The University of Texas at Tyler held fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 18 and 19, President Rodney H. Mabry announced.

           

Seven hundred forty one degree candidates were recognized in the UT Tyler R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center.

 

Commencement speakers and the ceremonies during which they spoke were: Dr. John English, Bethesda Clinic executive director/medical director – Colleges of Nursing and Health Sciences and Arts and Sciences; Amy Proctor, Texas Bank and Trust Company vice president and trust officer – College of Business and Technology; and Dr. James Nelson, UT Tyler College of Engineering and Computer Science dean – Colleges of Education and Psychology and Engineering and Computer Science.

 

The presentation of degree candidates were made by the deans of each of the university’s colleges: Dr. Alisa White, Arts and Sciences; Dr. Harold Doty, Business and Technology; Dr. William Geiger, Education and Psychology; Nelson, Engineering and Computer Science; and Dr. Linda Klotz, Nursing and Health Sciences.

President Mabry gave remarks and certified the degree candidates at each ceremony. 

 

Alumni representative Roy Guerra Martinez gave alumni association presentations. 

 

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler offers excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 90 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 6,000 high-ability students at its campuses in Tyler,   Longview and Palestine.

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (138 candidates)

Master of Arts – Interdisciplinary Studies

MISSOURI – Laura Park, speech communication.
                      

Master of Arts

CHANDLER – John David Powell, history.

KILGORE – Benjamin Dwayne Barnett, English.

LONGVIEW – Michael Edward McCarter, English.

Master of Fine Arts

LONGVIEW – Jennifer Paige Watkins-Shepard, studio art.

Master of Public Administration

TYLER – Rosemary Jane Cooper, Angela Miller and Amanda Lee Rainwater.

Master of Science

TYLER – Iqbal U. Ahmed and Jamie Lynn Cantrell, biology; and Susan Ellen Mills, sociology.

OHIO – Abraham Arhin, biology.

Bachelor of Arts

ALBA – James Sanchez, English.

BEAUMONT – Amanda Beth Kelley, English.

BONHAM – Akasha Lynn Eaton, Spanish.

DUMAS – Amber Kristine Payne, speech communication.

EMORY – Michelle F. Bearden, English.

GARLAND – Jennifer E. Staub, political science.

GILMER – Hannah Khan, history.

GLADEWATER – Samantha Sue Modeland, art.

HENDERSON – Mark Overton Layne, history.

HOLLY LAKE RANCH – James Alvin Warren, English.

HOUSTON – Angela Lois Howlett, English and Michael Burton Kendall, political science.

HURST – Kate Elizabeth Brown, English.

JACKSONVILLE – Megan Rae Terry, English; and Eric J. Whitener, history.

LARUE – Alyssa M. Courson, English.

LINDALE – Gloria Jean Bauman, English.

LONGVIEW – Nikki McClenny, speech communication.

MARTIN’S MILL – Megan Ashley Jenkins, English.

MOUNT PLEASANT – Holly Leann Clifton, history.

PINELAND – Jordan Heath Greer, Spanish.

RUSK – Patricia Leigh Alexander, English.

TYLER – Keiran Smith, speech communication; Ashley Paige Anderson, Sarah Renee Kappen, Jenny Lynn Ryan and Rochell LaKisa Johnson, English; Sean Wesley Flowers and Erin L. Braley, history; Tamar Dos Santos Babcock, journalism; and Ana M. Zafra, Spanish.

                            
Bachelor of Fine Arts

QUITMAN – Rose Riley, art.

TYLER – Michael Wayne Pianta, art.

UTAH – Tracy Wyckoff O’Daniel, art.

Bachelor of Music

CHANDLER – Lauren Elizabeth Fletcher.

DAINGERFIELD – Paul Martin.

GLADEWATER – Gregory Ryan Smith.

LONGVIEW – Ruark Neil Inman.

Bachelor of Science

ATHENS – Richard D. Gillespie IV, political science.

AUSTIN – Lauren Elizabeth Hood, mathematics.

BEN WHEELER – Joseph Elerson, journalism.

BROWNSBORO – Lauren Nicole Williams, speech communication.

BULLARD – Natalie Nicole Hughes and Leslie Ann Scott, criminal justice.

CARTHAGE – Christina Lynn Glasper, criminal justice.

CHANDLER – Pasha Lynne Ross, history.

