Birmingham Area Residents Among UA Graduates

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 1,231 degrees to students in August.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 194,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university.

A joint May-August commencement ceremony was held in May in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Sela Ward, award winning actress and UA alumna, was the featured speaker.

The following students from the Birmingham area were listed as candidates to receive August degrees:

DOCTORAL DEGREE

BESSEMER-Heather Ariadne West

BIRMINGHAM-zip code 35203-Clare Emily Clifford, 35214-Kenneth Allen Gafford, 35217-Kevin Crawford, 35222-Rachel Blake Fry

HOOVER-Anne Waithira Kanga

PELHAM-Wade Michael Watkins

TRUSSVILLE-Gary Mark Foster

MASTER’S DEGREE

ALABASTER-Jason Thomas Murray, Donald Webster Parker

BESSEMER-Nadia M. Caesar, Emily Bishop Key, Lori Mays Lightsey, Alicia Johnson Reed

BIRMINGHAM-35205-Thomas Eric Gilbert, 35209-Clayton Veston Colvin, 35211-Gloria Elena Vargas, Franai Yokeen White, 35213-Peter Sandner Hennessy, Todd Abraham Martin, 35214-Stephen Nicholas Von Hagel, 35215-Hanan Micah Browning, Kristy Gail Burnette, Michael Colin Chase, Annjerald Poe Devance, 35216-Elena Victorovna Grishkevich, Kelly Stewart Laney, Pamela Gail McGhee, Tyler William Neil, 35226-Steve Pat Lovoy Jr., Malcolm David Smith, 35228-Chrystal Regina Foster, 35235-Lacey Marie Brown, Rebecca Leigh Hargraves, 35242-Kevin Eugene Cash, Steven J. Filoromo, Angela Frances Johnson, Beth McCandless Rollings, 35243-Annette Kathryn Beauchamp, David Ingram Boyer, Joe Larkin Denson, James Lucas Lamphron, Carl E. Mims, Courtney Meredith Smith, 35244-Sarah June Gauntlett

GARDENDALE-Scott Price Jenkins, Donnie Neal Underwood Jr.

HELENA-David Travis Crockett, Eric Anthony Harris

HOMEWOOD-William David Coffman,

HOOVER-Brittan Lee Campbell, Marjorie Cacey Gann, Stacia Gail Griffin, Anna Elizabeth Lunsford, Thomas David McAllister, Andrew Frederick McRae, Elizabeth Ann Mummert, Shy Ron

IRONDALE-Annalisa Renee Crews

MCCALLA-Jeffrey Alan Taylor, Ali Michelle Utphall

PELHAM-Matthew Gorman Sparks, Amy Genette Tilley

PINSON-Cheryl Kemp Barnes, Kristi Hardin Mullins

TRUSSVILLE-Bradley Todd Davis, Karen Sparks Gray, Brian Lamar Hatcher, Jennifer Suzanne Sapp

VESTAVIA HILLS-Matthew Wayne Stuenkel

WARRIOR-Heath Ryan Echols, Jared Andrew Franks

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

BESSEMER-Dorothy Ann George, Stacey Durrell Jernigan

BIRMINGHAM- 35204-Jamiese Deeann Glass, Salera Perkins, 35205-Audrey Lauren Joseph, 35206-Kia Tene Rookard, Acacia Charlesette Walker, 35207-Reco Martez Peterson, 35208-Kareem Ladale Easley, Henry Alexander Gibbs, Stephanie Michelle Lewis, 35209-Katherine C. Marsh, Wesley Roland Tompkins, Larry Justin Wilson, 35210-Shawn Y. Dale, Adam Jay Grusin, 35211-Eric Lawrence Brandley, Rachel Janine Brown, Derica J. Hill, 35213-Gerald A. Drennen III, Zeb Christopher Hargett, Lauren Louise Marsh, Alexander Morrow, Timothy H. Price, 35214-Kristie Nicole Jordan, Katherine Elizabeth Lester, Claudia Rogarianese Pettway, Darryal Lamont Reed, 35215-Jeffrey Brandon Martin, Suzanne M. Wiggins, 35216-Lane Hurlbert Carter, Thomas Adam Casey, Lindsay Elizabeth Malke, Lea Jordan Smith, Lauren M Striplin, Jessica M. Wells, 35221-Brandon D’Andre Thomas, 35222-Bettina R. Baer, 35223-Marshall Chaim Bergeron, Tobenna Samuel Chekwa, Jeffrey Dalton Stone, 35226-Robert George Briscoe, Preston R. Kirk, Adam Gary Sheffield, Jacqueline Lee Wright, 35235-Eric Cornell Delk, 35242-William Blakey Barnes, Kimberly Ann Coker, Michael L. Francavilla, Benjamin Harris Glasscock, Shelley N. Hamrick, Leslie Anne Hopkins, Marcie L. Rogers, Michael Shaun Tate II, Allison Leigh Wilder, Jennifer Anne Wise, 35243-Christopher Craig Allen, Nicholas Brittain Bice, Juliet Wiles Brooks, Susan O’Hear Brown, Taylor Shields Frey, Christopher Eugene Honeycutt, Christie Turner Smith

CALERA-Sarah Elizabeth Anderson, Lindsay Andrews Blackmon, Amy Colleen Goggins

CHELSEA-Dustin Scott Erwin

FAIRFIELD-Cara Tameka Canady

GARDENDALE-Caris Paige Hannah, Matthew Joseph Moody, Ashley Lynn Tate

HELENA-Ryan William Beagle, Spencer Dwight Stone, Richard Andrew Taylor, Tracie A. Vickers

HOMEWOOD-Jacob T. Collins, Nicholas C. Cunningham

HOOVER-Christopher Cody Burns, Steven S. Cox, Melissa Diane Cresswell, Melissa Jane Drew, James R. Guyton Jr., Desiree Monique Hood, Quincy Lavon Jackson, Krystle A. Johnson, Timothy Lagan, David Adam Madinger, Joshua Gregory Mims, Brian Steven Richey, Richard Edgar Worley

HUEYTOWN-Beth Lea Amason, Chauncey Harris, Abbey Michelle King, Tamara Renee’ Pollard, Adam Matthew Townes

INDIAN SPRINGS-Megan P. Stans

LEEDS-Bethany A. Abrams

MCCALLA-Kevin Wayne Mills, Jonathan David Terry

MIDFIELD-Jennifer Suzanne Wilson

MONTEVALLO-Mark Allison Schaefer

MORRIS-Michelle Diane Hale, Miranda L. McPherson, Andrew Braxton Reno, Bridget Nicole Shaffield

MOUNTAIN BROOK-Randall Patton Borland

PELHAM-Paul T. Comer, Paige A. Harris, Traci Nicole Metcalf, Morgan Elizabeth Ruple, Alexis B. Stringer

PINSON-Kevin Anthony Calma, Traci Michelle Dobbins, Thomas Christopher Faucett, Jessica Lauren Harris, Eric R Tippin, Jody Lynn Weldon

PLEASANT GROVE-Janelle Capri Fitts, Cheryl Melissa Hankins, Emily Marie Sartain, Timothy Chase Shelton

STERRETT-Katherine Lee Simms

TRUSSVILLE-Jennifer Lee Cardwell, Andrew Wade Cornelius, Timothy Ryan Fowler, Jodie Leigh Harrison, Kathryn J. Marsac, Andrew Louis McCullough, William T. Morrison III, William Zachary Riddle

VESTAVIA HILLS-Tracy Lynn Atherton, Carmen Abigail Hall

WARRIOR-Matthew Lynn Burgett