JSU News Wire

July 14, 2004 -- Jacksonville State University’s 2004 Summer commencement will be held Friday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Paul Snow Stadium. Dr. Joseph Morton, who is the State Superintendent of Education for Alabama, is the commencement speaker.

There will be ample seating at the Stadium for all who wish to attend. In the event the weather prevents an outdoor rehearsal or exercise, the commencement activity will be held in Pete Mathews Coliseum. Graduates must assemble at 10:00 a.m. in Pete Mathews Coliseum for rehearsal. The commencement will remain at 7:30 p.m. with the location changed to Pete Mathews Coliseum. Due to space limitations, each graduate will be given ten guest tickets for admission to the coliseum. No extra tickets will be available. Tickets will be distributed at rehearsal. The Theron Montgomery Auditorium will be available for additional seating to view the ceremony on a large screen.

Local radio stations and campus security will announce any decision to locate the commencement activity in Pete Mathews Coliseum should weather become a factor. Call the Graduation Hotline, 782-8197, for changes in the rehearsal or ceremony location.

Commencement will be televised live on WJXS-TV 24 (local Cable One Channel 9). Other cable companies with TV 24 include Cable One (Anniston, Oxford, Munford and Jacksonville); Charter (Piedmont, Southside and Heflin); Leesburg Cable; Collinsville Cable; Lookout Cable (Gaylesville); and Cherokee County Cable (Centre).

Top graduates include Chrystal Yovonda Alexander, of Flat Rock, AL, who graduates with a perfect 4.0 grade point average; Alex Edward Ference, of Weaver, AL, with a GPA of 3.96; Ethel Lorene Parker, of Altoona, AL, with a GPA of 3.92; Nicola Fantei, of Anniston, AL–formerly of Collesalvetti, Italy, with a GPA of 3.90; and Susan Perkins, of Alexandria, AL, with a GPA of 3.89.

Ms. Alexander receives the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Accounting; Mr. Ference receives the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Criminal Justice; Ms. Parker receives the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Marketing; Mr. Fantei receives the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in Art; Ms. Perkins receives the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in General Studies.

The awarding of honors to graduates by JSU is presented as follows: The designation "cum laude" will be engrossed upon the diplomas of graduating students who obtain a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.69 quality points on hours attempted; "magna cum laude," for a grade point average of 3.7 to 3.89; and "summa cum laude," for a grade point average of 3.9 to 4.0. The designation "with special honors in {major}" will be engrossed upon the diplomas of those who maintain an average of 3.5 in their major field and 3.25 overall.

Students receiving degrees are listed by program level of study completed—Undergraduate/Graduate—and also geographically by hometown/county for Alabama’s in-state students, by state and city for out-of state students, and finally by country for foreign students. Graduates of JSU’s Summer 2004 Semester are listed below.

UNDERGRADUATE

BALDWIN

Foley: Lea Ann Young.

Perdidio Beach: Earl Joseph Moran II.

BARBOUR

Eufaula: Janet Elisa Roberts.

BLOUNT

Locust Fork: Derek Scott Camp; Jared Adam Freeman.

Oneonta: Jana Leigh Jennings; Christopher Robert Nabors.

Susan Moore: Melissa Smallwood Bush.

BUTLER

Greenville: Dixie Dawn Maraman.

CALHOUN

Alexandria: Elizabeth Danielle Lusk, cum laude; Susan Marie Perkins, summa cum laude/special honors in General Studies; Thomas James Webb.

Anniston: Kimberly Paige Bittles; Daniel Ray Buckhannan; Clint Bradley Cheatwood, cum laude; Deborah Jean Collier; Sharon Rhodes Cooper; Candace Cunningham; DeArise Q. Duncan; Nicola Fantei, summa cum laude/special honors in Art; Katherine Etoile Finley; Lindsay Marie Hanner; Kamika Shanette King; Markeith LaPrince Lanier; Melissa B. Lawson; Jason Keller Lindell; Aron Taylor Martin, cum laude; Scherry Marie McGhee; Angela Bachus McVeigh; Layne Bri Rowan; Abby Lee Scruggs; Jessica Leigh Weninegar, cum laude/special honors in Communication; Anthony Blaine White, magna cum laude/special honors in Technology & Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems.

