Fall commencement sees 255 receive degrees
LSUS conferred 255 degrees at commencement exercises Dec. 19, signaling the conclusion of a college career for some and a significant milestone in the journey toward additional degrees for others.

LSU System President Dr. William Jenkins delivered a challenging commencement address to a standing-room-only crowd in Shreveport's Expo Hall. He was pinch-hitting for U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., who, along with all other members of Congress, was asked by President George W. Bush to remain in Washington to complete critical congressional work.

Nearly 10 percent of the class - 24 - graduated with honors, led by Andrea Carol Lockey as the only graduate with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. Three others earned the distinction of summa cum laude (GPAs of 3.9 to 4.0), David Louis Dice Jr., Carolyn Nicole Hatfield and Jessica Lea Wagner.

Students with magna cum laude distinction (3.7 to 3.89 GPAs) were Stephanie Jill Bailey, David Andrew Fletcher, Elsie Lorene Ward Jones, Jessica Marie Knox, Lori Anne Lesniewski, Cara Danielle Teece, Cindy L. Vucinovich and Richard Allen Warren.

Graduating with the cum laude distinction (3.5 to 3.69 GPAs) were James Russell Bowker, Carrie Laine Collins, Sherri McGill Cox, Leah Margaret Forister, John A. Grant, Charles Burke Guin, Donna Spencer Herman, Alicia S. McClure, John Donald Miller, Judith Amber Stroud and Cathy Dempsey Zahn

Of the 255 students earning degrees from the university's four colleges, 42 of them received master's degrees - 19 Master of Science, 13 Master of Education, six Master of Business Administration and four Master of Arts. The other 213 students received bachelor's degrees - 110 Bachelor of Science, 58 Bachelor of Arts, 35 Bachelor of General Studies and 10 Bachelor of Criminal Justice.

The College of Liberal Arts had 82 of the graduates, the College of Business Administration and the College of Education each had 72, and the College of Sciences had 29.

Nine of the 255 were from outside Louisiana, two from Arkansas and one each from Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Tennessee.

Graduates are listed by college, degree and alphabetically by home and name.

College of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
Mansfield: David Scott Gannon.
Minden: James Michael Megehee.
Shreveport: Brigette M. Bearden, Paul Robert Bosworth, Lori Ann Milford and Robert Henry Thornton.

Bachelor of Science
Bossier City: Elsie L Coffey, Charles S. Herrmann, James Todd Mitchell, Ginger H. Newton, Seema B. Patel, Rick M. Scott and Evelyn Michelle Vicknair.
Doyline: Charles Bradley Walker.
Elm Grove: Tonya Johnean Blalock and Stacy Luttrell Randle.
Forrest City, Ark.: Charles Strong.
Haughton: Ginger Camile Caver and David Michael Wells.
Keithville: Kelly Renee Allen.
Monroe: Jennifer Ann Nick.
Puerto Rico: Roxana I. Arroyo-Cruz
Shreveport: Trudie Irene Allen, Bradley Eiland Barre', Eleanor M. Bell, Tamesha Nicole Bendaw; Cynthia A. Bolander, Brooke Ann Branagan, Angela Brown, Andrea Esora Brown, Kristi R. Calahan, Almon William Delaune, Jeremy Wade Drach, Pamela Arketa Edwards, Jack W. Gamble Jr., Leslie Ann Gibson, Rayola Faye Hagman, Jeremy Hale, Shaundra A. Hall, Jennifer Stacey Hanson, Harry Bert Harper III, Holly E. Harral, Aaron Wayne Hayes, Daniel Woods Hodges, Virginia Lynne Hogg, William Marshall Ivey, Richard Henry Karam, Misty Lynn Lawrence, Alexander Martinez, Lauren Elizabet McCaa, Kimberly J McCathern, Rayondraous L. Perkins, Kelly Ann Plummer, Lazerick C. Poland, April Dawn Restivo, Gloria A. Richardson, Paul Carter Rogers Jr, Kenneth Lee Roos, Michelle Saunders, Leanne Harper Shephard, Mark C. Stevens, Stacy Alayne Stroope, Judith Amber Stroud, Brian Andre Terry, Derrick Allen Thomas, Sarah E. Touchstone, Amy Nichole Tredway, Curtis Webb III, Christy Carol Wells, Janet Lorilei White, Jody Bell Williams and Rome Zakharov.

College of Education
Master of Education
Benton: Linda Sue LeMoine and NancyBeth Daye Vogler.
Mansfield: Robin M. Bagley and Sherri Quimby Troegel.
Sarepta: Rebecca L. Logan.
Shreveport: Linda Ruth Bass, Preston D. Edwards, Jacqueline Hawkins-Dennis, Melinda Jayne Kay, Karen Nell Lee, Jenneth M. Merriman, Charles Gilmore Moser and Tina Marie Walter.

