LSUS summer, fall graduates total 267
12/26/03

A total of 267 LSUS students graduated with a variety of degrees at commencement exercises Dec. 17 at CenturyTel Center. Of the total, 92 completed requirements for their degrees at the end of the summer 2003 term. The other 175 finished in the fall semester.

The commencement address was delivered by U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brandon R. Friedman, who earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from LSUS in 2000. Friedman was the recipient of the 2003 LSUS Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of his meritorious service in Afghanistan and Iraq. For his service in combat, the Army awarded him two Bronze Star Medals.

Carmen M. McLean, a summer graduate, completed the requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Education and Human Development with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average, graduating summa cum laude. Madiha Jamil, also a summa cum laude graduate, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Sciences. Students achieving a GPA of 3.9 to 4.0 are granted their degrees summa cum laude.

Degrees were granted magna cum laude (3.7 to 3.89) to Leanne Rice Ashby, Amie Lynn Adkins, Amina Munir Badar, Allison Gayle Burns, August L. Hurtel IV, Mehrzad Khodavandi, Jenniver Kaye Lynn, Morgan Amber Martin, Courtney Prothro, Jane Aliese Seawright and Shanmuka Shivashankara. Receiving their degrees cum laude (3.5 to 3.69) were Elizabeth Paige Burns, Colleen Cookson, Michael Bassam Fashho, Jonathan Edward Fox, Amber Leigh Graves, James Patrick McElwee, Marion Christy Moore, Jennifer Hamby Newman, Jonathan R. Stewart and Kelli Lea Turnage.

All graduates are listed below by college, degree and hometown. Honor graduates are identified, and summer graduates are designated with an asterisk (*).

College of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration

Barksdale AFB – Hilary Eve Maglothin.

Bossier City – Melisa Renae Creel*, Marc L. James and Tammy Kay Wright*.

Haughton – June Elizabeth Bell.

Jonesville – Virginia E. Colclasure*.

Robeline – James Patrick Rambin.

Shreveport – Trudie Irene Allen, Leonardo Atwood Brown*, Layla Claire Chase*, Julia Elizabeth Crider, Enoch J. French III*, Melinda Jean Gregg*, Harry Bert Harper III, Kendall L. Jenkins*, Patricia Ann Lundy, Meagan Renee Powdrill*, Kenneth Lee Roos*, Candace D. Williamson, Ryan Paul Woods and Rome O. Zakharov.

Bachelor of Science

Bossier City – Jacqueline S. Bristow, Sandra Le Case, Penny Renee Detello*, Shannon N. Hunnicutt, Charlotte J. Lancaster*, Sarah Elizabeth Latham, Corina Mari Massey*, Mark A. Portocarrero and Michael Paul Sanchez*.

Denham Springs – David William Creswell*.

Elm Grove – Molly E.Dupree Haugen.

Haughton – Tanya Renee Cottingham, Murlin Dale Graham* and Anna Michelle Maness.

Keithville – Elizabeth Paige Burns (cum laude), Michael L. Grayson, Michael Anthony Hayes, Heather Elizabeth Hope* and Tammy Michelle Myers.

Minden – Laurie S. Osbon.

Mooringsport – Draper Shun Wright.

Shreveport – Robert E. Alford*, Darryl Lemont Anderson, Amina Munir Bader (magna cum laude), Cher Lyn Ballantyne*, Lekeisha Dionne Berry, Patrick Alan Brill*, Brenda E. Butler, Rebecca Anne Dean, Tommy Jay Dowden*, Joanna Rose Ferlito*, Stacey Parker Fox, Crystal L. Franklin*, Thomas C. Gardner, Colby Ryan Hand*, Scott Thomas Hearne, Kinda N. Kilgore*, Maria Kay Larocca, John F. Main, Matthew Ryan Marsiglia*, Morgan Amber Martin (magna cum laude), James Patrick McElwee (cum laude), Kelly Renea Meshell, Denny Ray Moton*, Tyrone William Parker*, Lara N. Patterson, Stephanie D. Paul, Ray Lamont Perkins, Karen Smith Polk*, Matthew Lane Stillwell, Robert Dewayne Suttle, Sean Mc Adam Swords*, Nathaniel R. Tannehill, Laura Beth Terry, Jason Ryan Trichel, Natasha M. Webster*, Robert C. Williams* and Andrew Thomas Zobell.

