LSC-O ANNOUNCES ITS SPRING 2009 GRADUATES
Lamar State College-Orange Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Sheila Joyner will serve as the guest speaker at the LSC-O spring 2009 commencement on Thursday, May 21, at 7 p.m. at the Lutcher Theater.
Dr. Sheila Joyner grew up in Kansas. She joined the military after graduating from high school and spent two years in the U.S. Army. She later attended Pittsburg State University earning both a Bachelor of Arts degree (1979) and a Masters degree (1981) in political science. As a graduate student, she experienced her first taste of teaching in higher education and immediately set the course for her career.
While teaching for 10 years at Crowder College (MO), Dr. Joyner completed a Doctorate in higher education administration at the University of Arkansas (1989). She then left the classroom to serve in a variety of administrative positions. As director of International Education at Crowder College, Dr. Joyner established a sister city agreement with Adelaide, Australia to promote the college’s entry into the world solar car race, developed a visiting faculty program with a college in England, and secured grant funds to participate in the Soviets Visit Middle America program.
Serving as the Assistant Dean of Instruction at Alpena Community College (MI) from 1991 to 1994, she extended her grant writing successes to over $1 million and created acknowledged assessment systems required by national accrediting agencies. The long cold winters of northern Michigan convinced her that a position in a warmer climate was desirable.
Dr. Joyner has spent the past 15 years as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Lamar State College-Orange. She has represented the college on several state boards, given presentations at national conferences, published articles in academic journals, and received numerous awards for both her professional and civic activities. She recently moved to The Woodlands and will be taking a faculty position with Sam Houston State University this fall. She is married to her husband, Owen, and has two sons, Christopher and Jason Haile.
Dr. J. Michael Shahan, LSC-O president, will introduce the special guest and confer the degrees. Dr. Joyner will also perform the certification of candidates. Other LSC-O dignitaries on the program are Bobbie Burgess, vice president for student services and auxiliary enterprises, presentation of graduating class; and Carla Dando, dean of instruction, recognition of honor graduates. Please join us in congratulating our outstanding students!
LSC-O’s candidates for graduation include the following students:
Beaumont, TX: Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Kristi Ann Hatton, Elizabeth Louise Keith, and Cynthia Ibañez Rodriguez, upward mobility nursing.
Bridge City, TX: AAS, Steven Wayne Andrews and Jeremy M. Quigley, industrial technology; Shane Michael Preston, information technology support specialist-software development specialization; Geneva Vernice Adams, information technology support specialist; Misty Dawn Cappel, Rachel Guidry Cobb, and Luke Gage Myers, upward mobility nursing; Associate of Science (AS), Preston, liberal arts; Certificate, Adams and Kelly Walston, Cisco network specialist; Cade Wesley Howard, entrepreneurship; Preston, information technology support assistant-software development; Adams, information technology support assistant; Andrews, process technology and safety, health and environmental; Quigley, process technology; Institutional Award (IA), Adams, web design and multimedia.
Buna, TX: AAS, Stephanie Lynne Shaeffer and Hugo Oscar Uribe, upward mobility nursing; AS, Milton Earl Killen Jr., liberal arts; Certificate, Alan Edward Martin Jr., criminal justice and criminal justice corrections.
DeQuincy, LA: AAS, Danny J. McClain, industrial technology; Melissa Ann Jernigan Marcantel, upward mobility nursing; Certificate, McClain, process technology.
Deweyville, TX: Certificate, Dallas Starr Skinner and Jacob Logan-Dale Smith, criminal justice corrections; Ashley Rochelle White, medical office assistant; IA, White, medical office receptionist.
Groves, TX: AAS, Denise V. Frederick, upward mobility nursing; Certificate, Raina C. Saunders, medical office assistant and medical transcriptionist.
Kirbyville, TX: AAS, Anna Elizabeth Friend, upward mobility nursing.
Lafayette, LA: AAS, Sean Collette Harris, upward mobility nursing.
Lake Charles, LA: AAS, Samantha S. Bonvillian, LaTosha Monique Babineaux Delafoisse, Rhonda Lynn Butterfield Hamilton, Jamey J. Kaough, Amanda Leigh Lemonie-Shanks, and Amelia Lea Oakley, upward mobility nursing; Certificate, Quincy Nathaniel Orsot, Cisco network specialist; Tina Louise Mitchell Lavan and Angela Dawn Langley Spiers, pharmacy technology; Felissia Halaine Lewis Dawson, process technology.
Lumberton, TX: AAS, Danelle Mechelle Mosley Black and Kimberly Diane Revia Ford, upward mobility nursing.
Mauriceville, TX: AAS, Courtney Patin, upward mobility nursing; Certificate, Sherryl Kay Smith, office assistant; IA, Smith, information clerk.
Nederland, TX: AAS, Angela Nicole Morgan, upward mobility nursing.
Oberlin, LA: AAS, Sheena Daigle Whitfield, upward mobility nursing.
