Graduation comes with lesson in history
Dr . Paul Wood addresses Southern Wesleyan University graduates during the university’s winter commencement ceremonies. He shared his years of experience as a student, faculty member, administrator and professor.
Graduation ceremonies at Southern Wesleyan University delivered a final history lesson.
Southern Wesleyan University’s Dr. Paul Wood addressed the graduates at the university’s two graduation ceremonies on Dec. 10 at the main campus in Central. Wood has been a witness to life at the university since the 1940s.
“I have been here awhile,” Wood said. “How things have changed!
The university has adapted to a “changing culture and a shrinking world,” Wood said.
“I’ve seen this university evolve,” Wood said. “The old days were good, but this is better.”
The values at the heart of the university haven’t changed at all, though, he said.
“This is a university of clear, consistent Christian values,” Wood said. The university’s faculty, staff and students are committed to these values, he said.
Wood urged the graduates to be committed to Christ, to have a Christian character and to spread Christ-like compassion.
Southern Wesleyan University President David Spittal praised Wood’s accomplishments, citing him as “an example of a life well-lived.”
“He is widely recognized within his profession of psychology as an expert of the highest authority,” Spittal said. “He is an outstanding man of God and a true servant of Jesus Christ.
Southern Wesleyan University conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Social Science on Wood during the ceremony.
Wood attended Wesleyan Methodist Academy in Central (at the site of today’s Southern Wesleyan University) and graduated from high school there in 1947. After two tours of duty in the army, he returned to the campus of Wesleyan Methodist College (now Southern Wesleyan University) and graduated as valedictorian in 1956. He graduated from Guilford College in 1958 and received his master’s and doctorate in psychology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1962.
Wood joined the faculty at Central Wesleyan College (now Southern Wesleyan University) in 1962. He later completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Florida State University, where he won a U.S. Public Health Service grant to continue research into sleep and dreams at Central Wesleyan College.
During Wood’s career at Central Wesleyan, he served as the first dean of students. Later, he served as academic dean and led the successful effort for the college’s first regional accreditation as a four-year liberal arts institution. He retired from Southern Wesleyan University in 1994.
Currently, Wood is a professor emeritus and maintains a clinical consultation relationship with Southern Wesleyan University. He also organizes an annual study tour of England for Southern Wesleyan students.
Wood and his wife of more than 53 years, Christine, have three children, Shauna Jones, Katie Wood-Ray and Andrew Wood. They also have two grandchildren, Eric and Hannah Jones.
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 485 degrees, according to McCaskill. The average age of the graduates was 38, he said. More than 20 percent of the undergraduate students graduated with academic honors.
Southern Wesleyan University graduates included: In South Carolina:
Aiken
Kecia Abney-Smith, Master of Science in Management; Gloria R. Bell, Bachelor of Science in Management; Kathryn L. Byrd, Bachelor of Science in Management; Earline D. Coates, Associate of Science in Business; Patricia M. Goodale, Master of Science in Management; Sharon Shelby Guyton, Master of Science in Management; Janice Lamb Hartless, Associate of Science in Business; Patricia Ann LáTrell Jones, Master of Science in Management; Robert Daniel Kissiah, Bachelor of Science in Management; Diana Baldwin Lee, Associate of Science in Business; Tracey B. Mozone, Master of Science in Management; Kshatriya Dishan Keyatta Priester, Bachelor of Science in Management; Heather Pawley Shuler, Master of Education; Mary E. Simpkins-Dunbar, Associate of Science in Business; Catina Andrea Toole, Bachelor of Science in Management; Kim L. Walker, Associate of Science in Business; and Steven Tod Wilson, Bachelor of Science in Management.
Anderson
Miranda Morris Acker, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Carmen Hill Brannon, Master of Education; Jarvis L. Brown, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Karen Juanita Glenn, Master of Education; Jack S. Ingram, Master of Business Administration; Jessica B. Jenkins, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Deborah L. Jennings, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; David Johnson , Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Susan Watson Merrill, Master of Science in Management; Jenny Floyd O'Brien, Master of Education; Cheryl W. Parris, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Meredith Newall Powell, Master of Education; Dawn Christine Rucker, Master of Education; Marina Yolanda Lozano Salcido, Master of Business Administration; Sandra P. Snider, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Holly M. Waller, Associate of Science in Business.
Barnwell
Deanna Marie Ridgeway, Master of Science in Management.
Beech Island
Linda Newman McKie, Bachelor of Science in Management.
