BEATRICE — Patrick D. Odom, Melvin Maurice Stallworth
BREWTON — Candance S. Coleman
BUTLER — Mary-Kathryn Hutchinson
CHATOM — Deborah L. Hooks
DAPHNE — Ashleigh Michelle Jackson, Ellyson Sommer Smith, Matthew Ryan Thomason, Wesley Ryan Vaughn, Jodi Shael Welborn
DEMOPOLIS — James Brady Dearman
EAST BREWTON — Allen Hunter Hamric
ELBERTA — Robert Wade Jenkins
FAIRHOPE — Reba Lyons Cunningham, Katherine Sungmee Lee, Carolyn E. Pritchett, Philip Daniel Roshetko
GEORGIANA — Leslie R. Morgan
GILBERTOWN — Nora Leigh Carlisle
GREENVILLE — Ashley J. Brannon, Pamela Lynn McNeil
GROVE HILL — Jesse Daniel Creel, Seth Ericson Curtis, Joshua F. Dixon, Mistica Dawn Maples, John Scott Roe
HUXFORD — Amy Catherine Ridgeway
JACKSON — Mary Elizabeth Bedwell, Andrea Helen Stewart
LEROY — Jason Leigh Webster
LINDEN — Abram Arnoldrous Hinson, Veronica Laticia Jackson
LOCKHART — Kathryn Amanda Bryan
LOXLEY — Casie Elizabeth Godwin, John Gregory Saad
MILLRY — Shakillia Lesha Johnson
MOBILE — Rachel M. Ankersen, Andrew Davis Banks, Robert Peter Brannon III, Henry Pell Brown III, Aeana Lea Calametti, Amanda Paige Carlisle, Thomas L. Carlton, Mitchell James Collier, Kristen Nicole Coward, Douglas Burton Davis, William Lloyd Fonde Jr., Lauren Ellery Francez, Jennifer Michelle Garratt, Sam Seraphim Haginas, Amy Michele Hawkins, August Nicole Holland, Patricia Ann Hooks, Leah Delmaris Hunte, Frances Whiting Inge, Holly Marie Johnson, Emily Anne Kellen, Jason Bret Largue, Mary Ross Little, Patrick Brett Loper, Ryan Charles Marks, William Mark Roberts, Dennis Nelson Savage Jr., Mary-Margaret Slaton, Wendy L. Sommer, Olivia Tinisha Sumlin, Heekun Peter Uhn, Jonathan Corey White, Julia Fox White, Ashley Y. Williams, Elizabeth Berkley Yance, Jeffrey Galloway Zundel
MONROEVILLE — Leslie Clare Hines
OPP — Betsy S. Prior
ORANGE BEACH — Andrew Dale Burgess
PRICHARD — Khelyn E Mickles
ROBERTSDALE — Krystal Cherie Keenan
SILVERHILL — Leah Marie Byrne, Crystal Marie Pearson
ST. STEPHENS — Jonathan Melton Adams
SWEET WATER — Kindra Lashaye Washington
THEODORE — Tracy Elizabeth Campbell
THOMASVILLE — Darnisha Wilson Dickinson, Crystal Ann Johnson
URIAH — Tabitha Barber Odom
WHATLEY — Liquita Januel Mobley
WILMER — Jami Michelle Alford
Contact
Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu