DOTHAN - Troy University graduates were encouraged to develop a sense of industry today as some 130 undergraduates and 55 graduate students participated in the Dothan Campus' spring commencement.

"Benjamin Franklin said that Americans have a unique characteristic - a sense of industry that leads them to see that something needs to be done and then doing it," said Major General Virgil Packett, commanding general of the United States Army Aviation Warfighting Center and Fort Rucker.

"Your sense of industry will make this country great. Follow your curiosity and turn over the next page," he told graduates. "Take ownership of your future."

In preparing to introduce Major General Packett, TROY Chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins Jr. challenged graduates to view the world as flat and interconnected, citing that TROY alumni are found in more than 50 countries.

"In the end, it's not about a financial portfolio but about the portfolio of lives that you have touched," he said

Coffee County

Bachelors Degrees:

 Elba

William Christopher Brunson, Janet G. Mauldin (Cum Laude)

Enterprise

Alicia Gayle Brown, Richie L. Carr, Jacquelyn Jane Ferguson, Dorothy Jean Franklin, Angela Denise Hicks, Melissa Evans Holland, Glen D. Reed, Stacey Renee Royal, John R. Scott (Magna Cum Laude), Angela Marie Torrez (Summa Cum Laude), Donald Guy Wentworth, Jr.

Master's Degrees:

Enterprise

Mary Margaret Eberhardt, Karen Cynthia Hicks, Tammy K. Krassy, Randall Chad McCollough, Teresa Nicole Mercer-Trawick, Michael Allen Reyburn, Irma Orbillos Wittges

Education Specialist Degree:

New Brockton

Mark Paul Edgar

Dale County

Associates Degree:

Daleville

Connie Marie Roddy

Ozark

Amy Lynn Burleson

Bachelors Degree:

Daleville

Amanda Michelle Beaver (Cum Laude), Helena Michelle Benefield (Magna Cum Laude), Miriam Ruth Deen (Summa Cum Laude), Linda DiAnn Evans, Charles Edward Faulk, Toshia Lashawn Harrison, Elizabeth Genine Harrison-Gray, Kenneth Tavares Fluornoy, Ashley Nichole Smith (Magna Cum Laude), Monika Louise Thomas

Ft. Rucker

Angeline Marie Ebuen (Magna Cum Laude), Kelly Marie Heath (Cum Laude), Anna Silvia Natter (Summa Cum Laude), Lenora West

Midland City

Jennifer Jelene Black (Magna Cum Laude), Emerson Balingit Escoto, Jr., Anthony William Haslip

Newton

William Jansen King (Cum Laude), Heather Evans Stanford

Ozark

Sharla Rinessa Andrews, Daniel H. Collier, Mary L. Grant, Damon Justin Grice (Magna Cum Laude), James, Ott Lawhorn (Magna Cum Laude), Judy Kim Moore, Kimberly Kendrick Peterman, Linda Amelia Pitts (Summa Cum Laude), William Charles Riley, Jr., Devin Larone Shaw, E. Dean Stansell, Luke Justice Taylor, Sarah Elizabeth Young

Wicksburg

            Daniel Clayton Marsh

Masters Degree:

Daleville

Anne Robyn Murphy-Flaherty, William Harold Rudder III

Ft. Rucker

Charles James Coombe

Midland City

Jonathan William Taylor

Newton

            Jennifer Ann Smith

Ozark

Anthony Earl Jouvenas, Jeremy Dean Kelley, Judy Dickey Nolin

Geneva County

Bachelors Degree:

Chancellor

Angelia Michelle Richard (Summa Cum Laude)

Geneva

Casey Danielle Emerson, Jerry Joseph Grantham, Jr., Jacquelin Beth Hines

Hartford

Sheena Kay Dorriety (Cum Laude), Amy Nicole Pollard

Samson

Catherine Renee Adams

Slocomb

Dennis Leon Hidle, Brandi Nicole Reeder, Matthew David Snell

Masters Degree:

Chancellor

Melanie Lynn Cawley

Henry County

Bachelors Degree:

Abbeville

David Russell Trawick (Cum Laude)

Headland

Catherine Danielle Helms, Keary Jim King, Cathy Walker

Masters Degree:

Abbeville

Katrina Hardwick Blount

Houston County

Associate’s degree:

Cowarts-

Arnetta Mariea Calloway

Dothan

Emma Ramos Gibson, Adam Keith Perdue

Bachelors Degree:

Ashford

Margaret Dianne Lassiter (Cum Laude), Cynthia Wright Wallace

Columbia

Keith Evans Gore, Mary Elizabeth LeBlanc (Magna Cum Laude)

Cottonwood

Natalie Nicole McCord (Cum Laude)

Dothan

Stacy Lee Arnold, Courtney Atkinson, April Marie Barnes, Hayley Elizabeth Bennett (Cum Laude), Edward Mark Burns (Magna Cum Laude), Christy Lee Creamer, Lindsey Michelle Davenport (Magna Cum Laude), Brian Dewayne Davis, Arnetra Danielle Dawsey, Melanie Jill Donop (Magna Cum Laude), Melanie Murphy Douglas, Cyneetha Nicola Evans, Stephanie Ann Fails, Phillips Oyetunde Farinde, John Allen Goree, Rickey Brandon Harrell (Cum Laude), William Davis Hart, Joshua Dylan Hughes, Kimberly Frazier Humphrey, Candise Dionne Jackson, Monica Graven Jimenez, Rajdeep Kaur, Cameron Thomas Kirkland (Magna Cum Laude), Sara Jo Ann Lawrence, Justin Mitchell Lord, Charles Robert McGriff, Jr., Jeremy D. Middleton, Daniel Joseph Newton, Lisa D. Patel, Emily Armstrong Pettis (Summa Cum Laude), Craig Norris Pfeifer, Keith William Ree (Summa Cum Laude), Rebekah Ann Richards, Amy Lynn Robertson, Bridgelyn Shadell Simmons, Zachary D'Antonio Sizemore, Angela Michelle Smith, Donna Lynn Snellhouse (Cum Laude), Jeremy Evan Taylor, Cedalia Ann  Tharps, Casey Lyn Tomberlin, Timothy Brian Turner, Todd Edwin Walker (Summa Cum Laude), Lauran Nichole Ward, Jamie Christine Waters (Magna Cum Laude), Kimanh Le Williams, Dustin Jay Wilson

Pansey-

Amber Alexis Ingram

Taylor-

Billy Howell Lott III

Webb-

Shawn Thomas Lux

Masters Degree:

Columbia

Heather Johnson Morris

Cottonwood

Sheronda Robinson Baum

Dothan

Daniel Gill Bristow, Crystal Schulman Clark, Dustin Keith Day, Adam Howell Ellis, Courtney Golden, Sean Kent Ingram, Torri Nichole Maye, Kristie Michelle Mitchell, Deborah Hamilton Moss, Ashlee Renay Newton, Margie D. Phillips, Laura Lynn Price, LaTonja Dawsey Pride, Angela Henderson Small, Casey Lynn Thomas, Samantha Bull Willis

Pansey

Tanya Adams Hill

Rehobeth

Lindsey Tennille Smith

 Webb

Heather Ann Womble

Education Specialist Degree

Dothan

Brenda Murphy Daniels, Alice Dempsey Goodwin, Julie Elizabeth Parrish

Cutline: Major General Virgil Packett addresses graduates and their guests at Troy University's spring commencement ceremonies for its Dothan Campus Monday in the Dothan Civic Center. (TROY photo/Clif Lusk)

Education Specialist Degree

Pike County:

Troy

Yolanda Ann Walker

Cutline: Major General Virgil Packett addresses graduates and their guests at Troy University's spring commencement ceremonies for its Dothan Campus Monday in the Dothan Civic Center. (TROY photo/Clif Lusk)