Eastaboga: Shavonne Renese Carson; Tanekia Danielle Smith.

Hobson City: Soyia Selica Whitman.

Jacksonville: Jeremie Michelle Anderson, special honors in Criminal Justice; Mahmood Anwar; Shirley Daniela Carroll; Staci Nanette Floyd; Kristina Michelle Morgan; Charles Lee Ponder; Cristina Elizabeth Saldaña; Debbie Woodard Taylor; Lawren Joanne Tucker; Anna Kelly Vernon; James William Watson; Ashley Leanne Wheeler, cum laude/special honors in Communication.

Ohatchee: Beverly Nunnelly Brown; Wesley Neil Byrd; Douglas Allen McGinnis.

Oxford: Christopher Freeman Bailey; Gina Leigh Brummett; Melinda Gayle Clark; David Lamar Crow; Keeli Lynn Davidson; Kasey Monte Gaymon, cum laude; Jennifer Jane Haynes; Ginger Lynn Hemphill; Nicholas Paul Jenkins; Selina Lynn Morrison; Michael Wayne Norton, Jr.; Brian David Oden; Marcus Johnson Skinner; Kenneth Joseph Steenberg; Lindsay Denise Stinson; John Robert Sudduth IV, magna cum laude; Carolyn Suellen Swain.

Piedmont: Charles Everett Bryan III; Aubrey Ford Cowan; Katherine Elizabeth Kisor, cum laude/special honors in Political Science; Michael Brian Poole; Emily Suzanne Ray; Terrace Spears Ridley; Misty Faye Warren.

Weaver: Jill Virginia Arizola; Kimberly Ruth Bryant; Alex Edward Ference, summa cum laude/special honors in Criminal Justice; Crystal Lynn Sparks, magna cum laude/special honors in History; Sandy Marie Wilson.

CHAMBERS

Valley: Jayme Lynn Johnson.

CHEROKEE

Centre: Howard L. Major, Jr..

Gaylesville: Brent Presley Mobbs.

Sand Rock: James Stacy Manley; Hollie Bearden Terry.

CHILTON

Clanton: Derek Todd Patterson.

CLAY

Ashland: James Wesley Brasseal; Andrea Lavon Welch.

Cragford: Talina Nicole Cantrell.

Lineville: Daniel Elton Farr; Beverly Lynn Hill.

CLEBURNE

Fruithurst: Kevin Eugene Payne.

Heflin: Lenita Wilson Akles; James Hugh Bennett.

Ranburne: Misty Lane Mills.

DALLAS

Sardis: Kathleen Deon Strickland.

DEKALB

Collinsville: Sammy Edward Simpson II, special honors in Social Work.

Crossville: Christie Lane Gentry, special honors in Social Work.

Fort Payne: Bradley Jason McGriff; Brandi Cherie Nixon; Karla Twilley Smalley.

Fyffe: Beverly Michelle Decker; Jason Vincent Sanders.

Rainsville: January Page Blalock; Jayson Bradley Higdon, cum laude/special honors in Accounting; Ryan Heath Sibert.

ETOWAH

Altoona: Ethel Lorene Parker, magna cum laude/special honors in Marketing.

Attalla: Jonathan Ray Barksdale; Brian Christopher Battles; Rachael Martinez Williams.

Gadsden: J. Blake Amos, magna cum laude/special honors in Biology; Jamila Annette Blevins; Tara Lynn Boyd; William Christopher DeLoach; LaToya Shaunté Duckett; Debbie Morgan Edwards; Monica Darcell Mostella; Adalon Osar Nelms; Elizabeth Pierce Potter, cum laude/special honors in Collaborative Teacher; Tiffany Monshá Ragland; Dustin Wesley Stinson; Robyn Bryant Swinford; Natasha D. Thomas; Katrina Montez Williams; Mary Kathryn Yancey.

Glencoe: Justin David Baskin; Tyler Landon Croft; Rachel Charlene McCoy; Jordan Andrew Means; Terri Tona Odom.

Hokes Bluff: Jennifer Michelle Brown; Jennifer Ann Johnson; Wesley Scott Mayhall; Kimberly Anne McKnight; Abigail Lane Reeves; April Renae Sexton.

