TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 2,500 degrees at spring commencement ceremonies held Monday, May 10, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

James P. Hayes Jr., president of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, was the featured speaker, and he received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the event. Also receiving an honorary degree 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 Tuscaloosa area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:

DOCTORAL DEGREE

BRENT -- Kimberly Annette Partridge

DUNCANVILLE -- Phaisit Chewputtanagul

NORTHPORT -- Maryam A. Al-Mazkour, Donald Edward Yessick

TUSCALOOSA -- Lea B. Accalogoun, Clifton Robin Black, Timothy Michael Cook, Sarah Amanda Gill, Scott T. Griffin, Thomas Steven Jennings, Atul Kumar, Jiageng Li, Guangqing Lu, Jeong Eun Park, Sijun Wang

MASTER’S DEGREE

BEAVERTON -- Justin Crump Hughes

BROOKWOOD -- William Vernon Young

CENTREVILLE -- Bettina Schmid

COALING -- Julia Allen Blazer

COTTONDALE -- Jennifer Walton Horne, Catherine Mary Prodoehl, Raiford Wayne Wilson

DEMOPOLIS -- Cristy Sue Bell, Pamela Denise Jowers

EMELLE -- Darinda Deshan Poe

EUTAW -- Stephen Aubrey Liverman

GORDO -- Alicia Doggett McGee, Rosin Paige Spencer

GREENSBORO -- Scott Murphree Hall, Tranjula De'Visch Hamilton

MARION -- Glenn Travis Vaughn

MOUNDVILLE -- Cynthia Ann Fisk

NORTHPORT -- Ronald Norman Dains, Joshua Cain Davis, Scott Jason Dollar, Anna Grace Drennen, Tyler Scott Evans, Tarasha D. Flanigan, Richard L. Flight, Alison Irene Gravely, John Allan Guenther, James Hoover Herndon, Vicki Elaine Jenkins, Si-Yoen Kil, Miljana Lazarevic, April Nicole Lockhart, David Thomas Lumpkin, Shanna Marie Mann, Brett E. Morris, Anna Kaarina Nissinen, Misty Lee Nix, Warren Ross Perdue, Jeffrey Brooks Phillips, Karen Marie Phillips, Delia Robles, Stephan Blake Skelton, April Lynette Stevens, Tina Pearson Stevenson, Daphnne Renae Summerlin, Mandi Sheree Walton

TUSCALOOSA -- Hisham Abouali, Laith Salim Al Faqih, James Andrew Allison, Hamid Alouach, Charlotte Jackson Alvarez, Leo Vinod Antony, Tarun Arora, Abhishek Attri, Patricia Kaye Bailey, Steven John Bartsocas, David Mack Battles, Patricia Shanell Bell, Mary Elizabeth Boehm, Michael Bonnal, Ashley Rebecca Boone, Tracy Ann Bray, Amanda Elizabeth Buchanan, Diana C. Castaneda Sanjuan, Kristi Kay Chenoweth, Hwanseok Choi, Rashika Denee Christian, Leah Kim Coates, Angela Rebecca Cook, Benjamin Vernon Copeland, Tony Warren Daily, Thomas Larry Davis Jr., John Coleman Dorlon, Nicholas Randall Duckett, Alan James Eatros, Diane C. England, Monica Alicia Escauriza, Carl Tilman Etheredge Jr., Katie Lea Evans, Christopher Farmer, Wenan Fei, Lyda Marie Fontes, Edward Raymond Ford III, Morgan Davis Fritz, Faith Marie Fugate, Carl Johan Grahs, Margaret Kay Groves, Galina Anatolievna Gulis, Hemanth L. Gurur, Darrell Eugene Hagler, William Bradley Harper III, Muffin Dill Hartsfield, Amanda Ann Harvie, Krystal Lynn Hasselvander, Melissa Erica Hedman-Baker, Patrick Jonathon Henry, Mary Elizabeth Holste, Curtis Floyd Houston, Meredith A. Jackson, Yoonseok Jeong, Joshua David Johnson, Valarie J. Jones, Ramesh B. Kalikivai, Jared Garner Kallunki, Shirley Chiemi Kelley, Young Hee Kim, Jerica Kruse, Jia Li, Xiao Li, William Northam Marchant, Alexa Lee Martinez, Utpal Mattoo, William Patrick McEvoy, Ashley Durant McWaters, Shujia Mei, Willis James Meriwether IV, Jan D. Mize, Shrikanth Bhaskar Mysore, Amye Graham Nelms, Douglas Marc O'Grady, Jesse Orin O'Reilly, Katherine H. Overcash, Christie Michelle Parker, Nathan James Parker, Walter Lee Patton, Irina A. Perevalova, Margaret Jim Phillips, Alison Leigh Pietrzyk, Rebecca L. Pohlig, Ting Qin, Mustafizur Rahman, Audra Casey Redmill, Ian Hines Reed, Michelle Germaine Reed, Susan Elizabeth Reynolds, Eric Paul Richards, Julia Denise Rutley, Jasdeep Singh Sahni, Crystal Lynn Schrum, Robert James Scott, Martin Sepic, Annik Signer, Everette Scott Smith, Leigh Ann Smith, Jennifer Anne Springfield, Krirkkrit Sripaipan, Krishna Mohan Srireddy, Quanda Watson Stevenson, Earl Ray Stewart Jr., Amber Dawn Summers, Yanhui Sun, Marion Lillard Taylor, Mattie Ruth Tilley, Sangram Arun Vajre, Fei Wang, Huaping Wang, Arthur Allen Ward, David Alan Wiggins Jr., Louisa Trussell Williams, Sarah Lyndal Williamson, James Donald Wilson, Laura Brown Wood, Feng Xiao, Xiaoli Yang, Hiu Shan Yau, Lisa Marie Young, Weihua Zhu, Stephen Theodore Zolper, Carlos Augusto Zuluaga