Bachelor of Arts
Benton: Mary E. McGuirk.
Blanchard: Rachel Elizabeth Fultz.
Bossier City: Megan Marissa Lodge, Tammy Lynn SanAngelo, Christina D. Shepherd and Summer Lynn West.
Coushatta: Andrea Carol Lockey.
Elm Grove: Nancy Moore Phillips.
Haughton: Donna S. Herman and John Kevin Milligan.
Hosston: Chanda Larae Banks.
Shreveport: Emilia Kay Adams, Gloria Quesada Bozeman, Jo Marie Brown, Susan Lyn Bryant, Latitia Yevatte Burgh, Alisha Gail Cooper, Glynnis T Davidson, Gina W Ferris, Mary Bentzler Gaspard, Carolyn N Hatfield, Joanna Joyce Kent, Jessica Marie Knox, Amanda A Martinez, Alicia S. McClure, Laura Jean Wagener Ralph, William Earl Simmons, Karen L. Smith, Eneal B. Snead, Lora Pierson Teutsch, Cindy Lee Vucinovich, Crystal C. Wibben, Cheryl B. Williamson and Kathryn Marie Young.

Bachelor of Science
Arcadia, Mo.: Breah Nicole Wheeler.
Bossier City: Susan Denise Brewer, Patrick Shawn Ferrier, Debra Thompson Gilmore and Neil Hampton May.
Omaha, Neb.: Robin B. Allen.
Shreveport: Bradley James Bain, Laura Kay Carrington, John Anthony Grant, Charles Burke Guin, Tangela Tinnell Hall, Lori Jane Hudspeth, Michelle Lee Hutcheson, Neely Lee Johnson, Staci Jo Klotzbach, Blake Anthony Marchive, Alicia Kathryn Scott McClure, John Donald Miller, Mario Antonio Plaza, Laura Jean Ralph, Chris Shane Rodgers, Pamela D. Smith, Cara Danielle Teece and Kimberly D Welch.
Water Valley, Miss.: Bruce Terrell Gray.

College of Liberal Arts
Master of Arts
Shreveport: Peggy Ann Byers, Lisa Cook Marshall and Mary Louise Moskeland.
Wilmington, N.C.: Derrick E. Greene.

Master of Science
Haughton: Frederick Joel McAnn.
Shreveport: Donna Grosjean, Julie G Odom, David Ogle, Kristen Marie Ross, Oscar Smith Jr., Charles C Taylor II, Sharon L. Terrell and Jacqueline L. Whitaker.

Master of Science
Granville, Tenn.: Xavian Leigh Draper.
Pensacola, Fla.: Michael Joe Myers.
Shreveport: Nurgul Dogan, Nandakumar Dorairaj, Zhifeng Feng, Roderick R. Holmes, Kuk J. Kim, Walter Craig Nicholson, Timothy L. Scholten and Eric Scot Tillstrom.
Star City, Ark.: Ron O'Brien Carter.

Bachelor of Arts
Bossier: Michelle P. Gathright and Kristen Anne Johnson.
Haughton: Jason Keith Pettiet.
Many: Timothy McCormic.
Shreveport: Stefanie Jill Bailey, Amanda Joy Bell, Benjamin F. Bickham, Audrey Lynn Brabham, Elisabeth A. Browning, Ronisha Buckingham, Barry Creighton Butler, Nicole Shannon Classen, Kelly Renee Fontenot, Jared J. Grabski, Karen Lee Knotts, Jill Katherine Lyons, Scott MacDonald, Carl N. McKay, Jeremy Allen Owens, Quentin W. J. Watson, David McKenzie Watt, Jacqueline L. Whitaker and Cathy D. Zahn.
Springhill: Carla Marie Swain.

Bachelor of Criminal Justice
Bossier City: Willie N. Roberson.
Shreveport: Emmett Wayne A. Beggs, De'andre Rico Belle, Anika Rachel Clarkson, Carla Denise Evans, Bridget D. Johnston, Toby Owen Meyers, Jason Michael Person, Bryan Edward Salmon and Kimberly M. Waddles.

Bachelor of General Studies
Bossier City: Linda M. Barnes, Andrea P. Chatterson, Ashley M. Holdsworth and Elsie L Jones.
Shreveport: Mary-Katherine Anthony, Irene T. Black, Jody William Blackwell, Amie E. Bordelon, Shareka Danielle Brown, Amanda Violia Campbell, Theresa Marie Carter, Marcia Marie H. Cejka, Laura Wakeman Chemell, Jonathan S. Chumley, Carrie Laine Collins, Ra'shima T. Crockett, Sabrina L. Evans, Tammi Gilyard, Carrie Ann Guess, Angela Danielle Hamous, Libby Anne Hapgood, Mary Elisabeth Hutches, Gary Jackson, Kathleen Newman Kelly, Angel Renae LeBlanc, Toni N. Martinez, Melonee A. McCaskill, Nicole Y. Odom, Angela Lynne Sledge, Tamara E. Stewart, Shannon Clarice Thomas, Jennifer Marie Thomas, Kimberli C. Washington and Stanley G. Westmoreland.

College of Sciences
Bachelor of Science
Bossier City: Amy Rimer.
Elm Grove: Margaret J. Thomas.
Shreveport: Mark M. Aronov, David Louis Dice Jr., Jennifer A. Eddleman, Michelle Sutton Giglio, Robert L. Laborde, Kimberly E. Liddell, Jena Nicole Martino, Leonid A. Sakhvoruk, Julie Lynn Schreiner, Allan Slatkin, Wayne Francis Sloan, Dave Stroud, Michael Joseph Todaro, James Thomas Tuggle, Jessica Lea Wagner, Chaunda E. Wilson and Natalie Gayle Wooley.