Rainbow City: Laura Marie Hawkins; Ruth Ozment Headrick; Julie Elizabeth McMillan; Jason Edward Silvey; Beverly Ann Suits; Jennifer Lorraine Teply, special honors in Spanish; Carrie Irene Tidmore.

Snead: Amy Marie Yancy.

Southside: Jessy Jean Snyder, special honors in Family and Consumer Sciences; Amy Lee Lowery Thornton.

FAYETTE

Fayette: Grace Elizabeth Stovall.

HOUSTON

Dothan: Jason Rodney McCoy.

JACKSON

Flat Rock: Chrystal Yovonda Alexander, summa cum laude/special honors in Accounting.

Langston: Dianna Rose Armstrong, special honors in Social Work.

Pisgah: Kelly Blalock Waldrop.

JEFFERSON

Birmingham: Tiffany LaShawn Bogus; Shanetta Denise Bowie; Katasha Jené Dudley; Christopher Justin Greene; Amora W. Hicks; Tracy Elizabeth Morgan; Jennifer Uwasola Perryman; Samuel White, Jr..

Fairfield: Deidre Marsha Allen.

Graysville: John Deon White.

Hoover: Harold Davis Hodo, Jr.

Midfield: Carolyn Hendrix Richardson.

Pleasant Grove: Shermandra Ann Mickles.

Trussville: Stephanie Laurel Pendergrass, magna cum laude/special honors in Communication.

LAMAR

Sulligent: Dustin Lee Myers.

LAUDERDALE

Florence: Telisha Sheree Kirkman.

LEE

Opelika: VaShuna Jones.

LIMESTONE

Athens: Argenia Dawn Keeling.

MADISON

Harvest: Jolyn Bree Davis.

Huntsville: Andy Bogdan Chudy, Jr..

MARSHALL

Albertville: Mary LeAnn Barnett; Jennifer Krin Bearden; Lance Martin Bruce; Lora Miranda Carroll; Misti Michelle Conner, cum laude/special honors in Psychology; Casey Vince Echols; Sarah Beth Hastings, cum laude/special honors in Marketing; Eric Brock Lang; Brian David Long; Michael Casey Lee Maddux; Kristy Lynn Smith; Sonya Lynn Waren.

Arab: Andrew Taylor Hyatt; Valerie Dawn Pollock.

Boaz: Jeremy Clinton Brittain; Phillip Wayne Chaviers, magna cum laude/special honors in Technology & Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems; Sonia Ann Gunter; Kristi Cooley Holland; Donna Ford Richardson; Lucas Jeffery Sanders.

Douglas: Dennis Keith Hawkins.

Grant: Brian Douglas Hannon; Nancy LeeTaylor Walker, special honors in Social Work.

Horton: Jason Ronald Brown.

MONROE

Monroeville: Trenton Lamar Eager.

MORGAN

Decatur: Eric Dion Bridgeforth; Lindsey Louise Stafford.

RANDOLPH

Roanoke: Kay Morrison Baker; Carleen Michelle Gates, magna cum laude/special honors in Social Work; Nikki Marie Taylor, cum laude.

Wadley: Patrina Knight Angel.

Wedowee: Nina Alison Bailey.

SAINT CLAIR

Odenville: Angela Burnette Surles.

Pell City: Jordan Lee Brewer; Charles Ramsey Dyer; Rebecca Lynn Franklin, special honors in Criminal Justice; James Wilburn Young.

TALLADEGA

Munford: Bryan Heath Crews.

Sylacauga: Alvinessa Niesta Alexander; Lori A. Carden; Marie Cantrell Huntley, magna cum laude/special honors in Social Work.

Talladega: Brandon Ernest Braswell; Christy Kight Garmon; Tami Brooke Phillips.

GRADUATE

BLOUNT

Hayden: Christopher Brian Keyees.

CALHOUN

Alexandria: Evelyn Cannon Dunn; Joel Bryan Harvey; Donna M. Haynes; Jana B. Mecham.

Anniston: Tiffany Dione Bush; Nicole Andrade Dieckow; Teresa Dianne Hatton; Matthew R. Hicks; Jennifer Anne Hoehl; Paula F. Kaylor; Jordan Howard Land; Donna W. Lloyd; Melissa Tucker Marsh; Courtney Allison Miller; Tracy R. Norris; Henrietta Lynn Peters; Angela Hilley Riley; Paula Roberts.

