TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded 1,352 degrees at the fall commencement ceremony held Monday, Dec. 16, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Brandt Ayers, editor and publisher of The Anniston Star, gave the commencement address. During the ceremony Ayers received the Henry and Julia Tutwiler Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his exceptional service to the people of Alabama and to the University.
Ayers, a 1959 UA alumnus, has had articles, essays and reviews appear in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and many other newspapers and magazines. In October 2000, he was inducted into the UA Communication Hall of Fame. His honors also include a Nieman fellowship to Harvard University and serving as a Pulitzer Prize juror.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 183,000 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 Birmingham area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
BIRMINGHAM — (zip code) 35211 — Sharon Yvonne Broach.
CLAY — Glen Edward Woodstuff.
KIMBERLY — Robert S. Ellerbrock III.
DOCTORAL DEGREE
BESSEMER — Samuel Earl Jones.
BIRMINGHAM — 35205 — Eric David Lenz, 35209 — Nancy Connors Biggio, James Morris Flournoy Jr., 35212 — Michael Vincent Wilson, 35216 — Laura Lou Savage.
PELHAM — William Edward Garrett Jr.
MASTER’S DEGREE
BESSEMER — Sandra Roshell Foster.
BIRMINGHAM — 35206 — Reva L. Palmer, 35207 — Veronica Rochelle Johnson, 35209 — Jane Elizabeth Mitchell, 35211 — Michael O’Neal Harris, 35213 — Susan Huffman, Suzanne Sevier Younger, 35214 — Brian Cordell Gordon, 35215 — Paula Lenor Webb, 35216 — Sybil Hancock Bullock, Paige L. Smith, Stephen Wingfield Wills, 35242 — Marie Bell Blair, Quinn Manar Franklin, 35243 — Kenneth Wade Homsley, Crystal Leigh McVey, 35244 — Regan Blair Adams, Anil Ashok Mujumdar.
GARDENDALE — Bernard Douglas McKinney Jr.
HOMEWOOD — Stephanie Brook Darnell, Erika Michelle Snicroft, Thomas Matthew Wilson.
HOOVER — Matthew Aaron Bragga.
McCALLA — Shannon Cornelius Reeves.
MOODY — Jerald Maurice Freeman Jr.
PINSON — Amy McCullough King.
VESTAVIA — Naomi Lang-Unnasch.
WARRIOR — Jeffrey Lee Davis, Brenda Lee Hazelrig.
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ADAMSVILLE — Nikkesha Lafaye Foy, Alison Jeanette Mullenix, Tracie Elizabeth Troha.
ALABASTER — Benjamin John Levio, James Blake Medley, Kristy Nicole Thomas.
BESSEMER — Courtney Nichole Burrell, Theodus Sanders Jr., Kourtni Diawn White, Anthony Williams.
BIRMINGHAM — 35204 — Kechia Nicole Curlee, Traci De-Antionette Portis, Vu T. Quang, 35205 — Harrison Hartmann Beauchamp, Alexandra Adams Taylor, Terri A. Vinson, 35206 — Tiffany Michelle Collins, 35208 — Artrella L. McGowan, 35209 — James Owen Burgess, Kevin Dore’ Felder, Kendra Yavette Greene, Jeffrey Taylor Hatchett, 35210 — La’Toya Demetries Holt, Leigh Anne Lowery, 35211 — Melanie Renee’ Miller, Toshara Antoinette Tarver, 35212 — Javacia Nicole Harris, 35213 — Jacob Bryant Marsh, Robert Dunseath Moore III, Sigrid Elisabeth Pardue, Elizabeth Tyler Sims, 35214 — Rachelle Lyense Clark, Latonya Perschel Givner, Maranda Moneak Holmes, Valerie Tramaine Jones, Kendra Denise McDole, Roslynne C. Vickerstaff, 35215 — Shannon Leigh Bryant, Shaunetra