SPRINGFIELD – During spring commencement May 15, in Weiser Gymnasium, Drury University awarded 351 degrees during the College of Graduate and Continuing Studies graduation. 303 students received undergraduate degrees while 48 earned master’s degrees.
Local graduates who attended evening classes were noted as the following:
Richard E. Baker, AS, General Studies; Theresa M.L. Baldwin, AS, General Studies; Adam William Barnes, AS, General Studies; Lacie L. Beard, AS, General Studies; Julie Leann Bell, BS, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology; Jerry C Burnett, AS, General Studies; Laura J. Camp, BS, English; April Genevieve Coonts, AS, General Studies; Christy L. Engelhardt, AS, General Studies; Rachel D. Guill, BS, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology; Kylie Kresse Johnson, BS, BBA, Organizational Studies, Business Administration; Rebecca Lynn Lakey, BS, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology; Amy Lynn Long, AS, General Studies; Lance B. Ludwig, AS, General Studies; Amy M. McLeod, BS, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology; Amy Lynn Mills, BS, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology; Denise Ann Reese, AS, General Studies; Rosa Ann Reese-Dye, BS, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology; Laresa Ann Roberts, BGS, General Studies; Judith Ann Shields, BS, Psychology, Sociology; Sabrina Joan Stout, BS, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology; Lisa Marie Tiff, AS, General Studies; Benjamin W. Tingler, BS, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology; Tashina Norene Wilson, AS, General Studies; Randi Kay Wood, AS, Psychology; and from Wasola, Kathy Jo Watson, AS, General Studies.
The new dean of Drury’s College of Graduate and Continuing Studies, Dr. Brian Holloway, sent the graduates off with a message about what he called “the gospel of self-improvement.”
“Use the lessons you’ve learned, never give up,” Holloway said. “Be a beacon, be a shining light for the gospel of self-improvement and spread that light throughout the land.”
