Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks awarded 112 bachelor's degrees during the university's 175th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 16, in Mabee Gymnasium.
Curtis Millsap, a 2000 Ozarks graduate and owner and operator of Millsap Farm near Springfield, Mo., provided the keynote address to a crowd of more than 300 family and friends.
Those who were recognized, which included Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 graduates, included:
Claudia Margarita Agüero
Leon, Nicaragua
BS, Business Administration & Marketing
Summa Cum Laude
Jessica Lane Allums
Plain Dealing, LA
BGS
Zachary Justin Almaguer *
Dallas, TX
BS, Marketing
Yoselin Alpina Alvarez *
Managua, Nicaragua
BS, Economics & Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
José René Argüello
El Viejo, Chinandega, Nicaragua
BS, Marketing & Management
Cum Laude
Allan Rodrigo Arroyo Castro
San José, Costa Rica
BA, Radio/Television/Video & Marketing
Summa Cum Laude
Andria Hellena Elizabeth Askins *
Marsing, Idaho
BA, Music
Magna Cum Laude
Jorge Vinicio Ávila Prera
Guatemala City, Guatemala
BS, Political Science & Business Administration
Summa Cum Laude
Bryan Alan Bacci
Dallas, TX
BA, Sociology
Cum Laude
Samuel Thomas Ballard
Dallas, TX
BA, Radio/Television/Video
Daniela Bermúdez Gardea
Chihuahua, Mexico
BA, Strategic Communication & Marketing
Summa Cum Laude
Lauren Kathleen Black **
Arlington, TX
BA, Religion
Amanda Beth *
Ponca City, OK
BS, Physical Education
Magna Cum Laude
Kyle Weddle Bost * +
Poplar Bluff, MO
BGS
Emma Catherine Bottorff
Farmington, AR
BS, Business Administration
Magna Cum Laude
Devin Joe Braswell **
Hollister, MO
BS, Marketing
Jennifer Dawn Brown
Ozark, AR
BS, Early Childhood Education
Rachel Mary Butts
Maumelle, AR
BS, Biology
Magna Cum Laude
Tanya Rose Caldwell * +
Knoxville, AR
BGS
Jessica Ivonne Carbajal
Rogers, AR
BA, Art
Joel Chan
Penang, Malaysia
BS, Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Daniela Chavarría Tenorio
San José, Costa Rica
BS, Accounting, Marketing & Business Administration
Summa Cum Laude
Carmen Irene Chinchilla
La Ceiba, Honduras
BS, Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Jeremy L. Clark **
Houston, TX
BS, Accounting
Margaret Suzanne Clark
Springdale, AR
BS, Early Childhood Education
Candace Ona Cole
Forrest City, AR
BS, Political Science
Joey Lance Curtis
Berryville, AR
BS, Physical Education
Patricia Raquel Daboub Rodríguez
San Salvador, El Salvador
BS, Political Science & Marketing
Summa Cum Laude
Tony Daniels **
Fayetteville, AR
BS, Physical Education
María Virginia Dávila Avila
Panama City, Panama
BS, Accounting, Marketing, & Management/Administration
Magna Cum Laude
Nayr Emilia De León Peralta **
Chitré, Panama
BS, Management & Marketing
Summa Cum Laude
Lucus Wood DeBuhr
Clarksville, AR
BA, Strategic Communication
Dan Butler DeHart **
Rocklin, CA
BS, Political Science
Brandy M. Deming **
Clarksville, AR
BS, Business Technology Education
Magna Cum Laude
Gregory James Dillon * +
Little Rock, AR
BS, Marketing
Huy Nguyen Do
Hochiminh City, Vietnam
BS, Accounting & Business Administration
Summa Cum Laude
Jeffrey Allen Earnshaw
Dallas, TX
BA, Communications
Keith Charles Edwards +
Grapevine, TX
BS, Accounting
Magna Cum Laude
Johnmark Lloyd Eneks *
Mountainburg, AR
BS, Environmental Studies
Rushawn Nicole Engleton
Belize City, Belize
BS, Economics & Management/Administration
Magna Cum Laude
Kathy Reneé Erickson
Waldron, AR
BS, Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Thomas David Evans
Southlake, TX
BA, History
Sadie Renee Ferguson *
Hico, Texas
BA, Art
Olivia Marie Fisher
Mountain Home, AR
BS, Biology
Melanie Layne Fitts
Farmington, AR
BS, Biology
Courtney Nicole Ford **
Little Rock, AR
BA, Art
Cum Laude
Dana Lynn Frizzell *
Clarksville, AR
BS, Business Administration
Cum Laude
Erin Grace Fuller
Redfield, AR
BA, Theatre
Miriam Anne Gary
Little Rock, AR
BGS
Josué Daniel Gutierrez
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
BS, Biology
Cum Laude
Grace Anne Harnish
West Fork, AR
BA, Theatre
Cum Laude
Brittany Rose Hein
Grand Prairie, TX
BS, Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Ivanny Lorely Hernandez *
San Andres Corozal, Belize
BS, Accounting & Management/Administration
Magna Cum Laude
Paul M. Jarvis *
Fort Smith, AR
BS, Political Science
James Frederick Johnston *
Oklahoma City, OK
BS, Marketing
Wilson Bennett Jones
Sulphur Springs, TX
BS, Physical Education
Cum Laude
Habeeb I. Kareem *
Houston, TX
BS, Physical Education
Jessica Brianne Kasper
Elkins, AR
BA, Psychology of Human Behavior
Cum Laude
Todd Douglas Koch
San Antonio, TX
BA, Sociology & Strategic Communication
Stephen William Landrum
Mountain Home, AR
BA, Radio/Television/Video
Spencer Mark Layne
Greers Ferry, AR
BA, Radio/Television/Video
Jenny Lea Levin
Clarksville, AR
BS, Environmental Studies & Spanish
Cum Laude
Lendall Arnold Martin, Jr.