Nicole Jackson, Shamarold Wauni Nettles, 35216 — Kevin Deane Bridges, John William Coles IV, Barkley Alanna Cordell, Reese Jordan Kincaid, Andrew Martin Lange, Emily Rebecca Patterson, Lisa Anne Preston, Allen Wayne Riley, Jonathan Glen Wells, 35218 — Antjuan Tobias Taylor, 35223 — Lucy Davis Anderson, Sara Elizabeth Plaia, Taylor Clark Powell, Andrew Bryan Schifano, William Cary Thomas, 35226 — Julie Elizabeth Hays, Micah Alan Henderson, Noah Chase Kennedy, David Earl Lawyer, Crista Nicole Papisan, James Wesley Taul, Kate Marie Turnipseed, Mark Henry Williams, 35235 — Barry Dewayne Lane, Corey J’Maul Mosley, Susan Evelyn Westfall, 35242 — Hunter Bradley Arden, Catherine Paige Birdwell, Jana Leigh Harris, Matthew Paul Hauber, Joshua Kurt Hood, Emily Brooke Kirkland, Jung Sik Lim, Andrea Jane Oliver, Jeffrey Bryan Pino, Alan Howard Reach, John Robert Saunders III, Chelsea Marie Truman, 35243 — Ashleigh Carol Ayers, Stuart Thomas Bachus, Edith Bradley Fulkerson, Christopher Eugene Honeycutt, Leslie Elizabeth Hubbard, Michele Diane Hughes, Steven Alan Jackson, Callie Brooks Michael, Ashley Marie O’Cain, Jeremy Lee Parker, Jennifer Meryl Russo, 35244 — Julia Lyn Dees, Justin Louis Ladner, Amanda Lee Moore, Alana Leigh Riess, 35456 — Askia Jaberi Little.
CALERA — Kelley Christine Askew.
FAIRFIELD — Bobby Lee Jackson Jr.
FULTONDALE — Christopher Lynn Osborne.
GARDENDALE — Holly Jo Frew, James David Mayfield, Stephen Marshall Owens, Carol R. Partain, Kelly Elizabeth Stephens, Daniel John Williams.
GRAYSVILLE — Angela Schilleci Wood.
HELENA — Timothy Charles Evans, Priscilla Joy Kellogg, Brett Richard Murphy, Heather R. Voytanovsky.
HOMEWOOD — Kristin Crews Stafford, Kristin Renay Waters.
HOOVER — Cecily Clair Ball, Stephanie Elaine Cobb, Brandie Dawn Etheridge, Charel Renee Hebert, Terrence Gerard Holmes, Adrienne Loreigh Huckabee, Brian Noland Kirk, Tina Marie Kizziah, Bradley James Latta, Matthew Dominic Muccio, Danielle Elizabeth Noel, Jessica Leigh Plemons, Lindsey Brooke Sexton, Hampton Lovejoy Tanner.
HUEYTOWN — Adam Joseph Brown, Robert Matthew Love, Patrick Russell McPhail, Bradley Alan Polk, Tamara Renee’ Pollard, Jennifer Sheree Sibley, Christopher Wayne Smith.
MAYLENE — Michael Wayne Silinsky.
McCALLA — Jonathan Manly Garner, Amanda Erin Hughes, Lizabeth Reese Moody, Audrey Leonora Smith, Ali Michelle Utphall.
MIDFIELD — Stephanie Lashune Matt.
MONTEVALLO — Christopher Dale Whitehead, Jennifer Nicole Whitehead.
MORRIS — Matthew Robert Arnett.
MOUNT OLIVE — Kevin Russ Parker.
PELHAM — William Henry Bruser, Robert Alan Dubose, Kimberly Gayle Fulton, Amy Melissa Godfrey, Ashley Sartain Laird, Cherybe Harris Thornton.
PINSON — Kenneth Wayne Cook, Chad Hays Daniel, Wesley Michael Herring, Jay Daniel Sanders, Derrick C. Wadsworth, Jeremy Clint Wortham.
PLEASANT GROVE — Lori Michelle Jones, Wesley Ryan Smith, Michael Jason Stanford, Despina Stavrinos, Erika Glennette Watkins, John Andrew Youngblood.
TRUSSVILLE — Bradley Todd Davis, Richard Brandon Davis, Chad Edward Estes, Jason Adam McDuffie.
VESTAVIA HILLS — William Traylor Beckham, James Morris Hand Jr., Ryan Burdett Johnston.
WARRIOR — Tai Antionette Hicks.
Contact
Linda Hill, Office of Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu