Lamar to confer 340 degrees at summer commencement Aug. 18;
noted political science professor Davis to give keynote address
BEAUMONT – Lamar University is scheduled confer about 340 degrees during summer commencement Saturday, Aug. 18.
Lamar alumnus Darren Davis, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, will be the keynote speaker for ceremonies beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Montagne Center. Davis, a Beaumont native and West Brook High School graduate, is hailed as a prolific scholar in political behavior, public opinion, political psychology and racial politics.
Among the degrees to be awarded are 10 doctorates – in audiology, deaf studies/deaf education, educational leadership, chemical engineering and engineering. Graduates hail from eight countries, seven states outside Texas and 44 cities in Texas. Here are Lamar’s summer degree candidates and their majors, listed according to their hometowns.
Doctorates
BEAUMONT: Preeti Satender Yadav, chemical engineering; Melissa Michelle Ausbrooks, deaf studies/deaf education; Ramesh Putta, engineering.
BROWNSVILLE: Janet Lee Buck Weinert, audiology.
GROVES: Heather Nicole Lawson, audiology; Jennifer Elizabeth Moore, educational leadership.
LAKE CHARLES, La.: Evelyn Marie Avery Williams, audiology.
PORT ARTHUR: Crystal Dawn Wiggins, audiology.
TORREAN, Mexico: Hector Aurelio Moreno Casillas, engineering.
WOODBINE, Md.: Adonia Karren Smith, deaf studies/deaf education.
Master’s Degrees
AGRA, India: Manvinder Singh, master of engineering.
ANAKAPALLE, India: Vijaya Kumar Gadam, Haribabu Varanasi, computer science.
ANDHRA PRADESH, India: Anita Anala, Ravi Gorlagunta, Usha Rani Neeli, Kiran Venkata Mula Swamy Punyamanthula, master of engineering.
ANNISTON, Ala.: Apryl Aycock McCurdy, deaf studies/deaf education.
BANGALORE, India: Vinay Maluh, computer science.
BARODA, India: Riteshkumar Kishorkant Parikh, master of engineering.
BAYTOWN: Nicketta Shoniell Brown, counseling and development; Alicia Jenette Dolezal, speech-language pathology; Harold Kelly Martin III, theater.
BEAUMONT: Mustafa Abdul-Jabbar, Stephanie Ann Hendrick Ling, Rebecca Mayhugh Rae Navarre, Eddie Joseph Nixon, Phyllis Dianne Smith Timberlake, administration; Pratap Chandrasekaran, Jim Halsey Malain, Carl Matherne, Clayton Alan Pelloat, business administration; Nilam Chand, Kalpeshkumar Chhanubhai Patel, computer science; Maryam Lee Abdul-Jabbar, Glenda Trevino Baltutis, Amelia Charlice Sonn, counseling and development; Prazeeta Shrestha Shakya, environmental engineering; Bharat Acharya, Venkata Subbaiah Badam, Sanjay Singh Basnet, Tejaskumar Brahmkshatriya, Te-huy Chu-lin, Balaji Devarajulu, Amit Goswami, Ronak Goswami, Deepak Kamidi, Sivasanthosh Reddy Komirelly, Satish Kumar Padala, Ankit Patel, Pratap Ponna, Nikunj Ranpariya, Nareshkumar Rangrao Samnerkar, Neer Shrestha, Nisha Shrestha, Warpinder Singh, Raju Subedi, Kartheek Thalakanti, Meenakshi Satender Yadav, master of engineering; Naga Chainulu Aryasomayajula, Sachin Bajracharya, Praveen KC, Prathyusha Kaniganti, Prabin Manandhar, Lakshmi Deepika Rudraraju, Bidhya Laxmi Shrestha, master of engineering science; Bradd Reese Henry, secondary education; Amanda Kaye English, Kara Annette Guillory, Melissa Dawn Newberry, speech-language pathology.
BRIDGE CITY: Christopher Tyler Briggs, kinesiology.
GROVES: Nicole Marie Dengler Martin, business administration; Timothy Knight, history; Amanda Leigh Bonura, Sarah Denise Phillips, speech-language pathology.
GUJARAT, India: Mehulkumar Naginbhai Chaudhari, computer science; Maulikkumar Rameshchandra Pandya, master of engineering; Chirag Gopalbhai Soni, master of engineering science.
