PLAINVIEW — Sixty-nine graduates participated Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in commencement ceremonies held at Wayland Baptist University’s main campus in Plainview, Texas.
Wayland graduates received diplomas during ceremonies held at 2 p.m., in Hutcherson Center. Dr. Cindy McClenagan, Vice president for Academic Affairs, presented the candidates for degrees to Dr. Bobby Hall, President, who conferred degrees with assistance from Randy Kaufman, a member of Wayland’s Board of Trustees.
Among candidates for graduation were 24 students receiving master’s degrees, 44 receiving bachelor’s degrees, and one receiving an associate’s degree. Fifty-one candidates for graduation are from Texas, including 13 from Plainview. Ten students are from other states, including three from Oklahoma, and one each from Alaska, California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, and North Carolina. Three countries are represented among six international students who are candidates for graduation — two each from Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.
Hall gave the President’s Charge, and William T. Flowers, a graduating senior from Hillsboro, presented the Student Address. Elizabeth Charlene Barrow, a graduating senior from Hale Center, read Isaiah 41:10 from the Bible, and Lindsey Jo Sumner, a graduating senior from Amarillo, directed the singing of Joy to the World. Following an invocation by Chelsea Marie Kelley, a graduating senior from Austin, LeeAnn Abram, a graduating senior from Abernathy, led the “Pledge to the United States Flag”, and Mason Paige Garrett, a graduating senior from Mount Pleasant, led the “Pledge to the Christian Flag”. The benediction was also led by Sumner.
Here is a list of the graduates by degree, including their major, and hometown:
Master of Arts in Counseling — Kelly Kristina Michele Cook, Clinical Counseling, Clovis, NM; April Garcia-Rodriguez, Clinical Counseling, Plainview, TX; Shiloh Lane Hamilton, Clinical Counseling, Olton, TX, Shirmar LaVance Jennings, Clinical Counseling, Plainview, TX; Margaret Leslie Kopepassah, Clinical Counseling, Lawton, OK; Elexia Rae Ruiz, Clinical Counseling, Amarillo, TX; and Destiny Diane Whitaker, Clinical Counseling, Amarillo, TX.
Master of Arts in Criminal Justice — Richard Isaac Mora, Plainview, TX, and Brenda L. Novak, San Antonio, TX.
Master of Arts in English — Jonetta S. Jonté, Bethany, OK.
Master of Arts in History — Margarette D’Lee Lecker, Amarillo, TX.
Master of Arts in Humanities — Kimberly Teresa Sanchez-Tovar, English, El Paso, TX.
Master of Business Administration — Alec Michael Buitron, Digital Marketing, Brownsville, TX; Santiago Hernandez Riaño, Management Information Systems, Bogota, Colombia; Alan Reyna Sanchez, General Business/Digital Marketing, Monterrey, Mexico; and Alejandro Campo Toro, Digital Marketing/Project Management, Cali, Colombia.
Master of Divinity — Keith Overton-Hadnot, Austin, TX., and Leah Renae Taylor, Amarillo, TX.
Master of Education — Joseph John Colurciello, Professional Studies, Lockhart, TX; Jonathan Luna, Secondary Education, Plainview, TX; Sara Linn Marquez, Educational Administration, Plainview, TX; Tobi N. McCoy, Professional Studies, Odessa, TX; Diana Garcia Rodriguez, Educational Administration, Socorro, TX; and William Carter Wauson, Professional Studies, Muleshoe, TX.
Bachelor of Applied Science — Cesar Efren Amador, Applied Science, Olton, TX; Sara Elizabeth Cruz, Justice Administration, Plainview, TX; Jordyn Davis, Criminal Justice Administration, Liberal, KS; Lloyd Farris III, Management, Modesto, CA; Prince Rasheed Olushola Kareem, Computer Science, Midway, TX; Viqueetra Janell Arlene Kinzer, Human Services, Winston-Salem, NC; Christie Dawn Kirby, Applied Science, Shallowater, TX; Emiliano Enrique Moreno, Business Administration, Alice, TX; Jose Francisco Nieto, Justice Administration, Plainview, TX; Christopher Lynn Pritchard, Applied Science, Plainview, TX; Brandi R. Raschke, Business Administration, Trinity, TX; Ami Sandoval-Rios, Human Services , Olton, TX; Raquel Sevilla, Justice Administration, Poteet, TX ; Ashlea Kay Sowa, Early Childhood Development, Plainview, TX; Gema Velazco, Early Childhood Development, Richmond, TX; David J. Wallace, Computer Science, Anchorage, AK; Michelle B. Wiley, Human Services, Paducah, TX; Mahogany Na’Quelle Woods, Business Administration, Chicago, IL; and Phillip Richard Yzaguirre, Business Administration, Lubbock, TX.
Bachelor of Arts with Honors — Abigail Evelyn Epp, English, Balko, OK.
Bachelor of Arts — LeeAnn Abram, English, Abernathy, TX; Ramon Gabriel Ayala, Psychology, San Antonio, TX; and William T. Flowers, Criminal Justice Administration, Hillsboro, TX.
Bachelor of Business Administration — Brooks C. Browning, Management/Marketing, Plainview, TX; Martin Gerardo Jaime, Management/Marketing, Monterrey, Mexico; Shanequia S. Lamb, Business Administration, Houston, TX; Leonardo W. Marini, Business Administration, Florianópolis, Brazil; Matthew Lashawn Perry, Accounting, Plainview, TX; Brandon Xavier Torres, Cyber Security, Brownsville, TX; and Hilberto Vasquez, Jr.,Management, El Paso, TX.
Bachelor of Music — Lindsey Jo Sumner, Choral Music Education, Amarillo, TX; Sean Edward Fitzgerald, Computer Science, Lynn Haven, FL; Mason Paige Garrett, Fitness Management, Mount Pleasant, TX; Zachary P. Hollingsworth, Fitness Management, Burkburnett, TX, Chelsea Marie Kelley, Chemistry, Austin, TX; Chloe Alexis Marmitt, Psychology/Criminal Justice Administration, Amarillo, TX; Bruna Aparecida Moureira, Biological Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil; Joel Nandin, Exercise and Sport Science, Sherman, TX; Quentin Howard Rhoder, Exercise and Sport Science, San Antonio, TX; and Andres E. Villa, Life Science, Plainview, TX.
Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies — Elizabeth Charlene Barrow, Elementary Education, Hale Center, TX; Brenna Layne Daniel, Elementary Education, Lubbock, TX; Grace Alexandria Kiker, Elementary Education, Wellington, TX; and Nia Janeece McGriff, Elementary Education, Grand Prairie, TX.
Associate of Applied Science — Christopher Salazar, Applied Science, Beeville, TX.
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