Bynum: Connie D. Johnson.

Jacksonville: Jimmy E. Alvarez; Kevin J. Bacchus; Kimberley Tamara Barden; Lindsey G. Boozer; Bonnie Leigh Burell; Joey Lamar Dodd; Aisha I. Grider; Cary Lenn Hill; Iris Shontel Johnson; Jorge Montoya; Mary Darlene Morrow; Dogu Baris Polat; Curtis Devon Sampson; Daniela E. Szczepanowicz; Rasul Taghiyev; Sara Elizabeth Thompson; John Truitt VanCleave II; Brian James Varcak; Sandy Lane Ward.

Ohatchee: Glenda Cherie Maxwell; Lucretia Gower Poole.

Oxford: Timothy Marshall Ballard; Shana Dyann Hartsfield; Amy B. Johnson; Jana Renee Macoy; Naomi M. Phillips; Steven Wayne Ray.

Piedmont: Shasta Boyd McFry.

CHEROKEE

Centre: Norrenna T. Porter.

Sand Rock: Keith Dale Bates.

CLAY

Delta: Julie S. Dingler.

Lineville: Robin Rebecca Atkins; John Griffin Dean.

CLEBURNE

Heflin: Anthony Wayne Jeffers; Tina Lott Riddle.

CULLMAN

Cullman: Cathy D. Terry.

DEKALB

Collinsville: Leigh Anne Graham; Tommy E. Wilkie.

Crossville: Johnnie K. McDaniel.

Fort Payne: Jimmy Clay Childers; James A. Lasser; Tabatha Coleman Smith.

Fyffe: Florence M. McElroy; Laura Beth Willmon; Dennis Dale Wright.

Grove Oak: Ricky Thermon Bryant.

Henagar: Gina G. King; Adam Shawn Phillips.

Ider: Robert Nathan Hannah; Jeffrey R. Watkins.

Rainsville: Mary Elizabeth Lance; Jana Nicole Shankles; Anthony S. Timmons; Jodi Miranda Wells.

ELMORE

Eclectic: Darryl Craig Pendergrass.

ETOWAH

Gadsden: Donna Jean Beacraft; Samuel Lee Calhoun; Theresa D. Cartee; Mark Alan Haygood; Vanessa Felicia Lewis; C. Rose Rudin; Toni Buford Young.

JEFFERSON

Birmingham: Esserene M. Walker.

Leeds: Timothy Scott Hendrix; Jennifer Taylor Shultz; Kelley Bohannon Winslett.

MADISON

Huntsville: Tasha M. Walker-Francis.

MARSHALL

Albertville: Kristy Gayle Bonds; Regeania K. Dickerson; Jennifer Dawn Jolley.

Arab: Celeste Amber Bagwell; Scott Leon Haga; Layla Chamness Minor.

Boaz: Deborah M. Burke; Samantha G. Childers; Benjamin Gerald Gamel; Shea Nicole Jimmerson; Jodi Lynn Johnson; Kristy Mims Towns.

MONTGOMERY

Montgomery: Georgia Ann Banks.

MORGAN

Decatur: Jennifer Christy Williams.

RANDOLPH

Graham: Misty Butler Ward.

Roanoke: Earnest J. Hill; Nancy Prince Moore.

Wadley: Phillip Joel Momern.

Wedowee: Marla D. Green; Tammy T. Strain.

SAINT CLAIR

Moody: Terri Yvonne Massey.

Pell City: Rebecca Smith Deason; Cassie Holcomb Watson.

Riverside: Heather M. Rawlinson; Jennifer Brandy Stewart.

Springville: Donna Jean Donaldson; Daniel Lane McLaren.

Steele: Megan Dunn Barnes.

TALLADEGA

Alpine: Sandra Morris Machen.

Lincoln: Merita Lynn McCluney; Luciana Larine Pearson; Amanda S. Wiggins.

Sylacauga: Benjamin Chad Spradley.

Talladega: Anna Ledbetter Jones; Joseph F. White.

NATION

FLORIDA: Jennifer Nichole McBain, Gainesville; Danny J. Sprengle, Miami.