HOUSTON: Thomas John Banzer, Guadalupe Hoffman, deaf studies/deaf education; Uchenna Kristi Udobi, speech-language pathology.
HYDERABAD, India: Manohar Miryala, Sirisha Palsam, chemistry; Pavan Kumar Janardhan Kanchanapalli Rohini Nagendra, Aditya Khare, Srikanth Chowdary Koneru, Swetha Reddy Nalakonda, master of engineering.
ISMIR, Turkey: Musa Turan, master of engineering science.
JASPER: Kimberly Johnson Washington, administration.
JHAPA, Nepal: Kedar Prasad Giri, master of engineering.
KAKINADA, India: Venkata Satya Kiran Varma Penmatsa, computer science.
KARIMNAGAR, India: Radha Krishna Chippa, computer science.
KATHMANDU, Nepal: Manoj Karki, Govind Upadhyay, master of engineering.
LAKE CHARLES, La.: Malak Chabkoun, public administration.
LALITPUR, Nepal: Tara Bahadur Gaha, master of engineering.
LUCKNOW, India: Bindiya Mansharamani, computer science.
LUMBERTON: Steven Michael Cox, administration.
McALLEN: Roxann Ray Barrera Coffman, deaf studies/deaf education.
MERRYVILLE, La.: Adam Wesley Powers, administration.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico: Christian Rodrigo Mimenza Olivier, business administration.
MIAMI, Okla.: Jason Lee Harrison, business administration.
MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.: Yavuz Alper Ergul, master of engineering.
MUMBAI, India: Chintan Ashok Ghelani, Salil Ratnakar Patil, business administration; Anuja Anil Juvekar, computer science; Wiraj Winod Karve, master of engineering.
MURRAYVILLE, Ill.: Bethany Alane VanBebber Peterson, deaf studies/deaf education.
NEDERLAND: Christina Lynn Root Mecom, Brad Leonard Van Marion, business administration; Jolene Angela Elkins Williams, counseling and development.
ORANGE: Rachel Christine Kemble-Taylor, administration; Barbara Diane Bertrand Silver, counseling and development.
ORANGEFIELD: Britanie Nicole Harrington, Meghan Leslie Goss Richey, speech-language pathology.
PALONCHA, India: Srinivasu Vatti, chemistry.
PORT ARTHUR: Kelly Hart Tibbetts, English; Ashley Jo Burton, theatre.
PORT NECHES: Michelle Satchfield, family and consumer sciences; Emma Kay Tibbetts Cramer, nursing education; Heather Ann Knighton, speech-language pathology.
PUNJAB, India: Aakarshan Singh Mander, master of engineering.
SAN DIEGO, Calif.: Sachin Shriram Patil, computer science.
SILSBEE: Devin Jones, master of engineering science.
SIRAHA, Nepal: Binod Kumar Yadav, master of engineering.
SOUR LAKE: Marthella Kay Zellers Meyers, elementary education.
STOWELL: Joshua Aaron Little, business administration.
TROY, Ala.: Tyler Marie Banks Porche', deaf studies/deaf education.
TULSA, Okla: Mary Ellen Satterlee, deaf studies/deaf education.
VIDOR: Randall Harrison Ruddick III, biology; Michael Rutledge Morgan, master of engineering science.
VISAKHAPATNAM, India: Santosh Kumar Donka, computer science; Phanindra Nagumantri, master of engineering; Paradesh Kumar Venkata Surya Rapet, master of engineering science.
WARWICK, R.I.: Rajani Etta, computer science.
WINNIE: Lois LeBlanc Berwick, Beverly Jean Polane Hill, special education.
Bachelor’s Degrees
ANAHUAC: Laura Louise Hall, applied arts and sciences.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.: Toby Alan Welch, health.
BASTROP: Steven Reid Whitfield, exercise science and fitness management.
BAYTOWN: Richard Joseph Radomski, exercise science and fitness management; Christopher Allen Clement, Timothy Ray Williams, general studies.
