2004-2005 School Year
Owensboro, Kentucky
Brescia University
End of Year Academic Recognition
Kentucky School Yearbooks by County
Brescia University commencement exercises were May 14 at the RiverPark Center in Owensboro. Graduates are listed with the degrees and any honors received.
Associate of arts (with area of specialization) -- Darlene S. Robinson, Henderson, human relations; Carol Ann York, Hardin, pastoral ministry.
Associate of science in business -- Travis Glenn Aull, Tami L. Gibson, Ella Louise Keach, Rhonda M. Wilson, Owensboro; Glenn Edward Lewis Jr., Henderson; Holly Marie Logsdon, Utica.
Bachelor of arts -- Nicole Ruth Babb, Henderson, psychology; Jenny L. Casebier, Central City, psychology, magna cum laude, member of Delta Epsilon Sigma; Christina Diane Dacy, Dixon, psychology, magna cum laude; James G. Dennison, Owensboro, integrated studies; Beverly Ann Dowell, Hardinsburg, art education, certification in P-12; Vassiliki Evangelou, Larnaca, Cyprus, English; Emily Hess, Owensboro, Spanish, cum laude, associate of arts in human relations; Richard L. Humphrey, Owensboro, English, certification in secondary education; Joshua Micah Jackson, Owensboro, social studies, certification in secondary education; Emily Faye Keller, Owensboro, graphic design, cum laude, member of Delta Epsilon Sigma; Whitnee Nicole McCollam, Philpot, English, cum laude, certification in secondary education, member of Delta Epsilon Sigma; Heather Marie McNeiley, Owensboro, art, cum laude; Stephen Michael Murphy, Owensboro, theology, cum laude, member of Delta Epsilon Sigma; Traci Wilson Niemann, Owensboro, psychology; Amber Beth Renfrow, Utica, art; Adrian Yancy Roberts, Henderson, English, cum laude, certification in secondary education; William Raymond Roberts III, Henderson, social studies, certification in secondary education; Tanya Lynn Rohacevich, Prattsville, N.Y., pre-art therapy/psychology; Kaycee Carolyn Salmon, Mount Washington, pre-art therapy/psychology; Joshua Jeffrey Scherrer, Boonville, Ind., social studies, summa cum laude, certification in secondary education, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Pamela Lauren Simmons, Glasgow, art education, magna cum laude; certification in P-12, member of Delta Epsilon Sigma; Carressa A. Smith, Owensboro, psychology, cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Daniel Jason Sparks, Seattle, political science: emphasis in public administration; Kelly King Williams, Beechmont, integrated studies.
Bachelor of science -- Lesley Ann Ashby, Morganfield, biology, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Sandy Lee Bennett, Brandenburg, speech pathology/audiology psychology minor; Kristen Lynn Blanford, Poole, special education: emphasis in learning/behavior disorders with teacher certification in P-12 and early elementary education, magna cum laude, member of Delta Epsilon Sigma; Rebecca Lynn Blandford, Owensboro, accounting: emphasis in finance and economics, summa cum laude; Barbara Ann Bowen, Owensboro, special education emphasis in learning/behavior disorders with teacher certification in P-12 and middle grades English; Tiffany D. Bozarth, Owensboro, biology; John Murry Calhoun, II, Owensboro, early elementary education; Larry W. Cardin, Evansville, business; Jessica Lynn Carman, Irvington, special education: emphasis in learning/behavior disorders with teacher certification in P-12 and middle grades English, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Kathy J. Clayton, Tell City, Ind., accounting, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi; Charity Faye Croger, Greenville, biology, magna cum laude; Tanya Sue Curtis, Grandview, Ind., business; Pablo Gaston De Luca, Adrogue, Buenos Aires, Argentina, computer and mathematical sciences, cum laude, member of Alpha Chi; Julie LeeAnn Dunn, Livia, early elementary education; Wesley Scott Dunn, Princeton, business: emphasis in finance and economics, magna cum laude, member of Delta Epsilon Sigma; Jillian Courtney Eakins, Owensboro, biology, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma, chemistry minor; H. Bradley Easterling, Lake Jackson, Texas, integrated studies; Monica Gayle Ellis, Owensboro, early elementary education, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Durand X. Engineer, Pune, India, business: emphasis in management; Trina Lynn Estes, Lewisport, speech pathology/audiology, summa cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Scott William Ferguson, Owensboro, speech pathology/audiology/applied mathematics, cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Timothy