COLLEYVILLE – Allen Ray Arrick, journalism.

COOPER – Chelsea L. Wood, political science.

CORPUS CHRISTI – Hope Brittany Ude, speech communication.

CORSICANA – Audrey LaDawn Robinson, criminal justice.

DAINGERFIELD – Erin Jennings, mathematics.

DALLAS – Christopher Lee Curtis, journalism.

FLINT – Lori Kirkpatrick-Adams, speech communication.

FRANKSTON – Tracey Lee Ann Randolph and Wayne Ray Wedgeworth, criminal justice.

FRIENDSWOOD – Jordan M. Repsher, biology.

GILMER – Denver Bowden, history.

GLADEWATER – Chelsea Rai Swatsell, biology.

JACKSONVILLE – Chelsie N. Loftin, political science.

LATEXO – Flor Jordan, history.

LEWISVILLE – Mayan Corioso, political science.

LINDALE – Joshua Wade Jones, speech communication; and Brandon Carl McMahon, Danielle Marie Skipper and Mark A. Range, history. 

LONGVIEW – Shana D. Wright, Deborah Lanham and Rachel Renee Ezernack, criminal justice; Don A. Evans, biology; Justin Summerlin, mathematics; Aimee Kuechle, economics; and Chad Oather Calhoun and Jonathan Collin Robertson, history.

LUFKIN – John Curtis Oates, political science.

KERENS – Ross Reamy, biology.

KILGORE – Thomas Lee Garcia, criminal justice; and Jennifer Diann Nestleroad, biology.

MOUNT PLEASANT – Kenneth C. Lange, speech communication.

PALESTINE – Angela Jenise Gill, criminal justice; Norris White, history; and Bradley Taylor Martin, biology.

PICKTON – Kara Ingram, economics.

ROCKWALL – Heather D. Granberry and Jessica Pierce, mathematics.

TROUP – Belinda M. Jiles, criminal justice; and John McKenzie Mulder and Clinton Jerrod Turner, history. 

TYLER – Laura Frances Strube, mathematics and biology; Jessica Barton, journalism; Martin Hayes McKown and Matthew E. Morrow, political science; Chad S. Kidd, sociology; Samuel Francis and Hup Zane Holland and Byoung-Sub Kim, mathematics; Habbo Engelke, Christopher John Leatherwood,  Jeramy Millican, Melissa Ann Rishel, Timothy Charles Seiden, Jeffrey Allen Slocum and Christina Renee Hyde, biology; Kimberly Berry and Kenneth Calhoun, economics; Carrie Beth Carpenter, chemistry; Stephen J. Clark, Jacob James Garcia, Robert Andrew Main, Yolander Rena McDuff-Hunter,  Kerby Lynn Sitton, Mark L. Stephens and Kelli Michelle Clinton, criminal justice; and Salvador Tizcareno, Micki Brady, Dustin S. Felcman, James D. Hancock, Laura Rose Jewell, Jarrod Edward Kendall, Andrea Slough Kubsch and Philip F. Wintin, history.

VAN – Katie Lee Hall, journalism; and Courtney Noel Milewski, biology.

WHITE OAK – Rebecca Raye Hawthorne, biology.

WHITEHOUSE – Brandon De’Wayne Moore Hancock, history.

ARIZONA – Chad R. Daleiden, political science.

LOUISIANA – Sarah Nicole Shelton, mathematics.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY (236 candidates)

Master of Business Administration

HOUSTON – Laniece Wabbington Smith.

KILGORE – Colleen Erin Carter.

LONGVIEW – Shara Park Kipp.

LUFKIN – Teppa Parker.

MCKINNEY – C. Paul Pecory, Jr.

MOUNT VERNON – Courtney Sue Seelbach.

SULPHUR SPRINGS – Heather Renee Thompson.

TYLER – Matthew G. Sharrock, John Darren Kirkpatrick, Lilyana Ivanova Radeva, Thomas Gavin Rasco and Richard S. Ancell.

ARIZONA – Kelli Alicia Case.

NIGERIA – Oladimeji Samson Akiode.

Master of Science

GLENN HEIGHTS – Rebekah Mary Silva, human resource development.

GOLIAD – Clinton Buelter, human resource development.

HENDERSON – Danny Ryan and Debra K. Sanders, human resource development.

HEWITT – Greta Bane Spradling, human resource development.

