LSUS confers 286 degrees at spring graduation

LSUS conferred 286 degrees at its spring commencement May 15, at Expo Hall in Shreveport.

The university conferred 244 bachelor’s degrees, 41 master’s degrees and one Specialist in School Psychology degree. Among the master’s degrees were 16 Master of Business Administration degrees, the largest graduating class in the history of the LSUS MBA program.

Following the commencement address by Dr. Leon R. Tarver II, president of the state’s Southern University System, LSUS Chancellor Vince Marsala recognized students receiving degrees with honors, and presented the graduates with their diplomas.

Seven students were granted their degrees summa cum laude, having achieved a grade-point average of 3.9 to 4.0. Susan Janette Hastings, Megann Lynn Hayes, Justin Ray Sassar and Mark R. Walcher earned their degrees with 4.0 GPAs. Casey Nicole MacIsaac, Christopher Ryan Toothman and Amanda Allen Williams also received their degrees summa cum laude.

Nine students achieved GPAs of 3.7 to 3.89 and were granted their degrees magna cum laude. They are: Laura L. Beliech, Brianne Camilla Best, Natalia E. Bracco, Leslie Denise Burrow, Rafaella V. Nati Johnson, Ritender Mangat, Amy Catherine Redel, Kimberly Diane Rogier and Margaret Wagner.
Another 16 students had GPAs of 3.5 to 3.69, earning their degrees cum laude. They are: Trudie Irene Allen, David Levon Cannon, Debra Miller Duncan, Teri Lyn Glasz, Joshua A. Good, Rachel E. Kingston, Marsha Laffitte Hayes, Robert H. Massey, Dana M. Merrill, Pamela K. Mitchell, Doyce W. Randle, Kelly Phillips Rasberry, Heidi Christine Rogers, Jason Randall Tibbett, Carla Raye Watson and Mary Christine Widmer.

The College of Liberal Arts led the university’s four colleges with 97 graduates, followed by the College of Business Administration with 77. The College of Education graduated 65 students and the College of Sciences had 47.

The vast majority of graduates, 262, are from towns in Northwest Louisiana. Another 11 graduates are from other parts of Louisiana, while 13 are from other states. They span the state, as well as the country. Across the state, they come from Ida to New Orleans, Delhi to Lake Charles and other cities and towns in between. In all, the graduating class represents 10 states from coast to coast – North Carolina to California – and border to border – Montana to Louisiana. They also come from Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada and Texas.

The spring 2002 graduating class is listed here by college, degree and hometown.

College of
Business Administration

Master of Business Administration

Louisiana
Alexandria: Doris Johnson Reed.
Bossier City: Anthony Steven Evangelista.
Haughton: Kevin James Lawrence.
Lake Charles: Brian Miller.
Shreveport: Cynthia Harju Baldwin, Amanda Marie Bovenzi, Tiffany Suzanne Norman Brown, James David Collins, Elizabeth Drouet Comegys, Ladd Craig Hoffman, Jenny McClellan Huggins, Eric Dwayne Jones, Weidong Li, Don Ray Smith, Shawn Michael Temple and Tamai R. Thomas.

Bachelor of Science

Louisiana
Bethany: Rebecca Lynn Hightower.
Bossier City: Michael Brian Gallagher, Phillip H. Hidalgo IV, Wesley Allen McLelland, Dana Elizabeth Murphy, Manuel Roman and Brent Patrick Siepman.
Haughton: Megann Lynn Hayes and Britt Moore.
Mansfield: Erin Kate Sumrall.
Minden: Casey Nicole Mac-Isaac and Ava Hines Morgan.
New Orleans: Mack Edward Morgan.
Shreveport: Trudie Irene Allen, Hope Rachelle Jones Batts, Leslie N. Beckman, Shoya L. Bell, Katherine Alexandra Briffa, Vivean Ispear Brou, Stuart Sidney Burgess, David Levon Cannon, Paul J. Cush, Misty Dawn Davis, Jack Brian Fleming, Tamika Ford, Sarah Denise Fox, Wesley Daniel Garcia, Shaundra A. Hall, Karla J. Hester, Virginia Lynne Hogg, Justin Lee Huckabee, Stephanie Jeanne Jacobs, Tania B. Keller, Melissa Kim Laffitte, Misty Lynn Lawrence, Michael Conrad LeBlanc, Sandra S. Mack, Eduardo Lazaro Martinez, J. Ryan Martinez, Michael John Miller, Matthew Carter Montgomery, Jennifer Latrina Musco, Ginger H. Newton, Michael A. Norenberg, Rayondraous L. Perkins, Jesse Kimball Post, Nicholas Anthony Priest Jr., Gloria A. Richardson, Paul Carter Rogers Jr., Joseph Knox Scarpinatto, Sametria LaChelle Sneed, Stacy Alayne Stroope, Stephanie M. Toliver, Christopher Ryan Toothman, Chad Andrew Tracey, Mark R. Walcher, Christy Carol Wells and Larry W. Yelverton.
Washington: Jared Paul Fontenot.