VANCE -- Cherry Shannon Hubbard

WEST BLOCTON -- Jenny Daw Ellison

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

BERRY -- Ashley Nicole Bell, Alicia Edmondson Bynum, Samantha Elizabeth Logan

BRENT -- William Cameron Mayfield, Amanda Lee Simmons

BROOKWOOD -- Melissa Jane Cooley, Michael Scott Nix, Kristine Ashley Sizemore, Tabitha Lynn Taylor

BUHL -- Kristi M. Newton, Mark Adrian Newton, Sabrina Renee Oney, Jennifer Lorraine Powell, Joseph Brandon Rowland

CARROLLTON -- Jessica Margaret Barnett, Jennifer Louise Cheung, Benjamin Powell Curry III, Melanie Dawn Freeman, Jesse Humphries Latham, Tammy Spain

CENTREVILLE -- Amanda Elois Foster, Michael Coy Gaddis, Cyndee Brasher Grey, Arrtie Ravindra Patil

COKER -- Rachel Paige Leonard, Kristi Duren Moore, Amy Nicole Nelson, Elizabeth M. Watts, Jessica Ellen Welsh

COTTONDALE -- Jessica Lauren Burns, Annie Jo Dickey, Michael Eric Hallman, Steven William Hester, Tyler James Lowros, Mamie E. Maddox, Victoria Leigh Mathews, Jessica Lynna Mezzell, Jennifer Nicole Preskitt, Jennifer B. Rylee, Kristi Reid Simmons, Kriston Gilliland Turner, John Matthew White

CUBA -- Sanyell Jeanette McCall

DEMOPOLIS -- Terence Deshunn Braxton, Amanda Nicole Doyle, Meredith Lindbergh Giles, Thomas O'Neal Moore Jr., Gus Weiss IV

DUNCANVILLE -- Heather Daniell Booth, Matthew Lee Caddis, Courtney Tate Gray, Angela Renee Hammond, Matthew Ellis Strickland

EPES -- Lucinda Natasha Brown, Tonya Lenora Brown, Marvetta A. Walker

FAYETTE -- Anna L. Fowler, James Ernest Hardin, Tong Liu, Jessica Merriam Lowe, Lesley K. Nichols, Joseph Thomas Norwood.

GALLION -- Kristen Patrice Coats, Valencia Lajoy Robertson, Jamee I. York

GORDO -- Jeremy Wayne Fair, Alisha N. Fleming, Maranda Melissa Gilmore, Rachael Erin Housel, Jeremy Anderson Kelley, Kristal Lynn Latham, Quinderrick Antonio Moden, Katie Clay Porter

GREENSBORO -- Twana Lasha Bates, Jesse Bell, Dondrea Dionne Brownlow, Chassey B. Ellis, Dana Elizabeth Gentry, Andrea McCoy

KENNEDY -- Joshua Wayne Carroll, Donna Annette Crowley, Amber D Gottwald

LAWLEY -- Ashley Beth Barnhill

LIVINGSTON -- Tena Felicia Gulley, Lakesha Shantel Sanders

MARION -- Orlando Quentrez Essex, Cheryl Yvette Jones

MILLPORT -- Andrew Shaun Leonard

MOUNDVILLE -- Patricia Redick Burroughs, Joshua Blake Chappelle, Clara Edwards, Christina Marie Keeney, Charli Kassandra Neill, Harrie Winfield Wilson

NORTHPORT -- Catherine Lindsay Aaron, Amanda Theresa Allen, Ashley Marie Alverson, Carla Denise Archibald, John Benjamin Arnold, David Solomon Bevel, Meredith M. Booth, Katie Susanne Butler, Lara Marie Chandler, Kenneth Ray Cowan Jr., Michael Adam Crow, Laura Ellen Dulek, Brittany Michelle Elmore, Audra Leigh Falk, Tammy Jean Foster, Myrle A. Freistaedter, Christopher D. Funderburk, Christina Mae Gilbert, Kelly Nadine Giles, Michael Steve Goodman, Michael Andrew Gore, Jonathan David Habrial, Rachel Fetner Hackett, Lauren Rechelle Hinton, Haley Virginia Holland, Kelly Michelle Horsley, Nahman Hussain, Raymond Lee Hutchins Jr., Brandon Evan James, Ramona B. January, Kimberly Paulette Jenkins, Lukeithian L. Jones, Danny Murphy Jordan, Jamie Alaine Latner, Amanda Brook Livingston, Klint Ryan McLemore, Amanda Jane Miller, Hugh Anthony Miller, Rachel Renee Mims, Bethany D. Mitchell, Wumandila Chantez Mitchell, Stephen Wesley Mizelle, Amity Korrina Moncrief, Mindy Lashae Pierce, Elizabeth Rhea Powell, Lacy Hope Prickett, Jaime Lynn Ralston, Tracy Ann Raymond, John Raymond Reidenbach, Danalinn Roberts, Jo Whitney Rose, Lauren Casey Rushing, Amanda Regina Schuber, Amy Elizabeth Shirley, Edward Mark Shirley, Leah Hartin Shirley, Kristy Lynne Skipper, Amanda Marie Smith, Anna Laura Styes, Kellie Michelle Swenson, Michael Joseph Terry, Katie Bowling Thompson, Benjamin Jaye Turner, Melinda Plymon Walker, Courtney Bryn Ward, William Charles Warner, Jared Thomas Woodward

RALPH -- Russell Leon Wells, Esther Lasha White

REFORM -- Eugenia Rena Bradford

SPROTT -- Carly Leeanne Nichols

SWEET WATER -- Randi Cherri Burnett, Thomas Earl Rodgers

TUSCALOOSA -- Ashley Lauren Adams, Kathryn Marie Anderson, Andrea Marie Antonio, Julie Kristin Arrington, Jason Howard Askew, Lee Ellen Avant, Kyesha Luree Bailey, Kirk Ashly Barnett, Miranda Lee Bassett, Andrew Woodward Beck, Joseph Allen Bedsole, Maxim Belski, Brandy Lanisha Benton, Terri Dunn Berling, Brad David Biel, Britney Deana Blackman, Robert J. Bradford, Adam Steven Brown, Holland Beth Buckner, Suzanne Avis Bunn, Terry Jackson Bunn Jr., Mika Marcy Burger, Crystal Burkett Burnett, Alicia Kier Burrell, Richard Gilbert Burton, Candice C. Caccioppi, Dwight Allwyn Caddell, Jennifer Grace Cagle, Jonathan Bradford Caldwell, Kristin Renae Campbell, Kamila Shuntae Cannon, Thomas Larry Canterbury, Hyacinth Amber Cappie, Misty Faye Carr, Stephanie Lashea Carraway, Allison Camille Carter, Elizabeth Anne Casebeer, Drew Douglass Champlin, Christine Chang, Joel Rush Childs, Chueh-Shu Chiu, Margaret Ila Christian, Eliza Hawkins Cooper, Amy Katherine Cottingham, Nathan Gregory Craig, Bobby Lee Crim, Gloria Sims Crump, Kendra Ann Daily, Tarique Nazir Datey, Joel Thomas Davidson, Richard Bush Davidson, Laronica Renee Davis, Mary Burroughs Dearman, Amy Dos Duncan, Nicole Naomi Duncombe, Kayla Shantel Dunigan, Paul O Edgeworth Jr., Jerry F. Ellett Jr., Daniel Marcus Erdman, Ashley Michele Evans, Jonathan Elliot Ezell, David Michael Fawls, Michael R. Fillingim II, Justin Keith Forrester, Thomas Michael Forrester, Elizabeth Frenkel, Zachary P. Gable, Janeshika L. Gay, Maggie Elizabeth Gelwix, Trenton Lee Geringer, Corey Mason Gibbs, Leslie Jeannette Giglotto, Earl Darius Gilbert, Alison Glover, Laurel Ashley Goldman, Toi Lynn Gordon, Ashley Michelle Graham, Jonathan David Grammer, Charles Alan Gray, Robert Paul Greason, Philicia Lesal Griggs, Austin Angwin Griswold, Timothy Michael Guy, Harold Cecil Haley II, Charity Lynn Hall, Randi Klein Hamm, David Hawkins Hammond, Ruth Virginia Hampton, April Celeste Harvey, Joshua Daniel Hawkins, Oliver Pittman Hays, Jeffery S. Hendrix, Amir Heravi, Marie Elizabeth Hibbard, Martin Campbell Hill, Elizabeth Diane Hobbie, Benjamin David Hodges, Marvis T. Hodges, Deshawn Kelvin Hughes, Mark H. Hughes, Nicholas Ray Hunt, Kathleen M. Ignowski, Erin Lynn Ingram, Michael Alexander James, Betty Margaret Jenkins, Blakely Ryan Johnson, Annemarie Diane Joubert, Jennifer Charleene Karp, Joseph Madison Karrh, Penny H. Kavanaugh, Ravon Dennard Keith, Emily Anne Kellen, Lori Rhea Keller, Marie Frances Kerlin-Clark, Christopher M Kimbrell, Mary Virginia King, Peter Kiptanui Kiprono, Walter Earle Larisey IV, G'Quasion Diorletta Lavender, Lashonda Renae Lawson, Christina Lynn Leckness, Joon Ho Lee, Kyeong Hyeok Lee, Philip Andrew Lee, Brandy S. Lewis, Patrick Glover Lewis, Jim E. Lichtenberger, Michael Jason Linville, Josh Christian Livingston, Courtney Lynn Logan, Zachary Lollar, Jonathan Seth Loper, Reade Matthew Loper, Bridget L. Lowry, Donna Tramaine Mackey, Joy Elisabeth Maddox, Rashad Lee-Earl Madyun, Donald Ray Malone, Enrique V Malpica Sanchez, Tiffany Sheree Markham, Jeni Charisse Marshburn, Victoria Rachelle Martin, Juan Manuel Martinez, David John Massey, Lalla Melia McGee, Catherine C. McKissick, John Derrel Melton II, Thomas Yeates Meriwether, Karen Elizabeth Miller, Gary Brian Mizell, Carrie Elsbeth Montgomery, Mary Evelyn Montgomery, Jane Marie Mooney, Ronnie Glenn Moorehead, Catherine Leigh Moudry, Michael A. Mullen, Athanasios M. Murphree, William Thomas Overstreet, Kelly Lynn Owens, Andrew Livingston Parker, Jeffrey Alan Parker, Gayla Antigone Pate, Dharmeshkumar B Patel, Andrea Quinn Payne, Joshua Kerry Payne, Richard Alexander Peak, Davis Clarkson Pearce, Larry Dean Pender Jr., Kimberly Renee Pennington, Haley Elizabeth Perkins, Paula Terrell Perry, Ginger Diane Pezent, Christopher Lynn Phillips, Erin Melisa Phillips, Billie J. Plemons, Amy Brooke Plunkett, Deborah Ann Polion, Joseph Daniel Porter, Julie Kaye Powell, Meghan E. Premo-Hopkins, Darryl Antonio Pruitt, John Stuart Rabon, Adam Paul Randazzo, Hannah Grace Rasberry, Sheri Alana Ray, Elizabeth Diana Reed, Adam W. Rhoden, Tracy Oliver Rice, Rachel Leigh Richardson, Princess Ladonna Richey, Jason Keith Roden, Stephen Eric Rumanek, Meaghan Elizabeth Ryan, Jay Daniel Sanders, Thomas A. Sanderson, Valori Shea Scroggins, Mark Taylor Searcy, Andrea Danielle Seay, Benjamin Stanyarne Seay, Amy Nicole Severance, Vincent Cecil Shakir, Brian Joseph Shalvey, Lenicia Raquel Shannon, Rashmee Nawar Sharif, Perry L. Simpson, Gina Danielle Sims, Jennifer Carla Smith, Lucretia Taggart Smith, Rayni Lynne Smith, Samuel Wright Smith, Susan Nicole Smith, Thalia Jacquita Smith, Allison Elizabeth Springer, Layita Keaun Stallworth, Lekeisha Annease Steele, Lacita Lynette Stewart, Sara Elizabeth Strong, Jay Bradley Stubbs, Matthew Ryan Summerford, John Phillip Summerlin, Christina Lee Suto, Keshawnia M. Swanigan, Beatrice Bernice Swindle, Michael L. Sylvis, Stacey Latonya Taggart, Hanae Takaishi, Andre Joseph-James Taylor, Andrea Lynn Thomas, Daniel Patrick Thomas, Kanedra Sharmaine Thomas, Abby Gale Thorne, Mary Lucille Thornton, Chris Lee Tingle, Kenneth W. Todd, Grant William Trick, Justin Ross Truelove, Leigh Ann Tubbs, Jennifer Hunter Tucker, John Richard Turner, Michelle Renee Turner, Thomas Richard Turner, Melody Marie Twilley, Sarah Catherine Vander Wal, Ashley Kelly Vandiver, Gloria Elena Vargas, Martin Daniel Wagner, Harold B. Wallace, Kymberly Marie Ware, Jason Aaron Waters, Elizabeth C. Webster, Katherine Durrett Weeks, Tessie D. Wesley, Bradley Michael West, Amy Rebekah White, Jonathan Brown Whitehurst, Donald Eugene Wiggins, Tonia' Voinceia Wilder, James Peter Willcox, Christopher Gentry Williams, John Manning Williams, Meisha Lashea Williams, Sara Florence Williams, Trenton Brooks Williams, Patty Lynn Wilson, Laura Michelle Wise, Lauren Nicole Wood, Mary Ann Wood, Audra Kinchen Woodruff, Benjamin Glenn Worby

