Published: December 11, 2006 10:36 pm      

TSU chancellor to speak at LSC-O commencement Friday

From Staff Reports



Texas State University System Chancellor Charles Matthews will be the guest speaker at the Lamar State College-Orange fall commencement, Friday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Lutcher Theater.

Prior to his position as chancellor, Matthews served as the commissioner of the Railroad Commission of Texas for 10 years.

He has also served as the mayor of Garland and as the president of the Texas Municipal Power Agency.

Matthews earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, a master’s in public administration from Texas State University-San Marcos and just completed a doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin in higher education.

Dr. J. Michael Shahan, LSC-O president, will introduce the special guest and confer the degrees.

Other LSC-O dignitaries on the program are Dr. Sheila Gunter, vice president for academic affairs, certification of candidates; Bobbie Burgess, vice president for student services and auxiliary enterprises, presentation of graduating class; and Carla Dando, dean of instruction, recognition of honor graduates. Rafi Ansari, liberal arts graduate, will sing the National Anthem.

Orange County graduates include:

Bridge City: AS Degree, Victor Ray Romero and Michael A. Vickers, academic studies in business; Associate of Applied Science Degree, Jacob Ryan Williams, business management; Milton Barker Briggs, III, industrial technology; Associate of Arts Degree, Glenna Lapaige Jasper Landry, teaching; Certificate, Sandra C. Bryant Ludwig and Williams, business management accounting; Williams, business management entrepreneurship; Briggs, process operating technology; Tammy Lee LeBlanc Caillouet, medical office assistant; Rebecca Ruth Easley Garriga, Luke Gage Myers and Tara Lyn Ashworth Myers, vocational nursing; Institutional Award, Caillouet, medical office receptionist.

Mauriceville: AS Degree, Jennifer Lyn Pitcher Ford, academic studies in liberal arts; Erin Jade McKay, industrial technology; Certificate, McKay process operating technology; Misty Rose Flowers and Larissa Nacole Holloway, vocational nursing.

Orange: AS Degree, Tyler James Crawford, Jordan William Stevenson and Krystal Rene’ Sullivan, academic studies in business; Crawford, academic studies in communication; Emily “Rebecca” Culver Kitchens, academic studies in criminal justice; Merri L. Broussard and Beth A. Pring, academic studies in elementary education; Rafi Mohiuddin Ansari, Shaji Mohiuddin Ansari, Antavia Shaday Brown, Brittney Ann Dyess, Linda Morris Hammond, Randi Lee Martin, Stephanie Rose Scarborough, Stevenson, Sullivan, Jennessa Marie Yocham, academic studies in liberal arts; Dyess, Tara Nichole Bryant Janise and Skylar Adele Rowley, academic studies in natural science; Richard Dale Dowden, academic studies in sociology.

AAS Degree, Thomas Peter Holdreith, III and Lacy Nicole Thompson, accounting technical; Tonya Evette Wright, medical office technology; Certificate, Holdreith and Thompson, accounting operations; Sherry Lynne Zetar, administrative assistant; Holdreith and Thompson, business management accounting; Kitchens, criminal justice; Kitchens, criminal justice corrections; Timothy Shane Childress, information technology support assistant; Wright, medical administrative assistant; Wright, medical office assistant; Zetar, office assistant; Kimberly Denise Hanks Maradiaga, office software specialist; Frances “Lisa” Sanford Costilla and Lisa Frederick-Graham, process operating technology.

Certificate, Charla Ann Wilson Berry, DeMarcus Jamal Bushnell, Ashley Michelle Duhon, Katie Elise Ezell, Lauren C. Gant, Jodie Darlene Gore, Cathy Lynn Luttenberger, Kimberley Julia Brown Marcontell, Christy Lynn Hudnall Neal, Coterina Jawand Jolivette Roberts, Meagan Renee’ Savage, James Blake Shute, Charmaine S. Vayon, Tressa Loreal Victoria, Mary Elizabeth Thornton Walker, Angela Faye Harkness Webb, Gregory Keith Williams and Rhoda Monikka Dartez Young, vocational nursing; Institutional Award, Mary Angela Perkins Duplechin and Geneva Leenetta Spears, medical office receptionist.

Vidor: AS Degree, Jeremy Lee Kelone, academic studies in business; Becky Smith Tauzin, academic studies in liberal arts; Jeremy Joseph Perrio and Kristyn Ann Reynolds, academic studies in natural science; Certificate, Cody Michael Boullion, business management entrepreneurship; Brandi Lynn Burgess, Rebecca M. Middleton Johnson and Donnie Marie Courmier Price, vocational nursing.