KILGORE – Barbara A. Baker, human resource development.

LARUE – Ak Andrea LaCross, tech-industrial management.

LINDALE – Betty J. George and Leo A. Macevicius, human resource development; and Cameron Craig Strother, tech-industrial management.

LONGVIEW – Timothy Luke Fogarty and Christopher Eric Lock, tech-industrial management.

PITTSBURG – Shelia Jo Starrett Jones, human resource development.

PLANO – Steven Kelly Babb DeWees, human resource development.

ROUND ROCK – Samuel David Jolly, human resource development; and Jason M. Slagle, tech-industrial management.

TYLER – Clinton Daniel Redfern and Janice Marie Trapp, human resource development.

WHITEHOUSE – Susan J. Adams, human resource development.

VIRGINIA – Jeffrey J. Parks, human resource development.             

Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences

ARP – Anita Green McKenzie.

ATHENS – Lance N. Decker.

ELM MOTT – Kerri Annette Niemeyer.

GUN BARREL CITY – Richard Kent Wendel.

LONGVIEW – Jackie Kelley.

MEXIA – Elizabeth Ann Shabazz.

RUSK – Angela Hunt Hardy.

TYLER – Kerri Annette Niemeyer and Randall D. Papa.

 

Bachelor of Business Administration

ARGYLE – Robert J. Collier, finance.

ATHENS – Tye Kristofer Bankhead, marketing; Meagan Ann Pagitt, management; and Christopher Todd Folmar and Clay Cecil Parks, finance. 

AUSTIN – Kerrie Anne Ambort, management. 

BEAUMONT – Lamesha Michelle Barnes, management.

BULLARD – Brian Maurice Jennings, management; and Dustin James Worthen, finance. 

CARTHAGE – Sheena Walker, marketing.

CANTON – Kelli Nelson Clower, management.

COPPELL – James Anderson Roberts, management.

CORPUS CHRISTI – Elizabeth L. Boeye, accounting.

EMORY – Marcus Doyal Potts, marketing.

FLINT – Cory W. Fourniquet and Edwin Russell Miles, management; Jimmy D. Thorne, accounting; and Hayle N. Hudson and Jana D. Kindle, marketing.

FORTH WORTH – Kyle Cloud, management.

GATESVILLE – Rachel Maurine Shoemaker, management.

GILMER – Samantha Leigh Holman, management.

GLADEWATER – Jennifer Lane Rutland management; and Emily Sue Zentz, accounting.

GRAND SALINE – LeAnn M. Holt, management; Jennifer Laine Davis-Foley and Michael Daniel Foley, marketing.

HALLSVILLE – Amanda Dee Adair and Kody A. Smith, management; and Daniel Scott Combs, marketing.

HAWKINS – Ryan Andrew Stradley and Albert Moon, finance.

HENDERSON – Paige Elizabeth Ballow, accounting; and Steven T. Price, finance. 

HIDEAWAY – John M. Berry, management.

HOUSTON – Cedric James, marketing; Chase R. Floyd and John William Evans, finance; and Rusty Kuciemba, management.

HUMBLE – Shannon Marie Sutton, management.

JACKSONVILLE – Jenny Lynn Melchor, marketing; and Ashley L. Watkins, accounting.

JASPER – Hiral Rajendra Bhana, finance.

LINDALE – Timothy Robert Seifert, finance; Cody Justin Bray and Joshua A. Hopper, marketing; and Timothy Paul Butler, management.

LONGVIEW – Tina M. Whittington, accounting; James Alvin Bettis, Coby Cunningham, John Bennett Ross,  Kiana S. Willis and Jason Bruner, management; Brett Michael Carre, marketing; and Jeffrey Wayne Anderson, finance.

LUFKIN – Teppa Parker, accounting.

KATY – Christopher Joseph Cook, finance.

KELLER – Blair N. Ethridge, marketing.

KILGORE – Britney Paige Kirk and Kenya Nicole Francis, accounting; and Hailey Danielle Barkhimer, Mark W. Foxworth, Jessica Lanae Matlock and Frank Guy Camp, finance.

MALAKOFF – Joel Weldon Tanner, management; and Trent Wilson, accounting.

MANSFIELD – Michael H. Miles, marketing.

MARSHALL – Lindsay Huff, accounting.

MOUNT PLEASANT – Margarita Ortega, management; and Michael Marvin Walker, accounting.

