Lipscomb graduates 200+ in December graduation ceremony
Kim Chaudoin |
This ceremony marked the first time Lipscomb awarded the masters of arts in special education and bachelor of business administration. Lipscomb’s December 2007 fall graduating class included:
Graduate Degrees in Bible: William Otoo Ayisi, William Tony Brewer, Jeffrey Bryan King, Thomas Richmond McPherson III, and Douglas Keith Williams.
Graduate Degrees in Business: James Tyler Atkinson, James Colburn Bowles, Mohammad Asif Chaudhry, Crystal Coggins, Tyrone Deso Laws Jr., Paul Jacob Loyd, Willoughby Engel Loyd, Laura Lynn Norwood, JoAnn Grace Núñez , Jenna Claire Panatier, Jonathan Scott Patterson, Michael Lloyd Reeves Jr., Vivian Yolonda Taylor, Craig Andrew Warner, and Paul Jackson Warren.
Graduate Degrees in Education: Jennifer Lynne Beckett. Dana Leann Brimm, Jan Smithson Carlton, Denise Marie Conti, Lesley Kate Cromer, Sherry Kay Culbertson, Barry Wayne Daniel, Timothy Howard Doty, Lauren Gale Dougherty, Elizabeth Teresa Dykes, Jonathan David Eppley, Stefanie Blake Gatlin, Emily Taylor Greer, Candice Rigsby Halko, Margaret Horton Hollis, Patricia Nims Johs, Eric Jason Jones, Andrew Arthur Ling, Mary Roberson Locker, James Russell Long, Shannon Blake Long, Susan Annette McCollum, John Ian McNiel, Dennis Gawain Nickle, Panita Nopanakepong, Matthew Stephen Owensby, Meredith Stacey Qualls, Candace Ruth Robinson, Jerri Lynn Rule, Jesse Herschell Savage, Scott William Schweikhard, Sarah B. Shuster, Dustin Lee Summers, David L. Swanson, Regina Renee Symonette, Nicole Denise Valentine, Joan Wiser Van Hooser, Kenneth Joseph Wagner, Shree D. Walker, Ronda Amarin Walls, Monica Lee Whitaker, and Cynthia C. Wiggins.
Bachelor of Arts: Hannahlee Frances Allers, Julia Carroll Beckley, magna cum laude; William Joseph Bell, magna cum laude; Daniel Berry; Rebecca Elizabeth Bilbo; Daniel Lee Burnell; Amber Lauren Carter, magna cum laude; Mary Elizabeth Cassell, summa cum laude; Alyson Clare Cruze, magna cum laude; Rachel Elizabeth Donegan, cum laude; Lucas Alan Flener; Megan Brice Gilroy; Elizabeth Allen Gott; Emily Eileen Gray; William Tracy Harris; Briana Gail Himelrick, summa cum laude; Rachel Emily Hoover; Catherine Hall Johnson; Jordan King; Shelby W. Kohring, cum laude; John Edgar Lockman III; Alexander James Mincy; Matthew Bradford Oliver; Megan Lee Pacella; Terran Britni Pennington; Timothy Craig Robinson II, magna cum laude; Kirsten Ciara Roth, magna cum laude; Marie Rudisill, cum laude; Jessica Elaine Samuel, summa cum laude; Brian Long Schroeder; Laura Catherine Shreve; Rachel Annette Sisco, cum laude; Adam Wade Smith; Stacey Michelle Smith, magna cum laude; Kathryn Elizabeth Stevens, cum laude; James Adam Stunkle; Adam Stephen Temple; Melissa Lane Toungette; Rebecca Deane Trim; Lynsi Jordan Tucker, magna cum laude; Lauren Elizabeth Van Atta, cum laude; Kristen Lynn Wade; John Edward Williams; and Sharon Elizabeth Williams, magna cum laude.
Bachelor of Business Administration: Arthur Todd Batchelor, cum laude; Donna Carol Johnson; and Jeffrey Lathrop Ottman.
Bachelor of Music in Music Education: Megan Lee Sisk.
