ACU confers 109 degrees at August Commencement

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Aug. 9, 2002

Abilene Christian University awarded 109 degrees —51 master degrees and 58 bachelor degrees — during August Commencement ceremonies Friday, Aug. 6.

Gary Thornton, Austin-area attorney and a member of the ACU Board of Trustees, gave the charge to the graduates.

ACU graduates by degree include:

CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATE DEGREES

Master of Arts
From Abilene: Connie Rae Thompson-Hunter, Evan Willerton
From elsewhere: Tadayoshi Aikawa, Tokyo, Japan

Master of Arts in Christian Ministry
From elsewhere: Amanda Ruth Duncan

Master of Arts in Missions
From elsewhere: Kelly Lynne Bell, Sulphur Springs; Erin Martha Bodager, Lansing, Mich.; Amy Lynn Doughty, Elmwood, Wis.; Matthew James Mabery, Desloge, Mo.

Master of Arts in Religion
From elsewhere: Arnold H. Holmes, Manchester, Conn.; Charles D. Taylor, Corpus Christi

Master of Divinity
From Abilene: Scott W. Stogsdill
From elsewhere: Matthew Brent Benedick, Duncanville; Timothy Brent Darnell, North Richland Hills; Donald Paul Evans, Cedar Hill; Timothy W. Hunt, Ardmore, Okla.

Master of Education
From Abilene: Rebecca Eileen Blount
From elsewhere: Melinda Beth Alexander, Roscoe; Nora Oglesby, Hurst; Brett Daniel Robinson, Port Tobacco, Md.; Jeffery L. Strickland, Austin

Master of Marriage and Family Therapy
From Abilene: Tracy Lee Fleet, Jason Conrad Northrup, Michael Chad Spell
From elsewhere: Melody Ann Ford, Muscle Shoals, Ala.; Steven Marc Franks, DeQuincy, La.; LynnAnne Michelle Joiner, Carlsbad, N.M.; Elizabeth Lashower, Long Beach, Calif.; Kathryn Reneé Ling, Austin; Lisa Vallie Merchant, Kingwood; Kirsten Charlotte Northrup, Glendale, Ariz.; Sun-Ho Pak, Denver, Colo.; Jamie Sommers Schlegel, Arlington; Kristi Stewart, Haskell; Andrew Nathan Williams, Starkville, Miss.; Courtney Rochelle Wilson, Corpus Christi

Master of Science
From Abilene: Billy Aaland-Parrish, Brett D. Brown, Tennie K. Good, Robyn L. Hook, Valerie Ann Meirose
From elsewhere: Ronald D. Benedick, Ardmore, Okla.; Blessing Mugweni, Mutare, Zimbabwe; Cooper Reid Price, San Angelo; Kemi Sells, Indianapolis, Ind.; Donald Morgan Slankster, Novi, Mich.; Daniel Keith Stevens, Garland; Melissa A. Stoddard, Euless; Chatpraparn Tumpakorn, Laksi, Bangkok, Thailand

Master of Science in Nursing
From Abilene: Jaclyn Christi Boyd, S. Diane Hardin, Rebecca Ann Leggett

CANDIDATES FOR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Bachelor of Applied Studies
From Abilene: Melissa Irene Sullivan Autrey, Melanie Donise Henry Glenn,
From elsewhere: Tracy Renee Poole Fanous, Pampa; Katherine Galinak, Elkins, W.V.; Erma Leta Kinsey Hipp, Burnet; Betty Margaret Fullerton Sandefur, Georgetown; Kevin Michael Willmeth, Granbury

Bachelor of Arts
From Abilene: Ryan Richard Porche
From elsewhere: Christopher Aaron Caussey, Dallas; Lauren Elizabeth Gaw, Brentwood, Tenn.; James Othniel Gibbs, Lubbock; Shmara Keneé Greene, DeSoto; April Jean Hutsell, Norwalk, Iowa; Peter Thomas Klinefelter, Eden Prairie, Minn.; Sean Michael Merritt, Chapel Hill, N.C.; Jody Arlene Pelletier, San Antonio; David Brett Shinn Jr., Topeka, Kan.

Bachelor of Science
From Abilene: Wendy Rose Garcia, Tasha Lasha Newman, Rachel Sue Byers Perkins, Stacy Nicole Steakley
From elsewhere: Brandon Matthew Blake, Colleyville; Maresa Cadienhead, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Adam Ryan Chamberlain, Arlington; Anita Faye Cook, Dumas; Jill Duty, Granbury; Angela Lynn Fleck, Jasper, Ind.; Deanna Goodson, Rockwall; Brad E. Hill, Jacksboro; Stuart Alan Littleton, Nashville, Tenn.; Jessica Dawn Mathews, Bedford; LeAndra McDaniels, Waco; Justine Nahimana, Bujumbura, Burundi; Nolan Marshall Rampy, Austin; Rebecca Diane Rice, San Antonio; Troy Edward Shockley, Billings, Montana; Karen Michele Fletcher Smith, Friendswood; Ricky Wayne Aldon Smith, Azle; Tiffany Kelly Smith, Graham; Daniel Bryan Steepleton, Littleton, Colo.; Jonathan Craig Sweet, North Richland Hills; Emily Jane Williams, Boerne

COLLEGE OF BIBLICAL STUDIES

Bachelor of Arts
From elsewhere: Brandon Scott Hargesheimer, Midland; Gregory Scott McElwain, Farmersville; Robert Landon Smith, Lubbock; Kevin Don Williams, Grand Blanc, Mich.

Bachelor of Science
From elsewhere: Joel Lee Kindberg, Apple Valley, Minn.; Brent S. Russell, Boling; Jeffrey Scott Sickles, Amarillo

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Bachelor of Business Administration
From elsewhere: Ryan Christopher Coleman, The Woodlands; Jonathan Tyler Davis, Fort Worth; Tamerria Cristal Fagan, Katy; Joel Wesley Hutsell, Fort Worth; Lindsey Jeneé Jacobs, Fort Worth; Bradford Gibson Kirk, Dallas; James Jordan Pattison, Coppell; Sal Taweel, Aleppo, Syria; Brent Newton Rueben Waters

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