UNIONTOWN -- Lerose Natasha Minor

VANCE -- Shelia Bell Brooks, Jennifer Anne Taylor, Olivia Catherine Wooten

VERNON -- April Diana Newman, Amanda Marie Pennington, Sarah Katherine Robinson

WEST BLOCTON -- Kenina Robin Lynch, Candice Leigh West

YORK-Darius Abdual Lewis

JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE *

CENTREVILLE -- Hallman Blair Eady

GREENSBORO -- John William Ryan Jr.

NORTHPORT -- Shea Marie Brakefield, Catherine Rebecca Chenault, Walter Shields Hayes, Joseph Spencer Hodnett, Scott Anthony Holmes, Daniel Patton Ogle, William Brett Pouncey, Brian Godfrey Wilson

TUSCALOOSA -- Sabra Micah Barnett, Stephen Elliott Boyd, Kimberly Murphree Brannon, Elizabeth Holland Brown, Nicole Self-Drake Diaz, Michael Lee Forton, Thorin Oakenshield Freeman, Patrick Charles Glaze, Jo Layne Golden, Jennifer Anne Harris, Daniel Lloyd Hauser, Justin Barrett Little, Shannon Denise Lynch, Wendy Ann Madden, Jason Scott Medlin, Willis James Meriwether IV, Jeffrey Adam Morris, William Stitt Poole III, Amanda Reid, Deane Andrew Rhodes, Brian Jason Richardson, Emily Dawn Roberts, Aimee Denise Self, Jeremy Paul Sherer, Jennifer Michelle Sherman, David Gerard Wanhatalo, Timothy Ronald Wilson, Jennifer Alley Wood

WOODSTOCK -- Craig Allen Cargile

* The commencement ceremony for candidates for the Juris Doctor degree will be Friday, May 14, at 3 p.m. in Coleman Coliseum.