TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 2,500 degrees at spring commencement ceremonies held recently in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

James P. Hayes Jr., president of the Economic Partnership of Alabama, was the featured speaker. Hayes also received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the event. Also receiving an honorary doctor of humane letters was Dr. John Hicks, executive assistant to the chancellor and secretary of the UA Board of Trustees.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 189,000 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:

JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE

ANDALUSIA -- Grant John Scott

ENTERPRISE -- Katherine Camille Marsh, Eris Bryan Paul

EUFAULA -- Catherine H. Richardson

HEADLAND -- John Curtis Deshazo, James Curry Woods

LOUISVILLE -- Daniel Vinson Bowden

OZARK -- John Rodgers Morgan III

MASTER’S DEGREE

ANDALUSIA -- Julie S. Joiner

CLAYTON -- Latronia Denise Lovell

DALEVILLE -- Janet L. Strickland

DOTHAN -- Priscilla Ann Tucker

GENEVA -- Willard Hazley Ammons III

OZARK -- Cynthia Joy Carter, Michelle Laverne Piper

TROY -- Eric Justin Law, Brittney Dana Little

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ANDALUSIA -- Steven Barrow Barlow, James Martin Clifton, Kristen Renee Messick

ASHFORD -- Tambria Michelle Harrell, Jeffrey Allen Tedder

CHANCELLOR -- Jeffrey Curt Howell

DOTHAN -- Bethany Suzanne Bedsole, Stephen Wesley Carpenter, Amber Joy Cato, Tina Denise Duke, Justin Glen Hicks, Christie Danielle Ingram, Heather Janae Johnson, Thomas Jason Laska, Joshua Ryan Mallory, Amy Lauren Oakes, Lauren Elizabeth Parkman

ENTERPRISE -- Connie Sue Akins, Katie Elizabeth Boyd, John Warren Marsh, David Brock Parker, Tatum Shepard, Joseph L. Tindell, John Carey Tomberlin II

EUFAULA -- Laura Cecilia Benavides, Jessica Renee Chaney, Kendra Guilford, Ashley Lynn Hadley, Christine Bainbridge Jaxon, Charles Brown Walsh

MIDLAND CITY -- Stuart Benzi Rummell

NEW BROCKTON -- Rachel Elaine Carroll

OPP -- Elizabeth D. McLeod

OZARK -- Rebecca Suzanne Carroll, Emily Diann Jackson, Anne Myree Shillabeer, Steven D. Turnbull

RED LEVEL -- Mary Anne Taylor

SAMSON -- Jonathan William Brunson

SLOCOMB -- Lindsey Blair Andrews, Randall Marc Price, Johna Kay Register

TROY -- Katherine Lee Bassett, Jason Andrew Todd