JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - Missouri Southern State University will conduct its 45th Commencement ceremonies at10 a.m., Saturday, Dec.17 at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.

A total of 307 graduates will be awarded a total of 322 degrees during the graduation ceremonies.

The speaker for graduation will be Dwight Douglas, immediate past present of the Missouri Southern State University Board of Governors. Mr. Douglas is corporate counsel for the Freeman Health System and a member of the Board of Directors of the Missouri Society of Health Care Attorneys. Douglas practices law in Neosho, Mo.

Following the ceremonies, a reception will be held in Robert Ellis Young Gymnasium where graduates may meet with families and others.

Missouri Southern State University December 2005 Graduation List 

BACHELOR’S DEGREES

ARKANSAS :

Centerton - Sara Ann Higginbotham, Justin Keith Jarvis

Little Rock - Ryan Michael Carrus

ARIZONA :

Glendale - Jacquelyn Anne Gallagher

CALIFORNIA :

San Diego - Netzahualcoyotl (Ned) Smith

COLORADO :

Grand Junction - Kirk Alan Peterson

IOWA :

Urbandale - Brett James Molden

ILLINOIS :

West Peoria - Lacey Anne Scheirer

KANSAS :

Baxter Springs - Vicki Josephene Hosfelt, Christi Marie Mattix

Coffeyville - Michelle Elizabeth Brenner

Galena - Cheryl Sue Barnett, David Allen Barr Iola - Chelsea Rae Michael

MISSOURI :

Alba - Paul Lewis Pulasky

Anderson - Blake Glen Martin,Lacey Lynn Spears

Aurora - Nicholas Christopher Frohmann, Tina Marie McCully

Ballwin - Megan Jean Paule

Bolivar - Brooke Leann Garver

Carl Junction - Samantha Michelle Baird,Derek B. Collier,Malori Riah Dahmen,Brian James Evans,Nancy Ann Hight-Morris,Diane Michelle Southard,Rory W. Stadt,Dana Leanne Zacny

Carterville - Eric J. OlsenScott Aaron Ragsdale

Carthage - Heather Renee Asbell, Lyndse Marie Bergen,Chasie Dawn Bruffett,Chandra L. Burns,Lynn Campbell,Heather Dawn Chandler,Susan L. Chapman,Melissa Dawn Estes,Randall Wayne Evans,Dana Catherine Gilstrap,Carley A. Haffner,Morgan Blair Haffner,Jason J. Hall,Charlotte Kay Olinger-Hopper,Robert F. Pyle,Samuel 1 Lane Sampson,Charles Fitzchew Smith,Michelle Lynn Taylor,Katrina Thayer,M. Ann Thomas,Juan Francisco Topete,Andrew Mathews Watts,Melissa Denise Williams