Belton
James William Capps Jr., Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Matthew M. Griffith, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Deborah Waters Knight, Master of Education.
Belvedere
Crevest Emory, Associate of Science in Business.
Blythewood
Tammie Blount Hunter, Master of Education .
Boiling Springs
Larry Douglas Allen, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and D. Christopher Todd, Master of Education.
Camden
Ramona F. Lacey, Associate of Science in Business.
Cayce
Melanie A. Bradshaw, Master of Business Administration; Adriana Kay Harley, Master of Science in Management; LuKisha Monique Hickman, Master of Education; Katherine Staton Hite, Master of Education; and Otis Hall Rabon Jr., Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Central
Joshua Andrew Bagley, Bachelor of Science in Applied Computer Science; Harriet Watson Byars, Master of Education; Leigh Ashley Fricks, Associate of Science in Business; Meredith J. Jones, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Brenda Gale Kingrea, Master of Education; Leah Christine Longfellow, Bachelor of Science in Special Education; Jonathan David Nathan, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology; Karen Norris, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Cynthia D. Strader, Associate of Science in Business; Sara Reynolds Sturner, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education; Jason Andrew Tegen, Bachelor of Science in Religion; and Vanessa Yvette Bradley Temple, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Chapin
Norma Reardon Bickley, Master of Education; and Melanie Cannon Zobel, Master of Education;
Charleston
Angela Atkinson, Master of Business Administration; Sonja R. Bailey, Associate of Science in Business; Kimberly W. Dixon, Master of Science in Management; Isiah Ronald Gadsden, Associate of Science in Business; Joseph Edward Goings, Bachelor of Science in Management; Romona Y. Gourdine, Bachelor of Science in Management;
Arthur Harper, Master of Science in Management; Norman B. Karasch, Master of Science in Management; Elonda Regina W. Kinloch, Bachelor of Science in Management; Phillip William Lefter, Bachelor of Science in Management; Marjorie Gayle McCaffrey, Bachelor of Science in Management; Faith Temeka Murray, Bachelor of Science in Management; Cassandra Richardson Noble Reid, Bachelor of Science in Management;
Brenda L. Riddick, Bachelor of Science in Management; Edward A. Smalls II, Master of Business Administration; Melodie Anne Truluck, Bachelor of Science in Management;
Christine R. Volousky, Master of Business Administration; and Irene B. Weeks, Master of Science in Management.
Chesnee
Sarah Frances Parker, Master of Education.
Clearwater
Palmira M. Johnson, Bachelor of Science in Management.
Clemson
Tara L. Allen, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Charlotte Mildred Bruner, Master of Education; and Leverett Marlin Bruner, Master of Education.
Clinton
Kimberly Sue Miles, Master of Education; and Jeffery H. Wright, Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology.
Columbia
Jerel Arceneaux, Master of Science in Management; Catherine Nicole Breland, Associate of Science in Business; Barry Michael Brown Jr., Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Chinesa Patrice Brown, Master of Business Administration; Joseph Brown, Master of Business Administration; Betty Jean Bryant, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Cynthia Marie Comunale, Master of Education; Edith Lorrand Cunningham, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Willa Hollis Garner, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Ashlie Layne Harrell, Master of Education; Terri Lynn Isham, Master of Business Administration; Eronda Lea Jackson, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Vincent E. Jefferson Sr., Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Pamela Lynette Jennings, Master of Science in Management; Laura Rose Johnson, Master of Education; Winifred D. Jones, Associate of Science in Business; Margaret Ward Knight, Master of Education; Lorretta Kay Lassiter-Belton, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Glenda S. McDaniels, Master of Business Administration; Eric Maurice Moore, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Karl Nielson, Associate of Science in Business; Ira Aloysius Peay, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Mary Elizabeth Rhue, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Cathy P. Rice, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Lynandro D'Juan Simmons Sr., Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Anthony W. Stewart, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Nora Wyatt Trout, Master of Education; Ollie Walton-McCray, Associate of Science in Business; and Regina Ann Washington, Master of Science in Management.
Due West
Lori Elizabeth Duffle, Master of Education.
