TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The University of Alabama awarded some 1,100 degrees at 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 9 a.m. 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 Dothan area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:

MASTER’S DEGREE

DOTHAN -- Kenneth Scott Farmer, Jennifer Ann Grimmer

EUFAULA -- Kavon Jermainte Franklin

OPP -- Crystal Gale Stephens

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ANDALUSIA -- Beth Ann Brannon, Matthew Scott Prater, Genevieve Darling Spurlin, Rebekah L. Wilkes

CHANCELLOR -- Amy Elise Armstrong

DOTHAN -- John Anthony Brown, Lauren Hall Colley, Joseph Leon Dasinger, Kristin Amalia Diaz, Marion Lothrop Hanahan, Katie Lee Maddox, Jessica Laura McLean, Amos Mitchell Newsome III, Neil Allen Simmons, Daniel Jared Stokes, Brooke Katherine Wilson

ELBA -- Joseph Michael Russell Jr.

ENTERPRISE -- Kathryn Diane Buck, Christopher F. Garcia, Jennifer Lee Harrison, Clayton E. Hollinhead, Anisa Yvonne Jones, Paula Francine Jones, Lindsay Brooke Morrison, Terry S. Stepp

EUFAULA -- Christopher B. Blackmon, John West Martin Jr.

HARTFORD -- Melanie Michelle Simmons

HEADLAND -- Allison Rebecca Deshazo, Megan Janet Richards

LOCKHART -- Kathryn Amanda Bryan

MIDLAND CITY -- Kristie Lynn Grimmer

OPP -- Betsy S. Prior

TROY -- William Raymond Hudson, Rory Lamont Murphy