LSUS graduates 227 students in Spring Commencement 05/20/03

Mary Pellie Johnson Ascol and Kristen Ruth Bass, both of Shreveport, and Jennifer Lynn Knafla, of Benton, were the top LSUS spring graduates with perfect 4.0 cumulative grade-point averages. The three were among 227 LSUS students from six state and three Canadian provinces to receive degrees at Spring Commencement Exercises May 14 at Expo Hall in Shreveport.

The gold cords of an honor graduate were worn by 27 of the students, six graduating summa cum laude (3.9 to 4.0 grade-point average), 12, magna cum laude (3.7 to 3.89 GPA) and 11 cum laude (3.5 to 3.69 GPA). (All honor graduates are identified in the listings below.)

The LSUS College of Liberal Arts had the highest number of graduates with 69, followed by the College of Education and Human Development with 66, the College of Business Administration with 52 and the College of Sciences with 40. Undergraduate degrees were awarded to 184 of the students, while the other 43 received graduate level degrees, including Master of Business Administration (8); Master of Education (22); Specialist in School Psychology (4), and Master of Science (9).

The graduates came to LSUS from six state, including Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas, and three Canadian Provinces, Alberta, British Columbia and New Brunswick. Louisiana graduates from outside Northwest Louisiana came from Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Eunice, Lafayette, Monroe, New Orleans, Tallulah and Westlake.

Following are the LSUS spring graduates by college, degree and hometown:

College of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration

LOUISIANA

Bossier City: Richard David Yates Jr.

Many: William B. Maroma III.

Monroe: Brett William Estis.

Shreveport: Susan R. Dust, Jaclyn Wyville Litton, Katherine Anne Lowe and Kevin Michael McCrary.

Stonewall: Stanley Clayton McGee Jr.

Bachelor of Science

CANADA

Surrey, British Columbia: Gary Alan Moraes.

LOUISIANA

Bossier City: Morris David Boatner, Tracy Elliott Guerrero, Rhonda Neil, Steven B. Risher, Kyle B. Scripture and Paul Siharath.

Eunice: Carmen Dawn Reed.

Gloster: Kawana Latrese Boyd.

Grand Cane: Matthew Zack Foshee (cum laude).

Greenwood: Thomas Bradlee Scott.

Haughton: Michael M. Cole, Rachael Gale Brown Ramey and Michael Sanchez.

Haynesville: Gracie Lynn Simms.

Keatchie: Chasity S. Roberts.

Keithville: Amber Nicole Rollins (magna cum laude).

Minden: Steven B. Simonton and Trace Allan Smith Jr.

Monroe: Jason Donald Tanner.

Shreveport: Renee Jackson Anderson, Devan Latrice Bailey, Matthew Black, Jason N. Blondin, Lakeisha Nicole Brooks, Amber Lynn Carr, Edwin B. Conger Jr., Charla Dawn Cwanek, Leslie Anne DeFatta, Amanda Kay Flynn, Crystal L. Franklin, Loyce Jonell Hart (cum laude), Artary Jordan Hill Sr., Jeffrey William Jackson, Marvin Will Johnson, Melissa Kim Laffitte, Patricia Laney-Brown, Julie Kathryn Lewis (cum laude), Valerie Lee Lynn, Benjamin Alan Miles, Stephen Andrew Mulford, Philip Anthony Pigott, Bridget Blandino Ramsey, Franklin A. Ryland, Jodie Mullins Shuff, Charmé Shunté Thompson, Annie R. Todd, Christopher Paul Warner and Michael Leandrez Washington.

Stonewall: Michael D. Gould.

Westlake: Jeremy S. Locke, Christen J. Waldrop (cum laude).

TEXAS

Garland: Sara Alexis Burney (magna cum laude).

Texarkana: Melanie Rae Johnson.

College of Education
and Human Development

Master of Education

LOUISIANA

Benton: Scott Carroway, Mitchell Andrew Downey, Barry F. Plunkett

Bossier City: Louis Ray Doyle, Melissa Tonjes Mainiero and Diana Lee Perkins.

Doyline: Amy Renee Ferguson Melton.

Hall Summit: Bill L. Davis Jr. and Teresa A. Davis.

Mooringsport: Laura Clementi Addington

New Orleans: Dina Michael Benton.

Shreveport: Timothy Francis Hickey, Daniel Cain Loreno, Ricky Ray Myles, Sandra K. Norsworthy, Ioanna Christos Panos, Jane Reiss Reeves, Cheryl Bridges Rubin, Daphne Elaine Williams and Janie Marie Johnson Wilson.

PENNSYLVANIA

Greensburg: Brent G. Schuckers.

TEXAS

Marshall: Mark Allen Yates.

Specialist in School Psychology

LOUISIANA

Alexandria: Michelle Keemly Gormanous.

Bossier City: Kathryn A. Eastwood and Michele Renee Leggiere.

Shreveport: Kristina Aaron Morgan.

Bachelor of Arts

LOUISIANA

Bossier City: Jason Kyle Darner, Lisa Rena Jenkins Holt, Eric A. Lee, Christine Mowry Magryta, Kimberly D. Mathews, Walter Bryson Matthews, Elaine Marie Owen Pierce and Erin Jeanne Willson.

Plain Dealing: Alice Turnley Matlock.

Shreveport: Mary Pellie Johnson Ascol (summa cum laude-4.0), Christy Nicole Ferguson, Lindsey Kelly Free, Jora Arvette' Honore', Lynn Brightman Keene, Vicki D. Kirkendall, Natasha Lawrence-Provo, Jodi Lynn Patterson, Carla Ann Preiss (summa cum laude), Sandra Haley Sweet (magna cum laude), Gloria G. Westmoreland, Tricia M. White, Kristen LeAnn Wray (cum laude) and Lisa Alexander Young.