Duncan
Sabrina J. Enos, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Suzanne Glidewell McClendon, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Easley
Eldon C. Anderson, Master of Business Administration; George Robert Bowers, Master of Business Administration; Stacy Miller Bullard, Master of Education; Metris R. Cain, Master of Education; Toni Holland Carson, Master of Education; Yolanda Bree Carter, Master of Education; Lewis Gene Clarkson, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Aida I. Cordova, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education; Tracie Anderson Elmore, Associate of Science in Business; Carla D. Hall, Master of Education; Kelley Delayne Hickerson, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Eric Houston, Master of Education; Judy S. Johnson, Master of Education; Joel Henry Jones, Master of Science in Management; Michael E. Mayfield, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Steven Michael Medlin, Bachelor of Science in Biology; Robert G. Owenby, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Bryan Keith Pickens, Master of Business Administration; Cheryl Ann Pitts, Master of Education; Amy Jermaine Towles, Bachelor of Arts in History; and E. Alison Welborn, Bachelor of Arts in English.
Elgin
Hank Benjamin Goff, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Alisha Mozelle Seymour, Master of Education.
Fountain Inn
Joshua David Darrah, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Cathy Irby, Master of Science in Management; Leslie G. McIntire, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Melvina Phillips Rogers, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Gaffney
Pamela Parker Whitt, Master of Education.
Gadsden
Monica Reese Adams, Master of Education.
Gaston
Karen J. Miller, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and James Albert Parker, Master of Science in Management.
Goose Creek
Robert Frederick Carpenter, Associate of Science in Business; Cathy JP Hughes, Bachelor of Science in Management; Larry Martin, Master of Science in Management; Parker G. Mitchell, Master of Business Administration; Robin Marie Rose, Master of Business Administration; Sherry Sue Russell, Bachelor of Science in Management; Annuit Bud Thames, Master of Science in Management; and Dorothy L. White, Associate of Science in Business.
Graniteville
Juanita Hall Garnett, Bachelor of Science in Management; Mark C. Gustafson, Master of Science in Management; and Andrea D. Johnson, Associate of Science in Business.
Greenville
Ruby C. Bennett, Master of Science in Management; Sandra Kay Brooks, Master of Education; Quintella Trene Childs, Associate of Science in Business; Ann E. Friddle-Boone, Master of Education; Barnabas B. Galadima, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Anderson Garcia, Master of Science in Management; Angela Bradberry Godfrey, Master of Education; Darrell Eugene Harlow-Curtis, Master of Science in Management; Elizabeth Jane Hayduk, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology; Tab Hunter, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Suzanne Sanders Lawrence, Master of Education; Danny Brian Maddux, Bachelor of Science in Special Education; Patricia Diane McNeil, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Roxane S. Moore, Master of Science in Management; Walter F. Soltysiak, Master of Business Administration; Tica Dasi Meria Sullivan, Master of Education; Lorgin H. Wagstaff, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Keith Michael Warlick, Master of Business Administration; and Nancy Hudnall Waters, Master of Education.
Greenwood
Samuel Whitaker Price, Master of Education.
Greer
Tyson Derek Bouknight, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Carolyn S. Grubb, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Stanley L. Healy, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; LaDonna Y. Keller, Master of Education; Roberto A. Lopez, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Jennifer Marie Meece, Associate of Science in Business; Judy H. Poynter, Master of Education; Gaynal Eric Sloan, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Toni Anne Bridgeman Stahl, Master of Education.
Hanahan
Leonard R. Larkin, Master of Business Administration; Lisa K. Lijewski, Master of Business Administration; Dennis Paul Pieper, Master of Business Administration; and Regina L. Rouse, Associate of Science in Business.
Honea Path
Christa Campbell Phillips, Master of Education; and Wendy Michele Vaughn Simmons, Master of Education.
Hopkins
Gwendolyn Jeanette Brantley, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Reko Meschelle Currie, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Denise McKinley, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Marcella Ann Sumter, Master of Business Administration.
Inman
Margaret A. Handley, Master of Science in Management.
Irmo
Brady Roy Amick, Master of Science in Management; Kevin Elliott Burton, Master of Science in Management; Brian Eugene Carter, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; William Calvert Dillon, Master of Science in Management; Marilyn Solero Luongo, Master of Science in Management; Cynthia S. Mitchell, Associate of Science in Business; Virginia K. Shealy, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Vastine L. Taylor, Associate of Science in Business; and Kellie Joyce Yates, Master of Science in Management.
Jackson
Jeffery C. Arnold, Associate of Science in Business.
Jamestown
Earthdea G. Jamison, Bachelor of Science in Management.
Jenkinsville
Zelma O'Neal Whitener, Associate of Science in Business.
