1997-1998 School Year
Owensboro, Kentucky
Kentucky Wesleyan College
End of Year Academic Recognition
Kentucky School Yearbooks by County
Kentucky Wesleyan College honored members of the 131st graduation class May 16 at the Hocker-Hall Grove on the campus. The program included the presentation of honorary degrees to Elaine L. Chao and the Rev. Thomas W. Eblen.
Degrees were awarded to the following KWC graduates:
Bachelor of arts
Owensboro - Vanessa Ayn Adams, English/history; Jeanette Michelle Coomes, human services administration; Vickie Lynn Fenwick, English, cum laude; Matthew James Fitzsimmons, philosophy/religion, magna cum laude; Jeremiah Thomas Rose, English/history, cum laude.
Lewisport - Shannon Vandgrift Morris, biology, magna cum laude.
Kentucky Wesleyan College President Wesley Poling hands out a diploma to a graduate during commencement ceremonies at the college in May. Photo by Bryan Leazenby, M-I
Other Kentucky cities - Jason T. Best, English, Frankfort; Meredith Brandy Catlett, mass communications, Maysville; Ellen Downing Lee, history, summa cum laude, Gamaliel; Julie Ann Roemele, biology, magna cum laude, Mount Washington.
Indiana - Aaron A. Adkins, mass communications, magna cum laude, Tell City; Rachel Amanda Payne, biology, Rockport; John Daniel Latello, business administration, Princeton.
Elsewhere - Annessa Ann Babic, English/history, Jarratt, Va.
Bachelor of music
Senica Duwayne Taylor, cum laude, Louisville.
Bachelor of science
Owensboro - Brandon B. Bartlett, mass communications; Belinda J. Blair, nursing; Andrea Rowe Cain, nursing; Allen Frederick Chelgren, elementary education; Gina Diane Coffey, elementary education, magna cum laude; Donna Jean Gipe, accounting; Kent Patrick Greer, criminal justice/psychology; Melissa Paige Hargus, business administration; David Paul Hopkins, history/secondary education; Robin Andrea Johnson, nursing; Theresa Marie Kurtze, nursing; Michael Germaine London, art; Judy Hudson McCrackin, nursing; Lynn Nichole Murphy, accounting; Stacy Vicki Noble, physical education; Deanna Johnson Payne, nursing, magna cum laude; Kimberly Dawn Porter, elementary education; Rebecca Renee Powers, business administration; Kimberly Jo Shaver, biology; Lisa Kelley Stovall, elementary education; Dawn Elizabeth Thomas, mathematics/secondary education, magna cum laude; Katrina Ruth Tincher, chemistry; Derrick Thomas Wells, business administration; Shannon Lynne Wells, computer science.
Whitesville - Laura Renee Roberts Blair, psychology.
Utica - Karla Lively Powell, nursing.
Philpot - Jennifer Lynn Roberts, art; Deborah Lynn Rohrscheib, computer science, cum laude.
Calhoun - Charles Robert Love, sociology.
Greenville - Rebekah Elaine Fitzhugh, elementary education, cum laude.
Central City - Andrea Danielle Garst, psychology.
Cloverport - Amanda Ruth Gray, psychology.
Hawesville - Ellerson Fernando Pork, business administration.
Other Kentucky cities - Melody L. Allen, psychology, Elizabethtown; Wendy Marie Bancroft, accounting/business administration, cum laude, Louisville; Emily Ann Bell, psychology, Sebree; Brian G. Benjamin, mass communications, Somerset; Lisa Marie Benjamin, biology, Somerset; Jeffrey Seott Comer, mass communications, Henderson; Mesia Lynn Cox, chemistry, Spottsville; Chad Eric Gish, criminal justice, cum laude, Henderson; Kristin Lanae Graves, psychology/sociology, cum laude, Franklin; Anita Marie Hicks, communications arts, Madisonville; Cheryl Lynn Kennedy, elementary education, Irvington; Kenneth Allen Lewis, mass communications, Louisville; Beverly Shouse Maguffee, religion, cum laude, Morgantown; Earl David Martin III, elementary education, Earlington; Adam Huel Potter, communications arts, Elizabethtown; John C. Reed, criminal justice, Louisville; Randy Douglas Satterly, accounting, Shelbyville; Michael John Shawhan, business administration, Elizabethtown; Stephanie Lee Sprague, business administration, Ledbetter; Christopher Neal Vowels, business administration, Henderson; Willard Joseph Weaver, physical education, Clarksville; Tracy Ann Williams, communication arts, Munfordville.
Illinois - Kate Elizabeth Diel, biology, magna cum laude, Robinson; Nicholas Daniel Gengo, communications arts, Crystal Lake; Timothy Robert Gowen, business administration, Olympia Fields.
Indiana - Amy Nicole Douglass, psychology, Jeffersonville; Michael Joseph Reeves, business administration, Princeton.
Elsewhere - Fredrick Wallace Hager, mass communications, Pahokee, Fla.; Brent William Haughey, art/mass communications, Marquette, Mich.; Olivier Katembo-Kainda, chemistry, Zaire; Nathan Michael Novotny, biology/chemistry, Williamsport, Penn.; Joanne Carole Seibel, psychology, Riverside, Calif.; Anthony Jubar Tate, elementary education, Knoxville, Tenn.
Associate of applied science in nursing
Owensboro - Lisa Ann Clark, Nicole Jeanette Collier, Angela Mischelle Howard, Cynthia Ann Maxwell, Wyllis C. Pulliam, Kimberly Lynn Richards, Cassie Kaye Stelmach.
Other Kentucky cities - Jennifer Michelle Horneck, Big Clifty; Valerie G. McLaughlin, Rumsey; Lisa Nicole Ott, Brandenburg; Pamela Ann Smith, Harned; Tiffany Hope Wheatley, New Hope; Julie Marie Whitsell, Morganfield; Laura Dimple Wilhite, Calhoun.
Indiana - Kelly Lynn Wooldridge, Jasper.
The following seniors were honored at the KWC honors convocation.
American Chemical Society College Achievement Award - Katrina R. Tincher, Owensboro
Art Program Award - Brent W. Haughey, Marquette, Mich.
Century Communications Award - Meredith B. Catlett, Maysville
Jane Forgy Speech/Drama Award - Adam H. Potter, Elizabethtown
Dr. Paul W. Hagan Outstanding Music Prize and the Dr. Paul W. Hagan Senior Music Scholar Prize - Senica D. Taylor, New Bedford, Mass.
Higgs Chemistry Award - Nathan M. Novotny, Williamsport, Penn.
Modern Welding Sociology/Human Services Administration Award - Jeanette M. Coomes, Owensboro
Music Department Award - Justin Hering, Maywood, N.J.
Rex O'Flynn Psychology Award - Sonya J. Martin, Owensboro
Panther Pride Student Athlete Award - Sara M. Lunsford, Clinton, Ind.
Panther Pride Student Athlete Award - Brian J. Seider, Belle Glade, Fla.
Outstanding Nursing Graduate Award - Deanna C. Payne, Owensboro
Powell Peace Award - Matthew J. Fitzsimmons, Danville, Ill.
Henry Milton Pyles Biology Award - Kate E. Diel, Robinson, Ill.
Gilbert P. Robertson Pre-Ministerial Award - Beverly K. Maguffee, Morgantown
Teacher Education Awards - Gina D. Coffey, Owensboro; Rebekah E. Fitzhugh, Greenville; Kimberly D. Porter, Owensboro; Dawn E. Thomas, Owensboro
The Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award - Lynn N. Murphy, Owensboro