Orange, TX: AAS, Patricia Ann Matthews, business management; Paul Wayne Crochett Jr., Patrick Gamutan Hermoso and Derek Allen White, industrial technology; Jacqueline Suzanne Howe and Joseph L. Pennington, information technology support specialist; Alice Faye Henson, Kendal Stewart Reynolds, Tammi Roberts, Allen Wayne Sexton, and Valarie Ventress Victoria Thomas, liberal arts; Kerisha Mae Anderson, medical office professional; Chaquetta TiShay Declouet, medical office technology; Charla Ann Wilson Berry, Brandy Lynn Butler, Janice G. Ford Crowe, Dorothy Ann Elizabeth Pearl Cryer, Delitha Gene Fredregill, Amber Lea Harding Gossett, E’va Elisa Hernandez, Patti Jean Lofton, Meagan Reneé Savage Myers, Amber Reneé Matlock Peveto, Amber Reneé Henley Rickenbrode, Mary Elizabeth Thornton Walker, and Lydia Jo Worthen-Broussard, upward mobility nursing; Associate of Arts (AA), Ashley Karen Clark, Lindsey Leigh Dickey, and Lindsay Kate Duncan Stevens, teaching 1; Brandy Michelle Johnson, Tiffany Nicole Foxworth Noble, Amanda Ann Taylor Richard and Sean Lucas Ureta, teaching 2; AS, Archie Ulysses Anderson, Brooklyn Paje Dunbar, Naomi Reneé Hucko, Jodi Danielle Menard, Jamey Nicole Bufford Morgan, Kaci Dyan Morris, Cody Todd Soape and Brandy Swope, business; Brandon R. Pollock, communication; Manuel Mireles Ramon III, criminal justice; Christine Clasby Bost, Lauren Beth Comer, Amanda Kay Dowden, Aubrey Nicole Ellis, Sharla Kae Hollifield Evans, Nancy Sue Jacobs Freese, Robert Aaron Hernandez, and Yokishia Shantel Broussard Hope, liberal arts; Gary Wade Carnley, Emily Ann Ford, Kassey Diane Stanfill and Christopher Carroll Williamson, natural science; Jerymie Wayne Delano, Dickey, Freese and Erika Renée VanWright, sociology; Certificate, Kathy D. Clark, business management; Mary Leah Lund and Matthews, business management accounting; Janell Ann Leger-Dischler and Gregory Mondell Phillips, Cisco network specialist; Bost, criminal justice and criminal justice corrections; Ramon III, criminal justice corrections; Matthews, entrepreneurship; Howe and Pennington, information technology support assistant-software development and information technology support assistant-hardware networking; Anderson, medical administrative assistant; Lauren Brooke Bachman, Declouet, Tabitha C. Fedoroff, Lindsey Danae Bell Heard, Jodi Emilia Jackson-Ross, Sukari Shawntel Minor and Melissa Ann Risinger, medical office assistant; Guadalupe Partida and Christina R. Smith, medical transcriptionist; Keely R. Benefield, LaQuetta Chantel Jones and Shawn David Williams, pharmacy technology; Adam Bryan Canty, Joshua H. Chauvin, Crochett Jr., Hermoso and White, process technology; Crochett Jr. and Hermoso, safety, health, and environmental; IA, David Bradley Manshack, emergency management technician-basic; Bost, forensic science; Stephanie Louise Capps, Declouet, Jacqueline Irvine Gabriel, Candice Michelle McCarver, LaKeisha Antoinette La’Toy McLee, Brittany Kay Palmero, Shameka Shountell Wallace and Royale Vonshae Wilson, medical office receptionist.
Orangefield, TX: IA, Kristina Juni Broussard Armstrong and Shawna T. Laing, medical office receptionist.
Port Arthur, TX: AAS, Trinell Maxile, liberal arts; IA Shaqueta Shacobie Willis, medical office receptionist.
Silsbee, TX: AAS, Krista K. Walker, upward mobility nursing.
Starks, LA: AAS, Amanda Kay Musgrove Barlow, upward mobility nursing; Certificate, Annajo Marie Anderson, criminal justice and criminal justice corrections.
Sulphur, LA: AAS, Eula Bernice Perry Ceasar, upward mobility nursing; Certificate, Kayla Reneé Soileau, Latonya Lynn Trahan-Mitchell and Bonnie Jo Williams, pharmacy technology; Justin J. Theriot, process technology; IA Rachel M. King, medical office receptionist.
Vidor, TX: AAS, Judy Ellen Collins Garcia, accounting-technical; Susan Diane Duree Thibodeaux, business management; Melissa Rae Kirkland, information technology support specialist; Sonja Anne Jones, Donna Lanell Russo, Lacey Dawn Brannan Wheat and Amy Jo Williams, upward mobility nursing; AS, Kirkland, criminal justice; Taylor Marie Bangoy, liberal arts; Brandi Sue Brown, natural science; Certificate, Garcia, accounting operations; Kirkland, Cisco network specialist, information technology support assistant-software development and information technology support assistant-hardware networking; Thibodeaux, business management accounting and entrepreneurship; Anthony Earl Fowler, pharmacy technology; Jessica Lyn Reddington, process technology.
Village Mills, TX: AS, Richard C. Sumrall, business.
Vinton, LA: AAS, Daniel Keith Williamson, industrial technology; Marla Linscomb Jordan, Winona Jackson Roberts and Cheri Nichole Stacey, upward mobility nursing; Certificate, Malana Ann Duplechin Walter, medical transcriptionist; Williamson, process technology; IA, Allison Brooke Walter, medical office receptionist.
Youngsville, LA: AAS, Ashley Lynn Blanchard, upward mobility nursing.
(LSC-O plans to make a special toast to their spring class of 2009 during their next movie night on Tuesday, May 19, with Twilight as the feature presentation. Visit www.lsco.edu for more details.)