BEAUMONT: David Wayne Cole, Weena Pinagpala Fernandez, accounting; Adrienne Arceneaux, Julianna Guidry Clark, Dawn Clary, Tasha Monique Jones, Paula Denise Whittington Malone, David Michael Thompson, Timothy Wayne Vines, applied arts and sciences; Wil-Johneen Vernice Ardoin, civil engineering; Tamraka ReKay McGriff, Adranna Nicole Wells, Joshua Byron Yawn, communication; Kathy Hanna Boles, communication disorders; Andrea Marie Bost, criminal justice and social work (two degrees); Deandria Dante’ Charles, Daniel Todd Jackson, criminal justice; Angelique Michelle Forgas, earth sciences; Luke Anthony Garlock, English; Kristin Nicole Adams, Khristina Stelly, family and consumer sciences;
Jennifer Rebecca Way, finance; Ja’Quay Gaylyn Collins, French; Brandi Elaine Butaud, Jacob Allen Hunt, Kendrick Smith, Derek Van Wilson, general business; Dana Elizabeth Daniel, Bridget Elizabeth Golden, Barbara Baker Vickers, Ron Zachary, general studies; Christina Renee Roberts, health; Lauren Elzine Estes, Gregg Anthony Thompson, Tiffany Michelle Wier, history; Mary Ann McCarty Byars, interdisciplinary studies; Jermaine Cooper, kinesiology; Mickey Bernard Montondon, management; Shanna Jeau McAnulty, Clinton Roy McNair II, Kelli Joye Miller Sellers, marketing; Emily Anne Mathis, music; Umar Altaf, political science; Camille Doyle, psychology; Alcide Demond Boutte, Kirsten Adonna Oneal, Lisa Chambers Sylvester, social work; Bridgette Annette Houston Allen, Rikisha Linette Perry, sociology.
BRIDGE CITY: Michael Lee Kraus, biochemistry; Matthew Thomas Morgan, industrial engineering; Jason Whisneant, industrial technology; Amanda Marie Gardovsky, interdisciplinary studies.
BUNA: Maggie Karensa Bridges, general studies.
CHARLESTOWN, St. Kitts: Mary Thompson, accounting and finance (two degrees).
DAYTON: Stephen Ashby, exercise science and fitness management; Lacy Renee Cooper, geology; Chelsea Rae Smesny, graphic design; Toni Ann Wadzeck, interdisciplinary studies; Richard Karl Wooten, mathematics and physics (two degrees); Michael Dan Billings, mechanical engineering.
DEVERS: Ila Ann Thomas, social work.
DEWEYVILLE: Gretta Lynn Dailey Brinson, general studies; Lacey Shayna Slone, interdisciplinary studies.
DOHA, Qatar: Fahad Abdulla Al-Mana, industrial engineering.
FRED: Rebecca Tarrant Jeffcoat, general studies.
FREEPORT: Matthew Blake Broussard, management.
GROVES: Kennie Allen Trahan, accounting; Lindsay Renee Brown Briggs, Danica Rose Orta Selkirk, family and consumer sciences; Logan James Delcambre, general business; William David Armitage, theater.
HAMSHIRE: Hollie Ionna Day, Carol Ann Chandler Hasselbalch, general studies.
HARDIN: Melissa Richards, social work.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam: Dung Duc Nguyen, chemical engineering.
HOUSTON: Candis Rena Braxton, Brandy Elizabeth Green, criminal justice; Wendy Gvahn Nelson, family and consumer sciences; Tiffany Shavonne Morales Foster, D'Angelo Miciah Walker, finance; Chrystal DeShunda Jackson, general business; Shaston Tyrell Marks, kinesiology; Zachary Allen Cyrus, Shawn Andrew Davis, marketing; Ronnie Turner Jr., psychology.
JASPER: Morgan Dane Leger, electrical engineering.
KINDER, La.: Cade Philip LaFargue, kinesiology.
KIRBYVILLE: LaRhonda Renee Forse Lowery, applied arts and sciences; Sherry Manke, general studies.
KOUNTZE: Donna Marie Gieger, kinesiology.
LaBELLE: Wade Joseph Merendino, general studies.
LAKE CHARLES, La.: Keyanah Sunseri Jones, applied arts and sciences.
LIBERTY: Alisa Kay Jones, general business; Ashley Elizabeth Harlan, human resource management.
LIVINGSTON: Timothy Scott Stinson, civil engineering.
LUFKIN: Clinton Coy Burges, exercise science and fitness management.