Johnston
Olis Davis Barton III, Associate of Science in Business.
Jonesville
Angela P. Fowler, Master of Science in Management.
Laurens
Brandon Omar Allen, Bachelor of Science in Recreation; Leslie Curtis, Master of Business Administration; Deborah Hill, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Reida C. Landrum, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Leesville
Christopher Bonham Caughman, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and William B. Washburn Jr., Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Lexington
Janie Bickley Aslund, Master of Education; Jamie Marlana Buford , Master of Business Administration; Dennis W. Cline, Master of Business Administration; Michele Denise Davis Corbitt , Associate of Science in Business; Norma Jean Dawkins, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Amy Dempster Gambrell, Master of Education; Kimberly Elizabeth Gause, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Heather B. Hinson, Master of Education; Michele P. Mahon, Master of Science in Management; Jeffrey Peter Marz, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Laura Ann McDaniels, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Linda A. Menefee, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Christi Nicole Smith, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Liberty
Carolyn Roper Bradish, Bachelor of Science in English Education; Jonathan Curtis Galloway, Bachelor of Science in Religion; Paula Stinson Gay, Bachelor of Science in Special Education; Patricia C. Gilstrap, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; David Samuel Matthews, Bachelor of Science in Religion; Debra Lawrence Nalley, Master of Education; and Melinda Jayne Reese, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Lyman
Pamela Reneé Greene, Master of Science in Management.
Manning
Tonya Denine Franklin, Associate of Science in Business.
Marietta
Sheila Strutton Rainey, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education.
Mauldin
Valerie Denise Brooks, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Tina Celeste Dodd, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Najarious O'Dell Dogan, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Shannon Richey Faulkner, Master of Education; Andrea Denise Franklin, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; James Michael Harmon, Master of Science in Management; Joshua W. Pope, Associate of Science in Business; and Mari Lynn Weast, Master of Business Administration.
McClellanville
Carolyn Fort Page, Bachelor of Science in Management.
Moncks Corner
Clifford June II, Master of Science in Management; Trena Juràee Nelson, Associate of Science in Business; and Carol Davis Vandross, Associate of Science in Business.
Montmorenci
Jerry Walter Zipperer, Master of Science in Management.
Mount Pleasant
Lauren S. Dennis, Master of Business Administration; William Franklin Hodge, Master of Science in Management; Michael Kyle Minick, Master of Science in Management; and Penny Ann Williams, Master of Business Administration.
Mountain Rest
Tracy Dennis Statham , Master of Education.
New Ellenton
Andria C. Jackson, Bachelor of Science in Management.
Newberry
Pamela Paige Cromer, Master of Education; Rachel Hope Floyd, Master of Education; and Alisha Diane Rutherford, Master of Education;
Norris
Brandi Dawn Roper, Master of Education.
North Augusta
Wanda Roberts Coyle, Master of Education; Edward Keith Gregory, Associate of Science in Business; Robyn Elizabeth Hughes, Master of Education; Stephanie Evonne Lovett, Associate of Science in Business; Dorothy Louise Mays, Associate of Science in Business; William Mays Jr., Associate of Science in Business; Robin Perrett-Ashby, Bachelor of Science in Management; Kenneth D. Perry, Associate of Science in Business; Rose Long Rodgers, Bachelor of Science in Management; Charles Edward Sanders, Associate of Science in Business; Lila Santiago, Associate of Science in Business; Charlena Smith, Associate of Science in Business; Lonzo Wade Smith II, Master of Science in Management; and Michael Walter Williams, Master of Science in Management.
North Charleston
Timothy D. Haynes, Associate of Science in Business; Harold F. Hock III, Master of Business Administration; Johnathan L. Johnson, Associate of Science in Business; Cassandra Stephanie Keeton, Associate of Science in Business; Lee Lazarus, Bachelor of Science in Management; George Mims Pasley, Master of Science in Management; Dana Daneen Sanders, Bachelor of Science in Management; and Victoria Williams, Associate of Science in Business.
Orangeburg
Harold Theran Brown, Master of Science in Management; and Sharon S. Ehrhardt, Master of Education.
Pelzer
Tracy Leigh McClain Landrith, Associate of Science in Business.
Pendleton
Julieta Barcaglioni, Bachelor of Science in Accounting; Ann Margaret Chastain, Master of Education; Christopher Eugene Reeves, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Nena Thompson Shoemaker, Master of Education; Joshua Blake Wilbanks, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Edith L. Wilkinson, Master of Education.
