Methodist University announces the graduation of 205 students in the 52nd annual Spring Commencement, which took place on May 9, 2015.
Methodist University announces the graduation of 205 students in the 52nd annual Spring Commencement, which took place on May 9, 2015. The commencement speaker was Judy Woodruff, co-anchor and managing editor at PBS NewsHour. During the commencement, the University also recognized Eleanor B. Manning, a longtime Fayetteville resident, community leader and volunteer, with the University Medallion.
Student Taylor Tipton was awarded the L. Stacy Weaver Award, which is given each semester to an outstanding graduate, as determined by a faculty vote. Distinguished Graduate Jessica Swartz was also recognized and addressed her fellow graduates during the ceremony.
The following list includes the graduating students’ hometown and academic honors.
Academic Honors
- ***Summa Cum Laude: Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.90 and above
- **Magna Cum Laude: GPA of 3.70 and above
- *Cum Laude: GPA of 3.5 and above
| Name | City and State | Honors |
|---|---|---|
| Ibrahim Alajlan | Saudi Arabia | |
| Anchalem Alemayehu | Ethiopia | |
| Renso Almanzar | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Esra Al-Shawafi*** | Yemen | President’s List |
| Daylee Anderson* | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Jada Aponte | Columbus, Ga. | |
| Cody Ausherman | Kissimmee, Fla. | President’s List |
| Brittany Balderson | Gloucester, Va. | |
| Christopher Barger | Severn, Md. | |
| Camay Barnes | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Suzanne Barron** | Fayetteville, N.C. | President’s List |
| Shanita Bassit | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Kayla Beavers | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Sharon Belflowers | Eastover, N.C. | |
| Bryan Bennett** | Raeford, N.C. | President’s List |
| Joseph Black | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Tara Blue** | Hope Mills, N.C. | President’s List |
| Kyonghwa Bouriaque | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Dallas Bradley* | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Ricky Brayboy | La Grange, N.C. | |
| Michael Bridgeman | Godwin, N.C. | |
| Heather Brock* | Fayetteville, N.C. | President’s List |
| Sharron Brown | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Hannah Brown | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Dylan Cain* | Ipswich, Mass. | Dean’s List |
| Erica Caine | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Raymond Caldwell | Morehead City, N.C. | |
| Noah Camp | Jacksonville, N.C. | President’s List |
| Beth Carmickle** | Columbus, Ga. | President’s List |
| Christa Carroll | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Amber Cartwright | Bahamas | |
| Catherine Caruso | Southern Pines, N.C. | |
| Erica Chambliss | Hagerstown, Md. | |
| Chandler Christensen | Jefferson, N.C. | |
| Chara Christian | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Mindy Chung | Fresh Meadows, N.Y. | |
| Christopher Cieri | Glenelg, Md. | |
| Joshua Clarke* | Capron, Va. | Dean’s List |
| Robert Clayton | Hilton Head, S.C. | |
| Cara Cohen | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Mark Collins | UK | Dean’s List |
| Lazonia Cooper | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Madyson Cooper | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Carlos Cortes** | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| James Cox | Atlantic Beach, N.C. | |
| Danielle Crawford | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Vaughn Cross | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Austin Dangiolillo | Somerset, N.J. | Dean’s List |
| Gavin Daniels | Kenly, N.C. | |
| Andrea Davids* | Raeford, N.C. | President’s List |
| Asheton Dew | Hope Mills, N.C. | |
| Ashlyn Diggs | Charlotte, N.C. | |
| Richard Dooley** | Raeford, N.C. | |
| Sarah Drizen** | Essex, Mass. | |
| Allison Efird | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Josiah Elder | Raeford, N.C. | |
| Jamie Elliott | Fayetteville, N.C. | President’s List |
| Kelly Fair | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Kevin Fairchild | New Providence, N.J. | |
| Katelyn Foster | Lexington, N.C. | |
| Joshua Franklin | Raeford, N.C. | |
| Michelle Free | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Alexandria Garcia | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Pedro Garcia | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Gabriel Gaweda* | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Nahom Gebremariyam | Ethiopia | |
| Blaze Gillespie | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Melanie Giovannetti** | Fayetteville, N.C. | President’s List |
| Melissa Gravely | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Amanda Gray | Pennington Gap, Va. | |
| Donovan Grierson | Hope Mills, N.C. | |
| Allyson Griffin | Wilmington, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Travis Griffin | Wade, N.C. | |
| Andres Guzman | Stockbridge, Ga. | Dean’s List |
| Stephanie Halbleib | Fayetteville, N.C. | President’s List |
| Cassandra Hall | Fayetteville, N.C. | President’s List |
| Nicole Hardin | Jonesborough, Tenn. | |
| Zachary Hazzard | Jessup, Md. | |
| Cara Hendricks | Mocksville, N.C. | |
| Matthew Hensley | Gastonia, N.C. | |
| John Hoover | Whispering Pines, N.C. | |
| Michael Hosier | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Bethany Huff* | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Stephanie Hunter | Sanford, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Brian Hunzeker | Verona, Pa. | |
| Amber Imme | Raeford, N.C. | |
| Michael Inman | Tar Heel, N.C. | |
| Gabrielle Isaac** | Mooresville, N.C. | President’s List |
| Mark Ivansek | Raleigh, N.C. | |
| Mariama Jabati** | Sierra Leone | Dean’s List |
