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 Birmingham area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:

JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE

BIRMINGHAM -- zip code 35204 -- William Anthony Bell, 35222 -- William Banton Price, 35243 -- Kirk Wendell Stewart, 35244 -- Aron Thomas Mujumdar

PELHAM -- Zachary Andrew Vandyke

DOCTORAL DEGREE

BESSEMER -- Lea Ann Davis

BIRMINGHAM -- 35205 -- David Horace Harwell, 35213 -- Peggy McKewen Kyzer

GARDENDALE -- Sandra C. Thomas

HELENA -- Jason Thomas Kirby

HOOVER -- Joanne Decarla Stephens

HUEYTOWN -- Lafacial Yvette Wilson

LEEDS -- Jeffrey L. Scott

PELHAM -- Caroline Boulesteix

MASTER’S DEGREE

BESSEMER -- Scott Douglas Cole

BIRMINGHAM -- 35206 -- Shatangi Tameko Ware, 35209 -- Jill Reed Harwell, William Robert Thomas, 35210 -- Joash Mutua Wambua, 35235 -- Patrick Robinson Sessions, Carla Jean Whitley, 35242 -- Erica Jean Couchman, Julee Michelle Foster, Christopher Youell Uptain, 35243 -- Robert B. Hendrickson, Brett N. Tucker

CHELSEA -- Brandy Linn Erwin

FULTONDALE -- Chandria Lavette Lacey

HOMEWOOD -- Cassandra Clarice Hudson

HOOVER -- Alison Leah Cook, Matthew Lewis Downs, Ava Marie Rodenhausen, Erin Sullivan Thrift

HUEYTOWN -- Holly Brewer Sager

MAYLENE -- Briana Kelsey Lowe

MCCALLA -- Jaime Hoggle Guffey

PELHAM -- Kristi Arians Murray, Lynn Marie Yoder

TRUSSVILLE -- Jennifer Paton Stacey

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ADAMSVILLE -- Jeremy Wayne Tuggle

ADGER -- Christy Kaye Johnston

ALABASTER -- John Matthew Kilpatrick, Charles Jeffery Leslie, Jason Patrick Young

BESSEMER -- Christopher James Barnes, Robert Carl Edwards, Trina Nicole Johnson, Wesley K. McDougal, Lorenzo Thomas, Amy Elizabeth Wheat, Landon W. Williams

BIRMINGHAM -- 35204 -- Nancy Michelle Latham, Salera Perkins, Angela Monique Pruitt, Laquita Yvonne Toney, 35205 -- Christopher S. Davis, Charles Brandon Yow, 35206 -- La Tasha Collins, Roscoe Lucian Hornbuckle, Amy Nicole Pierce, 35207 -- Eva Renee Melton, Atiya Nassia Robertson, 35208 -- Kareem Ladale Easley, Christopher Remond Story, Brandon Tyjuan Welch, Angela Jeanese Winston, 35209 -- Carrie Elaine Bonds, Charles Edward Brown Jr., Rebecca Marie Dipiazza, 35210 -- Shawndrika Latrice Cook, Jasmine Leniese Pruitt, Walker Reynolds IV, Iesha Shanell Smith, 35211 -- Jenesia Danette Bradley, Brandon Lamar Evans, Ronald Erik Griffith, Meoshia Tomora McKinney, 35213 -- John Graham Beard, Leo Milton Karpeles, Lauren Louise Marsh, George Isbell O'Rear Jr., Anne Frances Shackleford, Roscoe Davis Whatley, 35214 -- Kristie Nicole Jordan, Wesley Ryan Taylor, Mia E. Threlkeld, 35215 -- Michael Allen Davidson, Brian Douglas Duke, Margaret Allison Hozey, Otto Wendell Myree, Jenny Marie Smith, 35216 -- Sarah Stewart Browne, Vanita Dinesh Patel, Bruce Walton Romeo, 35217 -- Devereux A. Thompson, Natasha Lashon Williams, 35218 -- Emmett George Pollard Jr., 35222 -- Kyle S. Stackpole, 35223 -- Christopher Paul Anthony, Laura Beth Crawford, Nicholas C. Cunningham, Jason Evan Reisman, Joshua Mark Smith, Wynne Comer White, 35226 -- Christopher H. Bailey, Stephen Garrett Dean, William Jonathan Glass, Gary Matthew Johnson, Kevin Michael O'Byrne, Jacqueline Lee Wright, 35228 -- Tinita Denise Hamilton, 35235 -- Helen Camille Finley, Deidre Franche Horn, 35242 -- Lauren Elsa Adair, Justin Pierce Alexander, Jamie Lynn Atchley, Lauren A. Boyd, Jessica Marie Cooley, Jason Michael Dillon, Melinda Leigh Elkourie, Susan Marie Hentz, Susan Marie Hentz, Andrew Terry Hubbard, Young-Sung Lee, Douglas C. Miles, Sarah Elizabeth Muzer, Damien Brian Parker, Anthony Michael Plaia, Wilson Hunter Shepherd, Ian Blake Smith, Bradley E. Williams, Russell Graham Wilson, 35243 -- John Templeton Harlan, Sarah Rochelle Smithberg, Manley Inge Tingle, Melanie Leigh Watson, Christy Scott Wilson, 35244 -- Perron Curtis Bryant, Joshua David Earnest

