McKendree University Kentucky Graduates Receive Their Diplomas

Student and Faculty Awardees Recognized at Commencement

(Note: Class of 2015 graduates of the Louisville and Kentucky campuses are listed by hometown below this release. Commencement photos will be posted in the online gallery.)

(LOUISVILLE / RADCLIFF, Ky., June 10, 2015) — The Class of 2015 graduates of McKendree University’s Louisville and Radcliff campuses received their diplomas and awards were presented at commencement exercises held on June 6 at the First Christian Church in Elizabethtown, Ky.

Lisa Hinton, of Elizabethtown, Ky., received the “Spirit of McKendree Award” for academic excellence, character and community mindedness. Hinton joined the Radcliff campus staff in 2010 and now serves as a student success advisor, financial services coordinator and VA certifying official. She graduated in 2015 with a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting and a 3.9 cumulative grade point average. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Beta Delta honor societies and “Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities.”

Outstanding Faculty Awards were presented to Sara Bolten, a certified nurse educator and full-time nursing instructor; and Donna Ulrich, a human resource management instructor at the Radcliff campus.

Bolten is known by students and colleagues as a selfless and dedicated educator who is passionate about nursing, and who guides and supports her students as their teacher and advisor. She has taught at McKendree’s Kentucky campuses since 1997.

Ulrich brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the classroom as a sought after human resource management professional who speaks frequently at conferences and provides consultation to organizations in crisis. She joined the Radcliff campus in the fall of 2014.

This year, McKendree University conferred a total of 715 degrees—three doctorate, 13 specialist, 153 master’s, 530 bachelor’s and 16 associate degrees—on graduates who completed their degree requirements in December 2014, and in May and July 2015. Twenty students at the Louisville and Radcliff, Ky., campuses graduated with honors: two summa cum laude, eight magna cum laude and 10 cum laude. Commencement was held at the Lebanon, Ill., campus on May 9.

The 2015 graduates of the McKendree University Louisville and Radcliff campuses are:

ARKANSAS:

Hope: Dennis Lamon Ware, BBA, business administration.

Kingsland: Virgal F. Golden, BBA, business administration.

CALIFORNIA:

Carlsbad: Matthew A. Keens, MBA, business administration.

Los Angeles: Rosa Isela Morales, BBA, business administration.

Orange: Susannah Leigh Monteith, MBA, business administration.

Placerville: William Alex Duckworth, BBA, human resource management.

COLORADO:

Westminster: Brent L. Fischel, BBA, human resource management, magna cum laude.

FLORIDA:

Tampa: David Wayne Johnson, MBA, business administration; Gary L. Harris, BBA, human resource management.

West Palm Beach: Thomas L. Hovermale, BBA, business administration, cum laude.

GEORGIA:

Marietta: Timothy D. Carver, BBA, management, magna cum laude.

ILLINOIS:

Centralia: Jeff Allen Nicolaides, BSN, nursing.

Coulterville: Geoffrey Hubbard, BBA, business administration.

DuQuoin: Matthew J. Wolfe, MBA, business administration.

Eldorado: Amanda Lynn Monti, BBA, business administration.

Galesburg: Stacy A. Bainter, MSN, nursing education.

Godfrey: Sharon E. Beard, BBA, marketing.

Harrisburg: Jessica Lindsay Stephens, BBA, business administration.

Lebanon: Christine Weatherall, BBA, business administration.

New Douglas: Dustin A. Schallenberg, MBA, business administration.

O’Fallon: Thomas M. Fee III, MBA, business administration.

Smithton: Megan Kay Knop, BBA, human resource management.

Springfield: Clyde Edward Brown, Jr., BBA, business administration.

West Frankfort: Tony Lee Woolard, MBA, business administration.

Wheeler: Jordan David Bierman, MBA, business administration.

Willow Hill: Samuel J. Zuber, BBA, business administration.

INDIANA:

Elizabeth: Debra Leigh Lopp, BSN, nursing, magna cum laude, Nursing Honor Society.

IOWA:

Davenport: Nora L. Nunnally, MBA, business administration.

KENTUCKY:

Benton: Bobbi Jean Anderson, BSN, nursing.