L. Fischbeck, Smith Mills, business, magna cum laude; Regina Ann Ford, Cloverport, early elementary education; Meghan E. Furlong, Paducah, special education: emphasis in learning/behavior disorders with teacher certification in P-12 and early elementary education, cum laude, member of Alpha Chi; Luis Renato Garzon Jimenez, Guayaquil, Ecuador, business: emphasis in finance and economics; Kimberley E. Gillians, Owensboro, business; Anita Faye Glasscock, Union Star, integrated studies; Sabrina Michelle Grant, Owensboro, biology, cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma, business minor; Ashley Renee Greer, Owensboro, business: emphasis in human resource management; Sara Gail Harris, Owensboro, business: emphasis in human resource management; Jamie Carrissa Holeman, Owensboro, early elementary education, member of Delta Epsilon Sigma; Kara Jenise Holley, Benton, biology, cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Stacey Marie Hollman, Owensboro, special education emphasis in learning/behavior disorders with teacher certification in P-12 and early elementary education, summa cum laude, 4.0, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma, psychology minor; Trasey Donnell Holloway, Lewisburg, biology, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Donald Kelly Howard, Owensboro, business; Mark Anthony Howard, Spottsville, business, cum laude; Amanda L. Hundley, Reed, early elementary education; Cortney Lynn Inklebarger, Owensboro, early elementary education; Jennifer Lynn Jackson, Princeton, biology, cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma, chemistry minor; Misty Annett Jones, Fredonia, chemistry, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Carolyn L. Winkler Kell, Rockport, Ind., integrated studies; Bradley M. Keown, Hawesville, integrated studies; Lacey Dawn Kitchens, Henderson, business: emphasis in human resource management; Kelly Elaine Martin, Hartford, business; Pablo Andres Martinez Vera, Guayaquil, Ecuador, business: emphasis in management, finance and economics, summa cum laude, member of Delta Epsilon Sigma; Courtney Lauren Matthews, Scottsboro, Ala., accounting, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Christopher Paul McLaughlin, Owensboro, applied mathematics; Jason L. McPherson, Owensboro, business; Donald R. Monarch, Knoxville, Tenn., business; Daryle Scott Muench, Owensboro, business, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi; Isaac Ray Murphy, Owensboro, business: emphasis in human resource management, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi; Francisco Javier Murrieta Pendola, Guayaquil, Ecuador, business: emphasis in finance and economics; Cully Robert Nelson II, Scottsboro, Ala., early elementary education; Elizabeth Lynne Osborne, Bowling Green, speech pathology/audiology, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi, psychology minor; Antonis Panayi, Larnaca, Cyprus, business; Andrea Oxendine Price, Philpot, special education: emphasis in learning/behavior disorders with teacher certification in P-12 and early elementary education, cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Teresa J. Muir Revlett, Hartford, business: emphasis in human resource management; John Thomas Riddle, Madisonville, integrated studies; Sandra J. Riley, Bremen, business; Brian W. Roberts, Lewisport, accounting; Nishad Rohatgi, Madisonville, applied mathematics; Mary Marta Ruxer-Boyken, Owensboro, integrated studies; Duffy Schulthise, Evanston, Ind., early elementary education, magna cum laude, member of Delta Epsilon Sigma; James Lucas Searcy, Owensboro, biology, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi; Jenny Lynn Simmons, Owensboro, accounting; Lyndsay Beth Stogsdill, Owensboro, applied mathematics, member of Delta Epsilon Sigma; Samantha Jo Sturgeon, Leitchfield, biology/chemistry, magna cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Candyce G. Swank, Owensboro, business; Anne Brydon Taylor, Madisonville, biology, chemistry minor; Cesar A. Turmero Garcia, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, biology/chemisty, member of Delta Epsilon Sigma, cum laude; Gustavo Adolfo Turmero Garcia, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, biology; Diego Andres Napolitano Valenzuela, Guayaquil, Ecuador, computer and mathematical sciences, member of Alpha Chi; Ricardo G. Villamar Pazmino, Guayaquil, Ecuador, computer and mathematical sciences; John Ward, Owensboro, business; Katherine Medley Wethington, Owensboro, integrated studies.