Stonewall: Jessica Foster (cum laude).

Vivian: April Michelle Festavan.

Bachelor of Science

CANADA

Saint John, New Brunswick: Allan Robert Cantwell.

LOUISIANA

Bossier City: Jeffrey Kyle Harper.

Keithville: Christy Denise Crittenden.

Logansport: Lauren Michelle Barbee.

Shreveport: Summer Delin Bryan, Lakethia Breyun Bryant, Kristy L. Christopher, C. Julie Gay, Nhi-Kiesha DeYonne Hill, Amy Marie Jones, Zuselle Sherie Quiles and Prescott Williamson.

Vivian: Angela Marie Brock (summa cum laude).

OHIO

Dayton: Tawanna Y. Hutchins.

TEXAS

Houston: J. Ramsey Branch.

Marshall: Tammy Lou Witherspoon.

College of Liberal Arts

Master of Science

LOUISIANA

Shreveport: Dazetta Robert-Williams.

Springhill: James Edward Bobbitt.

NORTH CAROLINA

Goldsboro: Julie G. Odom.

TEXAS

Marshall: George E. Foreman Jr.

Bachelor of Arts

LOUISIANA

Benton: Britney D. Chance and Jennifer Lynn Knafla (summa cum laude-4.0).

Bossier City: Lisa Renee' Branch and Deanna Ester Martinez.

Haughton: Leslie Ann Knox, Julianna Petchak (magna cum laude) and Deserie Lynn Templeton (magna cum laude).

Haynesville: Myra A. Taylor.

Keithville: Sherika Shante Caldwell, Jennifer Watkins Grayson (cum laude).

Princeton: Rachel Celeste Hayes (cum laude).

Shreveport: Nelwyn C. Anderson, Brandi Miles Bates, Bruce Owen Boling, Franchesca Le=Shay Brown, Stephanie Renee Bryant, Caryn Lynn McCullough Cravens, April Danielle DeRamus, Erica Michelle Eakin, Rachel Denaye Fleming, Brandon Ryan Greer, Gina M. Guy (magna cum laude), Tara Danielle Ferguson Hiler, Amie Visicaro Hinkle, Jamie Michele Marino, Aljean Wright Middleton, Matthew B. Morris (magna cum laude), LaKesha DeMetress Mosley, Janice L Nelson, P. Micheal Schneider, Kristi Dawn Troha, Alicia Elaine Tucker, Amie Lu Vercher and Holly L. Wood.

Bachelor of Criminal Justice

FLORIDA

Bradenton: Tamila D. Allen (magna cum laude).

LOUISIANA

Bossier City: Tue Hung Pham and Jeremy M. Sunderland.

Shreveport: Lindsay Nicole Bates, Richard Thomas Beckham, Terris Jermaine Mike and Samuel E Wilkes.

Bachelor of General Studies

LOUISIANA

Bossier City: Amandalynn Rodgers Bradley, Stephanie Louise Gordon-Lofton and Amy Meacham.

Greenwood: Deborah K. Campbell.

Ida: Les Baker (summa cum laude).

Lafayette: Dustin Jude Palombo.

Mansfield: Jeremy D. Murphrey.

Plain Dealing: Leslie Rutledge Fletcher.

Shreveport: Amy Lynn Arnold, Valarie Michelle Brown, Nicole Leigh Cascio, Arman R. Douglas, Wendy Danielle Dufrene, NaQuanda Miche' Ingram, William Paul Lea Jr., Lesa Hamner Lyons, Antoinette M. McCauley, Camilla Maria Borup McGrail (magna cum laude), Christopher Lee Moore, Shannon Rene' Needham, Patricia McCormack Reeves, Cynthia Dawn Ritchie, Sonia Kay Sloan Smith and Kelli Rae Wright.

College of Sciences

Master of Science

LOUISIANA

Bossier City: Lori Ann Gates and William Colton Haacker.

Greenwood: James Michael Wark.

Shreveport: Steven Allen Conrad and Jason Travis Cooper.

Bachelor of Science

CANADA

Lethbridge, Alberta: Myles Elliot Fletcher.

FLORIDA

Tavares: Harry Allen Coffield.

LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge: Fazal Rehman Khan.

Bossier City: Christine M. Bertrand, Rhonda Horton Fowler, Natale Saeko Rucker-Boyter, Jason Matthew Sunderland and Garrick Lynn Vercher.

Haughton: Joel Laine Fair.

Heflin: Eric Christopher Allen.

Ida: Brian Sterling Dupree (magna cum laude).

Mansfield: Gregory DeWayne Burns.

Martin: Dan Morgan Dupree (cum laude).

Monroe: Rupal Bharat Vasanji.

Shreveport: Kristen Ruth Bass (summa cum laude-4.0), Christina Dionne Baylor, Amanda Bounds, Angela David, Idan Grinberg, Shira Lynn Gurvitz (cum laude), Chris Hall, Nelson Clay Haney, Cindy Lâm, Jennifer Gail McDearmont, Chad Lee Moore, Patrece Moncell Nash, Tony Orin Paul, Pratima Ram, Kristi Renee Scott, Katherine Elizabeth Shaver, Aaron Louis Suckle (cum laude) and Sonja N. Tucker.

Tallulah: Jametria Jamell Griffin.

TEXAS

Haskell: Kevin W. Messenger.

Irving: Naomi Diane Senior.