ATHENS, W.Va. (Hinton News) – Concord University held the 148th Spring Commencement during three ceremonies on two days. Master’s degree candidates were honored on Friday, May 5, 2023, at 6 p.m. Candidates for undergraduate degrees were recognized on Saturday, May 6, 2023, during ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. All ceremonies were held in the Main Gym of the Leslie R. and Ruby Webb Carter Center.
The Spring 2023 class valedictorian is Shannon M. Jarrell of Beckley, West Virginia. She will receive a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Political Science and a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education.
Three graduates were members of the Concord University Honors Program: Stella Dunn, Alexandria Mizia, and Sarah Taylor.
Fifteen states are represented in the 2023 class: West Virginia, California, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Graduates also include students from the United Kingdom, Nigeria, and the Bahamas. Six students are veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
Dr. Kendra Boggess, President, issued the welcome and offered remarks during the ceremonies. Dr. Susan Robinett, Professor of Business, served as Grand Marshal. The candidates were presented to the President by Dr. Edward W. Huffstetler, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. Kathryn Liptak, Associate Provost and Interim Dean of the College of Professional and Liberal Studies, assisted Dr. Boggess with the hooding ceremonies for the master’s degree candidates.
The ceremonies were recorded and commemorative jump drives of the recording are available at a cost of $20 each. Orders may be placed online here.
Master’s Candidates
West Virginia
ANAWALT: Nadia L. Johnson, Social Work
ATHENS: Maizy Claire Landreth, Social Work
BEAVER: Karlee Jean Forren, Education; Tara Renee Waddell, Social Work
BECKLEY: Abby Michele White, Education; William Andrew Barbera, Health Promotion; Tracie I. Dennard, Social Work; Sarah Jeanyoung Koh, Social Work;
BRADLEY: Amanda Jane Boothe, Social Work
BRIDGEPORT: John Wesley Mercia, Business Administration
CALVIN: Tara Brooke Woods, Social Work
CHARLES TOWN: Leah K. Chen, Social Work; Megan Rose Clevenger, Social Work
CHARLESTON: Kayonjra Markala Guerrant, Social Work; Shannon Perry Henry, Social Work; Ellie Dawn Thomas, Social Work
CLOTHIER: Caine Thomas Dials, Social Work
CRAB ORCHARD: Robert M. Cochran, Business Administration
ELKINS: Shirley Elizabeth White Blue, Social Work
ELKVIEW: Jasmine D. Stavrakis, Social Work
FAIRDALE: Norma Jean Acord, Teaching; Caila Brooke Hill, Social Work; Kelsi Mariah Honaker, Social Work
FAYETTEVILLE: Courtney N. Hamilton, Social Work; Andrew Howard Proskin, Social Work
GHENT: Angela Michelle Rakes, Social Work
HINTON: Ashlei P. Meade, Social Work
HUNTINGTON: Ashley C. Lewis, Social Work; Brittany Leigh Sterling, Social Work; Katlynn Nicole Wilson, Social Work
KENOVA: Dana Shane Adkins, Social Work; Cassandra L. Holbrook, Social Work
KERMIT: Diana Lynn Jones, Social Work
LERONA: Vanessa Lynn Howell, Social Work
MARTINSBURG: Taylor Loren Staubs, Social Work
MEADOW BRIDGE: Katherine Michelle Helmick, Business Administration
MILTON: Joshua Sapp, Social Work
MONTGOMERY: LaAmya Arlene Nowak-Manley, Social Work
MOUNT HOPE: Allana Jeane Dickens, Social Work; Chelsey N. Keathley, Social Work; Kayla Marie Wingrove, Social Work
MOUNT NEBO: Madison Brooke Herron, Health Promotion
MULLENS: Alesha Lorraine Toler Lester, Education
MUNDAY: Cassandra Dawn Lamont, Social Work
OAK HILL: Kassie Patricia Sayre, Social Work
OCEANA: Benjamin Hunter Price, Business Administration; Madyson Faith Kennedy, Social Work
OLD FIELDS: Morgan Grace See, Social Work
PARKERSBURG: Allie Madeleine Hammer, Social Work
PETERSTOWN: Mariah Raye Kegley, Teaching; Bridget Larae Waugh, Education
