TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 1,100 degrees at winter commencement ceremonies held Saturday, Dec. 18, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

Millard Fuller, founder and president of Habitat for Humanity International, was the featured speaker. Fuller, an alumnus of the UA School of Law, also received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the ceremony. Approximately 1,100 degrees were conferred.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 191,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. UA holds commencement ceremonies three times a year.

The following students from the Anniston area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:

DOCTORAL DEGREE

ANNISTON -- Andrew Brent Helms

MASTER’S DEGREE

ANNISTON -- Mary Helen Andrade, Marcia E. Hardney

CENTRE -- Lesley Willmeth Ray

JACKSONVILLE -- Tamara Diane Blackwell

MUNFORD -- Michelle Medders Swinford

PIEDMONT -- James W. Lecroy

SYLACAUGA -- Philip Craig Cosper

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ANNISTON -- Amber Michelle England, Libbi Danielle Hicks, Ashley Nicole Johnson, Caroline M. Morris, Myrtice Faye Robertson

CENTRE -- Alyson Leann Bradley, Mary Elizabeth Kelly

JACKSONVILLE -- Ashley Diane Clayton

LINCOLN -- Tunza Leistacey Hill, Ashley Michelle O'Dell

LINEVILLE -- Brett Harrison Robbins

OHATCHEE -- Phillip Enmon Clark

OXFORD -- Brandon W. Bonds, Tara Loyd, Chadrett Posey Pearson

SYLACAUGA -- Ashley Nicole Childress, Calvin James Cook Jr.

TALLADEGA -- Andrew Coleman Lumpkin, Matthew Lane Peters, Timothy Ryan Shirley

WEAVER -- Amy Marie Maxwell