Pickens
Amelia Gervais Emanuel, Master of Education; Daniel H. O'Bryant, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Paula H. Owens, Master of Education;
Piedmont
Katheryne D. King, Master of Education; Richard Eddy Moody, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Kimberly Gaines Wilson, Master of Education;
Pineville
Jennifer Shea Gourdine, Bachelor of Science in Management.
Prosperity
Maria Seibert Howe, Master of Education; Lee E. Koon, Master of Education; and Brian Lee Redd, Master of Education.
Ravenel
Margie R. Murray, Master of Business Administration.
Ridge Spring
Minnie Mason Kinard, Bachelor of Science in Management.
Saint Stephen
Vanessa Edwards Smalls, Master of Science in Management.
Saluda
Harriett Elizabeth Matthews Ryan, Master of Education; and Debra Ground Scurry, Master of Education.
Seneca
Anna Dial Black, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education; Marie Elizabeth Bower, Master of Education; Sarah Gregory Boylston, Master of Education; Kendra Latoya Brown , Bachelor of Arts in Psychology; Robert Jackson Bundy, Master of Education; Dana Jean Clark, Master of Education; Neil E. Constance Jr., Associate of Science in Business; Heather Allsep Cummings, Master of Education; Christopher Ainslie Cushman, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Heidi Cushman, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Cecelia S. Hamby, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Sheneka Johnson-Mayes, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education; Jeffrey F. Lewis, Associate of Science in Business; Robyn S. McDowell, Master of Education; Adrian Delaney Pitts, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Wanda M. Shehan, Associate of Science in Business; William Lee Shehan, Associate of Science in Business; Wanda M. Terry, Associate of Science in Business; Patricia Susanna Williams, Master of Education; and Thaddeus Lee Wood, Bachelor of Science in Religion.
Simpsonville
Debra M. Baker, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Brett Landon Cash, Bachelor of Science in Sports Management; Jeremy Eric Gard, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Kesha T. Geter, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Marcie J. Gibson, Master of Science in Management; April Gulfman, Master of Education; James A. Hutchins, Associate of Science in Business; Carol Cornelia Jackson, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; R. Allen Land, Master of Business Administration; Shawn O. McCullough, Master of Science in Management; Angela McFall, Master of Business Administration; Leonard McFall, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Tara Wilkes Richter, Master of Education; and Kenneth Joe Ricker, Master of Business Administration.
Six Mile
Mary Alina Stephens, Master of Education.
Spartanburg
Raleigh W. Blackman, Master of Science in Management; Raymond Wesley Burcham, Master of Business Administration; Matthew William Byars, Master of Business Administration; Terri T. Dees, Master of Education; William Martin Dees Jr., Master of Education; Ruby J. Hawkins, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Linard Terrance Kindall, Master of Education; Phyllis H. Millard, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Chandra J. Turner, Associate of Science in Business; and Christopher Verone White, Master of Education.
Starr
Monica Brooks Loftis, Master of Education; and Martin N. Stewart, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Summerville
Rebecca H. Barrineau, Master of Science in Management; Francis T. Bradley, Master of Business Administration; Robert B. Ellington, Bachelor of Science in Management; Joseph Wyatt Friend, Master of Science in Management; Rose Marie Hamrick, Master of Science in Management; Jennie Harrison, Bachelor of Science in Management; Clara M. Martin, Master of Science in Management; Jeffrey Michael McWhorter, Master of Science in Management; Christopher David Pacheco, Associate of Science in Business; Suzanne Marie Scott, Master of Business Administration; and Elisabeth A. Villa, Master of Business Administration.
Sunset
Marianne Ruth Wright, Bachelor of Arts in English.
Taylors
Greg Kelly Bramlett, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Stacey Diane McKinney-Atkins, Associate of Science in Business; Danielle Paschal Nichols, Master of Education; L. Jeanette Richerson, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Kathleen Frazer Williams, Master of Science in Management.
Travelers Rest
Linda Morris Cox, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and Patricia Moody, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education.
Union
Heather Grady Barnado, Master of Education.
Wadmalaw Island
Janet M. Boggs, Bachelor of Science in Management.
Walhalla
Susan B. Adams, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Erica Corinne Cleveland, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology; Melinda Cox, Associate of Science in Business; and Kimberly Ann Trask, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Ward
Margaret Miles Nickerson, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Warrenville
Christina Annette Friar, Master of Science in Management.