Bachelor of social work -- Janet K. Bailey, Owensboro; Michael Rose Betts, Canton, Ohio; Retina Gaye DePriest, Bremen, cum laude; Linda F. Douglas, Owensboro; Demontae Marquan Foots, Racine, Wis.; Annie-Rebecca Gray, Owensboro, cum laude, member of Alpha Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma; Cristy Higdon Haynes, Philpot; Summer Joan Holinde, Owensboro; Kellyn Kate Jones, Centertown, magna cum laude; Christal D. Mattingly, Whitesville, cum laude; Rebecca Ellen Moore, Hartford; Amanda Brown Morris, Hawesville, magna cum laude; Rebecca Faith Nix, Owensboro, magna cum laude; Amber Michelle Payne, Owensboro; Andrea Brooke Whitmer, Greenville, summa cum laude, sociology minor.
Master of science in curriculum and instruction -- Sara J. Appleby, Owensboro; Jennifer Lynn Ferguson, Rockport, Ind.; Linda L. Haarer, Maceo; Melissa Hill-Bullington, Owensboro; Agnes Lihin Ijoko, Nigeria; Sandra Kay Jones, Tell City, Ind.; Scott Edward Lowe, Owensboro; Andrea Lynn Rhinefort, Owensboro.
Master of science in management -- Ibrahim Bejjani, Cyprus, also bachelor of science in computer and mathematical science; Wanda Lou Heltsley Byard, Lewisport; Audrey Elizabeth Cannon, Louisville; Kimberly Lynn Dowell-Harper, Cannelton, Ind.; Joy Burden Everly, Livermore; Daniel P. Fuller, Owensboro; Terry L. Payne, Owensboro; Dennis Andrew Roberts, Owensboro; John P. Somerville, Louisville; Dion Cerone Woods, Lansing, Mich.
-- Brescia University held its Convocation for Academic Honors on May 1. The following undergraduate/post-graduate students were recognized for their academic achievements:
Kentucky
Owensboro: Joshua Clary -- Alpha Chi Nolle Scholarship, Alpha Chi Region V Undergraduate Scholarship, Lavega Clements History Award, Brescia University Honors Program, Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society, Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society; Leah Caroline Wurth -- Sr. Alberta Birkhead Scholarship; Ryan Martin Howard -- BKD LLP Accounting Scholarship; Dori Elizabeth Howard -- Sister Mary Carmel Browning Kentucky Literature Scholarship; Rebecca Nix -- Outstanding Social Work Field Practicum Student; Linda Douglas -- Certification in Public Child Welfare Program; Annie Gray -- Certification in Public Child Welfare Program; Pablo Andres Martinez -- Outstanding Business Student Award, High Scholastic Achievement; Rebecca Lynn Blandford -- Owensboro Chapter Institute of Management Accountants Award of Distinction, High Scholastic Achievement; Carol Ann Lee -- 2005 Brescia Juried Student Show Awards: Sr. Robert Irene Golden Scholarship Award, Theophila Joan Oexmann Art Award: Best in Painting, Honorable Mention; Hector Jiminez -- Theophila Joan Oexmann Art Award: Best in Ceramics; Jillian Eakins -- Brescia University Honors Program, Alpha Chi Leadership Award, Biology Area Undergraduate Research Award; Katharina Hopp -- Sister Casimir Czurles Biology Scholarship: Outstanding Freshman, Brescia University Honors Program, Messenger-Inquirer Award in English Composition, Chemical Rubber Co.: Freshman Chemistry Award; Britney McCarter -- Brescia University Honors Program; Maria Fernando Mino Puga -- Brescia University Honors Program; Maria Gabriela Mino Puga -- Brescia University Honors Program; Pablo De Luca -- Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society; Matthew Dronet -- Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society; Armando Giordano -- Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society, Math-Computer Club Award; Chelsea Hamilton -- Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society, Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society; Andrea F. Haynes -- Charles E. Field Scholarship, Riney, Hancock Co. Accounting Scholarship, Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society; Andrea Jones -- Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society; Isaac Murphy -- Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society; Luke