Waskom, Texas – Howard S. Brooks.

College of Education and Human Development

Master of Education

Benton – Deborah Lynn Gegg.

Bossier City – Juan Enrique Plaza.

Shreveport – Steven Lee Baker*, Virginia H. Bogan*, Ricky Lynn Carson, Kathryn H. Chretien, Deanna M. Cooper, Rhonda Ann Honea, Marie Ross Hudson, Kenneth Charles Irvan, Stephanie L. Johnson, Rachael Kelly McCain, Sheila Diane Ybarbo* and Diane Adcock Young*.

Master of Science

Benton – Glennda Darlene Lawson*.

Heflin – Douglas V. Lloyd*.

Shreveport – Paula Berry Atkins and Julie Anne Duncan.

Vivian – Matthew Leon Seago.

Bachelor of Arts

Benton – Renee Yarbrough Culver.

Bossier City – Leanne Rice Ashby (magna cum laude), Regina K. Harville, Jennifer Kaye Lynn (magna cum laude) and Melanie L. Machen-White*.

Cotton Valley – Angela Coleman Smith.

Doyline – Watonya T. Jackson*.

Gibsland – Jennifer Hamby Newman* (cum laude).

Haughton – Virginia Rose Pace.

Keithville – Nicole Barrett Howard and Charles Michael Pate.

Logansport – Amber Leigh Graves (cum laude).

Minden – Stephanie Dawn Palmer.

Mooringsport – Tamisa Rene Jackson.

Oil City – Kayla Anne Reynolds.

Shreveport – Rachel Lynn Bice, Kelly N. Eakin-Dix, Jonathan Edward Fox (cum laude), Stephani B. Gentry, Jessica Renae Greggs, Beverly Loe Kimbrough, Cheri Morrison Knoebel, Michele Shaye Lobrano, Tammy Riggs Maher, Layla Dawn Murray, Laura Shively Smith, Tulagina Smith, Kelli Lea Turnage (cum laude), Nadia Mims Whitaker and Natasha C. Whitehorn.

Vivian – Deborah S. Woodell.

Bachelor of Science

Barksdale AFB – Amie Lynn Adkins (magna cum laude).

Benton – Stacy Michele Swygart*.

Bossier City – Audrey P. Allen, Shannon Renee Chambers*, Shayla Patrice Chatman*, Jennifer Nicole Flippo*, Cory Antronz Fulton*, Michael Todd Lobrano, Carmen M. McLean* (summa cum laude – 4.0), Jennife Vanlangendonck* and Michael Wayne Wiltcher.

Haughton – Danielle R. Fuller-Byrd, Christopher B. Robley and Christopher J Stubbs*.

Oil City – Scott Jason Flarity.

Princeton – Jason Kane Turner*.

Shreveport – John Baker Barr III, Zachary M. Bartlett, Michael Lance Brasher, Trevor Blachley King, James C. McCain Jr., James W. Melvin III, Catherine J. Michelson*, Sara Laraine Pickett, Yolanda Ann Price, Jane Aliese Seawright* (magna cum laude), Tanya M. Thomas*, Latoya Coley White*, Aleta Mcgrew Williams* and April Lashonne Winters.

Stonewall – Timothy Wiley Pope*.

Vivian – Casey Russell Byargeon.

Waskom, Texas – Gregory R. Weatherly.

College of Liberal Arts

Master of Arts

Annandale, Va. – Samuel Matthew Shult.