Brandenburg: Cynthia M. Fackler, BSN, nursing, cum laude, Nursing Honor Society; Terhia Nichole Russell, BSN, nursing.

Columbia: Celia Diane Miller Downey, MSN, nursing management/administration; Lisa A. Tucker, BSN, nursing, Nursing Honor Society.

Edmonton: Ashley Dawn Blythe, BSN, nursing.

Elizabethtown: Amanda B. Boone, BBA, human resource management; Graham Nicholas Buckman, AS, business administration; Richard D. Dalton, MBA, business administration, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society; Paul E. Davidson, BBA, business administration and human resource management, cum laude; Kimberly Wedding Gingerich, BSN, nursing; Chasity Blanche Gioia, BSN, nursing, Nursing Honor Society; Rita R. Grimes, AS, business administration; Lisa Catherine Hinton, BBA, accounting and business administration, magna cum laude, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society; James Woodward Jewell III, BBA, accounting and human resource management, summa cum laude, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society; Andrew Christopher Kretz, MBA, business administration; Willie J. Lanier, BBA, human resource management, cum laude; John B. Perkins, AS, business administration; Francis R. Silva, Jr., BS, information technology; Laura Marie Stover, MBA, business administration; Richard J. Torres, MBA, business administration, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society; Sarah A. Tovar, BSN, nursing; Christina Kay Turner, MBA, business administration; Jerome Young, BS, information technology, cum laude.

Frankfort: Rebecca R. Ramsey, MSN, nursing management/administration.

Glasgow: Ashley Rae Kingery Bowles, BSN, nursing.

Greensburg: Elizabeth N. Taylor, BSN, nursing; Jennifer Smith Thompson, BSN, nursing.

Harrodsburg: Lori Kay McIntosh, BSN, nursing.

Hopkinsville: Marty M. McGregor, BBA, management; Jesse Lee Rembert Sr., BBA, business administration.

Jefferson: Angela L. Offutt, BBA, human resource management.

LaGrange: Thomas L. Hagan, MSN, nursing education, Nursing Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; Darla E. York, MSN, nursing management/administration, Nursing Honor Society.

Lexington: Julia Baxter Thornhill deVerges, MSN, nursing management/administration, Nursing Honor Society.

Louisville: Ronald C. Ballou, Jr., MBA, business administration; Jennifer Nicole Caple, BSN, nursing; Rhonda M. Cunningham, BSN, nursing; Sarah Joann Trimble Curry, MSN, nursing education; Henry Anderson Ferrell, Jr., MBA, business administration; Nicole Marie Flavell, MBA, business administration; Amanda Leigh Graham, MBA, business administration; Robert Charles Graham, BBA, business administration, magna cum laude, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society; Shelia A. Grigsby, MSN, nursing management/administration; Dawn Janelle Hall, AS, business administration; Melinda A. Hensler, BSN, nursing, Nursing Honor Society; Debra J. Hicks, BSN, nursing; Tracy Lynn Kephart, MSN, nursing management/administration, Nursing Honor Society; Patrick Douglas King, BBA, business administration; Shirley Marie McArthur, BBA, accounting and human resource management; Adrien Claire McCarty, BBA, business administration; Jeannie M. Mitteneder, BBA, accounting; Patricia Lee Watson Nipper, BSN, nursing, Nursing Honor Society; Angela Travis North, AS, business administration; James Noyes, AS, business administration; Bridget Nuxoll, MSN, nursing education, Nursing Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; Alianna Feria Osorio, AS, business administration; Hector Giovani Santiago, BBA, human resource management; Lindsay D. Self-Montgomery, BBA, marketing; Jeanette B. Shacklett, BSN, nursing; Chartia E. Shepard-Knight, MBA, business administration, Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society; Brian D. Steffen, BBA, management, summa cum laude; Alex Michael Wilson, BBA, marketing; Margaret Imelda Wright, MSN, nursing education, Nursing Honor Society.

Paducah: Michael S. Johnson, BBA, business administration.

Paintsville: Amy Kathryn Collins, MSN, nursing education.

Pikeville: Roger Dean Blair, MBA, business administration.

