Local students among 600-plus graduates at Georgia Southwestern

The Albany Herald, Ga.
·8 min read

Jan. 23—AMERICUS — Several area residents were among the more than 600 students who earned undergraduate or graduate degrees from Georgia Southwestern State University during the college's fall 2022 Commencement Ceremony, held recently in the Convocation Hall of the Student Success Center.

Among the graduates were:

Erin Johnson of Albany, Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting;

Landon Littleton of Albany, Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting;

Kaleb Albritton of Leesburg, Master in Business Administration;

Erin Andrews of Leesburg, Master in Business Administration;

Whitney Ford of Albany, Master in Business Administration;

Carly Hall of Albany, Master in Business Administration;

Hunter McLain of Leesburg, Master in Business Administration;

Richard Ware of Albany, Master in Business Administration;

Joshua Gerstel of Leesburg, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice;

Reginald Hammonds of Albany, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice;

Victoria Roberson of Leesburg, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice;

David Weiss of Smithville, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice;

Robert Ladimer of Leesburg, Bachelor of Arts in dramatic arts;

Brittney Brooks of Leesburg, Master of Education in early childhood education;

Lauren Fallin of Albany, Master in Education in early childhood education;

Linda Goodwin of Sylvester, Master in Education in early childhood education;

Lindsey Kinney of Albany, Master in Education in early childhood education;

Hannah Sullivan of Albany, Master in Education in early childhood education;

Audrey Taylor of Leesburg, Master in Education in early childhood education;

Cassidy Turner of Leesburg, Master in Education in early childhood education;

James Lowe of Albany, Bachelor of Science in Education in health and physical education;

James Klein of Leesburg, bachelor's degree in fine arts;

Michael Redding of Camilla, Bachelor of Business Administration in human resource management;

Raylee Etheridge of Albany, specialist's degree in teacher leadership;

Brandy Hagler of Leesburg, specialist's degree in teacher leadership;

Stephanie Harvey of Albany, specialist's degree in teacher leadership;

Ci'andrea Jones of Albany, specialist's degree in teacher leadership;

Susie Pollock of Pelham, specialist's degree in teacher leadership;

Lindsey Shiver of Pelham, specialist's degree in teacher leadership;

Carlena Thompson of Leesburg, specialist's degree in teacher leadership;

Keandria Rockwell of Warwick, Bachelor of Science in long-term care management;

Savannah Childress of Leesburg, Bachelor of Business Administration in management;

Darrell Edwards of Sylvester, Bachelor of Business Administration in management;

Jin Hong of Albany, Bachelor of Business Administration in management;

Laura Thorne of Albany, Bachelor of Business Administration in management;

Bryon Robley of Leesburg, Master in Education in middle grades mathematics;

Madison Brown of Baconton, Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing;

Kristen Cheshire of Leesburg, Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing;

Magan Schofill of Dawson, Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing;

Anna Cannarella of Sylvester, Bachelor of Science in nursing;

Lauren McClure of Leesburg, Bachelor of Science in nursing;

Sarah Smith of Leesburg, Bachelor of Science in nursing summa cum laude;

Shondrekia Johnson of Pelham, Master of Science in Nursing in nursing informatics;

Justin Brunson of Leesburg, Bachelor of Science in psychology;

Annabelle Price of Leesburg, Bachelor of Science in psychology;

Sandra Anderson-Roberts of Albany, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Martha Davis of Sylvester, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Courtney Denby of Dawson, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Renata Douglas of Albany, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

April Eckles of Albany, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Kandi Harden of Pelham, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Susan Harrison of Albany, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Alexus Hill of Sylvester, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Aileena Holcomb of Leesburg, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Lorraine Jackson of Albany, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Faith Jones of Sylvester, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Haley Lentz of Ty Ty, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Courtney May of Pelham, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Julia McKenzie of Camilla, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Tamika Mitchell of Albany, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Brittany Sapp of Albany, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Amber Smith of Albany, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Lacy West of Dawson, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Shay Willis of Sylvester, specialist's degree in early childhood education;

Michael Langston of Albany, Master in Education in special education;

Courtney Austin of Pelham, specialist's degree in middle grades education;

Tiffany Ball of Ty Ty, specialist's degree in middle grades education;

Adrienne Bulloch of Pelham, specialist's degree in middle grades education;

Anjum Fatima of Leesburg, specialist's degree in middle grades education;

Shameem Fatima of Leesburg, specialist's degree in middle grades education;

Mushrat Khan of Leesburg, specialist's degree in middle grades education;

Sameena Khan of Leesburg, specialist's degree in middle grades education;

Ibrahiim Muhammad of Albany, specialist's degree in middle grades education;

Brooke Pollock of Pelham, specialist's degree in middle grades education;

Angela Proffitt of Leesburg, specialist's degree in middle grades education;

Lacey Ragin of Leesburg, specialist's degree in middle grades education;

Jana Singleton of Pelham, specialist's degree in middle grades education;

Dwan Williams of Camilla, specialist's degree in middle grades education.

