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For immediate release
Dec. 8, 2003
Abilene Christian University will award 264 degrees Friday – one doctoral, 38 master’s and 225 bachelor’s – during Commencement at 7:30 p.m. in Moody Coliseum.
Dr. Carol Williams, dean of the graduate school and assistant provost for research, will deliver the charge to the graduating students.
ACU graduates by degree include:
GRADUATE
Doctor of Ministry
From elsewhere: Gary Joe Blakeney, Clifton
Master of Accountancy
From Abilene: Michael D. Hall
From the area: Josue Gonzales Coronado, Snyder
From elsewhere: Shawna Lynn Box, Plains; Traci Ann Spivey, Weatherford; and John Carter Stratton, Sugar Land
Master of Arts
From Abilene: Hilary Elise Walton
From elsewhere: Allison Pim Biery, Solon, Ohio; Michael James Biesboer, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; Stephanie Elizabeth Hall, Lincoln, Ill.; Cara W. Jacocks, Crowley; Yancy Warren Smith, Fort Worth; Kristen Michelle Sutherland, Arlington; and Peggy A. Vining, Goldsboro, North Carolina
Master of Arts in Missions
From elsewhere: Mary Virginia Sirmon, Pelham, Ala.
Master of Arts in Religion
From elsewhere: John Kevin Bird, Gainesville, Fla.; Laura Raquel Meloti, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Garibaldi Gomes de Oliveira, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Rodney L. Watson, Maypearl
Master of Divinity
From Abilene: Matthew Eric Cole and P. Denis Weston
From elsewhere: Casey Todd Coston, Pine Bluff, Ark.; Dawson Alexander Robb, Lakewood, Wash.; Jarrod Robinson, Sacramento, Calif.; Travis Mitchell Sass, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; and Stephen L. Shaffer, Pittsford, N.Y.
Master of Education
From Abilene: Jonathan D. Sharp
From elsewhere: Roddy Mack Alexander, Roscoe, and Sally Dallies Smith, Glasgow, Ky.
Master of Science
From Abilene: Carol LeAnn Barnhart, Matthew Blake, David Wayne Gibson Colleen Dorothy Knight and Jacqueline Lewis,
From elsewhere: Omotayo A. Abudu, Lagos, Nigeria; Harry Gregory Glass Jr., Franklin, Tenn.; Kelly Logsdon Rush, Dallas; Shauna-Gaye A. Stephens, Westmoreland, Jamaica, West Indies; and Trent Willhite, New Hampton, Mo.
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
College of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Arts
From Abilene: Mary-Nancy Moore, Amy Deming Robb and Emily Kate Pierson Stover
From the area: Adam Trey Shirley, Snyder
From elsewhere: Raymond Alexander Barnes, George Town, Cayman Islands; Kirit Ramon Chandran, Mumbai, India; Rebekah Leigh Deister, Grand Junction, Colo.; Jacquetta Lauriece Hudson Etheridge, Dallas; Erin Ann Hudson, Red Oak; Erin Dee Lewis, Palestine; Tara Suzanne Moreno, Orlando, Fla.; Charis Johanna Peden, Grapevine; Yojiro Tanaka, Tokyo, Japan; and Julie Ann Walker, Wharton
Bachelor of Fine Arts
From the area: Ike Nevin Spoor, Snyder
From elsewhere: Mary Michelle Beard, Jacksonville; Amy Karen Lincoln, Argyle; Magen Lea Simmons, Arlington; Sarah Taweel, Aleppo, Syria; and Tiffany Jill Youngblood, Kingwood
Bachelor of Music
From elsewhere: Amy Loriece Fonville, Hurst; Cheryl Anne Johnson, North Richland Hills; and Ashley Page Teague, Carrollton
Bachelor of Science
From Abilene: Robert Newton Allen IV, Cathryn Elaine Corley Bowland, Douglas Vance Dowden, Dolores Rodriguez Flores, Marissa Danielle Taylor Hare, Randa Lee Harris, Lacy J. Hay, Hollie Elisabeth Inwood, Casey Heath Kelley, Ryan Clay King, Thaddeus Ryan Komorowski, Leena Renee Lopez, Tiffany Michelle Loverin, Deirdre Shavonne Massey, Jana Nicole Mullins, Jenna Lynn Reese, Larinda Allison Smith, Thomas Carl Smith, Kevin Walker Wellborn, David Eugene Wilson and Aaron James Winter