LUMBERTON: Lisa Frederick Domec, Ingrid Griffin, accounting; Ginger Havard Logan, Kelli Leigh Gentry Miller, Christopher Noble Weber, applied arts and sciences; Russell Furry Jr.,
communication; Cassidy Erin Campbell, English; Keith Roland Talbert, finance; Sherry Elizabeth Goodwin Brownlow, Joshua Ryan Mitchell, Ernest Harold Stanford, Candace Brooke Thomas, Ryan Wells Wilson, general studies; Billy Gallio, geology; Frank Mark Montebello Jr., management; Kristin Anne-Airey Hall, psychology; Brandy Nicole Lampkin Love, social work; Jacqueline Lindsey LeBoeuf, theater.
MOUNT BELVIEU: Sally Rae Skinner, general studies.
NEDERLAND: Randy James Brevell, Eddie Wayne Marcantel, applied arts and sciences; Heather Leigh Wilson, criminal justice; Tim Thompson, exercise science and fitness management; Adrianne Claire Furby, finance; Meagan Elizabeth Crain, Rikki Monroe Kemp, Katherine Elizabeth Nix, Dana Marie Owens, Alexandra Caitlin Todd, Katherine Elise Yosko, general studies; Carrie Elizabeth DuBose Anders, Sean Raymond Yoder, human resource management; Amy Marie Cacioppo, human resource management/accounting; Curtis Kingston, industrial technology; Brett Taylor Henckel, management; Jean-Paul Kibbe, political science; Kimberly Ann Credeur, Jeannie Rebecca Dupree, social work.
NOME: Amanda Lynn Spears, general business; Christopher Jeron McKeller, kinesiology.
ORANGE: Joshua Michael Gray, Catherine Irene Whitehead, applied arts and sciences; Dustin Brooke McCarey, chemistry; Stacey Shanda Bates, communication disorders; Matthew Alan Crumpler, English; Bethany Carol Westmoreland, environmental science; Derek Michael Smith, general studies; Christel Kay Brockman, interdisciplinary studies; Michael Lee Holmes, management; Kimberly Anne Mouton, psychology; William Marcus Wilkerson, social work; Kimberly Deann McGlothlin, theater.
ORANGEFIELD: Ryan Michael DuBose, biology.
PEARLAND: Christina Brooke Tarrer, interdisciplinary studies.
PFLUGERVILLE: Joshua Dickinson, history.
PORT ARTHUR: Glenda Faye Rose Alfred, Melissa Sims Fontenette, Shelley Jeanette Barbay George, Andetria Wynnette Barnes Jones, applied arts sciences; Traci Renee' Johnson, finance; Tamia Geter, Anthony Joseph McDaniel, Lakisha Elaine Phillips, general studies; Ashley Lynn Nunez, human resource management; Tony Nguyen, marketing; Rebecca Hilburn, psychology; Ashley Marie Buteaux, Chanetta Antoinette Smith Dickerson, social work.
PORT NECHES: Whitney Suzanne Reeves, applied arts and sciences; Clint Moore, electrical engineering; Brooke Lynn Murphy, family and consumer sciences; Darrell Dwayne Champagne, finance; Rick Jared Neely, general business; Michael John Owens, general studies; Ian Blair Bell, management.
ST. GABRIEL, La.: Alisa Marie William Jackson, social work.
SILSBEE: Joshua Aaron Stephens, exercise science and fitness management; Valerie Gretchen Errickson, family and consumer sciences; Stephanie Nicole Minton Battle, Shunetta Janane' Lewis, general studies.
SOUR LAKE: Amber Renee' Waldrop, Daniel Jeremiah Warrick, applied arts and sciences; Charla Faye Leger Adams, general studies.
STAFFORD: Adam Kent Nicholas, accounting.
TARKINGTON: Terri Ellen Wells Berry, history.
VIDOR: Gerald Wayne Block, applied arts and sciences; Shaun Michael Duke, biology; Erin Alyse Franks, criminal justice; Catina Faye Williams Reddoch, family and consumer sciences; Nathaniel Wade Geiger, general studies; Tonya Grace McNeely, Stephen Michael Michutka, interdisciplinary studies; Jonathan Clint Cox, management; Kelley Michele Foster, Vanessa Nicole Wilson, social work.
WIERGATE: Tameka Jenene Palmer, family and consumer sciences and psychology (two degrees).
WINNIE: Shelia Denise Bertrand, accounting; Garrett Kade McBride, applied arts and sciences; Ryan Bevel, exercise science and fitness management.
WOODVILLE: Paula Yvette Pickett, applied arts and sciences; Sophia Maria Vaughn, management.
Associate Degree
PARANAQUE CITY, Philippines: Maripi Mae Santillan Villegas, nursing.