MOUNT VERNON – Courtney Sue Seelbach, accounting.

PALESTINE – Chandni Patel, Tiffany Dawn Grissaffi Ray, Shaun Jeremy Wages and Joshua Nichols, management; and Jennifer L. Godfrey, accounting. 

PEARLAND – Robert A. Flores, finance.

PITTSBURG – Jarrod Samuel Bockmon, management.

POINT VENTURE – Charles Ames Guidry, finance.

RUSK – Anthony Blake Duran and Rebecca Loden Sosby, management.

SCROGGINS – Brandon Davis Hallonquist, management.

SULPHUR SPRINGS – Brian A. Nix, finance.

TOMBALL – Meredith Houston, accounting; and Jordan Keith Lewis, marketing.

TROUP – Joseph Adam Thomas, management.

TYLER – Scott Allen Brown, John Michael Brown, Sarah Elizabeth Dieter, Elliot James Duhe, Joseph Anthony Matschulat, Michelle L. McCormack, James Christopher Parson, Marc Allen Price, Erin Rash, Joseph Alan Slagle, Alicia D. Spikes, Aaron P. Stevens, Matthew A. Trevino, Stacey Michelle Wiggins and Casey Lane Walker, management; Christopher Joseph Byrne, Kristi Kent, Arthur Blake Robertson, R. Jered Ruyle, Justin Wadsworth,  Blake Steven Waldrum and Marcus Conner, finance; Zane A. Jekot, Gabriel Canal, Amber D. Charlton, Mark Franklin Cole, Jeffrey Dean Cotton, Aaron Glover, Carl O. Griffin, Chelsea Elise Holder, Matthew Ross Hutto, Meridith Christine McCaslin, Savannah Brooke Oliver, Joseph Deane Wolfers and Rubin James Beckner, marketing; and Caleb B. Bulls, Jeral Lynn Brumble, Laura Clontz, Meredith Leigh Dosser, Daniel DeMoss, Bilal Javed, Erin Elizabeth Melton, Juan Antonio Ortiz, Lilyana Ivanova Radeva, Ryan Kaleb Reeve, Crista Strong, Eric Mitchell Walker and Chrispin Chifwepa, accounting. 

VAN – Josue D. Loredo, management.

VILLAGE MILLS – Brandon Ellis, management.

WILLS POINT – Jordan Scott Teel, management.

WHITE OAK – Klinton A. Blankenship, marketing.

WHITEHOUSE – Clayton Thomas Bohan, finance; Melissa C. Wilcox, accounting; and Sarah Kay Crymes, management. 

WHITESBORO – Amber E. Grounds, marketing.

CALIFORNIA – Richard Lewis McCullough, management.

FLORIDA – Brigitte C. Farrell, finance.

MISSISSIPPI – Jonathan C. Thibodaux, marketing.

NEW JERSEY – Meredith Ann Bunata, marketing.

NORTH CAROLINA – Leslie James, finance.

VIRGINIA – Heather Renee Erickson, marketing.

Bachelor of Science

ALTO – Brian M. Hicks, industrial technology.

ATHENS – Ross C. Andress, industrial technology.

BECKVILLE – Landon Holland, industrial technology.

BEN WHEELER – Harrison S. Hrobar, industrial technology.

CANTON – Nathan Bailey, industrial safety.

DIANA – Theodore Joseph Houck, industrial safety.

ENNIS – Edward Scott Bacak, industrial technology.

GILMER – Cameron Scott Pickitt, industrial safety.

GLADEWATER – Corey Michael Ellis, construction management; and Jocelyn Roush, human resource development.

GRAND SALINE – Jennifer Suzann Lees, human resource development.

HALLSVILLE – Christopher Aaron Scott, industrial safety.

HENDERSON – Richard B. Foster, construction management.

JACKSONVILLE – Patrick Allen Redford, human resource development.

LONGVIEW – Levetria R. Jackson, human resource development; Brian A. Jones, Jason Lee Ousley and John Aubrey Delaune, industrial safety; and Michael Chad Ezell, industrial technology.

MARSHALL – Dusty Duncan, industrial safety.

MURCHISON – Joe Mark Lewis, industrial safety.

NECHES – John Justin Cook, human resource development.

PALESTINE – Craig Anthony Parkes, human resource development.

PLANO – Mark Dillon Harp, industrial technology.

