CLARKSVILLE, Ark. ---University of the Ozarks conferred degrees on 95 graduates during its 166th commencement ceremonies, held Saturday morning on the campus mall.
The university awarded 72 bachelor’s of science, 16 bachelor’s of art and seven bachelor’s of general studies degrees during the event. Sixteen of the commencement participants graduated in December. Those who received degrees, including hometowns and majors, from U of O included: Edy Walter Alvarado Bonilla, Guatemala, BS, Management Mark Aziz Anis, Plano, Texas, BS, History Silvia Arias Campos, Costa Rica, BS, Marketing & Management, magna cum laude Richard Earl Armstrong, Pottsville, Arkansas, BA, Art & Marketing, magna cum laude Louis James Aszod, Clarksville, Arkansas, BA, English, magna cum laude Jason Wade Avants, Hazen, Arkansas, BGS, General Studies Hunter Evans Bale, Little Rock, Arkansas, BS, Management *Jack Porterfield Bell, Little Rock, Arkansas, BS, Management Lee Joseph Beshoner, Scranton, Arkansas, BA, Mathematics & Physics, magna cum laude Lawrence A. Bishop, Jacksonville, Arkansas, BGS, General Studies Heather Jeanelle Brown, Ft. Worth, Texas, BS, Social Science, cum laude Eric Matthew Burks, Little Rock, Arkansas, BA, Communications Steven Artis Burnett, , Huntsville, Arkansas, BS, Psychology Christie Lee Campbell, Sheridan, Arkansas, BS, Marketing Christina Lynne Caple Bradke, Benton, Arkansas, BS, Accounting, cum laude John W. Carney, Lavaca, Arkansas, BS, Social Science Beth Allison Carpenter Jensen, Russellville, Arkansas, BA, Art & Social Science, cum laude Cesar Augusto Cervantes, Honduras, BS, Marketing & Business Administration Sam Martin Chaney, Kingwood, Texas, BGS, General Studies Robert Earl Cheatham Jr., Buna, Texas, BS, Biology Sarah Rachael Clary, North Little Rock, Arkansas, BS, Biology Lisa Danon Cook, West Memphis, Arkansas, BS, Management, magna cum laude Jamie Michelle Crabtree, Poteau, Oklahoma, BA, Art Stephanie Marie Cribbs, Jasper, Arkansas, BA, English, cum laude Andrea Lea Davis, Clarksville, Arkansas, BS, Social Science, magna cum laude Amanda Danielle Dean, Alma, Arkansas, BS, Physical Education Kristiana Alyce Decker, Natchitoches, Louisiana, BA, English Angela Marie Delp, Greenwood, Arkansas, BS, Biology, cum laude Angela Lea Diehl, Little Rock, Arkansas, BS, Marketing James P. Dill, Benton, Arkansas, BGS, General Studies Curtis Lee Divine, Joplin, Missouri, BS, Environmental Studieswith Emphasis in Policy, ???magna cum laude Christopher Reyburn Duncan, Church Point, Louisiana, BS, Biology Natalie Inez Duncan, Quitman, Arkansas, BS, Physical Education Tracy Lynn Duncan, Dardanelle, Arkansas, BS, Physical Education David Gregory Ennis, Dallas, Texas, BS, Environmental Studies Jimmy Bo Funderburk, Southhaven, Mississippi, BS, Business Administration Lisa Catherine Ghio, Memphis, Tennessee, BA, English *Kingsley Johnson Glasgow, Little Rock, Arkansas, BA, Communications, magna cum laude *Sonia Esther Gonzalez Moreno, Mexico, BS, Business Administration & Marketing, magna cum laude Alicia Ward Goodin, Lamar, Arkansas, BS, Elementary Education, cum laude Cheryl Kaye Harrell, Quitman, Arkansas, BS, Business Administration Karron Carlene Herbst, Subiaco, Arkansas, BS, Accounting & Management, magna cum laude Emily Jeanette Howard, Russellville, Arkansas, BS, Mathematics, cum laude Melissa Goodner James, Mountainburg, Arkansas, BS, Accounting, magna cum laude *Jacqueline Diane Janson, Fayetteville, Arkansas, BA, Religion/Philosophy/ChristianEducation Geoffrey Wayne Jensen, Russellville, Arkansas, BS, Social Science Natalie Cole Jester, Booneville, Arkansas, BS, Special