Tuscaloosa Area Residents Among UA Graduates

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 1,100 degrees at summer commencement exercises held Saturday, Aug. 11, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige was the featured commencement speaker. A Mississippi native, Paige has spent the majority of his professional career in the Houston area, where he served as superintendent of the Houston Independent School District before being named to his current position.

Paige was named the 1999 Outstanding Urban Educator, the 2000 National Association of Black School Educators’ Superintendent of the Year, and the 2001 National Superintendent of the Year.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 179,000 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 Tuscaloosa area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:

DOCTORAL DEGREE

DEMOPOLIS – Anita Arrington Freeman.

NORTHPORT – Kenneth Stuart Graham Jr., Marcy Ann Hess.

TUSCALOOSA – Byeong Seok Chae, Jeong Yeol Cho, William Pitt Derryberry, Zhiming Gao, Julia Ann Hartman, Nicole Ponder Hoffman, Kenneth H. Johnson, Sjoerd Jan Kluiving, Norman Lu, Jason Eddy Lueg, Danlin Luo, Mario Arenas Malaga, Nathan Andrew McCaughtry, Kok Chang Pan, Li Qiao, Ming Sun, Shyamkumar Rajaram Surthi, Chunping Xie, Jinquan Xu.

MASTER’S DEGREE

BELLAMY – Cynthia Vanece Ward.

BERRY – Amy Madison Clark.

BRENT – Kenneth Albert Fetzer Jr.

CENTREVILLE – Debbie Lynn Kornegay.

COALING – William E. Melton.

COKER – Steven Thomas Fair.

COTTONDALE – Shannon Deleslie Whitley, Forrest Lee Windham.

DAYTON – Charles Barry Poole.

DEMOPOLIS – Jennifer Rose Northcutt.

FAYETTE – Joseph Edward May, Elizabeth Beauchamp Shelton.

GORDO – Tiffany Lynn Spencer.

NORTHPORT – Beverly McCrackin Cammeron, Helen Harris Carden, Penne Nelson Fondren, Amanda Johnson Gilliam, Classie Ann Gordon, Karen Elsie Harris, Kimberly Melvin Harvey, Charles Michael Henley, Rhonda Holbrook Nichols, Sandrea Kelly Rice, Jennifer Leigh Smitherman, Patrice Johnson Thomas, Kathy Susan Wood.

SAMANTHA – Linda Kay McCarley.

TUSCALOOSA – Angela Betty Adams, Patricia Kaye Bailey, Anand Shrishail Bhandar, Vikas Chandra Bhatia, Huimin Bie, Jerry William Boatwright, Tracy Diane Branch, Jana Braune, Marcy Burroughs, John Doyle Calhoun, Tracy Melissa Carr, Allyson Kimberly Carter, Praveen Kumar Cheekatamarla, Grant Kaylor Cockrell, Flavia Da Cunha, Melvin Duane Davis, Katherine Moon Drill, Angela Tatro Dubose, Jeremy Craig Eisenberg, Leah Camille Elliott, Elizabeth Evers, Xuebing Feng, David Wayne Gamble, Allison Bailey Gary, Robert E. Geyer III, Stephen Craig Gleason, Zhe Guo, Yoshimi Hachisako, Cynthia Leatherwood Harris, Merrily Anne Harris, David Horace Harwell, Clementine Washington Hill, Pamela Christin Holmes, Bin Huangfu, Hans-Christian Hulten, Paige Turner Johnson, Shirley C. Kelley, Young Il Kim, Hailee Dews Kuntz, Antonieta Mankoch, Carey Nash Marsh, Michael E. Middleton Jr., Yanbin Mo, Tamatha Burns Morton, Leah Carol Nielsen, Gina Sparks Nix, Deng Pan, Hemangi Ankush Parab, Kristy Kincaid Patterson, Maria Jose Ponce, Mohammed Moseeur Rahman, Gregory Thomas Reich, Rachelle Dawn Roberts, Tara Christine Robertson, Valeria Denise Rudolph, Laura K. Smith-Woolf, Sarah Margaret Smith, Hendrik Searcy Snow, Xiuyu Song, Diane E. Spinney-Irun, Stacey Leigh Thornberry, Jacalyn Genevieve Tippey, Deborah Topolinsky, Elisa Waingort-Jimenez, Bailie Laine Wise, Reiko Yamagishi, Yan Zhang.

WEST BLOCTON – Crystal Paige Pratt.

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ALICEVILLE – David Lane Holliman, William Matthew Sanders.

BERRY – Jason Howard Cannon.

BROOKWOOD – Kimberly Jill Hayes.

CARROLLTON – Joseph David Estis, Thomas Edward McDaniel.

CENTREVILLE – Lindsay Cottingham Giddiens, Michael Dale Kornegay, Summer Clarissa Lee.

COALING – Melinda Sue Foster.

COTTONDALE – David E. Cardenas, Jason Edward Golden, Kelli Brooke Griffin, Alan Lee. Gurganus, Jennifer P. McJenkins, William Wesley Nolen, Lisa Renee Scully.

DEMOPOLIS – Christopher Lee Collins, Kevin Heath McKenzie, John Webb Reynolds.

DUNCANVILLE – Vanessa Ann Brown.

FAYETTE – Elizabeth Nicole Campbell, Larry Wayne Pinkerton II.

FOSTERS – Alesia Mae Cameron, Kelly Renee Watson.