Shreveport – Sheldon Goldsholl.

Master of Science

Benton – Jeanette M. Horning*.

Shreveport – Mary Pamela Atchison, Sandra Pittman Beech, Laverne M. Carley*, Latanya R. Dogan*, Bridget Cantrell Ellis, Elaine Tucci Keith, Shelly Renae Ragle, Gail A. Samuels, Ginneh Turquoi Smith* and Iberia Charleen Watley.

Bachelor of Arts

Barksdale AFB – Lauren Junker Pernell*.

Bossier City – Allison Gayle Burns* (magna cum laude), Ann Marie Salvucci, Pamela J. Tomme and Jennifer Marie Valeton*.

Haughton – Karl T. Burkhalter.

Shreveport – Kevin Reeve Alexander, Aimee E. Anderson*, Mary Elizabeth Antici, Adam Paul Baier*, Stacey Michelle Bass*, Christina Anne Beard*, Dominic W. Claiborne, Douglas E. Claycomb, David Allen Elmore, Ibrahim B. Fashho, Mamie Lenoria Franklin*, Megan Kathleen Funk, Lisa Nicole Ganey, Angela Dawn Gehrls*, Janeska Nicole Gilliam, Rachel Ginsburg*,August L. Hurtel IV (magna cum laude), Christy Jo Long*, Josh Ryan O'neal, Ashley Michelle Palmer, Ashley Erin Speckman*, Martice Denise Thomas*, Melissa Ann Wichmann, Katie Lynn Wilhite and Nicole Lee Zufelt.

Stonewall – Jeremy Wayne Curtis.

Bachelor of Criminal Justice

Bossier City – Kirby D. Campbell.

Shreveport – Kenneth J. Bradley, Dorian Bettina Capers*, Tomika L. Carroll*, Tue Hung Pham*, Chad Brandon Spears* and Samuel Lee Wyatt.

Bachelor of General Studies

Belcher – Deborah A. Yarbrough.

Bossier City – Hsin Lee Cintron, Daniel Roland McClure*, Joanna C. Morgan and Jonathan Ray Stewart (cum laude).

Converse – Kathleen Gandy*.

Delta, British Columbia, Canada – Aaron Daniel McRae.

Keithville – Angela R. Parker*.

Minden – Debbie Leigh Jones and David Wayne Thompson.

Shreveport – Cynthia Rena Boyd, Maria Elena Chavez, Ronald Francis Durel, Marshall F. Graham, Broox Bradley Hughes*, Miranda Alice Lauter*, William Paul Lea Jr.*, Jennifer Ashley Lyons, Stephani S. Matthews, Robert Scott McLean*, Seth Sloan Miller, Vanessa Jane Reeve, Rahsaan T. Roberson, Tiffany S. Robinson, James Edward Snow Jr. and Kelli Rae Wright*.

College of Sciences

Master of Science

Bossier City – Joseph Anthony Kennedy.

Shreveport – Finis Lee C. Hennigan, James Edward Whisonant and Dana Michael Wicks.

Bachelor of Science

Benton – Robert L. LaBorde.

Bossier City – Alicia Ann Carroway, Harold R. Clausen and Shanmuka Shivashankara* (magna cum laude).

Greenville, S.C. – Thomas H. Jackson IV*.

Keithville – Keith E. Bores*.

Natchitoches – Madiha Jamil (summa cum laude).

Shreveport – Angela M. Burrows, Amber Dawn Claunch, Janelle Ricole Coleman, Colleen Cookson* (cum laude), Brian Lee Crenshaw*, Michael Bassam Fashho (cum laude), Mehrzad Khodavandi* (magna cum laude), Sean Michael Lerchie, Jena Nicole Martino*, Marion Christy Moore (cum laude), Stephen A. Neal, Courtney D. Prothro (magna cum laude), Anupama Ram, Charles Edward Sloan and Trisha Lyn Teague.