PRINCETON: Jeffery M. Keczan, Business Administration; Emily Hannah Peck, Business Administration; Aubrie Shyann Peyton, Business Administration; Brandon Roy Lester, Education; Kaylin Harper Kessinger, Health Promotion
RAINELLE: Gennevieve Adrianne Neff, Social Work
RICHWOOD: Madison Aleice Berg, Social Work
RIPLEY: Meloita Marie Reynolds, Social Work
RONCEVERTE: Charity Register, Social Work
SHADY SPRING: Hannah Katherine Shamblin, Education; Tyler Douglas Kettlewell, Social Work
SUMMERSVILLE: Kimberly Sue Kinzer, Business Administration; Issac Joseph Prather, Business Administration
VALLEY BEND: Amber Nicole Moore, Social Work
VICTOR: Heather Dawn Hanshaw, Social Work
WASHINGTON: Kimberly Ryna Conrad, Social Work
WEBSTER SPRING: Katina Lynn Westfall, Social Work
WHEELING: Alexis C. Hardrow, Social Work
WHITE OAK: Corey David Handy, Education
WINFIELD: Cartney Ann Schoolcraft, Education; Jenny L. Chapman, Social Work; Cassandra Marie Brooke Denison, Social Work
Virginia
AMHERST: Lindsay Gayle Maddox, Social Work
CANA: Samuel Ethan Haynes, Health Promotion
CHRISTIANSBURG: Keith R. Reed, Business Administration
CLIFTON FORGE: Cedric Tyler Drennen, Health Promotion
GROTTOES: Rebecca Anne Everson, Social Work
LEESBURG: Jonathan Steven Roebuck, Health Promotion
NARROWS: Matthew Calvin Mullins, Business Administration
NEWPORT NEWS: Lual Daniel Rahama, Health Promotion
PEARISBURG: Maggie G. Guynn, Business Administration
RICH CREEK: David Andrew Thompson, Business Administration
RINER: Hannah Carolyn Altizer, Business Administration
ROCKINGHAM: Trent Stone Abernathy, Health Promotion
TAZEWELL: Rachael Myers, Social Work
VIRGINIA BEACH: Zachary Noah Roney, Business Administration
Maryland
BALTIMORE: Michael Toby Sawyer, Jr, Health Promotion
GRANTSVILLE: Zachary Talbert, Social Work
North Carolina
KING: Tacari Jabriel Stokes, Health Promotion
New York
LIVERPOOL: Megan Marie Fitzpatrick, Health Promotion
Ohio
MARIETTA: Samantha Anne Knuchel, Social Work
South Carolina
WOODRUFF: Tylen Fowler, Health Promotion
Tennessee
MEMPHIS: Josea Leann Smith, Health Promotion
SEVIERVILLE: Ashton Leigh Funderburg, Health Promotion
Texas
SAN ANTONIO: Jaclyn Cartier, Social Work
United Kingdom
WIGAN, ENGLAND: Leah Beth Foster, Health Promotion
Undergraduate Candidates
West Virginia
ALDERSON: Erica Mackenzie Merrill, Social Work and Sociology; Jaylon S. Battaile, Interdisciplinary Studies; Stefan Kraig Williams, RBA
ANAWALT: Megan R. McGraw, English and History; Sarah J. Taylor, Biology.
ATHENS: Robinson Brittany D. Blevins, Elementary Education
BEAVER: Emily F. Jones, Elementary Education
BECKLEY: Isaiah Brooks Allen, Computer Science; Shara F. Bowman, Elementary Education; Caitlyn G. Cormack, Elementary Education; Shannon M. Jarrell, Secondary Education and History; Melinda M. Kostenko, Business Administration; Amanda Nicole Lester, RBA; Miranda Deanne Lucas, Social Work; Jodi McBride, RBA; Chad Austin Runyon, RBA; William Michael Thomas, RBA; Amy Renee Wray, RBA; Kyleigh Faith Wyatt, Biology.
BLUEFIELD: Christopher James Adams, Health Science; Emilee McKenna Beggs, Multimedia Communication; Andrea Jae Butler, Sociology; Chandler Dale Cooper, Biology; Jaylin D. Harris, Sociology; Amy Christine Lawrence, RBA, Ian M. Mitchell, Health Science; Jessica P. Phillips, English; Christopher David Robertson, English; Seth B. Siers, Sociology; David Wayne Stevenson, RBA, Laamaj Jewell Wallace, Sociology.
BRANDYWINE: Stephanie Brooke Amick, Health Science
BRENTON: Christa Anne Compton, Special Education
BUD: Jared M. Sandy, Communication Arts and English
CANNELTON: Jodi Nicole Given, RBA
CHARLESTON: Brandy Jean Spaulding, RBA
COAL CITY: Cole Austin Blake, Sociology; Christopher Thomas Bolen, Biology; Isiah Thomas Smith, Social Work; Brittany Lianne Worley, Secondary Education
COAL MOUNTAIN: Krista Danielle Warrix, RBA
COOL RIDGE: Jordan Keith Ballard, Business Administration; Jacquilyn Marie Harvey, Psychology; Sandra G. Mills, Biology; Angela Dawn Randolph, RBA.
CRAB ORCHARD: Derek R. Farley, Health Science; Rachel Nichole Lawson, Social Work; Colten T. Sweeney, Social Work and Sociology.
CRAIGSVILLE: Brandon Tyler Bleigh, Computer Science
DANIELS: Nicholas R. Cooper, Business Administration; Stephen T. Harris, History; Genna Evelyn Perry, RBA; Cameron Fayth Yearego, Biology.
DAVY: Robert D. Riggs, History
ENGLISH: Alison G. Meade, Elementary Education
FAIRDALE: Madison Faith Cook, Environmental Geosciences; Alyssa Lynae McGhee, Elementary Education; Shannon Dawn Vanover, English.
FAYETTEVILLE: Courtney Nicole Smith, Psychology; Lauren Renae Vaught, Elementary Education.
FOREST HILL: Kaley R. Allen, Psychology
GHENT: Carl E. McAlister, RBA
GILBERT: Franki N. Hatfield, Chemistry
GLASGOW: Peyton Mackenzie Elswick, Advertising/Graphic Design
GELN DANIEL: Emilee BethAnne Russell, English
GLENVILLE: Kylie Dannyel Shuff, RBA
HARPERS FERRY: Natalie Sierra James, Biology
HERNDON: Emily K. Graham, Secondary Education
HINTON: Logan Daniel Bennett, Communication Arts; Megan Sue Smith, RBA; Dawson Delane Tolbert, Computer Science.
HUNTINGTON: Gretchen Brae Mills, Special Education
IAEGER: Alexis F. Hickman, Business Administration; Kristin Elizabeth Lawson, Psychology.
JESSE: Tammy Jean Brown, RBA
JUMPING BRANCH: Kelly Denise Albright, RBA; Camden G. Houchins, Special Education.
JUSTICE: Kirsten T. Lester, Communication Arts
KIMBALL: Joycelina Nicole Baker, RBA
LANSING: Paul Ethan Morris, History; Victoria R. Sowder, English.
LESTER: Jasmine Ariana Blankenship, Health Science; Morgan Elizabeth Stover, Elementary Education.
LEWISBURG: Dylan Conor Cole, History; Tyler Stephen Deskins, Sociology; Benjamin F. Lim, Health Science; Abby G. McGilvray, Elementary Education.
LINDSIDE: Kara Alizabeth Via, Psychology; Chloe E. Widdoes, Health Science.
LOOKOUT: Alexia Nora Armstrong, Sociology
MARLINTON:Jodi L. Zickefoose, Sociology
MARTINSBURG: Tyler Joseph Bubb, Health Science
MEADOR: Lance Holden Lester, Communication Arts
MEADOW BRIDGE: Annabelle R. Woods, Sociology
MOHAWK: Dakota Blake Cline, Secondary Education
MONTCALM: Farrah Compton, English and Political Science
MOOREFIELD: Donathon Alexander Kesner, RBA
MOUNT HOPE: Aaron Douglas Williams, RBA
MOUNT NEBO: Raegan M. Harding, Elementary Education
NEW MARTINSVILLE: Kyndra Jayde Pilant, Health Science
OAK HILL: Sharon Denise Hicks, RBA; Chasity Ceara Humphrey, Business Administration; Madison M. Surface, Elementary Education; Matthew Louis Walker, Elementary Education.
OCEANA: William Hoyt Cook, RBA; Riley N. Costello, Biology; Logan D. Hite, History.
PANTHER: Emily Faith Bailey, English
PETERSTOWN: Danny L. Spence, Business Administration; Bailey P. Chambers, Social Work.
PINEVILLE: Kelli Lynn Cameron, Elementary Education
PRINCETON: Autumn P. Austin, Business Administration; Whitney N. Ball, English; Makayla Brooke Belcher, Social Work; Erika Dawn Bowling, Psychology; Emily Nettoy Craddock, Computer Science; Dakota Alexander Dillow, RBA; Stella G. Dunn, Business Administration; Cade A. Fix, Business Administration; James K Graham, Business Administration; Crystal Graham, RBA; Hannah Snow Griffith, RBA; Savannah F. Groom, Business Administration; Ashley Ann Harris, Business Administration; Joseph Adrian Haynes, RBA; Nicholas I. Horton, History; Nathan McClellan Lockhart, History; Sydni M. Lynch, Business Administration; Bryce Hayden Mutterback, Business Administration; Sarah Grace Pendleton, Biology; Crystal Nicole Pettrey, RBA; Kennedy Nicole Pugh, Biology; Brianna Leigh Riley, Business Administration and Computer Information Systems; Tamala L. Smith, Social Work; Kourtney Paige Stephens, RBA; Angel Faith Tarrant, Social Work and Sociology; Angela Katherine Thompson, RBA; Heaven Mae Underwood, RBA; Dalton L. Walker, Computer Science; Jocelyn Rochelle Woods, History.
PURGITSVILLE: Rebekah Lynn Markwood, Social Work
RAINELLE: Asher J. Keeling, Advertising/Graphic Design and Studio Art; Ellittia Marie Martin, Social Work; Emma Grace Osborne, Social Work.
RED HOUSE: Mikayla Renae Fisher, Biology
RIDGELEY: Caleb W. Hare, Advertising/Graphic Design
ROCK: David W. Parson, Business Administration; Grace Nicole Sherwood, Business Administration
RONCEVERTE: Alexandria Katelyn Mizia, Biology; Quana Montez Walker, Social Work
S CHARLESTON: Benjamin Lee Greear, Business Administration
SANDSTONE: Keven E. Sawyer, Computer Science
SOPHIA: Jessica S. Cox, Social Work; Jessica Ladawn Cunningham, Social Work.
SPANISHBURG: William Kyle Billings, RBA; Emily K. Lafferty, Psychology.
SUMMERSVILLE: Nichole E. Crawford, Elementary Education; Christopher Troy Wood, RBA.
SURVEYOR: Brianna Rae Bragg, Elementary Education
UNION: Marcus Alexander Breckenridge, Advertising/Graphic Design
WAR: Abigail Mackenzie Meade, Elementary Education
WAYSIDE: Susan Jane Clay, RBA
WEBSTER SPRINGS: Cayley Rebecca Jett, Advertising/Graphic Design
WELCH: Brent K. Atwood, Psychology; Aaron C. Pendry, RBA; Amanda Rose, RBA
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS: Ella K. Goodwin, Business Administration; Trisha Lee Hanna, Social Work.
WILLIAMSON: Kaleigh Grace Baisden, Chemistry
Virginia
BRISTOL: Alexandria Chantaye Sydnor, Health Science
CHRISTIANSBURG: Caleb Reid Hatcher, Studio Art; Alexander James Aeneas Watty, Business Administration
DALEVILLE: Noah Riley Overstreet, Interdisciplinary Studies
DANVILLE: Emily Grace Wallace, Elementary Education
DRAPER: Bailey Ayers, RBA
FREDERICKSBERG: Andrew Michael Neff, Business Administration
GROTTOES: Nakaila Alexis-Aalaysia Gray, Communication Arts
HALIFAX: Traivius Ahmaund Chappell, Computer Science
MCLEAN: Mark Alan Payne: RBA
NEW CASTLE: Keiley Rhea Dudding, Biology
PEMBROKE: Michael Aaron Shelor, Computer Science
PRINCE GEORGE: Andrew Wayne Thompson, Sociology; Sarah Young Thompson, Sociology
STAFFORD: Lauryn Briana Avery, Sociology
WOODBRIDGE: Hunter Lee Steel, Business Administration
California
GARDEN GROVE: Saul Robles, Business Administration
Florida
MIAMI: Jevon Alexander Laidler, Business Administration
WESTON: Nicholas Raul Herrerias, Business Administration
Indiana
FORT WAYNE: Jaguar Richard Alabo Jackson, Management
LAWRENCEBURG: Lauren Melissa Delong, Biology
Maryland
BALTIMORE: Kristi Renee Grubb, Studio Art
DISTRICT HEIGHTS: Ciah D. Russell, Biology
UPPER MARLBORO: Keshawn Maurice Hall, RBA
Michigan
ROSENVILLE: Da’Vion Darsale Moore, Business Administration
Minnesota
DULUTH: Peter St. Fleur, RBA
North Carolina
CHARLOTTE: Hailey N. Hawkins, RBA; Jilian Alexandria Holt, RBA
DENVER: Hailey Taylor Buchanan, Sociology
DOBSON: Joseph Daniel Layne, Business Administration
WAKE FOREST: Seth Austin Hilman, Business Administration
Ohio
MANSFIELD: Olivia Grace Bekeleski, Social Work
MASSILLON: Amber Charde Hall, Psychology
THORNVILLE: Ethan Gerald Heller, Business Administration
Pennsylvania
OXFORD: Jack Anthony Colagiovanni, Health Science
Tennessee
BARTLETT: Robert J. Stiles, Biology
Argentina
Lucas Javier Asato, Business Administration
Bahamas
FREEPORT GRAND BAHAMAS: Jerell Strachan, Business Administration
Dominican Republic
Robinson Arturo Abreu Genao, Business Administration; Oscar Ernesto Cabrera Hidalgo, Computer Science
Nigeria
ABUJA: Victoria Nneka Atasie
United Kingdom
Rachel Alex Bell, Interdisciplinary Studies