Education *Alysha Michelle Jones White, Clarksville, Arkansas, BS, Business Administration, cum laude Anthony Alan Jones, Clarksville, Arkansas, BS, Composite Science Carrie Lynn Jones, Clarksville, Arkansas, BS, Special Education Cathy Jean Jones, Clarksville, Arkansas, BS, Environmental Studies & Biology, magna cum laude *Adam William Kern, Clarksville, Arkansas, BS, Physical Education William Cyrus Whittington Klein, Little Rock, Arkansas, BS, Social Science Jenny Lynn Leggett, Batesville, Arkansas, BS, Environmental Studies Jeffery Kyle Lewey, Kingwood, Texas, BS, Biology, cum laude Cooper Jarret Mann, Wand, Arkansas, BA, Theatre & Business Administration, cum laude Manuel A. Mejia, El Salvador, BS, Marketing & Management Otto Javier Mejia, Nicaragua, BS, Marketing & Business Administration Crista Reene Miser, Sims, Arkansas, BS, Physical Education, magna cum laude Tammy Michelle Myers, Keithville, Louisiana, BS, Marketing, cum laude Karen Ann Nixon, Jacksonville, Arkansas, BS, Early Childhood Education, cum laude Andrea Nicole Otts, Little Rock, Arkansas, BS, Management Angela Kay Otts, Little Rock, Arkansas, BS, Management Jes?s Manuel Palma Ru?z, Mexico, BS, Management & Marketing, magna cum laude Kelly Dawn Palmer, Claremore, Oklahoma, BS, Business Administration, cum laude Marcela Judith Pang Velasco, Panama, BS, Accounting, BusinessAdministration & Marketing, ??? summa cum laude Candy Jane Patrick, Pettigrew, Arkansas, BS, Biology Joshua Aaron Peppas, Ozark, Arkansas, BS, Business Administration *Morgan Jennifer Pestel, Rogers, Arkansas, BGS, General Studies Michael Benjamin Powell, Dallas, Texas, BGS, General Studies Patrick Alan Prater, Sherwood, Arkansas, BS, Business Administration Meredith Dyan Richmond, Mountainburg, Arkansas, BS, Biology Henry Lee Rocole Jr., Deer, Arkansas, BS, Biology Aimee Michelle Rogers, Alma, Arkansas, BS, Physical Education Porsha Michelle Russell, Lamar, Arkansas, BS, Chemistry Cynthia Carolina Salgado, Honduras, BS, Marketing & Business Education, cum laude Joshua Nathan Schimberg, El Dorado, Arkansas, BS, Biology Daniel L. Shepherd, Dardanelle, Arkansas, BS, Political Science Carrie Ann Shoemate, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, BS, Physical Education Lidia Yoyb? Sierra Villarruel, Mexico, BS, Special Education, magna cum laude John Paul Simmons, Greenbrier, Arkansas, BS, Business Administration Stuart Daniel Smithson, Lavaca, Arkansas, BA, Religion/Philosophy/Christian Education Misty Renee Ford Tanner, Bryan, Texas, BGS, General Studies Jesse Wade Thompson, Texarkana, Arkansas, BA, Physics & Mathematics, summa cum laude Jennifer Noelle Thorpe, Bella Vista, Arkansas, BS, Biology Caleb A. Tisdale, Victoria, Texas, BS, Physical Education Erin Jean Tobey, Mulberry, Arkansas, BS, Elementary Education, magna cum laude Davis Andre’ Trousdale, Monroe, Louisiana, BS, Social Science Meskerem Tsegaye, Ethiopia, BS, Management, cum laude Erin Shay Tyler, Springdale, Arkansas, BS, Physical Education Joshua Tabor Williams, Blytheville, Arkansas BA, English, cum laude Kimberly Carol Wilson, Alma, Arkansas, BS, Physical Education, magna cum laude Aaron Matthew Windel ,Dodgeville, Wisconsin, BA, History & English, summa cum laude Ervin Matthew Young III, Perryville, Arkansas, BS, Religion/Philosophy/Christian, Education, summa cum laude James Aaron Zinke, Mena, Arkansas, BS, Marketing * Indicates summer graduate cum laude (Cumulative grade point average of 3.25-3.49) magna cum laude (3.50-3.84 GPA) summa cum laude (3.85 or higher GPA)
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