Searcy -- Accepted to the University of Kentucky, Pharmacy School for doctoral studies, Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society, Biology Area Special Recognition Award; Katherine Thompson -- Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society, Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society; Diego Valenzuela -- Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society; Scott Ferguson -- Accepted with full tuition Graduate Assistantship, School of Hearing-Speech-Language Sciences, Ohio University, Alpha Chi Leadership Award; Sabrina Grant -- Alpha Chi Leadership Award; Elizabeth Osborne -- Accepted with full tuition Graduate Assistantship, School of Hearing-Speech-Language Sciences, Ohio University, Alpha Chi Leadership Award; Caressa Smith -- Alpha Chi Leadership Award; Jamie Alsop -- Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society; Monica Ellis -- Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society; Jennifer Green -- Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society; Juan Merizalde -- Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society, Outstanding Math Student Award; Dane Russell -- Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society; Monica Seaton -- Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society; Gareth Thornley -- Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society; Lauren Troutman -- Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society, American Chemical Society Award: Outstanding Sophomore Student Award; Cesar Turmero -- Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society; Eric Vidoni -- Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society; Stacy Marie Hollman -- High Scholastic Achievement; Elaine Robertson -- Maggie Clements Religion Award, Master Catechist Certification Award; Margaret Sharon Miller -- Diocese of Owensboro Advanced II Catechist Certification Award; Sandy Moore -- Diocese of Owensboro Advanced II Catechist Certification Award; Elaine Robertson -- Diocese of Owensboro Advanced II Catechist Certification Award; Monica Ellis -- Outstanding Student Teacher Awards: Elementary Education; Isaac Murphy -- Owensboro Society for Human Resource Management: Outstanding Student Achievement Award; Richard Lee Humphrey -- Lucinda Clements Literature Award; Vighter Iberi -- Freshman Mathematics Award; Savvas Mallas -- Freshman Programming Award; Pablo Gallastegui -- Outstanding Computer Science Award; Charity Ann Croger -- Sr. Michelle Morek Award: Outstanding Senior; Mitchell Mattingly -- KAEOPP Adult Learner's Scholarship, Outstanding Computer Science Award; Elizabeth Anne Castlen -- Charles E. Field Scholarship; Helen Curry -- Sister Francesca Hazel Memorial Scholarship; Brianne Francis -- Jack E. Keeney Scholarship, August C. Muckler Scholarship; Amanda Morris -- Accepted to Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville; Rebecca Nix -- Accepted to Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville; Janet Bailey -- Accepted to Western Kentucky University Master's Program in Social Work; Stephen Murphy -- Accepted as a Bernadin Scholar to Catholic Theological Union, Chicago.
Philpot: Christy Higdon Haynes -- Certification in Public Child Welfare Program; Jessica Stone -- 2005 Brescia Juried Student Show Awards: Margarite Hawkett Art Scholarship Award, Theophila Joan Oexmann Art Award: Best in Graphic Design, Best in Drawing, Honorable Mention; Ashley Morgan Newman -- Jack E. Keeney Scholarship, August C. Muckler Scholarship.
Whitesville: Christal Mattingly -- Certification in Public Child Welfare Program; Andrea Michelle Jones -- Charles E. Field Scholarship; Katie Jo Mattingly -- Charles E. Field Scholarship.
Hawesville: Terri Higdon -- Diocese of Owensboro Basic Catechist Certification Award.
Bremen: Retina DePriest -- Certification in Public Child Welfare Program.
Leitchfield: Samantha Jo Sturgeon -- High Scholastic Achievement.