CALERA -- Anthony Trent Clark, Bradley Stephen Pommer, Lucy Pegues Richards, Justin Thomas Wheat

CHELSEA -- Amanda Marie Hall

CLAY -- Derek Scott Irons

COLUMBIANA -- Justin Theodore Enoch

FAIRFIELD -- Jerome Lee Jr.

GARDENDALE -- Matthew C. Campbell, Lisa Ann Dobbs, Erin Marie Wright

HELENA -- Bryant James Brooks, Joshua Paul Moore, Christopher Thomas Vines, Farris Champion Wallace

HOMEWOOD -- Tracey Jasper Barker, Stephen Wayne Barth Jr., John Paul Bevel, Matthew Leland Blackwood, Dave Alan Crittenden, Holly Lynn Hasenfuss, Nora Jasmine Ismail, Eric Gregory Mann

HOOVER -- Michael Matthew Banks, Sarah E. Crow, Christin Brooke Gorday, Daniel Ryan Gottschalk, Joshua Alexander Kerley, Amanda Helen Keyes, Robyn Kathleen Moore, Brian Anthony Murphy, Philip Trey Patterson, Scott Gerhard Richardson, Curt York Thompson, Kristen Leigh Weidenback, Jevida Beyetti Yow

HUEYTOWN -- Jacob Eugene Allison, Kenneth Enrico Dent, Lindsey Rae Herring, Joseph Ray Hyde, Justin Alexander Mayfield, Robert Benjamin Reach, Shaun Micheal Tyler, Robin Leigh Williams

INDIAN SPRINGS -- Benjamin Donald Greer, Rebecca Ellen White

LEEDS -- David Scott Bell, Ricky Matthew York

MAYLENE -- Patrick Stephen Wegent

MCCALLA -- Ronald Casey Beard, Jodi Catherine Conger, Kevin Wayne Mills, Dorothy Michelle Moore, Amanda Brooke Spencer

MIDFIELD -- Stephanie Lanette Wilkes

MONTEVALLO -- Elizabeth Ashley Potoukian

MORRIS -- Casey Arron Dodd

MT OLIVE -- David Keith Salters

PELHAM -- Jay Stephen Garrett, Leslie Morgan Garrett, Paige A. Harris, Jessica Katherine Hodnett, Angela Lee McAlpin, Laura Maureen McMahan, Traci Nicole Metcalf, Tiffany Dawn Moore, Jennifer Louise Neely, Molly Suzanne Watkins

PINSON -- Kevin Anthony Calma, Nichole Alexandria Griggs, Justin Royce Johnston, David Allen Smith, Dennis Brandon Wood

PLEASANT GROVE -- Brandon Heath Bradberry, Jessica Michelle Castleman, Allison Beth Clement, Mary Ann Palmer, Jamie Michelle Wheless

TRUSSVILLE -- Lauren Louise Aydelette, Justin Michael Blackburn, Richard Clayton Christeson, Jessica Nicole Cooley, Jacob Christian Foster, Julie Ann Peters, Christopher M. Quarles, Faye Burdette Summers, Philip James Taunton, Emily H. Walsh, Brianna Lee Wright

VESTAVIA -- John Chilton Powell, Burt Lee Welch

WARRIOR -- Therese A. Rouse, Christopher Michael Self, Donald Oliver Smith, Carmen Amber Wilemon