PRICE – Timothy Chance Waggoner, industrial safety.

QUITMAN – Brandon Ross Roberts, industrial technology.

SAN ANTONIO – John A. Garza, industrial technology.

TROUP – Clinton Odom, industrial technology.

TYLER – Marissa Brooke Mason, human resource development; Timothy Michael Ballard, James Karl Slaughter and Thomas Mark Browning, construction management; Justin Jernigan Hampton, and Christopher Paul McNamara, industrial safety; and Aric James Fettig, Felix Valle and Ruben Olivares, industrial technology. 

VAN – Rebecca Sue Davis, human resource development.

WACO – Diane Lozano, human resource development.

WHITEHOUSE – Jordan Daniel Lewis and Jordan Scott Cooper, human resource development; and Benjamin C. Dieter, Jordan Taylor Vulgamott and Thomas Tecumseh Moss, industrial technology.

WINONA – Steven Terry Scott, industrial safety.

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY (152 candidates)

Master of Science – Interdisciplinary Studies

TYLER – Jordan Jay, psychology.

Master of Arts

BEEVILLE – Connie Mixson, school counseling.

BULLARD – Teresa Lynn Hibbler, school counseling.

DALLAS – William Pace, counseling psychology.

HARLETON – Rachel Oney, school counseling.

LINDALE – Rebecca J. Reynolds, counseling psychology-marriage and family.

TYLER – Courtney Stevenson, marriage and family; Jane Dorothy Simmons, counseling psychology-marriage and family.

Master of Education

BEN WHEELER – Lisa Annette Page, special education.

CARTHAGE – Diane Marshall Phillips, special education.

CHANDLER – Sonya Burnett, special education.

MARSHALL – Karan Richelle Horn, reading.

OVERTON – Margarita Duran, curriculum and instruction.

TYLER – Alva Jean Alford, special education; and Charity Patricola, curriculum and instruction. 
                                                   

Master of Science

COPPELL – Timothy Reed Stacey, psychology-neuropsychology.

GALVESTON – Patricia Mai Michlik, psychology-school psychology.

LONGVIEW – Amy Plumlee Mann and Holly Elise Nicholson, psychology-school psychology.

TYLER – Donna Lee Faulkner, clinical psychology; and C. Tyler Montgomery, psychology-clinical psychology.
 

Bachelor of Arts

ATHENS – Nathan Wesley Guillory and Jessica Susan Pierson, psychology.

BULLARD – Amanda Nicole White, psychology.

CANTON – Molly Laine Lewis, psychology.

FORT WORTH – Jessica Beene, psychology.

FRANKSTON – Lynsie Houston, psychology.

HENDERSON – Chantel Nicole Prior, psychology.

JEFFERSON – Rebecca JoAnn Campbell, psychology.

KELLER – Janine Michele Greeley, psychology.

LANEVILLE – Lindsey Lorraine Walker, psychology.

LONGVIEW – Brittany Bond Buchanan and LaTresha Dancy Stanley, psychology. 

LUFKIN – Olegario Madera, psychology.

MARSHALL – Stephen C. Hostetler, psychology.

MOUNT PLEASANT – Kenneth C. Lange, psychology.

PALESTINE – Terran Denita Jacobs and Dustin Blake Willmott, psychology.

PLANO – Kristin Ilissa Smith, psychology.

TYLER – Tiffany L. Carpenter, Jessica M. De Leon, Michelle Elizabeth Diamond, Stacie Cain Inks, Jaime Ann Hays, Jennifer Kathleen Lacefield, Mollie-Blair Johnson, Kelsey Mann, Caleb Krause, Carrie Anne Miller, Maleta Marie Ridpath, Kendrea Marshette Shaw, Amber Michelle Worthen and Queen Kumfa, psychology.

 

Bachelor of Science

BULLARD – Brandy Danielle Rigdon, psychology.

CORSICANA – Linley Ann Copsey, psychology.

FLINT – Casey Shea Paulk and Jessica Anne Loggins, psychology.

KAUFMAN – Kasey Lynn Demars, psychology.

LONGVIEW – Maria Dolores Valencia, psychology.

MANOR – Nedral M. James, psychology.

PALESTINE – Clifford Warren, psychology.

TYLER – Sonya Gomez, Brittany Brown and James Tyler Lynn, psychology.