The commencement speakers at separate ceremonies were Ashwani Monga, vice chancellor and chief academic officer for the University System of Georgia, and Richard McCorkle, executive director for Chattahoochee-Flint Regional Educational Service Agency.

Each ceremony was streamed live and recorded on GSW's YouTube channel. Photos from the day can be found via links at gsw.edu/graduation.

Local students named to Kennesaw State President's, Dean's lists

KENNESAW — Kennesaw State University has named 5,503 students to its President's List in recognition of their academic excellence for the fall 2022 semester. To achieve this honor, each undergraduate student must have completed at least nine semester hours with a term grade-point average of 4.0.

Students from southwest Georgia earning President's List honors are:

Taylor Bates of Albany, majoring in Marketing-Interest;

Savanna Hadley of Camilla, majoring in Marketing-Interest;

Rhiannon Belcher of Leesburg, majoring in Accounting;

Jaali Hart of Albany, majoring in Accounting-Interest;

Adam Luong of Leesburg, majoring in Entrepreneurship-Interest;

Kyle Hamilton of Camilla, majoring in Construction Management;

Chaz Turner of Albany, majoring in Information Technology;

Jayland Vann of Leesburg, majoring in Information Technology;

Nyiem Dailey of Leesburg, majoring in Mechanical Engineering;

DarVarous Jones of Albany, majoring in Mechanical Engineering;

Nicholas Stone of Smithville, majoring in Mechatronics Engineering;

Janiya Yarbrough of Dawson, majoring in Nursing-Interest;

Julia Pace of Camilla, majoring in Dance;

Dalton Comer of Albany, majoring in Digital Animation;

Myranda Mills of Albany, majoring in Art;

Alex Cross of Leesburg, majoring in Cybersecurity;

Amari Cody of Albany, majoring in Psychology;

Samantha Fleming of Leesburg, majoring in Criminal Justice;

Ethan Kelley of Albany, majoring in Interactive Design.

The Kennesaw State University Dean's List honorees, which recognizes students enrolled in at least nine credit hours and with a grade-point average of at least 3.5, included:

Nikko Cruz of Albany, majoring in Elementary Education;

Ryan Woods of Pelham, majoring in International Bus-Interest;

Parker Miller of Leesburg, majoring in Finance;

Harrison Strickland of Leesburg, majoring in Finance;

Reuben Luz of Leesburg, majoring in Information Systems;

Jefferson Davis of Pelham, majoring in Professional Sales-Interest;

Camiah Gordon of Albany, majoring in Marketing;

Travis Dunn of Leesburg, majoring in Accounting-Interest;

Olivia Luke of Leesburg, majoring in Accounting-Interest;

Justin Mims of Albany, majoring in Entrepreneurship-Interest;

Raj Patel of Albany, majoring in Entrepreneurship-Interest;

Mary Shepard of Albany, majoring in Management;

Alexander Collins of Leesburg, majoring in Architecture;

Patrick Cox of Camilla, majoring in Software Engineering;

Amara Jumento of Leesburg, majoring in Software Engineering;

Madeline Dent of Albany, majoring in Civil Engineering;

Benjamin Anderson of Albany, majoring in Electrical Engineering;

John McDaniel of Leesburg, majoring in Electrical Engineering;

Cassia Teal of Albany, majoring in Supply Chain Logistics;

Jayden Suttles of Albany, majoring in Mechanical Engineering;

Benjamin Woods of Pelham, majoring in Mechatronics Engineering;

Kenneth Fargason of Leesburg, majoring in Sport Management;

Jana Ingram of Dawson, majoring in Exercise Science-Interest;

Marianna Bragg of Leesburg, majoring in Nursing;

Chassidy Brown of Dawson, majoring in Nursing-Interest;

Avery Frier of Leesburg, majoring in Nursing;

George Wiles of Albany, majoring in Biology;

Manohar Borra of Leesburg, majoring in Mathematics;

Jennifer Thai of Camilla, majoring in Cybersecurity;

Lexington McCloud of Leesburg, majoring in Social Science;

Kelsie Rey of Leesburg, majoring in English;

Mary Daniel of Albany, majoring in Anthropology;

Amil-R Preyer of Albany, majoring in Psychology;

Phillp Mulford of Albany, majoring in Public Relations-Interest;

William Spencer of Albany, majoring in Political Science;

Owen Mabee of Leesburg, majoring in Criminal Justice;

Mechelle Nguyen of Albany, majoring in Interactive Design.

Leesburg students earn Georgia College & State University honors

MILLEDGEVILLE — Kyli Reese of Leesburg made the President's List, and Emma Hamsley of Leesburg made the Dean's List, in the John H. Lounsbury College of Education at Georgia College & State University.