West Columbia
Lynia Watts Ard, Master of Business Administration; Jennifer W. Eskridge, Master of Education; Kandi Hoffman Grant, Master of Education; Ryan David Johnson, Master of Business Administration; Theodore Andrew LeBlanc, Master of Science in Management; Dennis J. Meyers Jr., Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Andrea R. Nutter-Johnson, Master of Science in Management; and Eleanor Zeigler Siedschlag, Master of Education.
Westminster
Kelly Lynn Smith, Bachelor of Arts in Biology; Ashley Elizabeth Taylor, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education; and Kenneth M. Williams, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
West Union
Sherry Boggs, Master of Education; and Charles Jennings, Master of Education.
Whitmire
LaVerne Keller Brock, Master of Education; and Susie Clark Brown, Master of Education.
Williamston
Brian Keith Beddingfield, Associate of Science in Business; Alisa Anne Ellenburg, Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education; Christi Mardis Rankin, Master of Education; Roger E. Odell, Associate of Science in Business; and Beth T. Wilson, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Woodruff
Jennifer Perry Smith, Associate of Science in Business.
In Georgia:
Augusta
Jesse Lee Brown, Associate of Science in Business; Andriena Lechelle Coleman, Master of Science in Management; Katrina Lushauna Cooks, Master of Science in Management; Jacqueline Reneè Cooper, Bachelor of Science in Management; Selwyn Godbee, Bachelor of Science in Management; Roosevelt Isom Jr., Master of Science in Management; Margarett B. Johnson, Associate of Scienc in Business; Fredricka L. Jones, Master of Science in Management; Carletta Capriece Johnson, Master of Science in Management; Mary A. Johnson, Bachelor of Science in Management; Angela Bolton Mathis, Bachelor of Science in Management; Rebecca C. J. McCoy, Bachelor of Science in Management; Cheryl Lanette Nixon, Associate of Science in Business; and Nelka Clarice Williams, Master of Science in Management.
Evans
Connie L. Hite , Master of Science in Management.
Grovetown
Pamela Ferguson, Associate of Science in Business.
Hartwell
Jackye Kiser Murphy, Master of Education.
Hephzibah
Carolyn R. Green, Bachelor of Science in Management; Bridgett V. Hammond, Master of Science in Management; Antoinette Crump Hart, Bachelor of Science in Management; Brenda Denise Howard, Master of Science in Management; Kathy Yvonne Jackson, Associate of Science in Business; Allen Lee Middleton Jr., Bachelor of Science in Management; Wendi J. Norfleet-Ashley, Associate of Science in Business; Freddie O'Neal, Associate of Science in Business; Julie Anne Pender, Master of Science in Management; and Melvin William Woodard, Associate of Science in Business.
Marietta
Robert L. Daniels, Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.
Martinez
Nicole Earle, Associate of Science in Business; and Mary J. Harden, Master of Science in Management.
Toccoa
Kimberly L. Zimmer, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
In North Carolina:
Bessemer City
Christina Noel Garrett, Bachelor of Science in Music.
Charlotte
Angela Aleene Bailey, Master of Science in Management.
Cherryville
Matthew Daniel Anthony, Bachelor of Science in Applied Computer Science.
Denton
Travis Wayne Shannon, Bachelor of Science in Recreation.
Forest City
Patricia Jones Sappenfield, Master of Education.
Fuquay Varina
Brandon Luke Stevenson, Bachelor of Arts in Religion.
Hendersonville
Mark S. Gallagher Jr., Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Old Fort
Matthew Tietje, Bachelor of Science in Religion.
In Alabama:
Irondale
Holly Brooke Kneisley, Bachelor of Arts in Biology.
In Colorado:
Colorado Springs
Paula Pettigrew, Bachelor of Science in Management.
In Florida:
Auburndale
Robert Jeremy Phillippe, Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.
Niceville
Natalie Kay Wilkinson, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education.
In Indiana:
Indianapolis
Danae Clouse, Bachelor of Science in Special Education.
In Louisiana:
Metairie
Priscilla G. Whittington, Master of Education.
In Puerto Rico:
Fort Buchanan
Jason Edward Rucker, III, Bachelor of Arts in Biology.
In Tennessee:
Nashville
Daniel Peter James Benson, Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.
In Utah:
West Jordan
Michael R. Arnold, Bachelor of Science in Religion.
In Virginia:
Woodbridge
Chrisjan C. Tadle, Bachelor of Science in Recreation.