Bachelor of Science – Interdisciplinary Studies

ATHENS – Lauren K. Rogers.

BEN WHEELER – Angelique Arent.

BULLARD – Nicole Elizabeth Meewes.

CHANDLER – Denise Dean Davis, Sonia Margarita Mejia and Dawn Elizabeth Golden.

CONROE – Mallory Anne Medved.

FRIENDSWOOD – Steffani Michelle Hildebrandt.

GILMER – Maria A. Ibarra.

GLADEWATER – Kay Lynn Kutch and Kristi Michelle Murray.

HENDERSON – Rachel Lynn Baxley, Jennifer Dawn Gholson and Staci L. Curry.

HOLLY LAKE RANCH – Elysha Marie Tijerina.

JACKSONVILLE – Tammy Lynn Johnson, Sarah Lynn Traylor and Erica Aaron Smith.

KINGWOOD – Jennifer Weeks Chapman.

LINDALE – Jodi Elizabeth Lilly, Janna Beth Innerarity, Kendra LaVelle Love and Julie Anne Elwood.

LONGVIEW – Barbara Jo Barton, Rolanda L. Hawley, Natalie Joy James, Audra J. Jones, Tammy Lynn McWilliams, Jeannine Pfeffer and Jamie DeAnn Dunn.

MABANK – Teri Louise Rohm.

MESQUITE – Kameron Brittney Clem and Kara Kozlovsky.

MINEOLA – Sandi Marie Whitten.

MURCHISON – Christina Marlene Bennett.

NEW BOSTON – Jessica Vaughn Higgs.

PALESTINE – Danielle Bernardo, Nicole Rosen, Ashley Brooke Wells and Januel Quiandra Cora Plumber.

ROBINSON – Kristen Elizabeth Blanchard.

ROCKWALL – Rebecca Lynne Hamrick.

SAN ANTONIO – Erika Janett Chapa.

SCROGGINS – Tiffany Hallonquist.

TYLER – Amber Denise Brown, Barbara BethAnne Lambright, Julie Christine McLean, Kortney D’Ann Alberty, William Allen, Hannah C. Bridges, Cynthia Ann Carrig, Christina Elise Cato, Cassie Beth Clover, Ashley Marie Coleman, Laura K. Colley, Morgan Nicole Davis, Cassye L. Erwin, Ronald Eric Greer, Jessica Shea Hall, Laura Nicole Hartley, Christina Arlene Hill, Stephanie M. Jones, Jolain Alysha LaMott, Leia Christine Machell, Jami McCoy, Molly Michelle Oden, Audrey Virginia Parsons, Shirley Petkovich, Emily Suzanne Raines, Alejandra Lizzeth Requena, Cheroka Anne Roberts, Ricky Rocha, Victoria Saenz, Bitia Saravia, Anna Christine Sherman, Megan Michelle Stanley, Christi L. Taylor, Joseph W. Vann, Rosa S. Villela, Lindsey Rae West, Nancy Wright and Karime Hernandez.

VAN – Megan Russell.

WHITE OAK – Lauren Michelle Stephens.

WHITEHOUSE – Christina Frances Casey, Keisha A. Whistler and Courtney E. Manus.

WILLS POINT – Kayla Cherie Yancey.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (34 candidates)

Master of Engineering

WHITEHOUSE – Daniel Joseph Mitchell.

INDIA – Shilpa Pidishetty.

Master of Science

TYLER – Venkata Sarat Aluri, Venkata Chilakamarthi, Venkatakiran K. Marri, Shalini Nadimpalli, Deepthi Ravilla, Bobby Charles Thomas, Anisha Vemulapalli and Lakshmi Teja Attaluri, computer science; Justin G. Smith, civil engineering; and Srividya Koganti and Sandeep Narkimelli, electrical engineering. 

INDIA – Raghavendra Kumar Nakka and Vasudeva Prasad Puttagunta, electrical engineering.

TANZANIA – Hamisi H. Ndwata, electrical engineering.
 

Bachelor of Science

BROWNSBORO – Christopher Shawn Taylor, computer science.

FLINT – Christopher Fair and Adam V. Newman, computer science.

LONGVIEW – Amber R. Stanley, computer science.

LUFKIN – Ashwin Premkumar, computer information systems.

PALESTINE – Clayton Ben Barnett, computer information systems.

