Seventy-four degrees were conferred during fall 2017 graduation exercises at Mississippi State University-Meridian.

Eddie Kelly, area division manager of Mississippi Power Co., delivered the commencement address for the mid-morning ceremony, which was held Dec. 7 in the Kahlmus Auditorium on the College Park Campus.

Following is the list of 2017 graduates and their degrees. The levels of recognition and the grade point averages required for each are: Summa Cum Laude, 3.80; Magna Cum Laude 3.60; and Cum Laude 3.40 Q.P.A.:

(AL, Butler) Sylvia Grace James, Ed.S. – School Administration; (MS, Bailey) Elliot Sanders Brewer, M.S. – School Administration; (Bay Springs) Taylor Parker Avera (3), B.B.A. – Business Administration; Lyndsey Joanna Cannon, B.A. – Psychology; Terri Brooks Sloan, B.B.A. – Business Administration; (Brandon) Marisa Smith Prewitt, M.S. – School Administration; Shannon S. Williams, M.S. – School Administration; (Carthage) Monica Diane Hamilton, B.A. – Psychology; Randall Corey Wooten, B.B.A. – Healthcare Administration; (Chunky) Henton Aubrey Dean (2), B.B.A. – Business Administration; (Collinsville) Breeanna Susan Adams, B.B.A. – Management; Melissa Jill Hamilton, B.B.A. – Business Administration; Haley Victoria Reed, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; Mikhail I. Sapelin, M.S. – Counselor Education; Ashley B. Singleton (2), B.S. Kinesiology; Jerra Leigh Smith, M.S. – Counselor Education; Hunter Scott Townsend, B.S. – Inderdisciplinary Studies; (Daleville) Lorie Ann Scott, M.A.T. – Community College Education; (Decatur) Lauren Marie Ezelle, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; Stacy Elizabeth Parkes, M.A.T. – Community College Education; (DeKalb) Cathy Clark, B.B.A. – Business Administration; Morgan Olivia McMahon, Riley Scholar, B.S. – Kinesiology; (Forest) Charles Edward Johnson, Ed.S. – Counselor Education; John Regan Reiss, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; (Hickory) Matthew Thomas Majure, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; (Kosciusko) Robin Elizabeth Jones, M.S. – School Administration;

(Laurel) Benjamin Wesley Carney, B.S. – Kinesiology; Deana Carol Weems, M.S. – Counselor Education; (Little Rock) Carol Mendoza, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; (Meridian) Quintin Aderrick Bland, B.B.A. – Healthcare Administration; Kevin Matthew Bogan, Ed.S. – Secondary Education; Shonda Renee Burrage, B.S. – Kinesiology; Ka’China StarResa Clemons, B.ACC. – Accounting; Lynette Margaret Cockrell (3), B.B.A. – Business Administration; Chelsea Michelle Davis, M.S. – Elementary Education; Brandon Tanner Felton, B.A. – Criminology; Jamie Mandrell Grady, B.A.T. – Healthcare Services; Raven Nicole Hubbard (3), B.A. – Psychology; Eugene Stennis Hurst, B.B.A. – Management; Douglas Alva Kennedy, B.B.A. – Business Administration; Karen Elizabeth Knight (2), B.S. – Secondary Education; Jennifer Michelle Mackrell, M.S. – Counselor Education; Amanda Grace McClure, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; Cephus McMillian, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; Victoria McNeal, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; Mindy Mendiola, M.A.T.S. – Secondary Education; Rachel Victoria Ann Owens, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; Minnie Burton Powe, B.S. – General Studies; Charles Jeremiah Scott, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; Phatema Alicia Sillimon, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; Vernon D. Todd, Ed.S. – Counselor Education;

(Newton) Sidney Jamez Broach, B.B.A. – Business Administration; Zachary Blake Harrison, M.A.T. – Community College Education; (Pachuta) Jessica M. Guy, Ed.S. – School Administration; (Philadelphia) Tressie Mae Charlie, M.S. – Elementary Education; Jared Jaye Jim, B.B.A. – Business Administration; Stephanie M. McCrary (3), B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; Charles Larry Mosher, B.S. – Kinesiology; (Quitman) Mari Maegan Johnson, B.A. – Psychology; Jelisa Bre’Kenya Pearson, B.A. – Psychology; (Raleigh) John Lawrence Crumpton, M.S. – School Administration; (Raymond) SirByron Phillip Bailey, Ed.S. – School Administration; (Rose Hill) Cherry Devaye Hardaway (1), B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; (Scooba) Teris Kasha Buie, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; (Senatobia) Kimvaqwas Tamarcus Hudson, B.B.A. – Healthcare Administration; (Shubuta) Katerina Angelina McClendon, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies; (Starkville) Latoria Z. Evans, B.A. – Criminology; Jacob Wiley Sullivan, B.A. – English; (Union) Taylor Nicole Carby, B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies

Amber Lynn Truhitt (1), Riley Scholar, Stephen D. Lee Scholar, B.S. – Kinesiology; (Vaiden) Clyde C. Owens, M.S. – School Administration; (Vossburg) Kourtney Danielle Nowell (2), B.A. – Psychology; (Walnut Grove) Reba L. Thornton, B.A. – Psychology; (OK, Yukon) Adam B. Bout (2), B.S. – Interdisciplinary Studies