From the area: Andrea Robinson Coronado, Snyder; Leslie Ann Espinoza, Sweetwater; Sarah Lee Anne Glenn, Clyde; Jodi Lee Hellums, Merkel; Jason Cory Hickerson, Buffalo Gap; Jennifer Claire Holly, Cisco; Chaney L. Knight, Hawley; and Clint Michael Watts, Clyde
From elsewhere: Nic-connor S. Alexander, San Fernando, Trinidad; Stephanie Lynn Arthurs, Edmond, Okla.; Marichea Donna-Maria Austin, D’Abadie, Trinidad, West Indies; Fernando Baeza, Gail; Samantha Lynn Baggett, Houston; Beau Alan Ballard, Rosebud; Kelli Lynn Kauitzsch Bankes, Fort Worth; Dominiqué Catrice Barksdale, Houston; Lauren Paige Bills, Sherman; Cynthia Elizabeth Black, Roscoe; Bill Crawford Blake, Winchester, Tenn.; Sara E. McBroom Blevins, Granbury; Leslie Kristen Bogle, Fort Worth; Kristopher Lloyd Buckner, Henderson; Kayla Lee Burell, Uvalde; Jane Austen Burge, St. Louis, Mo,; Kacee S. Burgess, Houston; Shane Elliott Burk, Lubbock; Jacinta Chevonne Butler, Enid, Okla.; Hilary Elizabeth Campbell, Dallas; Lavina Leanne Cavasos, Edgewood, N.M.; Alison Ruth Crockett, Paris; Kami L. Diaz, Sidney; Emily Susan Dipprey, Kaufman; Adrianne Marie Esparza, Ripon, Calif.; Kelly Alicia Flynn, Tahoka; David Alan Gibbs, Escondido, Calif.; Douglas Nathan Ginapp, Grand Prairie; Mary Elizabeth Goldfarb, Chesapeake, Va.; Tara Elizabeth Granger, San Antonio; Grae E. Grimes, Azle; Jennifer Dawn Grimes, Waller; Preston Michael Hagar, Fort Worth; Jessica Hamilton, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Luke Daniel Hawkins, Fairbanks, Alaska; Christopher C. Henderson, New Haven, Mo.; Scott D. Heslop, Dallas; Spencer J. Hines, Dilley; Laura Elizabeth Jacobson, Minnetonka, Minn.; David L. Jones Jr., Terrell; Leslie Jean Isaac Kastner, San Marcos; Daniel William Kneip, Temple; Lesly Rebekah Knutson, Waco; Jaime M. Lawson, Missouri City; Deborah Shan-Shan Leong, Ipoh, Malaysia; Eric W. Letz, Fort Worth; Sunny Suzanne Looper, Alvarado; Tricia Kay Lucas, Coppell; Esteban Jesus Lucio, San Antonio; Lauren Elise Mathews, Fredericksburg; Marshall Cody McCain, Dumas; Marlita Lynn McClelen, Glen Rose; Melinda Latham McGuire, Munday; Julie Renee McHargue, Mesquite; Mahadr Mekuria, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Mary Jo Frances Menke, Katy; Carmen Lydia Mercado, Monterrey, Mexico; Jonathan David Mitchen, Spring; Craig Jackson Moore, Cornell, Ill.; Allison Cauthen Mullins, Tyler; Michael David Murray, Rule; Lee Thomas Nabors, Irving; Jean-Marie Ndikumana, Ndava, Burundi; Daniel Seth Nichols, Elkhart; Courtney Brooke Southworth O’Leary, Austin; Jaime Elise Ogle, North Richland Hills, Texas; Yoshino Oshiro, Okinawa, Japan; Noemi K. Peña, Houston; Michelle Christina Pharis, Lewisville; Matthew Ray Pinson, Fort Worth; David Michael Pittman, Austin; Julia Gayle Podzemny, Clayton, N.M.; Marty Ray Rash, Gilmer; Danae Kathleen Rhodes, New Braunfels; Jennifer Guess Rigoulot, Fort Worth; Joe L. Rodgers Jr., Denver City; Rebecca Lyn Sarmiento, Fairfield; Alicia Mae Sass, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada; Julianna Shaw, Tyler; Melody Anne Shuler, Wylie; Maggie S. Shunk, Dallas; Mindi Kay Sigler, Gainesville; Rebecca Richards Simcox, Lubbock; Roger D. Sims, McKinney; Arthemon Sindayigaya, Bujumbura, Burundi; Shelby Paige Sloan, Kaufman; Kami Kay Smith, Midlothian; Shara Kae Helmbeck Smith, Levelland; Geoffrey A. Smyder, Watkins Glen, N.Y.; Carissa Nichole Spatz, Grandview; Jaymie Spencer, Paris; Travis Tidmore, Amarillo; Derek Alan Tuley, Spring; Sarah M. Verbonich, Salinas, Calif.; Alison Leigh Warner, Plano; Angie Lynn Waters, Aledo; and Staci Dyan Womack, Fort Worth
COLLEGE OF BIBLICAL STUDIES
Bachelor of Arts
From Abilene: Mark Weathers
From elsewhere: Ronald William Buie, Slidell, La.; Ira Wayne Kirkley, Mesquite; Sara M. Riesenweber, Wonkifong, Guinea, West Africa; and Tera Dawn Stidham, Los Alamos, N.M.