Glasgow: Lauren Simmons -- Outstanding Student Teacher Award: Secondary Certification.
Hartford: David Henley -- Diocese of Owensboro Basic Catechist Certification Award, Diocese of Owensboro Intermediate Catechist Certification Award.
Harned: Michelle Mattingly -- Biology Award for Excellence in the Biology Area.
Irvington: Jamie Massengale -- Alpha Chi Leadership Award.
Fredonia: Misty Jones -- Fred J. Clements Award in Science, American Chemical Society Award: Outstanding Senior Student Award.
Centertown: Kellyn Jones -- Outstanding Social Work Student Award.
Lewisport: Trina Estes -- Student of the Year: Outstanding Achievement in Speech Pathology and Audiology, High Scholastic Achievement, Accepted with full tuition Graduate Assistantship, School of Hearing-Speech-Language Sciences, Ohio University.
Belleview: Krista Stucker -- Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society.
Louisville: Bryan Miller -- Theophila Joan Oexmann Art Award: Best in Foundations; Jill Blandford -- Theophila Joan Oexmann Art Award: Honorable Mention.
Cleaton: Ashlee Gunn -- Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society.
Uniontown: Logan Van Sickle -- Sister Casimir Czurles Biology Scholarship: Outstanding Freshman.
Lewisburg: Trasey Holloway -- Offered a seat at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Bradenton, Fla.
Dixon: Christine Dacy -- Outstanding Achievement in Psychology; Kristen Blandford -- Outstanding Student Teacher Award: Special Education.
Greenville: Andrea Whitmer -- Outstanding Social Work Student Award, High Scholastic Achievement, Accepted to Western Kentucky University Master's Program in Social Work.
Central City: Amanda Burden -- Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society.
Utica: Matthew Bartlett -- Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society.
Morganfield: Lesley Ashby -- Alpha Chi Leadership Award.
Horse Branch: Courtney Renfrow -- Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society, Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society, PB&S Chemistry Award.
Princeton: Wesley Scott Dunn -- Outstanding Business Student Award, The Brescia University Annual Alumni Award; Shelley Weiss -- Diocese of Owensboro Basic Catechist Certification Award, Diocese of Owensboro Intermediate Catechist Certification Award, Diocese of Owensboro Advanced II Catechist Certification Award.
Glendale: Jessica Hart -- Brescia University Honors Program.
Hardinsburg: Sara Speaks -- The Senator Delbert S. Murphy Alumni Scholarship.
Henderson: Amy Walden -- Theophila Joan Oexmann Art Award: Best in Photography, Best in Printmaking, Best in Stained Glass, Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society; Nichole Babb -- Theophila Joan Oexmann Art Award: Honorable Mention; Rose Wheeler -- Diocese of Owensboro Intermediate Catechist Certification Award.
Hopkinsville: Byron Macias -- Diocese of Owensboro Basic Catechist Certification Award, Diocese of Owensboro Intermediate Catechist Certification Award.
Indiana
Boonville: Joshua Scherrer -- Alpha Chi Leadership Award, High Scholastic Achievement
Birdseye: Kevin Fritz -- Brescia University Honors Program.
Tell City: Kathy Clayton -- Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society, Alpha Chi Leadership Award.
Lynnville: Julia Wood -- Sister George Ann Cecil Leadership Award for Excellence in the Field of Education.
Rockport: Daletta Morris -- The Senator Delbert S. Murphy Alumni Scholarship.
Illinois
Chillicothe: Jessica Carman -- Outstanding Student Teacher Award: Middle Grades Education.
Alabama
Scottsboro: Courtney Lauren Matthews -- Outstanding Accounting Student Award.
Spanish Fort: Melanie Van Landingham -- Virginia Scott Fitzgerald Speech Pathology and Audiology Scholarship.
Iowa
Mason City: Tanner Hoel -- 2005 Juried Student Show Awards: Sr. Mary Jean Cotter Scholarship Award, Theophila Joan Oexmann Art Award: Best of Show.
Florida
Hialeah: Lianne Suarez -- Brescia University Honors Program.