Bachelor of Science: Elizabeth Charles English Adams, Tracy Anne Adams, Tiffany Denise Arnold , Laura Louise Babcock, cum laude; John Thomas Bates; Danielle Alexandria Barnett; Katy A. Biggs; Morgan Raye Bolton; Chelsea Rebecca Boyer; Kristopher Steven Bybee, cum laude; Daniel Lee Byrdsong; Tim Joseph Callaway; Ryan S. Carter; Kyle Wesley Castleman, magna cum laude; Amanda Claire Chappell; Justin Matthew Fordyce Chunn; Sarah Catherine Clayton; Christopher Cohen; Will Patterson Cotton; Ashley Nicole Cox; Christopher George Crabb, summa cum laude; Courtney Autumn Cross, magna cum laude; Taney Elizabeth Cully; Neil Barrett Dalton; Taylor Barrett Davidson, magna cum laude; Tomicka Shavon Delgado; Tracy Glynn Derryberry, magna cum laude; Avani Jagdip Desai; Jennifer Lynn Devereaux; Robert Matthew Dillingham, cum laude; Brent Thomas Easley; Emily Anne Ellis, magna cum laude; Samuel James Ellison; Mark Anthony Estes; Korinn M. Flem; Andrew David Fleshman; Rebecca Miller Foster; Pedro Alonso Franco; Ryan Stanford Garrett;William Tucker Gentry; Rachel Lee Gerlach; Jason Wayne Gragg; Julia Elizabeth Woody Hagan, cum laude; Melody Kay Haile; Brandi Michelle Harrison; Austin Daniel Henderson; Joshua Randall Henderson; Vicki Bouchard Hill, cum laude; Heather Renea Huddleston;
Elizabeth Janette Hunter; Terra Rena Hutchinson; Amy Elizabeth Irish; Paula Irene Janan, cum laude; Andrew Benjamin Johnson; Lawrence Daniel Johnson; Michelle Lorune Jones; Ashley Anne Lavender; Corey Joe Lewis, cum laude; Autumn Dawn Littlejohn, cum laude; Katherine Elisabeth Loyd, magna cum laude; Baker Hardison Luck, cum laude; Michael Thomas Lyle Jr.; Shana Rhea Marlin; William Christopher McBride, cum laude; Olivia Nicole McGregor, cum laude; Robert Tyler McIntosh; Yvonne Darlene McMullen, cum laude; Candice Brianne McWherter; Jill Renee Michaelson, cum laude; Christopher Barry Murphy; Michael Robert Nowers; Charles Nolan Parker Jr.; George Weston Patridge; Ivan Aleksandrovich Poleshchuk, cum laude; Matthew Charles Preston, cum laude; Hunter Christopher Proffitt; Lyndsey E. Ray, magna cum laude; Mark Alexander Richardson; Christopher David Ruggiero; Matthew Wayne Russell; Robert Anton Santiago; Matthew James Schnelly; James Scott Scruggs; Michael David Sherman; Debra J. Simpkins; Samantha Rae Sullivan; Thomas Clay Swinson, cum laude (in absentia); Stefanie Patricia Thomas, cum laude; Mary Elizabeth Trabue, cum laude; Joshua Lee Trenary; Daniel A. Tsegaye; Ashley Lorraine Vaught, magna cum laude; James Heady Wakefield IV; Rachel Elizabeth Walker, cum laude; Jillian Suzanne White; Shanna Dawn Wiggs; Paige Nicole Wilson, magna cum laude; and Alisha Nicole Yordy.
Professor of Communication Paul Prill, who spoke on behalf of the faculty, encouraged graduates to make a difference in the world.
“We’ve tried to teach you what it means to live in the kingdom of God. We hope you will take the charge seriously and be subversive influences on the world,” he said.
Since January 2006, Lipscomb has added seven graduate programs to its roster, established the first College of Pharmacy in Middle Tennessee and created the only Institute for Conflict Management in the Mid-South. In fall 2007, Lipscomb debuted the Institute for Law, Justice and Society and the Institute for Sustainable Practice.
Students at Lipscomb University can earn a bachelor’s degree in 90 fields of study and several pre-professional programs. Lipscomb offers 22 fields of study at the master’s level, a doctoral degree in pharmacy as of fall 2008 and an adult learning program for those who wish to complete their undergraduate degrees in the evening.