| Theresa Jackson | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Gloria Johnson | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Jasmine Jones | Dunn, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Megan Jones | Reidsville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Heather Joslin* | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Thomas June | New Bern, N.C. | |
| Benjamin Khammar | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Christopher Kirkland | Spring Lake, N.C. | President’s List |
| Carly Klinedinst | Wilmington, N.C. | President’s List |
| Andrew Kocsis | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Kaitlyn Lahr | Fort Bragg, N.C. | |
| Julieta Lainez-Barahona | Spring Lake, N.C. | |
| Lorraine Lamola | South Africa | |
| Cheryl Little | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Brandon Loux* | Clarksville, Tenn. | |
| Patrina Lowrie* | Miami, Fla. | |
| Kalie Ludvigsen | Atlanta, Ga. | |
| Layton Lumsden | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| David Lutz | Gloucester, Va. | |
| Nicholas Maestretti | New Bern, N.C. | |
| Charles Maness | Troy, N.C. | |
| Stefanie Mansfield** | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Kirsten Markow | Beaumont, Texas | |
| Angelina Martzolff | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Jenna May** | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Patrick McDonough | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Katie McDowell | Fayetteville, N.C. | President’s List |
| Erin McGuffee | Raeford, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Bardrick McGuire | Hope Mills, N.C. | |
| Michael McIver | Garner, N.C. | |
| Lorenzo McKenzie | Bahamas | |
| Tara McKnight | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Henrietta Mckoy | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Harley McLamb | Dunn, N.C. | |
| Dayna McLaughlin* | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Richard Meffert | Raeford, N.C. | |
| Morgan Miles | Spring Lake, N.C. | |
| Bernard Minter | Raleigh, N.C. | |
| Ariel Mitchell | Trinidad | |
| Cody Molosky | Bayboro, N.C. | |
| Jamie Mulkern* | Fort Bragg, N.C. | |
| Taylor Murphy | Fort Myers, Fla. | Dean’s List |
| Brandy Nalbone*** | Hope Mills, N.C. | |
| Alexandria Nance | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Velemseni Ndzimandze | Swaziland | |
| Colin Neal | Holly Springs, N.C. | |
| Rachel Nelson | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Charles Nettles | Effingham, S.C. | |
| Jessica Oder* | Chesapeake, Va. | |
| Rylie Osborn | Jacksonville, N.C. | |
| Julia Pabst | Linden, N.C. | |
| Adam Parker | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Stephanie Perez | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Brandon Peters | Newport, N.C. | |
| Hillary Petruska | Gastonia, N.C. | |
| Leigh Philbee | Raeford, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Allison Phipps** | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Vivian Pigford | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Faith Pletcher | Roseboro, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Mekala Poirier** | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Aleksandra Przulj | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Jessica Puckett** | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Ariel Rains Pattillo | Henrico, Va. | |
| Fitore Rama* | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Max Reber | St. Augustine, Fla. | |
| Patience Richardson | Fort Bragg, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| James Rigsbee | Colfax, N.C. | |
| Ashley Robinson* | Fayetteville, N.C. | President’s List |
| Tashara Robinson | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Mildred Romeu | Hope Mills, N.C. | |
| Delrico Rowe | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Daniel Royer | York, Pa. | |
| Komba Sam-Sumana | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Brittany Savageau* | Parkton, N.C. | |
| Sara Self* | Hope Mills, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Shivaksh Sharma** | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Luke Sheetz | Grand Rapids, Minn. | |
| Brandon Simmons | Clinton, N.C. | |
| Caleb Simpson | Morganton, N.C. | |
| Crystal Sloan* | Cameron, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Shelby Smelcer | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Lorie Smith | Clayton, N.C. | |
| Derek Smith | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Henrik Smith | Kernersville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Bonnie Snell | Hope Mills, N.C. | |
| Lindsay Stinson* | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Heather Strickland* | Fayetteville, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Dillon Sullivan | Wilmington, N.C. | |
| Jessica Swartz*** | Fayetteville, N.C. | President’s List |
| Michael Tagliabue | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Emily Talley* | San Angelo, Texas | |
| Miguel Tevez Rosales** | El Salvador | President’s List |
| Benjamin Thomason | Chapel Hill, N.C. | |
| Rebekah Thompson** | Carthage, N.C. | |
| Lindsay Tippett** | Middlesex, N.C. | |
| Taylor Tipton*** | Saint Joseph, Mont. | President’s List |
| Joshua Tulledge | Lakeside, Calif. | Dean’s List |
| Tamra Turner | Riverview, Fla. | Dean’s List |
| Sandra Tyler | Autryville, N.C. | |
| Jessica Velasquez | Fayetteville, N.C. | President’s List |
| Jarrod Velazquez | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Alexandra Walter | La Plata, Md. | |
| Cassandra Walter | La Plata, Md. | |
| Christopher Webster* | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Jason Weireter | Richmond, Ind. | |
| Jeffrey Wells | Redondo Beach, Calif. | |
| Justin Wells | Godwin, N.C. | Dean’s List |
| Lisa Whalen | Sanford, N.C. | |
| Joseph Willoughby | Fairmont, N.C. | |
| Benjamin Wise | Godwin, N.C. | |
| Ann Zaremski | Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| Krista Zentner | Seaford, Va. | |
| Crystalyn Zoquier | Fayetteville, N.C. |