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For immediate release
Aug. 8, 2002
Abilene Christian University will award 130 degrees - two doctoral degrees, 54 master degrees and 74 bachelor degrees - during August Commencement ceremonies at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Moody Coliseum.
Dr. Pat Simpson, professor and chair of the Department of Education, will give the charge to the class of 2002, which includes students from 21 states across America and seven foreign countries. Twenty two Abilenians will receive degrees, and seven more from Big Country communities will graduate.
ACU graduates by degree include:
Doctor of Ministry
From Elsewhere: Mark Andrew LaValley, Beaverton, Ore.; David Martin, Lubbock
Master of Arts
From Abilene: Kris Allen Miller.
From elsewhere: Kara Elizabeth Alexander, Humble; Lisa Herndon, Amarillo; David Aaron Lemley, Agoura Hills, Calif.
Master of Arts in Religion
From Abilene: Brian Clayton England
From elsewhere: Paul Dankers, Cape Town, South Africa; Leticia Michelle Ezell, Florence, Ala.; Todd Alan Lewis, Marble Falls; John Cameron McCord, Monroe, La.; Joseph Owade Omollo, Nairobi, Kenya; Peggy A. Vining, Goldsboro, N.C.; Leon Allen Wilkerson, Magnolia
Master of Divinity
From elsewhere: Kirk Russell Cowell, Weatherford
Master of Education
From Abilene: Leticia Anne Bevills, Rebecca Marie Chaney
From the area: Tricia L. Spikes, Rotan
From elsewhere: Maribel Luna, Brownsville; Karen Nash, Plainview; Stephanie Ann Scott, San Angelo
Master of Marriage and Family Therapy
From Abilene: Kurt Porter Boyland
From elsewhere: George William Bitar, Tucson, Ariz.; Timothee Mary Carter, Carl Junction, Mo.; Miriam Olivo de Gomez, Caracas, Venezuela; Meredith Abigail Hedges, Fairfax, Va.; Andrea Rachelle Holland, Lovington, N.M.; Scotia Rose Kriebel, Indianapolis, Ind.; Jason Kelly Martin, Baytown; Deanna Lynn Martinetti, Pleasanton, Calif.; Edward Frans Nkosi, Gauteng, South Africa; Young-Ho Pak, Federal Heights, Colo.; Karen L. Ponton, Ocean Isle, N.C.; Melissa S. White, Jennings, La.
Master of Science
From Abilene: Sherwin Abrahams, Michele Fredrica Nall, Elizabeth Ridge, Andreas Royal, Stacey Suzanne Perkins
From the area: Amy Carol Jones, Albany; William Josh Amerine, Merkel; Laurie Jean Bailey, Brownwood
From elsewhere: Walter William Clark, Sioux City, Iowa; Michael Evans, Kinsman, Ohio; Geraldine George Francis, Trace, Trinidad; Kimberly Elaine Gaither, Newport News, Va.; Virginia Sue Martin, Mason; Debra Marie Martinez, San Antonio; Chris A. Newton, Buena Vista, Colo.; Kerya Reyes, New York, N.Y.; Firat Tüzünkan, Mersin, Turkey; Kevin Alan Underwood, Arlington
Master of Science in Nursing
From Abilene: Heidi L. Benson
Bachelor of Applied Studies
From Abilene: Ginger Lee Gray Griffith
From elsewhere: Darnell R. Bailey, Sr. , St. Louis, Mo.; Dianne A. Chavez-Ruiz, Santa Fe, N.M.; Chris M. Kitts, Taylorville, Ill.; Lesley Ann Post, Nashville, Tenn.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Bachelor of Arts -- Cum Laude
From the area: Anita Teresa Gonzales Marquez, Stamford
Bachelor of Arts
From elsewhere: Lysandra Ann Cabrera, Craig, Colo.; Matthew D. Kerby, Leesburg, Va.; Tracy Colleen Murphy Seyda, Elgin;
Bachelor of Fine Arts -- Cum Laude
From elsewhere: Adriana Teresa Fernandez, Spring
Bachelor of Fine Arts
From Abilene: Mark Abram Best
Bachelor of Science -- Summa Cum Laude
From elsewhere: Lily Janine Tuszewski Christensen, Los Alamos, N.M.; Emmett Pryor Nunn, Granbury; Keith D. Rohlack, Taylor; Jeffrey Michael Webb, Boerne; Cindy Anne Reynolds, Frederick, Md.
Bachelor of Science - Magna Cum Laude
From Abilene: Janalyn Dawn Harrison
From elsewhere: Rena Ann Seay, Paris
Bachelor of Science - Cum Laude
From Abilene: Melissa Lyn Barber, Justin Wylie Wray
From elsewhere: Colin Care Christensen, Los Alamos, N.M.; Tisa Elaine Bowman Kerby, Leesburg, Va.; Jennifer Elise Crawford Mattox, Midland
Bachelor of Science
From Abilene: Misty Hope Herron, Steven Vincent Van Cleave
From the area: James Davis Reynolds, Hawley
From elsewhere: Kelli Annette Butler Ashlock, San Antonio; Adama I. Bangura, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa; Charles Richard Bentley, Plano; Jennifer Elizabeth Beswick, Colleyville; Rebecca Lynn Blanton, Keller; Charles Ryan Boozer, Irving; James Toby Burge, Saint Louis, Mo.; Victor Leaman Cathey, Garland; Shiloh Daniel Childress, Clifton; Bryan Cody Farrell, Longview; Laura Alyse Freeman, The Woodlands; Tricia Jean Fry, Rocksprings; William Clinton, Tyler; Anton Haddad, Houston; Daniel C. Kelley, Dawson; Kimberly Lynne Kirkpatrick, Salem, Ore.; Joshua William Lierman, Franklin; Christopher Joel Martin, Portland, Ore.; Heather Danée Mays, Spring; Kelly Guerra Myrick, San Antonio; Shalonda D. Quins, Tacoma, Wash.; Roderick Dewayne Renfro,Frankston; William Joseph Sallee, Belton; Chris Smith, Tyler; James Edward Snelson, III, Colleyville; Joel Victor Swedlund, Tarkington; Olivia Dawn Van Wye Richardson; Seth Aaron Westmoreland, Magnolia; John Craig Wilson, Plano
COLLEGE OF BIBLICAL STUDIES
Bachelor of Arts -- Cum Laude
From elsewhere: Marcus G. Welch, Lipan
Bachelor of Arts
From Abilene: Daniel Jay Hurley
From elsewhere: Gregory Martin Estrada, Louisville, Colo.
Bachelor of Science - Summa Cum Laude
From Abilene: Jeffrey Parrish Patty
Bachelor of Science
From elsewhere: J. Cody Hufstedler, Garland; Nathan Jacquard, Acton, Mass.; Kylie Amber McCoy, Austin; Holly Marie Ward, Deer Park, N.Y.; Beth Anne Weems, Irving
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Bachelor of Business Administration -- Cum Laude
From Abilene: Aaron Robert Miller
Bachelor of Business Administration
From Abilene: Misty Dawn Spainhower
From the area: Paul Allen Messer, Sweetwater
From elsewhere: Katherine Elizabeth Brown, Katy; Scott Henry Thornley Fletcher, Rockdale; Mark Alan Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.; Justin Shawn Mock, Denver City; Shauna-Gaye A. Stephens, Westmoreland, Jamaica; Sara Ann Velasco, Albuquerque, N.M.; Justin P. Wardlaw, Rowlett
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