Cassville - Kyla Allene Marney, Angela Dawn Robinson

Columbia - Brad Thomas Belcher

Crane - Maria Ann Marcucci

Diamond - Jennifer Marie Sexton

Duenweg - Jessica L. Sterling

Fairview - Cynthia Marie Pittman

Florissant - Lancelot R. Fordyce, Jason Jerome Givens

Goodman - Amanda M. Murray

Granby - Nellie Mae Trowbridge

Hillsboro - Erin Marie English

Jasper - Jeanne J. Ott

Joplin - Linda L. Alexander-Gilbert, Brandon Ray Allee, Carmen Sue Artman, Elizabeth Joy Beck,Barry Alvin Beckner,Eula Doris Bell,Kristi Kay Bennett,Sharon Katherine Beth,Heather Lynn Boyd,Elisha Jean Bridges, Amanda Lynn Brown,Jeffrey Scott Bruyere,Libbie Ann Burd,Michael John Cavener,Daniel Wayne Chrisman,Kerri Lynn Clark,Matthew Gordon Comer,Michael Marion John Cox,David Gregory Cruse,Charles Christopher Davis,Stephanie Lynne Day,Carol Ann Decker,Melissa Lynn DeJarnette,Justin M. Deremo,Kathleen Joyce Edwards,Anna Lee Flory,Andrew Moss Fridley,John Landon Fry,Vanessa Lauren Gage, Tarryn Nicole Gilbert,Brandon Lee Glore,Kyle Louis Graves,Tyler Logan Haase,Adrienne Marie Hatfield,Wendy Marie Henady,Blair Leigh Hendry,Matthew Scott Hite,Kasey L. Hobson,Michael A. Jackson,Laura Christie Kirby,Janette D. Klein,Jalyn Marie Lair,Sherry Nanette Lawrence,Carrina M. Lickteig,Spring Tiffany Lockwood-Smith,Christopher Ryan Maize,Kelley Dian Marvin,Rachel Elizabeth McAuliff,Matthew John Murphy,Lisa Ann Nichols,Nicole Louise Noronha,Cheryl Lynn Olinger-Vazquez,Tracey Jo Overton,Jalon Pepmiller-Smith,Mark Edward Peron,Reaka Renee Peters,Amber N. Ponder,Amanda Beth Powell,Megan Mary Reineke,Kyle Taylor Rutledge,Ruth Irene Sawkins,Patricia L. Sayles,Jawad Ali Shah,Amanda Ellen Sharp,Suzanne Childress Sharp II,Bill Wallace Shepherd,Tracy Gail Snyder,Meredith Ann Snyder-Shields,Thad Ryan Stinson,Laramie M. Sweet,Melissa Jo Thompson,Jennifer Marie Turnbull,Brett Thomas Vaughn,Natasha Anne Vaughn,Tara L. Venturella,Michelle Marie Wade,Heather L. Walker,Danny R. Wallace,Scott Kemp Walters,Amber Dawn Ward,Peter Clayton White,Josie Lynn Wilson,Jeremy John Young

Kansas City - Ray Anthony Morris,Katie Elaine Vermillion

Lake Ozark - Kelsey Linn Robertson

Lamar - Krystle Michale Brous,Tiffany Louise Gloodt,Jared Thomas Graham,Ann Marie Kelley,Tabitha Ann Ngugi, Todd Jesse Onstott,Dustin Michael Osborne,Chad Michael Wolfe

Lee's Summit - Tyler C. Duke

Lockwood - Bonnie K. Coose

Monett - Gloria Gail Chapman,Cinthia Guadalupe Paredes,Shawn Elise Ragan,Teresa Suzanne Rosebrough,Jennifer Ross

Mt. Vernon - Julie Mae Bishop

Neosho - Jennifer Marie Adams,Jessica E. Bogle,Stephanie Michele Cobb,Vanessa Lynn Copeland,Andrea Michele Doke,Michelle Ann Eberle,Julie Michelle Graue,Amy Joanne Jarrett,Delisa Faith Johnson,Michelle Marie Kissel,Matthew Thomas Kunkel,Matthew Ray Major,Jessica Dawn McCracken,Eric James Merino,Gregory Allen Palmersheim,Miranda Marlene Pherigo,Billy Lewis Rasbury,Rusty Cole Roe,Jay Lee Roe,Josiah Andrew Roelfsema,Jamie Lorene Schooler,Justin Lee Smith

Nevada - Brenda Lorraine Brown,Blair Courtney Lee Headrick,Shane Thomas Hirschman,Rex Leon McIntire

Newtonia - Savanah Joy Sivadon

Nixa - Brent Douglas Beckley

Oronogo - David Brian Harris

Osage Beach - Stephen Matthew Terry

Peculiar - Jennifer Anne Schwartze

Pierce City - Darren James Brown,Kevin Joseph Gripka

Pineville - Dustin Charles Ables,Dustin Dan DuMond

Pomona - Erin R. Click

Republic - Jason Randall Phelps

Rich Hill - James Douglas Doty

Seneca - Evan Alan Bates,Benjamin Frank Eitemiller,Chris Sterling Fortner,Kacie Renae Grimmett,Lau ra Melinda Gulick,Shannon Marie Hayes,Thomas D. Mayberry,Autumn Jane Woodward