Radcliff: Sheila Rochelle Kennedy Campbell, BSN, nursing, cum laude, Nursing Honor Society; Tammy M. Croft, MBA, business administration; Jeffery Charles Green, AS, business administration; Robert L. McCormick, Jr., BBA, human resource management, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society; Jessica M. Patterson, BBA, business administration and human resource management, magna cum laude; Tammy J. S. Perez, AS, business administration; Victoria M. Santiago, MBA, business administration; Donnell S. Scott, BBA, business administration; Preston Derek Young, BBA, human resource management.

Rineyville: Clifford Brian Hedges, BS, information technology; Joseph E. Salisbury, BBA, human resource management.

Shelbyville: Michael Shawn Hager, BBA, business administration, magna cum laude; William Avery Holt, III, BBA, business administration; Sherri Wilson Kovach, MSN, nursing management/administration, Nursing Honor Society.

Shepherdsville: Victoria Irene Ocegueda, BSN, nursing; Catherine Singer, BBA, accounting and business administration; Brittany Dee Stumpf, AS, business administration.

Sonora: Darin W. Crossno, BBA, management.

Versailles: John C. Saylor, AS, business administration.

Vine Grove: Paul Andrew Cothern, AS, business administration; Jonny Jay Cunningham, BBA, business administration; Tamara Ashlyn Houser, BSN, nursing, cum laude, Nursing Honor Society; Michael W. Johnson, MBA, business administration; Celina Boatmon McQuistion, BSN, nursing; Christen E. Neleski, BBA, human resource management; Sierra J. Rains, AS, business administration.

LOUISIANA:

Franklin: Kevin Troy White, AS, business administration.

Greensburg: Godfrey N. Butler III, BBA, human resource management.

Morgan City: Demetria Faye Johnson, AS, business administration.

MAINE:

Wells: Richard G. Legendre, BBA, business administration.

MICHIGAN:

Hamburg: Kimberly S. Flavell, MBA, business administration.

MISSISSIPPI:

Jackson: Sheneka Katrice Jackson, BBA, business administration.

Sallis: Sullis Teague III, AS, business administration.

Starkville: Michael Hubbard, BBA, business administration, cum laude.

MISSOURI:

St. Louis: Kristin D. Van Natta, MBA, business administration.

NEW JERSEY:

Vineland: Jennifer Ann DeSario, MBA, business administration.

 

 

NEW YORK:

Massena: Kenneth C. Reynolds, BBA, human resource management.

Utica: Kirk K. Oxendine, BBA, human resource management.

NORTH CAROLINA:

Clayton: Calvin Victor Clark, BBA, business administration.

Pilot Mountain: Richard Fulton Wells, BS, information technology.

Zebulon: Kezia Allaire McDougald, BBA, human resource management.

OHIO:

Cincinnati: Curtis D. Barker, BBA, human resource management; Jennifer G. Boomershine, BBA, management, cum laude.

Cleveland: Michelle Renee Jackson, AS, business administration.

Dayton: Christina Shane Bledsoe, AS, business administration.

Revenna: William Dean Jenkins, BBA, management.

Warren: Annette Melody Redd, MBA, business administration.

SOUTH CAROLINA:

Sumter: Fereker Peterson, BBA, business administration.

TENNESSEE:

Trenton: Vickey Tyrone Graham, BBA, human resource management.

TEXAS:

Liberty: Billy Nathan Farley, MBA, business administration.

WASHINGTON:

Puyallup: Joseph K. Fitzsimmons, BBA, business administration, cum laude.

WEST VIRGINIA:

West Hamlin: Terence A. Greenhill, Sr., BBA, human resource management and business administration, magna cum laude.

INTERNATIONAL:

Barrigada, Guam: Michelle L. Santos, AS, business administration.

McKendree University’s Louisville and Radcliff campuses offer an associate degree in business administration and bachelor’s degrees in business administration, marketing, accounting, management and human resources; computer information systems, information technology, nursing and organizational communications. The master’s program includes human resource management, international business, business administration, nursing management and nursing education.

McKendree University has served the Kentucky community for over 40 years as one of the first adult serving institutions in Louisville and Radcliff. Developed for the working professional and military members, classes are offered in accelerated four and six week blended in-class and online formats.

 

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