86 graduate with honors

Eighty-six graduates receiving diplomas May 17 graduated with honors, requirements for which include completion of at least 64 credit hours and a minimum grade point average of 3.4 for all work undertaken.

Those students completing requirements for the bachelor’s degree with the distinction of cum laude (a grade point average between 3.40 and 3.75) included: Jessica Diane Altshuler, Myranda DeAnne Austin, Anna Leigh Baker, Katharine Lakin Beatty, Catherine Elizabeth Beckham, Brandon Wayne Brewer, Brenton Stuart Brown, Jessica Marie Chasteen, Stephen Spencer Clancy, Whitney Lauren Downing, Matthew Robert Dunn, Eamon Avery Felton, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Fernandez, Russell Patrick Harris, Ashley Reneé Hubbard, Patricia Elizabeth Loe-Pope, Priyanka Mangesh More, Andi Maria Morrow, Cecilia Nina Myers, Jada Carol Nylander, Rachel Elizabeth Owen, Kyle Matthew Prince, Cori Beth Rule, Catherine Alexandra Russe, James Tyler Sauceman, Audrey Forbes Saunders, Donna Holly Ann Schmidt, Hannah Megan Sherrod, Tessa Elyse Stevens, Mark Andrew Strejc, Kari Lynne Streufert, David Nathaniel Sullivan, Saskia Sutmoller, Amanda Leigh Tucker, Gabriel Rashid Turner, Nina Igorevna Verevkina, Kevin Lewis Wheatley, Ashley Michelle Wise and William Denney Zimmerman.

Those students completing requirements for the bachelor’s degree with the distinction of magna cum laude (a grade point average between 3.75 and 3.95) included: Andrew Benton Alfano, Megan Leigh Ayers, Roslyn Elise Ayers, Xamena MehJabeen Bangash, Coy Dale Blair, William Ralph Brewer, Ashley Leanne Burnett, Clarissa Johnson Dean, Emily Layla Emadian, Cory Maurice Everett, Vlasta Nicole Gorsuch, Allison Michelle Higginbotham, Jan Hoepper, Karen Marie Huskey, Danielle Lee Jones, Joanna Mayfield Long, Camie Dianna Manning, Joseph Ryan McGroom, Hannah Delaney Monroe, Robert Bradley Robinson, Jessica Merritt Scarborough, Sarah Christine Sharp, Rachael Nicole Skerczak, Molly Michelle Sneary, Laurel Kathleen Strozier, Kristi Nicole VanCamp, Kathleen E. Bilbao Walker, Rebecca Mary Wasil and Pamela Elaine Yates.

Those students completing requirements for the bachelor’s degree with the distinction of summa cum laude (a grade point average of 3.95 and above) included: Samuel Micah Ashe, Jonathan Edward Ball, Emily Shurden Brewer, Lonnie Marc Burns, Catherine Joyce Culbertson, Brynn Vivian Dailey, Chelsey Mae Johnson, Nour Ahmad Joudah, Erin Elizabeth Kramer, Matthew Franklin Mart, William Austin Newsom, Chelse Marie Nieri, Allen Jeremy Phelps, Andrew Evan Salpas, Richard Garrik Secrist, Robert Matthew Swann, Elliott Joseph Fleming Sylvester and Erin Kay Terrell.