TYLER – Jessica Thao Mai Bachelor and Carter Lee Bailey, computer information systems; and Anthony S. Barnes, Taj Charod McFarland and John Zachary Hughes, computer science.
                                               
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

TYLER – Mohammad Amer Ayub, Corey T. Freeman and Ibn Romaric Meyo Mendoutoume.

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

KEMPNER – Michael Engrav.

TYLER – David Nathan Fleming, Frederick Otto Meyer and Rachael L. Priestly.

COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES (181 candidates)

Master of Education

BULLARD – Cody Ray Ellis, health and kinesiology.                              

EDWARDSVILLE – Jay F. Morton, health and kinesiology.

WITCHITA FALLS – Rosalyn Floyd Tindel, health and kinesiology.

LOUISIANA – Danielle D. Leonard, health and kinesiology.

CANADA – Kenneth David Crowder, health and kinesiology.

Master of Science

TYLER – Heather Jo Bailey, clinical exercise physiology.

OKLAHOMA – Tawna Jo Scott, clinical exercise physiology.                      

Master of Science in Nursing

ATHENS – Patricia Ellis.

COLLEGE STATION – Kathryn Willis Cochran.

ENCHANTED OAKS – Patricia Anne Vasquez.

FORNEY – Tracey Anne Hobbs.

FORT WORTH – Donna J. Romenesko and Johanna D. Rosser.

GILMER – Teri Lee Curington.

KILGORE – Colleen Erin Carter.

LANEVILLE – Sally Ann Thompson.

LAVON – Amy Nicole Hillin.

LONGVIEW – Shara Park Kipp.

TYLER – Donna Mineik Moore Walker.

WHEELER – Monica Renae Kidd.

WHITEHOUSE – Jean B. Gordon.

Bachelor of Arts

ARLINGTON – Stephanie Marice Sorich, health and kinesiology.

CARROLLTON – Lauren Walls, health and kinesiology.

DALLAS – Angela Michelle Shoffner, health and kinesiology.

DIANA – Daniel Ross Whitfield, health and kinesiology. 

FLINT – Denise Marie Walters, health kinesiology.

GARLAND – Bojan Kajtaz, health and kinesiology.

HALLSVILLE – Jennifer Lynn Garcia, health and kinesiology.

LINDALE – Ashley Peggy Davis and Stephen Brett Holland, health and kinesiology.

NACOGDOCHES – Anntionette Nicole Roquemore, health and kinesiology.

NAPLES – Chelsey Morgan Melvin Hannah, health and kinesiology.

TYLER – Shane Michael Huff, Corey Deshone Marshall, Haley Henrichson Campbell, Andrew Charles Pulley, Sara Nicole Espinosa and Roald H.W. Raymond, health and kinesiology.

WHITEHOUSE – Scott Thomas Henton, health and kinesiology.
                                          

Bachelor of Science

BONHAM – Eric T. Hicks, kinesiology.

HENDERSON – William S. Bennett, kinesiology.

HOUSTON – Jihan Jackson, health professions; and Courtney Marie Carrizales, kinesiology.

HURST – Amber Renee Drinkard, health professions.

JUNCTION – Maisie Gail Lively, kinesiology.

KILGORE – James Mathew Wright, kinesiology.

LONGVIEW – Rachel Leigh Stephens, kinesiology.

MESQUITE – Anthony W. Bowles, kinesiology.

MINEOLA – Cynthia Leigh Harris, health studies.

MONTALBA – Teresa McCulloch, kinesiology.

PARIS – Benjamin Anthony Donnan, kinesiology.

TYLER – Jessica Lynn Clark, Kristina H. Sivertson, Justin Clay Vance, Omar J. Steward and Emily Ann Clawson, kinesiology; Akua N. Smith Morrison and Marilou Bonita Ciscar Vidal, health professions; and Sereca Autumn Hicks, Ravene Leigh Rockwell and Ugochi Okorie, health studies.

WINONA – Sally Ann Daly, health studies.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

ALVARADO – Rhonda Drewry Larsen.

ARLINGTON – Hui-Chen Chu and Stephanie Marice Sorich.

ARP – Katie Rose Simmons.

ATHENS – Patricia Gail Ellis.

AUSTIN – Sam Richard Heath.

BROWNSBORO – Kelcey Denaye Hardy, Katie Jeanette Luker and Crystal Hatton.

BUFFALO – Lita I. Parker.