Nevada
Fallon: Heidi Christine Rogers.

Texas
Gainesville: April L. Doughty.

College
of Education

Master of Education

Louisiana
Bossier City: Karen Cuny Lee.
Keithville: Jenneth M. Merriman.
Mansfield: Sybil N. White.
Monroe: Christina Diane Puckett-Gremillion.
Shreveport: Joseph F. Akins, Mary Elizabeth Giblin, Henry Hewitt Jr., Shawne Christy Marsala, Daniel Brady Menefee, Michael Patrick O’Connor and Lee C. Rielly.

Specialist
in School Psychology

Louisiana
Shreveport: Jasolyn Henderson.

Bachelor of Arts

Louisiana
Bossier City: Debra Miller Duncan, Robyn Lynn Reeves, Margaret Wagner, Carla Raye Watson and Jennifer Lynn Woods.
Ida: Sandy Armstrong.
Shreveport: Gloria Quesada Bozeman, Cynthia Kaye Burson, Krystal Kim Cantrell, Lisa Renee Elliott, Catherine Gaspard, Jacklyn Gamble Hill, Tracy Danette Malone, Dana Renee Mondello, Christina E. Presley, Kelly Phillips Raspberry, Angel Darlene Reed, Micheal O. Roberts, Patricia F. Schoolfield, Georgia Elizabeth Shively, William Earl Simmons, Lauraleigh Pace Sullivan, Catherine Ann Vickers and Marjorie L. Terrell White.
Vivan: Erin J. Gorsulowsky.

Bachelor of Science

Colorado
Denver: Charlene F. Dobbs.

Louisiana
Alexandria: Antonio Jasper Rizzo.
Benton: Christy Lynn Guidry.
Bossier City: Alicia Reneé Bates, Laura L. Beliech, Sheila Marie Sanders and Karen Jo Mann Teutsch.
Hall Summit: Dustin Ray Hayes.
Keithville: Rachel Michele Allen.
Mansfield: Marsha Laffitte Hayes.
Shreveport: Amy Anglin Edie, Pheadré Genea Goines, Heather Ann Hancock, James Wilson Hill, Lori Jane Hudspeth, Stephanie Deanne Ivey, Heather Kleckinger, Staci Jo Klotzbach, M. Erin McCain, Michael P. O’Connor, Patricia Thrash Offutt, Joni Lee Pelton, Jeremy Scott Smith, Pamela D. Smith, Crystal Thomas, Rebecca Nan Trickett and Gregory R. Weatherly.

Missouri
Arcadia: Breah Nicole Wheeler.

College
of Liberal Arts

Master of Arts

California
Orland: Samuel Matthew Shult.

Louisiana
Shreveport: Laura C. Addington, Lisa Cook Marshall and Mary Louise Lillian Moskeland.

North Carolina
Wilmington: Derrick Emmanuel Greene.

Master of Science

Louisiana
Bossier City: Linda A. McGhee.
New Orleans: Roosevelt Seaberry.
Shreveport: Donna Kay Grosjean and Cheryl Lynn Daniel Taylor.

Bachelor of Arts

Louisiana
Benton: Jeanette Marie Horning.
Bossier City: Paula Cleary, Susan Janette Hastings, Raffaella V. Nati Johnson and Melissa Ann Kitchens.
Doyline: Emma Lani M. Causey.
Haughton: Leslie Denise Burrow.
Mansfield: Niesha Danyell McCoy.
Minden: David Wayne Thompson Sr.
New Orleans: Dean Christopher Jagot.
Shreveport: Christopher Bradley Ashby, Carlette L. Bell, Brianne Camilla Best, Natalia E. Bracco, Barry Creighton Butler, Laura L. C. Dies, Courtney Allison Graff, Jan Milz Hampton, Heather Hovis, Robert Edward Jump, Raechal Courtney Leone, Jill Katherine Lyons, Timothy McCormic, Lauren Andre Miller, Carrie Ann Modz, Désirée Thomas Monzón, Svetlana V. Parshina, Jason Keith Pettiet, Ryan Keith Sanford, Kimberly Diane Stewart, Hilary Marilyn Tyler, Mandy Diane Wall, Quentin W. J. Watson, David McKenzie Watt and David G. Wilson.