Seymour - Steven James Sparkman

Springfield - Jenna Ann Drew,Sara Marie Jaynes, Benjamin Lucas Tartakoff-Burgess,Tara Lyn Thompson

St. Joseph - Christina Marie Johnson

Turney - Tausha Louella Cooke

Wasola - Trisha Ann Souder

Webb City - Andrea Nicole Bailey,Keith D. Brown,Robert Craig Carty,Tyler J. Coble,Angela Dawn Fulton,Weslee Brian Gamble,Ashley Renee Herrin,Dakota John Hosp,Joseph Raymond Metcalf,Kate Elizabeth Paxton-Ruble,Daniel Ray Ritchhart,Charles Glenn Scott,Sharon Marie Soprych,Lloyd Eugene Stanley, Jr.,Brandy Renee Thomas,Dylan Jackson Welker,Eric William Younger

Wentworth - John Wesley Lopardo

West Plains - Craig Steven Rhoads, Jr.

Wheaton - Donald William Pierpont

MISSISSIPPI

Bailey - Amber Michelle Willis

NORTH CAROLINA :

Siler City - Kristan Veronica Hawkins

NEW MEXICO :

Albuquerque - Katrina Ruth Richards

OKLAHOMA :

Afton - Rene Lynn Frost

Catoosa - Jennica Brinn White

Coweta - Britany D. Hargis

Miami - Russell Frederick Farmer,Joyce Denise Johnson,Jackie Denise York

Quapaw - Sandra Leight Anne Clark

Sand Springs - April R. Snow

Welch - Albert Houston Brown

Wyandotte - Michelle Dianne Matlock

SOUTH DAKOTA :

Springfield - Travis James Stockholm

WISCONSIN :

Prescott - Jeremiah Jeffrey Brunner

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLAND :

Tortola - Lenore M. Lewis, Valencia Benecia Smith

KENYA :

Lloyd M. Gatobu

NIGERIA :

Elias Audu Bichar

NORWAY :

Geir Ottar Askvik

SOUTH AFRICA : Tanya Klue,

ASSOCIATE DEGREES
KANSAS :

Columbus - Leona Lynn Robinson

Galena - Stephanie Marie Sullivan

Weir - Sara A. Dobkins

MISSOURI:

Alba - Daniel Lee Pinola

Anderson - Stacy Dawn Lilly

Carl Junction - Todd Andrew Dunlop, Dana Leanne Zacny

Carterville - Eric J. Olsen

Carthage - Cory Eugene Brewer, John R. Emmert, Robert F. Pyle, Samuel Lane Sampson, Charles Fitzchew Smith

Duenweg - Cara Elise Bellegarde, Jessica Mikel Ware

Joplin - Sonia LeeAnn Barnett, Susan Elizabeth Doss, Jessica Renee Felix, William J. Harmon, Shelby Jade Haun, Reece B. Himmelsbach, Devin Owen Hurn, Nancy Marie Johnson, Angela Dawn Kienzle, Jill Maureen LaGasse, Reaka Renee Peters, Diana Reed, David Joseph Venturella, Shandon Joseph Walker

Lake Ozark - Kelsey Linn Robertson

Lamar - Lori Ann Francis

Neosho - Dixie J. Hames, Patrick Curtis Kester, Matthew Thomas Kunkel, Eric James Merino, Peter Jacob Rothwell

Nevada - Orletta J. Simrell

Nixa - Brent Douglas Beckley

Pierce City - Kevin Joseph Gripka

Pineville - Dustin Charles Ables

Sarcoxie - Jeremy Allen Caddick

Seneca - Benjamin Frank Eitemiller, Kristi Jo Howard

Southwest City - Robert Wesley Ellis

Webb City - Kate Elizabeth Paxton-Ruble, Eric William Younger

Wentworth - John Wesley Lopardo

OKLAHOMA :

Bluejacket - Holly Renee McGuire

Commerce - Holly Ann Wagner

Miami - Misty Dawn Willard, Jackie Denise York

Wyandotte - Ronnie G. Kingfisher

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