GALLION – Vanessa D. Mills.

GORDO – Staci Jo Duffy, Brittany Danielle Pate, Jora De’Nee Thomas.

GREENSBORO – Tracie Ann Bates, Tomeka Mechell Royster.

LIVINGSTON – Tara Chastain Smith.

MARION – Stephen Stewart Crawford, Maya Quintonnia Lindsey, Leslie Denise Tremayne.

MILLPORT – Lisa Camilla Newman.

NORTHPORT – Joseph M. Anders, Jennifer Carrie Baldwin, Misti Donnelly Barnes, Julia Kelly Black, Monica Marie Bojo, Tracy Ann Bray, Robert N. Brendlinger III, Adam Carter Brown, Jessica Maureen Burke, Samantha Nicolle Cagle, Melissa Lynn Cox, Susan Catherine Davis, Jennifer Kay Denmark, Courtney Ann Ewart, Holly Kay Freeman, Jordan Michael Friedman, Darrell Matthew Funderburk, Trista Nichole Gibson, Richard Bradford Green, Stephanie Lynne Green, Richard Andrew Hall, Heather Elizabeth Henderson, Keshawanna A. Jenkins, Anita Brewer Jones, Ginger Lynn Jones, Jennifer Lowe Jones, Tanya M. Jones, Scott Everette Junkin, Kristy Michelle Mapp, Rhiannon Leigh Mason, James William Rennirt III, Timothy Joseph Summerlin, Heather Malayne Swindle, Athanasia N. Theodorou, Jeremy Lee Tillis, Tara Nicole Townsend, Naisargi Yogesh Vyas, Kevin Allan Wilson.

RALPH – Jason Wilburn Strickland.

RANDOLPH – Wesley Earl Lawley.

REFORM – Kar’Rie Tyshun Nevith.

SULLIGENT – Michael Shay Rasbury, Anderia Chevon Truelove.

TUSCALOOSA – Brandi Deanna Abrams, Yvonne Marie Alonso, Amy Rebecca Aultman, Jana Leigh Bannister, David Mack Battles, Katherine Maynard Beck, Heather Faye Bell, Angel Michelle Benoit, Bethany Regina Bintz, Roamelia W. Blackburn, Deborah Lightsey Bonner, Shannon Michael Boyd, Karen Rebecca Burks, Sharon Marie Burns, Raymond Buttram, Tara Ruth Carpenter, Amanda Dawn Carr, Patrick Shane Carter, Sarah Ann Cate, Larry Alan Checketts Jr., Yieng-Chyi Chen, John Chiu, Kimberly Joann Colbert, Matthew Alexander Collier, Carla Vinetta Crawford, Eric Christopher Crowe, Brent William Daniel, John Benjamin Dasch, Ethan Noah Davidsohn, Donald Douglas Davis, Maria T. Dickerson, Delilah Dionne Dillard,.Nadia Lynette Dunning, Carl Tilman Etheredge Jr., Hilary Dell Evans, Christina Gail Feltman, Eric Larson Fladstol, Casey Glenn Hamlett, Clifford W. Hand, Kareen Lewanda Hawsey, Cassandra Nicole Henderson, Edwin Cole Higgison Jr., Riki Hiratsuka, Joseph Spencer Hodnett, Sarah E. Howard, Suzanne Lea Howard, Thomas William Ikard, Jennifer O’Shannon Jackson, William H. Johnston III, Melanie Kristalynn Jones, Ronald Jones Jr., Arthur Thomas Kappel III, Jason Aaron Kellen, Skye Elizabeth Kent, Samina Kauser Khan, Tae-Sun Kim, Beth Batson Kindahl, Kipp Wilson Koeppel, Shelley Renee Kurasaka, Kangduk Kwon, Jesse Neil Lawrence, Delia Lucretia Lewis, William Jason Lipscomb, Shunsuke Matsumoto, Julie Anne McClusky, Carrie Lee McCollough, Carl Barrington McGirt, Kimberly Averette Michael, Joseph Adam Miller, Antonius Dequan Mills, Paul Loring Morley, Cathy Sue Morris, Edward Bradshaw Nevin, Brian Christopher Odom, Courtney Marie Paquay, Miranda Lynn Parker, Jeffery Jerome Peoples Jr., Braxton Plunkett Jr., Jennifer Lynn Prosser, Derek Edward Pugh, Yasamie Richardson, Jarvis Minge Robertson, April Michelle Robinson, Latonya Denise Robinson, Clarissa Latonia Rollins, Shanda Kay Sartain, Mami Shields, Misty Leigh Skelton, Asheley Cockrell Skinner, Eric Devries Snow, Jennifer Renee Spillers, Lasamuel Duvale Stallworth, Jawanna Lakisha Stevenson, Jenny Enslen Stubbs, Holly Ann Thomas, Lasonjia Sarjartae Thomas, Corine Pickens Tillman, Nicholas Alan Timkovich, Barbara Sue Toland, Jacob Lee Toulomelis, Jonathan David Tuck, Michael Lee Vann, George Eddie Washington Jr., Joseph Adam Watson, Leah Downs Welborn, Adrian Danielle White, Brenna Gail Whitley, Rachel King Williamson, Jonathan Bryan Wilson, Shelli Jo Wilson, Gabriel Heath Windsor, Kelly Marie Wright, Jun Yamamoto.

YORK – Nerissa Renee’ Degraffenreid.