Wickes, AR
BGS
Jeremey Daniel McCain
Clarksville, AR
BS, Management/Administration
Janna Edwina McClain
Bryant, AR
BS, Early Childhood Education
Cum Laude
Bristle Lorena McIntare
Jasper, AR
BA, English
Summa Cum Laude
Trudy Elaine McNanna
Hot Springs, AR
BS, Business Education
Luis A. Medrano
Guatemala City, Guatemala
BS, Management & Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Lauren Middleton *
Dallas, TX
BS, Marketing
John Edward Miller *
Rockwall, TX
BS, Business Administration
Barbara Ann Mitchell
Yellville, AR
BA, Theatre
Joanna Stephania Macin Zajac de Moore *
Houston, TX
BA, Art
Magna Cum Laude
Michael Avery Moore *
Houston, TX
BA, Radio/Television/Video
Robert Aldridge Mummey *
Flower Mound, TX
BS, Physical Education
Sarah Ellen Murphy *
Magnolia, AR
BS, Marketing
Nur Nadia Musidin
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BS, Business Administration & Management
Kasie Leigh Osmond
Pierce City, Missouri
BA, Strategic Communication
Carrie Victoria Parsons
Dallas, TX
BS, Marketing
Kayla Daniela Pennebaker
Booneville, AR
BS, Early Childhood Education
Magna Cum Laude
Dustin Lynn Perry
Plano, TX
BS, Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Travis Clyde Perusich
Clarksville, AR
BA, Music & History
Magna Cum Laude
Jessica Rachelle Pianalto *
Springdale, AR
BS, Early Childhood Education
Brandon Dean Pierson +
Allen, TX
BS, Political Science
Rachelle Alana Prince *
Cane Hill, Arkansas
BA, English & Philosophy
Samantha J Puent
Bangor, WI
BA, Music
Cum Laude
Lea Hummel Rana
Duncanville, Texas
BS, Marketing
Gildamaria Rangel Carrera *
Guatemala City, Guatemala
BS, Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Isabel Rendon *
Houston, TX
BS, Marketing
Amy Priscilla Rogers +
Glen Rose, AR
BS, Biology
Eduardo Salinas
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
BS, Biology
Summa Cum Laude
Brian William Sarber
Allen, TX
BS, Accounting
Summa Cum Laude
Amy Matthews Scaccia
Clarksville, AR
BS, Early Childhood Education
Summa Cum Laude
Ashley Brooke Senter
Clarksville, AR
BA, Strategic Communication
Cum Laude
Cody Dean Shannon
Topeka, KS
BA, English
Heather Colleen Shoffit *
Cleburne, TX
BGS
Leah Nicole Short *
Port Neches, TX
BA, Theatre
Cum Laude
Opal Elisabeth Slaughter
Springdale, AR
BS, Biology & Business Administration
Travis Scott Smith
Kaufman, TX
BS, Management
Ruth A. Southwell * +
McKinney, TX
BS, Political Science
Quentin Hollis Starnes
Vandervoort, AR
BS, Biology
Magna Cum Laude
Danielle Cherí Stover
Waldron, AR
BA, Theatre
Natalie Louise Suarez Cardenal
San Salvador, El Salvador
BA, Art
Magna Cum Laude
Courtney Anne Taylor
Tulsa, OK
BGS
Victor Sebastian Teeling
Stockholm, Sweden
BS, Business Administration
Cum Laude
Charles Edward Tefertiller *
Tulsa, Oklahoma
BS, Management
Herbert Leon Thomas IV
Memphis, TN
BGS
Kayla Marie Vanderbilt **
Dover, AR
BA, English
Victoria Ann Vanderwoude *
Dallas, TX
BS, Marketing
Gladys Geraldina Vásquez Guillén
La Ceiba, Honduras
BS, Marketing & Management
Martha Eugennia Vásquez Aparicio
El Salvador
BS, Economics & Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Kelli Leigh Welsh *
Plano, TX
BS, Early Childhood Education
Kayla Sue Yother
Hot Springs, AR
BS, Accounting
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