Published: May 16, 2008 10:07 pm            

LSC-O confers Spring graduates

Special to The Leader





John Cash Smith was the guest speaker at the Lamar State College-Orange spring commencement, conducted last weekend at the Lutcher Theater.

Smith graduated from Baylor University in 1961 and from University of Texas School of Law in 1964. He was an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Austin from 1964 to 1966 and has practiced law privately in Orange since 1966.

Smith is board certified in personal injury trial law and is board certified as a civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He has been board certified in labor and employment law. He is licensed to practice by the State Bar of Texas and is licensed to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Smith is also a past president of the Orange County Bar Association. He is a fellow in the Texas Bar Foundation and is a member of the Texas City Attorneys Association. He has made numerous continuing legal education presentations and has written articles on personal injury trial law.

Smith is a member of the Orange Rotary Club, is on the Board of Trustees of the Lamar State College-Orange Foundation, and serves on the board of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation. He has served for eight years on the Administrative Committee of the Baptist General convention of Texas, two years as Chairman, and has been Chairman of the Board of the Texas Baptist Laity Institute. He is a deacon and Sunday school teacher at the First Baptist Church of Orange.

Dr. J. Michael Shahan, LSC-O president, introduced Smith and conferred the degrees. Other LSC-O dignitaries on the program were 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.

Texas graduates by hometown and degree include the following:

Bridge City: Associate of Applied Science, Jordan Andrew Guidry, Industrial Technology; Stephanie Michelle Bennett, Medical Laboratory: Dung-Lanie Thi Nguyen Jungen and Stacy Gail McGee Roberts, Upward Mobility Nursing; Associate of Science, Ashley Marie Osborne, Business; Amber Leigh Peterson, Liberal Arts; Amber Leigh Peterson and George Burton Tuttle, Natural Science; Certificate of Completion, Shane Michael Preston, CISCO Network Specialist; Jordan Andrew Guidry, Process Technology; Institutional Award, Kira Jewel Traxler Kovatch, Information Clerk; Joni Marie Boudreaux Taylor, Medical Office Receptionist; George Burton Tuttle, Web Design.

Orange: Associate of Applied Science, Debbie Lynn Cormier, Accounting; Dawn Nancy Burleigh, Patricia Anne White Crail, and Briana Michelle Rogers, Business Management; Joseph Richard LaFleur, Joshua Cain Weller, and Jeffrey Alan Whiddon, Industrial Technology; Alicia Albritton Mouton, Laylee Ann Muslovoski, and Hale Rachelle Parish, Medical Laboratory; Ashley Elizabeth Floyd, Office Professional; Ashley Mone' Anderson, Deborah Braxton Benoit, DeMarcus Jamal Bushnell', Amy Catherine Richter Campbell, Kerri Elizabeth Green, Theresia Renee' Stone Keaton, Christopher Paul Miles, Vequal Monique Henson Roberts, Christopher James Robinson, and Misty Renee Simon, Upward Mobility Nursing.

Orange: Associate of Arts, Karolina Katharina Guajardo-Alvarez and Connie Elizabeth Swope, Teaching 1; Virginia Coleman Barron, Crissa Leigh Bonnin, and Joy Lynn Anderson Courtier Teaching 2.

Orange: Associate of Science, Brittani Rae Dominguez, Jadon Kirk Ellender, Jerica Sheree Gould, Rachel Lee Mays Hollier, and Wasim A. Nizami, Business; Juan Pablito Gonzales, Communication; Brian Joseph Felchak, Cynthia Yvette Johnson, Cynthia Dian Nagle, Hollie Elizabeth Parker, Kimberley A. Smith Vickery, and Rachel Christine Wright, Liberal Arts; Rachael Amy Chapman, Natural Science.

Orange: Certificate of Completion, Debbie Lynn Cormier, Accounting Operations; Kenneth Ray Cameron, Shon Michael Garrison, Nehemiah Jessie Martin, John J Phillips, and Pam J Savoy, CISCO Network Specialist; Christina Lynn Zylks, Customer Service; Dawn Nancy Burleigh, Patricia Anne White Crail, and Briana Michelle Rogers, Entrepreneurship; Courtney Ranee Dawes,Ashley Elizabeth Floyd, and Christina Lynn Zylks, Information Management; John J. Phillips, Information support Assistant Hardwar/Networking, John J. Phillips, Information Tech Support Assistant; Bethwyn A. Dowden and Guadalupe Partida, Medical Office Assistant; Lyndsey Cecile Buxton, Matthew Dale Cooper, Kalishea Trevon Goodwin, Tara Nicole Hennigan, Julie Ruth Louise Mason, Leah Felice McClelland, Brandon Layne Poole, Victoria Lynn Saucier, Martha Jane Armstrong Walker, Pharmacy Technology; Casey Mikel Breaux, Larry Darnell Brooks, David Mallory Rutledge, Brandi Michelle Taylor, Joshua Cain Weller, Jeffrey Alan Whiddon, and Duane Heath Whittington, Process Technology;

Orange: Institutional Award, Courtney Ranee Dawes, Ashley Elizabeth Floyd, and Christina Lynn Zylks, Information Clerk; Monica Rae LeFevre, Angela Elizabeth Lucia, Stephanie Dell Weatherly Morris, Elizabeth Ann Blair Naquin, Guadalupe Partida, Chassidy Mane Ramirez, and Misty Gayle Odom Scherman, Medical Office Receptionist;

Orangefield: Associate of Applied Science, Bryce Linn Sarver, Medical Laboratory.

Vidor: Associate of Applied Science, Britney Rae Boullion, Medical Office Professional; Douglas Wayne Cagle, Lacy Michelle Glenn Fontenot, John Cole Morse, Sandra Ann Volentine Smith, Upward Mobility Nursing; Associate of Science, Britni Lea Thibodeaux McClelland, Business; Katie Lynn Bourgeois, Liberal Arts; Certificate of Completion, Bradley J. Keneson, CISCO Network Specialist; Britney Rae Boullion, Medical Administrative; Britney Rae Boullion, Tina Marie Cole, and Sheryl Lynn Conway, Medical Office Assistant; Sarah Elizabeth Jones, Pharmacy Technology; Institutional Awards, Britney Rae Boullion, Tina Marie Cole, and Tina Marie Autin Robin, Medical Office Receptionist.

Vinton: Associate of Applied Science, Donovan Sampson Stinson and Christopher Caesar Theriot, Industrial Technology; Courtney Leigh Johnson and Angel Trahan Smith, Upward Mobility Nursing; Associate of Arts, Melissa Ann Phelps Bruno, Teaching 1; Certificate of Completion, Lee A. Grogan III, CISCO Network Specialist; Sinovia Gail Kirkwood, Medical Office Assistant; Sheila Joy Fontenot Theriot, Medical Transcriptionist; Donovan Sampson Stinson and Christopher Caesar Theriot, Process Technology; Institutional Award, Sinovia Gail Kirkwood, Medical Office Receptionist.

        

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