North Carolina
Wilmington: Keri Allison Gentry Welch.

Bachelor
of Criminal Justice

Louisiana
Bossier City: Natalie Nicole Elliott and Andrew Michael Price.
Delhi: Casey Michael Baker.
Minden: Kimberly Hollinquest Harris.
Shreveport: Rachel E. Kingston, Pamela K. Mitchell and Kimberly M. Waddles.

Texas
Waskom: Jessica A. Adair.

Bachelor
of General Studies

Arkansas
Hope: Sarah Neal Bryant.

Louisiana
Benton: David Alan Horning.
Bossier City: Lee T. Baker, Renalta D. McCoy-Childers, Susan G. Hilburn, Terri Foster Hollis and Crystal D. Starr.
Keithville: Larry Allen Garcie Jr. and Steven Craig Parker.
Logansport: Mary Christine Widmer.
Monroe: Emily Christian Cotita Clary.
Mooringsport: Kristi Guinn.
New Iberia: Kathlene R. Fox.
Shreveport: Mary-Katherine Anthony, Libby Hapgood Ashlock, Judy Dixon Barr, Amie E. Bordelon, Rebecca Jane Brown, Laura Wakeman Chemell, Jonathan S. Chumley, Ra’Shima Tanisha Crockett, Darla Ann Dorgan, Jeremy Paul Fox, Erin Kathleen Heverly, Broox Bradley Hughes, Donna Nelwyn Jones, Kaye-Celest Kilpatrick, Raven Janeen King, Chad Thomas Ledet, Arnold D. Lee II, Maya Devon Naftel-Sutek, Lynne Frances Perler, Debbie Harris Rashton, Maquanda N. Roberson, Kyle Kristen Runnels, Christopher Bradley Simon, Tamara E. Stewart, Monica Raye Strickland, Lisa Richardson Thomas and Kimberli C. Washington.

Montana
Billings: LeAnn N. Johnson.

Nebraska
Omaha: Teri Lynn Glasz.

Texas
Dallas: Marcia M. Hunter.
Marshall: Brian Randall Pasquier.

College of Sciences

Master of Science

Louisiana
Bossier City: Robert Allen Payne.
Shreveport: Rona C. Evans, YanLing Hao, Dawn Marie Parker and Neeraj Singh.

Bachelor of Science

Louisiana
Bossier City: Robert H. Massey, Donald James Mitchell, Kimberly Diane Rogier and Matthew Stephen Willis.
Coushatta: Dana M. Merrill.
Dubberly: Amanda Allen Williams.
Haughton: Steven S. Bodden and Gloria Lea Weldon.
Keithville: Michael Louis Baker.
Monroe: Justin Ray Sasser.
Shreveport: Thomas Jefferson Anderson, Keith Edward Bores, Juan Carlos Cabello, Paul Jason Collier, Kern Rainer Courtney, Kenneth Duayne Dirks, Joshua A. Good, Jenny Kay Harr, Ritender Mangat, Jena Nicole Martino, Myesha Dionne Mayfield, Marcos Alberto Monti, Clay Morgan, Mitsuhiro Munakata, Amanda Renee Nicholas, Kristina Michelle Pamplin, Randall Caverlee Patton, Doyce W. Randle, Amy Catherine Redel, Julie Lynn Schreiner, Wayne Francis Sloan, Christopher Lloyd Smelley, Amanda Smith, Joshua Michael Stewart, Dave Stroud, Phillip Wayne Teague, Jason Randall Tibbett, Michael Joseph Todaro, James Thomas Tuggle, Joseph Robert Whatley and Michael R. Wiesner.
Stonewall: James Marshall Loftus.

LSUS Spring Graduation ‘By the Numbers’

Distribution by Colleges and Degrees

Total Graduates	286
Bachelor’s Degrees	244
Master’s Degrees	42
College of Liberal Arts	97
Master of Arts	5
Master of Science	4
Bachelor of Arts	36
Bachelor of Criminal Justice	8
Bachelor of General Studies	44
College of Business Administration	77
Master of Business Administration	16
Bachelor of Science	61
College of Education	65
Master of Education	11
Specialist in School Psychology	1
Bachelor of Art	25
Bachelor of Science	28
College of Sciences	47
Master of Science	5
Bachelor of Science	42