TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 2,400 degrees at joint May-August commencement ceremonies held May 6-7 in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Sela Ward, award winning actress and UA alumna, was the featured speaker. Ward, best-known for her television roles as Lily Sammler on “Once and Again” and Teddy Reed on “Sisters,” is a 1977 graduate of the UA College of Communication and Information Sciences.
Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, gave the commencement address for the UA Law School.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 193,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university.
The following students from the Florence area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
FLORENCE-Benjamin Roy Graves, Carol Key Hargett, Joshua Allen Sutherland
TUSCUMBIA-Amy Michelle Taylor
MASTER’S DEGREE
ATHENS-Kristin Nicole Brock, Jessica Fae Crosby, Gina Denise Demuro, Eric D. Olson, Jennifer Leigh Whitt,
FLORENCE-Kevin A. Abston, Jennifer Annette Cook, Leigh Abbie Hammond, Jonathan Randall Little, Kimberly Michelle Thompson
LEIGHTON-Angelia Looney Campbell
MOULTON-Clay Weston Coffey, Elizabeth Alaine Williams
RUSSELLVILLE-Brian Ashley Pounders
TOWN CREEK-Sedrick D. Johnson
TUSCUMBIA-Tiffany Chantel Davis, Melody Lisanna Shearin
VINA-Patricia Ann Swinney
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ATHENS-Thomas Bradley Clem, Tamara Harris, Melessa D. Hood, Alison N. Long, Joshua M. McDonough, Laura Kei Simmons, Thomas Lloyd Turpin, Samantha Nicole Van Kirk, Janet Leigh Waggoner
CHEROKEE-Steven Derrick Crocker
ELKMONT-Alissa Colleen Johnson
FLORENCE-Jeffery Tyler Abston, Leann Brooks Burgess, Thomas Ryley Darby, Whitney Elaine Dyar, Tyler Glenn Holden, Justin Trent Holt, Benjamin Daniel Killen, Laura Elizabeth Mitchell, William Key Norvell, Jordan Karl Pounders, Preston Linden Reeder Jr., Laura Leigh Taylor, Jordan Elizabeth Tippett, Joshua Ty West
KILLEN-Katherine S. Gamble, Haley Brook Rutledge, Jason Paul Spires
LEIGHTON-Justin Clay Aday
LEXINGTON-Jonathan Bradley Hill, Steven D. Kemp, Michael Jason Reed
MOULTON-Kendall R. Cooper, Jason Alan Couch, Freda Joyce Rojem
MUSCLE SHOALS-Cory Thomas King
ROGERSVILLE-Jennifer Lynn Burt, Deanna Lynn Thomas
RUSSELLVILLE-Colby G. Hammock
TOWN CREEK-Courtney Lane Tate
TUSCUMBIA-Thomas Murray Crosslin, Leigh A. Gilchrist, Meredith J. Gilchrist, Amanda Jo Thompson, L. Kathryn Wilbanks
Contact
Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu