Dean urges students to use diplomas wisely
Students have a responsibility to use their education to help others, Dr. Gloria Bell told graduates.
Bell, a longtime faculty member of Southern Wesleyan University, addressed the university’s 2005 spring graduating class at two graduation ceremonies May 7. During the first ceremony, she asked the students to use their educations to help their communities.
“It’s an achievement you can be proud of,” Bell said. “but with a diploma comes responsibility.”
The Bible is full of ordinary object that are used in extraordinary ways, she said. Students can use ordinary objects such as a ledger, a book, a piano or a periodic table to have a great impact on the world around them, Bell said.
“A diploma is not a no-strings-attached document,” she said.
Bell also addressed the afternoon graduates, asking students to prioritize service to others.
“Our time is filled up with necessary things. We have no free time,” she said. “Free time is a myth. We must make the choices necessary to keep those first things first.”
She asked students to make time for the truly important things in life.
Bell, academic vice president and dean, will retire at the end of this academic year. A resident of Clemson, Bell earned her A.B. at Southern Wesleyan University (formerly Central Wesleyan College); her M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado.
She has been a member of the Southern Wesleyan University faculty since 1977. Bell’s work has appeared in numerous publications and she has completed many academic presentations.
Southern Wesleyan University awarded Bell an honorary doctor of humanities degree during the graduation ceremonies.
The university had two separate graduation ceremonies at Walden Tysinger Gymnasium. The 10:30 a.m. ceremony was for graduating students from the university’s Central and Greenville locations earning associate’s and bachelor’s degrees, and for students from all locations earning Master of Science, Master of Ministry or Master of Business Administration degrees. The 3 p.m. ceremony was for students from the university’s Charleston, Columbia and North Augusta locations earning associate’s and bachelor’s degrees, as well as for students from all locations earning Master of Education degrees.
The university conferred about 345 degrees, according to university registrar Rock McCaskill. The average age of the graduates is 35, he said.
Southern Wesleyan University graduates included:
In South Carolina:
Aiken
Cynthia M. McClattie, Master of Business Administration; Doretha E. Rogers, A.S. in Business; Jonathan Paul Keklak, B.S. in Management; Robert M. Rinder, A.S. in Business; Ryson Carter Jr., B.S. in Management; Shirley E. Aschen, B.S. in Management; Valeria Denise Brown, A.S. in Business; and Valree L. Green, A.S. in Business.
Anderson
Aaron Hullett, B.S. in Biology; Byron E. Dial, Master of Business Administration; Catherine Denise Hamby, Master of Business Administration; Charles Timothy Hughes, B.S. in Business Administration; David Edmund Bolduc, M.S. in Management; David W. Stastny, Master of Business Administration; Dretzel G. Barton, M.S. in Management; Helon Kay Jefferson, M.S. in Management; Jasmine Hope Barrick, A.S. in Business; Johna Williams Cochran, Master of Education; Patricia Elaine Sabree, Master of Education; Paul J. Hubbard, Master of Business in Administration; Robert A. McCormick, Master of Business in Administration; Tabitha Denise Stewart, M.S. in Management; Thomas S. Williams Jr., M.S. in Management; and Valerie E. Beaty, M.S. in Management.
Barnwell
Alice Rhoads, A.S. in Business.
Bishopville
Sytricia A. Price, M.S. in Management.
Blythewood
Aaron Alonzo Harris, M.S. in Management; Larry L. Giles, B.S. in Business; Administration; and Sharon Denise Brown, A.S. in Business.
Camden
Raúl A. González, A.S. in Business.
Cayce
Paula Faye Melton, B.S. in Business Administration; and Sharon Alice Hewitt, A.S. in Business.
Central
Aaron Tolan, B.S. in Pre Medicine/Dentistry; Amee Leigh Hunter, B.S. in English Education; Ashley Marie Wood, B.S. in Pre Medicine/Dentistry; Josie Anne Spittler, B.A. in Psychology; Kevin E. Tallon, B.S. in Business Administration; Melanie Lynn Gillespie, B.S. in Business Administration; Michael J. Gantt, B.S. in Business Administration; Rhonda K. Clark, Master of Business in Administration; Sarah Elizabeth Brown, B.A. in Psychology; Thomas Randall Bowyer, B.A. in Recreation; and William Daniel Evatt II, B.S. in Business Administration.
Clarks Hill
Nicole Baynham Goforth, Master of Education.
Chapin
Allison Frick Staples, B.S. in Business Administration; and Sener B. Davis, B.S. in Business Administration.
Charleston
Anna Marie Richardson, A.S. in Business; Deirdre K. Etris, B.S. in Management; LaNovia Wisette Hamilton, B.S. in Management; Mona Lisa Swinton-Lewis, B.S. in Management; Rhonda Denise Haynes, B.S. in Management; and Susan Marie Roberts, B.S. in Management.
Chesnee
Monica Lea Wilkerson, B.S. in Physical Education.
Clemson
Cathy N. Jerolamon, Master of Education; David Chadwick Perry, B.S. in Elementary Education; Glenn D. Buddin, Jr., Master of Business Administration; Keith Brian Arndt, Master of Business Administration; and Mandel Avery Elmore, M.S. in Management.
Cleveland
John R. Williams, A.S. in Business.
Columbia
Allison R. Turnley, M.S. in Management; Amelia Marie McKittrick, B.S. in Business Administration; April Bradham Braswell, B.S. in Business Administration; April Deshawn Huff, M.S. in Management; Barry Evan Malcolm, B.S. in Business Administration; Brenda Ann Myers, Master of Education; Carl L. Wilson, A.S. in Business; Carmila R. Stack, Master of Education; Cassandra Grier Brailsford, Master of Business Administration; Cathy Fulmer Kirby, B.S. in Business Administration; Cederia Kentrice Campbell, Master of Education; Chantel Pouncey Simmons, B.S. in Business Administration; Christine Whitney Gaston, M.S. in Management; Connie Roshell Vinson, B.S. in Business Administration; Craig Allen Grivois, B.S. in Business Administration; Daphne Dee Brewington, B.S. in Business Administration; Debra Annette Shepard, M.S. in Management; Demetrice Evett King, Master of Education; Dennis Jon Jeffcoat, Master of Business Administration; Derrol C. Shuford, M.S. in Management; Dorothy Hardwicke Valek, Master of Education; Elizabeth Louise Sanders, Master of Education; Fatima McFadden Pittman, B.S. in Business Administration; Felicia C. Elder, M.S. in Management; Helen Currie Schumpert, Master of Education; Henry L. Bryson, Master of Business Administration; Irving R. Smith III, B.S. in Business Administration; James Edward Smith, B.S. in Business Administration; Jennifer Ardis Neese, Master of Business Administration; Jessica L. Beloch, B.S. in Business Administration; John Timothy Spires, B.S. in Business Administration; Kathleen Davis, M.S. in Management; Konnie Smith Warren, Master of Education; Laura Kathryn Newton, Master of Business Administration; Lisa T. Williams-Holloway, M.S. in Management; Matthew D. Dolak, B.S. in Business Administration; Noelle Elaine Pauling, M.S. in Management; Patsy Holliday, B.S. in Business Administration; Renee Bonnie McCrarey, M.S. in Management; Richard Arthur Vanaman, B.S. in Business Administration; Robert Glenn McCloy, Master of Education; Robin August, B.S. in Business Administration; Sandra R. Dickson, M.S. in Management; Stephen T. Rich, Master of Business Administration; Susan Idell Shaw, Master of Education; Tamala M. Ashford, Master of Education; Teresa M. Mitchell, B.S. in Business Administration; Thomas Prioleau Jr., B.S. in Business Administration; and Tiffany Jones Kelly, M.S. in Management.
Donalds
Pam Devore, Master of Business Administration.
Dorchester
Meagan Rosanna Moore, B.A. in Music.
Duncan
Jason Branden Burke, B.S. in Physical Education.
Easley
Amanda M. Volk, Master of Education; Amy S. Love, Master of Education; Brandy E. Rogers, B.S. in Applied Computer Science; David Craig Wallis, B.S. in Business Administration; Donna Marie Morgan, B.S. in Business Administration; F. Dale Merritt A.S. in Business; Jason Mitchel Constance, B.S. in Applied Computer Science; Jennifer Angela Alling, B.S. in Elementary Education; Kim F. Kelley, A.S. in Business; Lee R. Allen, Master of Business Administration; Patsy Garner Cummings, B.S. in Business Administration; Rebecca F. Holcombe, Master of Business Administration; Russell Jeffrey Brewer, B.S. in Accounting; Sharon Padgett Corn, B.S. in Elementary Education; and Yolonda J. Fruster, B.S. in Pre Medicine/Dentistry.
Eastover
Vernon Anthony King, Master of Business Administration.
Edgefield
Yvonne M. Butler, B.S. in Management.
Fair Play
Jennifer Elizabeth Potts, B.A. in Biology.
Florence
John David Wansley, Master of Business Administration; and Tahisha N. McCray, B.S. in Business Administration.
Gadsden
Carolyn M. Boykin Lloyd, B.S. in Business Administration; and Frank Adams Gadsden, B.S. in Business Administration.
Gaffney
Loretta Ann Holmes, Master of Education. .
Gaston
Barbara Ann Jeffcoat, A.S. in Business; and Tarsha Smith Brown, Master of Business Administration.
Goose Creek
Joel Reed, B.S. in Management; Kenneth Brian Carter, B.S. in Management; Ruby M. Hargrove, B.S. in Management; and Terry Jones Davenport, B.S. in Management.
Gray Court
Mary Elizabeth Smith, Master of Education.
Greenville
Angela Berry Loomis, A.S. in Business; Christina Melanie Howe, B.S. in Business Administration; Daniel J. Stout, B.S. in Religion; Edna Dunn Culbertson, B.S. in Special Education; Etrulia Robinson, B.S. in Business Administration; Feldon Lee Roberts, B.S. in Business Administration; Joseph Keith Wilder, Master of Business in Administration; Kimberly Bartram Bayne, A.S. in Business; Lisa Jackson Rouby, A.S. in Business; Luberta Hunter Gilmore, Master of Education; Michele Lynette Sitton, A.S. in Business; Olen Michael White, A.S. in Business; Pamela M. Howe, B.S. in Business Administration; Patricia Elizabeth Wilson, B.S. in Business; Administration; Tracy R. Carbonel, B.S. in Business Administration; and Vicki W. Drew, B.S. in Elementary Education.
Greenwood
Vitina P. Jones, B.S. in Business Administration.
Greer
Jennifer Oglesby, B.S. in Elementary Education; and Kanika G. Richardson, B.S. in Business Administration.
Honea Path
Shirley F. Potts, B.S. in Business Administration.
Hopkins
Tamiko White Richardson, Master of Education; and Vera W. Jackson, B.S. in Business Administration.
Inman
Jo Ann Painter, B.S. in Business Administration.
Irmo
Angela Cheek, Master of Education; April Reynolds Worley, Master of Education; Dale G. Kimmel, B.S. in Business Administration; Gay Wanda Ferguson, M.S. in Management; Jessica M. Knoblauch, Master of Education; Michael Laverne Cooper, Master of Business in Administration; Micki-Lee Pitchford, Master of Education; and Sarah Menzel Park, Master of Education.
Iva
Tammi L. Holbrook, B.S. in Elementary Education.
Johns Island
Michael Levar Blake, A.S. in Business.
Johnson
Trina Denise Anderson, B.S. in Management.
Lexington
Annette Abbott, A.S. in Business; Emily Beth Crews, Master of Education; Joseph S. Jeter, Master of Business in Administration; Leann Marie Head Crim, B.S. in Business Administration; Maurice Elgin Smith, B.S. in Business Administration; Neal D. Smoak, M.S. in Management; Rebekah Jane Bouye, Master of Education; Robert Louis Singleton Jr., B.S. in Business Administration; Shannon H. Adam, B.S. in Business Administration; Stephanie Smith Hucks, Master of Education; Thomas Harold Callaway, Master of Business Administration; and Thomas Jason Pickett, B.S. in Business Administration.
Liberty
Amy Powell Chambers, B.A. in English; Caroline S. Jewell, Master of Education; Courtney Carlyle Lewis, B.S. in Business Administration; Margaret Lois Walters, Master of Education; Michael David Baker, B.A. in Psychology; and Nancy Louise Zeigler, B.S. in Elementary Education.
Lugoff
Lee J. Parker, B.S. in Business Administration; and Monica Y. Williams, Master of Education.
Mauldin
Albertus Anayor Ohanuka, M.S. in Management; Brenda J. Sligh, B.S. in Business Administration; David A. Dziekan, B.S. in Business Administration; and Gwendolyn Wynder Jones, A.S. in Business.
Moncks Corner
Kathryn D. Erickson, B.S. in Management; Leigh Ann Smith, B.S. in Management; and Wendy S. Oakley, B.S. in Management.
Moore
Charles Anthony Powe, A.S. in Business.
Newberry
Bessie R. Bookman, Master of Education.
New Ellenton
Sally Beatrice Perry, A.S. in Business.
North Augusta
Michael T. Bennett, B.S. in Management; Craig A. Gilstrap, Master of Education, Deborah B. Young, Master of Education; Deborah Price Vaughn, Master of Education; Frances C. Rissé, Master of Education; Julia Williamson Baldwin, Master of Education; Susan Ann McNeill, Master of Education; Tammy McCaslin Butcher, Master of Education; and Teresa S. Glover, B.S. in Management.
North Charleston
Kevin D. Phillips, B.S. in Management; Mandy Lyn Wadsworth, A.S. in Business; Michael T. Crosby, B.S. in Management; Avis Owanda Fields, B.S. in Management; and Cassandra Latisha Rice, A.S. in Business.
Orangeburg
James Monroe Bradley III, M.S. in Management; and Julie Faith Bozard, B.A. in English.
Pelzer
Carolyn Elizabeth Mayfield, B.S. in Elementary Education; Darron Jeffrey Meares, B.S. in Business Administration; Maranda Marie Horne, B.S. in Business Administration; and Susan Hammond Gilliam, Master of Education.
Pendleton
Ana G. Wood, Master of Business Administration; Frankie L. Morgan, M.S. in Management; and Richard Brent Wiley, B.S. in Applied Computer Science.
Pickens
Ashley Brooke McCall, B.S. in Elementary Education; Devonne Camp Blackwell, Master of Education; Jessica Leeann Smith, B.S. in Elementary Education; Joseph Mark Pilgrim; B.S. in Business Administration; Robert J. Furr, B.S. in Applied Computer Science; T. Michael Anderson Jr., B.S. in Business Administration; and Tonya Lynn Trotter, B.S. in Elementary Education.
Piedmont
Bridgette L. Stokes, B.S. in Business; Administration; and Jennifer Elizabeth Martin, Master of Business Administration.
Prosperity
Jennifer G. Morris, M.S. in Management.
Rock Hill
Tammy Michelle Childs, M.S. in Management.
Seneca
Amy B. Livingston, Master of Education; Barbara Dianne Spoon, Master of Business Administration; Caroline Shellie Donald, B.S. in Business Administration; Crystal Lynnette Hare, B.A. in Music; Gisele Henderson Butler, B.S. in Elementary Education; Gloria C. Moore, Master of Business Administration; Janet Thames Figueroa, Master of Education; Jennifer Black Keaton, B.A. in English; Joshua James Axelson, B.S. in Business Administration; Nichola Angel Natale, M.S. in Management; and Summer R. Grant, M.S. in Management.
Simpsonville
Charles A. Armstrong II, A.S. in Business; Earl Adams, B.S. in Business Administration; Edna Susan Baskin-Jones, Master of Education; Edward Alan Huff, B.S. in Business Administration; Emmett N. Roberts, B.S. in Business Administration; Georgia Ann Gibson, B.S. in Business Administration; Janet Shaw Simmons, B.S. in Business Administration; Keith Wayne Voellinger, B.S. in Business Administration; Mary Ann Collins, Master of Education; Robert L. Brown, B.S. in Business Administration; and Tasha Kani Robinson Garren, Master of Education.
Six Mile
Rachel Lynette Ferree, B.S. in Applied Computer Science.
Spartanburg
Joan L. Moore, B.S. in Business Administration; Maureen Agnew, B.S. in Business Administration; Vickie R. Woodruff, B.S. in Business Administration; and Wendolyn M. Miller, Master of Education.
Starr
Angela Johnson Phillips, M.S. in Management.
Summerville
Adonica Annette Jenkins, B.S. in Management; Jewel A. Owens, B.S. in Management;
Sandra S. Mishoe, B.S. in Management; and Sanquinette Latonya Gathers, A.S. in Business.
Sumter
Candi Daughrity Healon, Master of Business Administration; and Jason Cory Ashworth, B.S. in Business Administration.
Swansea
Jessica Favor, B.S. in Business Administration.
Taylors
Bianca Jamison, Master of Education; Jay L. Farrington, B.S. in Business Administration; and Melissa A. Harmon, Master of Education.
Travelers Rest
Sandra G. Bradford, B.S. in Elementary Education.
Townville
Jennifer Lynn White, B.S. in Accounting.
Union
Joe Douglas Gregory Jr., B.S. in Business Administration.
Walhalla
Brian Heath Lee, B.S. in Business Administration; Debbie J. Fricks, B.S. in Business Administration; and Ricky P. Pelfrey, B.S. in Business Administration.
Vance
Roberta Rivers-Fogle, B.S. in Management.
West Columbia
Brenda Ann Peavy, B.S. in Business Administration; Barry Keith Skipper, B.S. in Business Administration; Dana M. Dickerson, B.S. in Business Administration;
Deirdre Taylor Murph, Master of Education; Michael Wayne Cupp, B.S. in Business Administration; and Shenika Afrika Amin Shaw, Master of Business Administration.
West Union
Heather J. Hunnicutt, B.A. in Psychology; and Wendy Titus Westbrook, Master of Education.
Westminster
Brian Lyles, Master of Business Administration; Jessica Cole, B.S. in Elementary Education; and Tonya McClain Stancil, Master of Education.
In California:
Red Bluff
Justin John McKim, B.S. in Sports Management.
In Georgia:
Alma
Erica Michelle Rainey, B.S. in Business Administration.
Athens
Lindsey Erin Thompson, B.S. in Elementary Education.
Auburn
Timothy Garrett Moon, B.S. in Accounting.
Augusta
Dorinda S. Fountain, B.S. in Management; Jan Elease Johnson, B.S. in Management; and Sharon Reneé Alexander McCall, Master of Education.
Conyers
Carmen Hughey, B.A. in History.
Evans
Erica C. Seagraves, B.S. in Management; and Sabrina A. Cliett Evans, B.S. in Management.
Fairburn
Jahan Nicole Dunson, B.S. in Sports Management.
Waynesboro
Lamar Youmans, B.S. in Management.
Grovetown
Leah Noles Byrne, B.S. in Management.
In Florida:
Rockledge
Brian Christopher Donlon, B.S. in Applied Computer Science.
Winter Haven
Benjamin M. James, B.S in Religion.
Miami
Katrina Gertruda Hegeman, B.S. in Business Administration.
In Illinois:
Kyle B. Kmiecik, Elmwood Park, B.S. in Sports Management.
In Indiana:
Indianapolis
James Andrew Moore, B.A. in History.
Carmel
Dustin Holloway, B.A. in History.
In Maryland:
Leland Daniel Miller, East New Market, B.S. in Sports Management.
In Missouri:
Adam J. Schachner, Hillsboro, B.S. in Business Administration.
In New York:
Renee Beth McNamara, Rochester, B.S. in Sports Management.
In New Jersey:
Whitney Ann Kammerer, Upper Saddle River, B.A. in History.
In North Carolina:
Asheboro
Jake Tristan Neal, B.S. in Religion; and William Joseph Reeder, B.A. in History.
Brevard
Garrett Stewart Morgan, B.A. in Psychology; and Jasmyn Lee Byrd, B.S. in Business Administration.
Cherryville
Amy Gibson Paksoy, Master of Education.
China Grove
Jonathan Lane Brady, B.A. in Religion.
Clayton
Lindsay R. Harris, B.S. in Elementary Education.
Forest City
Carol Chisholm Womick, Master of Education.
Gastonia
Seth A. Cotton, B.S. in Religion.
Lincolnton
Candice M. Jones, B.S. in Elementary Education; and Megan Diana Lord, B.A. in Psychology.
Ramseur
Bradley James Hornback, B.A. in Social Studies.
Winston-Salem
Robert David Elliott, B.S. in Applied Computer Science.
Thomasville
Brittany Lea Wilson, B.A. in Psychology.
Trinity
Tasha N. Howard, B.S. in Accounting.
Shelby
Ashley Osborne, B.S. in Business Administration.
In Oklahoma:
Michael David Ellis, Oologah, B.S. in Business Administration.
In Virginia:
Manassas
Curtis Woods, B.S. in Applied Computer Science.
Brandy Station
Holly Marie Jones, B.S. in Business Administration.
Roanoke
Cary Noelle Rodriguez, B.S. in Elementary Education.
Spotsylvania
Kristina Kjar Fox, B.S. in Business Administration.
In Military Service:
Amy L. Kester, Master of Business Administration.