CAMPBELL – Aspen Nicole Ingle.

CARTHAGE – Emily Diane Dunn.

CAYUGA – Stephanie Anne Herod.

CENTERVILLE – Eustacy F. Cornett.

CORSICANA – Cayla M. DeMoss.

CROCKETT – Kristen Denae Slanina.

DALLAS – Johanna Paul, Shaniqua Nicole West and Elena Saldivar.

DENISON – Nichole Marie Ceci.

DUNCANVILLE – Janna K. Cole.

EDGEWOOD – Lucinda Lee Howell.

ELKHART – Sara Beth Franklin.

ENCHANTED OAKS – Patricia Anne Vasquez.

FAIRFIELD – James Michael Grissett.

FLINT – Lindsey Morgan Newton.

FORNEY – Trace Lee Campbell.

FORT WORTH – Annette Lam.

GARLAND – Shelby Lynn Frink.

GILMER – Lori Weatherby, Kathryn Renee Sheehan and Rusty Bledsoe.

GLADEWATER – William W. Clarke.

GRAPELAND – Laura Katherine Flaniken.

HAWKINS – Margaret Rosson.

HENDERSON – Cody Wayne Cure, Rachel Sarai Fulton and Meagan Leigh Dowden.

HIDEAWAY – James J. Anderson.

IRVING – Tamecia Marie Koggu.

JACKSONVILLE – Amanda Kay Glover and Jeana Kay Gonzalez.

JEWETT – Carly A. Hickman.

JOSHUA – Tara Shey Collier.

KATY – Vanessa Noemi Alfaro.

KERENS – Alisha Kay Camehl.

KILGORE – Molly Lopez LeMaire and Jennifer A. Mitis.

LONGVIEW – Marianne Barnes, Michael D. Clark, Anne M. Brown, Ladonna M. Hill, Bipin K C, Michelle Renee Lane,  Rita J. Loud, Debra K. McNamara, Michelle Nicholson, Michael D. Orman, Camila Paris, Spencer Patterson, Kimberly Carol Pegues-Reese, Maria Cristela Ramirez, Tori Channing Vaughan and Ivy Beth Brautigam.    

MABANK – Jennifer Michele Compton.

MARSHALL – Alethea Dawn Vazquez.

MIDLAND – Courtney Awalt.

MISSOURI CITY – Nneka N. Nzeadibe.

MOUNT PLEASANT – Carrie L. Rhea.

NACOGDOCHES – Ashley Yvonne Wilson.

PALESTINE – Maria Celia Arzola, Janice Elaine Saunders, Ashley Lyn Walding, Staci Lynette Ward and Susan Renae Fritts.

PINEHURST – Anna Lauren Phillips.

RED OAK – Guzel A. Wardell.

RICHARDSON – Toby R. Bowyer.

RUSK – Kinsey Claire Gresham and Desiree J. Lindsey.

SAN ANTONIO – Edward E. Chavez.

SPRING – Connie Leanne Latham and Jennifer Lynne Longoria.

SUMMER – Marilyn Martel Kennemer.

TATUM – Nicholas Charles Jameson and Tasha M. Tovar.

TEAGUE – Margaret Nicole Hagen.

TERRELL – Sarah Kathryn Leamer.

TEXAS CITY – Heather Martin.

TROUP – Jhonne Sydney Daniel.

TYLER – Pamela Nicole Carter, Phalassa Fuller McArthur, Mitchell Barrett, Mallory Gilligan, Sonja Renee’ Hampshire, Sarah Kaye Henson, Steven Scott Higginbotham, Rebecca Leigh Johnson, Philippe J. Kelly, Cassie Diann Lawson, Summer Shalane Messimer, Tiffiney Denise Meza, Jeffrey Alan Miller, Allyson J. Robertson, Ana Alicia Rodriguez,  Clayton N. Smith, Gena Spencer Ragland, Chika Ugoala, Jessica Lauren Woolverton, Brittney Zimmerman and Candice Dawn Rushing.

WHITEHOUSE – Carole Beckman Bishop, Rachael Caitlin Gumber and Jena Renay Davis.

WILLIS – Alicia Leigh Moore.

WINNSBORO – Kristen Michelle Moseley.

WINONA – Abram Ambriz.

LOUISIANA – Carolyn Olympia Zeigler.

NIGERIA – Oliaku Idigo.