Bachelor of Science
From Abilene: Terrence Dinell Crisp
From elsewhere: Elijah Wesley Godfrey, Dumas; Josh Herchenroeder, Duncanville; Jennifer Lynn Losche, St. Louis, Mo,; Jamin Scott Phillips, Aspermont; Stephen Patrick Sargent, Mesquite; Kelly C. Shearon, Bulverde; Jeri Rae Tidmore, San Antonio; and Joel Bryant Vandiver, Mesquite
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Bachelor of Business Administration
From Abilene: Jesse Cardenas, Austin Pace Cunningham, Bryson Austin Hinds Galloway, Justin W. Jaworski, Jamie Leann Lindsey and Scott Wesley Unger
From elsewhere: Jackson Scott Alexander, Richardson; Jayson Wayne Angell, Round Rock; Kathryn Maureen Babcock, Portland, Ore.; Aaron Todd Bellar, Tyler; Matthew Scott Blank, Ruidoso, N.M.; Daniel Scott Byrum, Garland; Jazmine Luis Caple, Alba; Kristin Gale Chumley, Edmond, Okla.; Cody L. Clayton, Colleyville; Christopher Lee Collier, Elysian Fields; Cliff N. Compton, Hurst; Melanie Lauryn Diaz, Arlington; Todd Ryan Faubus, Tyler; Brandi Lynn Featherston, Temple; Robert Andrew Fohr, Tucson, Ariz.; Christopher Raymond Granger, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Scott Edward Hudson, Irwin, Penn.; Cody Martin Jackson, Cypress; Jarod Owen Jackson, Spring; David Wayne Long, Lancaster, S.C.; Jose Haroldo Meneses, Guatemala City, Guatemala; Matthew Curtis Mullins, Wichita Falls; Kristine M. Nicholls, Sugar Land; Brian Patrick O’Leary, Columbus; Jessica Lynn Oakley, Goddard, Kan.; Maribel Rivas, San Antonio; Christopher Weldon Ross, Garland; Jonathan Stuart Schenk, Yorba Linda, Calif.; Brian Alan Schlotzhauer, Loveland, Colo.; John Brandon Shaw, Cooper; Cade B. Smith, Burleson; December Lyn Storey, Valdosta, Ga.; Anthony Erik Tarter, Paris, Texas; Daisy Téllez, El Paso; and David Van Rycke, Brussels, Belgium
UNIVERSITY STUDIES
Bachelor of Applied Studies
From Abilene: Alex Austin Bailey, Kelly D. Bond, Rebekah Elisabeth Westmoreland Davis, Ron L. Harmon, Wanda G. Rhodes Howell, Heliman Eddie Jenkins Jr., Michael Chad Longley, Curtis DeShaun Stinson and Nicole Christine Tessen Williams.
From the area: Christy Erin Love Calsoncin, Breckenridge; Nancy Ellen Baker Pair, Hawley; and Stacey Jayne Worthington Phillips, Hawley
From elsewhere: Elricia Patricia Francis, Saint Kitts, West Indies; Janis Sue Inman, Colorado City; Hollie C. Landram, Aloha, Ore.; Chad D. Monroe, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Elsie Thembisile Nkosi, Johannesburg, South Africa; Nena Wilson Stinson, Fort Worth; Ronald Eric Tiner, Arlington; Makisha D. Tribble, Knob Nobsler, Mo.; and Elaine G. Witherspoon, Hampton, S.C.
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