GEORGIA: Ethel Ruth Arnold, Temple; Laurie A. Atkins, Cedartown; Emmika Donyell Atkinson, Snellville; Jan Terry Blair, Cedartown; Robert David Blair, Cedartown; Elizabeth Vance Bolen, Cartersville; Courtney Allison Brock, Rome; Stephanie Couey Brooks, Rome; Fadwa Delaria Brown, Dallas; Stephanie Yvette Brown, Conyers; Natalee Blackburn Bryant, Decatur; David Mark Bush, Carrollton; Donald Keith Byrd, Villa Rica; Jaime Holbrook Carver, Armuchee; Shannon W. Center, Dallas; Telisa Floyd Chapman, Rome; Karen E. Clark, Emerson; Allison Pitts Cook, Silver Creek; Robert William Costley, Carrollton; Jennifer Noel Crump, Kingston; Shawn Antonio Davidson, Decatur; Buffy Mathis Davis, Rome; Frances Elizabeth Davis, Douglasville; Lisa Sparks Davis, Menlo; Pamela Newton Duke, Cedartown; Amanda Taylor Elrod, Cartersville; Amy West Findley, Kingston; Natalie O. Foster-Milton, College Park; Kathryn Barnwell Gentry, Cartersville; Peter Randall Giles, Dallas; Cherry M. Gipson, Woodstock; S. Michael Grass, Rome; Kathy Melinda Green, Carrollton; LaTonya E. Greer, Douglasville; Jana Cagle Groghan, Dallas; Timothy William Harradine, Dalton; Debra Denise Harris, Stone Mountain; Larry David Holbrooks, Jr., Trion; Brittany Tammie Holland, Rome; Timothy DeWayne Holt, Villa Rica; Robin Renee Howard, Rex; Denver A. Hulsey, Rockmart; Enithie Bradford Hunter, Douglasville; Radiah Morman Hunter, Douglasville; Erica L. Hyde, Lindale; Lowell Burton Jackson, Cartersville; Wanda Yvette Johnson, Stone Mountain; Keith A. Jones, Douglasville; Lisa B. Jones, Rome; Yolonda Michell Jones, Douglasville; Alicia Hughes King, Rome; Dorothy Williams Lamb, Marietta; Jessica Megan Lanham, Cedartown; Rebecca Barnett Lee, Douglasville; Jonathan A. Lindsey, Dallas; James Mark Loudermilk, Trion; Alain D. Love-Davis, Douglasville; Christopher Mark Lumpkin, Rockmart; Christopher Marshall, Atlanta; Ginger D. Mathis, Cartersville; Takila Lynette Meadows, Covington; Lula G. Memminger, Riverdale; Demetria Tennielle Miller, Lithonia; Joshua Lawayne Miller, Temple; Sarah Catherine Monk, Marietta; Alice P. Moody, Villa Rica; Bettina Lawanda Moore, Mableton; Patricia Miller Moore, Villa Rica; Cindy Audrella Mosley, Lithonia; Keri Nicole Mullinax, Cartersville; G. Christian Nichols, Douglasville; James Denver Pate, Rockmart; Scott Andrew Peavey, Tallapoosa; Kathryn Elaine Pence, Silver Creek; Carole H. Pickle, Menlo; Patricia Ann Pusha, Atlanta; Harold James Ramey, Conyers; Janean W. Ray, Acworth; Matthew T. Remillard, Winston; Jody C. Rice, Riverdale; Brent Joseph Rickman, Rome; Martha Leah Robinson, Bowdon; Annika Marie Russaw, Norcross; Heather Nicole Sewell, Lawrenceville; John Bruce Shepherd, Cartersville; Ronnetta Bentley Simpson, Kennesaw; James Scott Smith, Roopville; Robert Dan Smith, Lyerly; Sallie Elizabeth Smith, Rome; Janie D. Strickland, Villa Rica; Alena Michelle Tappin, Douglasville; Mildred Roach Threeton, Atlanta; Eric Shane Tucker, Menlo; Gregory Lamont Wade, Stone Mountain; Belinda Kaye Ward, Douglasville; Donald M. Watts, Dallas; Nicole Barnett Williams, Lindale; Royce Bernard Woodruff, Flowery Branch; Alice Mathis York, Lindale; Leah Allyson Young, Summerville; Leighanne N. Young, Cartersville.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Fayette B. Nick, Columbia.

WEST VIRGINIA: Daniel P. Bartholf, Scott Depot.