SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah State University held its 184th Graduation Commencement this past Saturday, May 10, on the grounds of T.A. Wright Stadium.
Joining the approximately 330 students being conferred associate, undergraduate and graduate degrees, were 28 student-athletes.
Receiving high honors were SSU softball’s Megan Uhrman (Summa Cum Laude), women’s golf’s Michelle Gifford (Summa Cum Laude), men’s golf’s William Proulx (Magna Cum Laude), and football’s Jake Durham (Magna Cum Laude).
Graduating with Cum Laude Honors were football players Rashaud Ferrell, Broderick Sellers, Sheldon Barnes, and Denzel Carter, as well as Asiha Williams (volleyball), Katerina Marroquin (cheerleading), and baseball’s Theodore Page, Ian Farris, and Todd Hagen.
The commencement address was delivered by Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the current head of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs.
Thomas-Greenfield was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to her current office in August of 2013. Her office works on the development and management of U.S. policy toward sub-Saharan Africa. Her career includes stints as the U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, as well as postings in Switzerland, Pakistan, Kenya, Nigeria, The Gambia, and Jamaica.
Student-Athletes conferred:
*Rashaud Allen Ferrell | Computer Information Systems | Football
Byron Scott Leggett | Computer Information Systems | Football
*Broderick Dante’ Sellers | Computer Information Systems | Football
LaToya Nicole Ashley | Management | Women’s Basketball
**William Proulx | Management | Men’s Golf
Bianca Deonne Anderson | Behavior Analysis | Women’s Golf
Bryana Hayden Gadis | Behavior Analysis | Volleyball
India B. Morgan | Behavior Analysis | Softball
Bridgette Charmaigne Stephens | Behavior Analysis | Volleyball
***Megan Elizabeth Uhrman | Behavior Analysis | Softball
*Asiha Rosalyn Williams | Behavior Analysis | Volleyball
*Denzel Carter | Criminal Justice | Football
Nathaniel Clay, Jr. | Criminal Justice | Football
**Jake Alexander Durham | Criminal Justice | Football
*Katerina Danielle Marroquin | Criminal Justice | Cheerleading
*Theodore James Page | Criminal Justice | Baseball
Artisma Shauntell Samuel | Criminal Justice | Women’s Basketball
George David Dellos | History | Baseball
*Ian A. Farris | History | Baseball
Alexander Robert Wierzbicki | History | Football
*Sheldon DeAngelo Barnes | Homeland Security | Football
Darrius T. Baker | Mass Communications | Track & Field
Preston Shammall Blackman | Mass Communications | Men’s Basketball
Peter Turner Poole | Mass Communications | Baseball
Cedric Kyle Smith | Mass Communications | Men’s Basketball
Kimberley Sharmaine Wilson | Sociology | Track & Field
***Monica Michelle Gifford | Biology | Women’s Golf
*Todd Christopher Hagen | Environmental Science | Baseball
***Summa Cum Laude (3.75 – 4.0 GPA)
**Magna Cum Laude (3.40 – 3.74 GPA)
*Cum Laude (3.00 – 3.39 GPA)