Fifty-five Longview residents were among 607 degree candidates recognized by The University of Texas at Tyler in spring commencement ceremonies May 6.

Longview residents and their majors are:

Charles Lucas Kimbrough, M.B.A.; Valerie Cecile Taylor, M.S., educational human resource; Lori J. Greer, M.S.N.; Carla Ann Roadcap, M.S.N.; Charles Kelley, M.A., English; Amy Lewis, M.P.A.; Laura Lisa Correa-Buchanan, M.A.T., curriculum and instruction with emphasis in journalism; Deborah Grace Bellinger, Sharvanda Chatman and Mitzi R. Neely, M.Ed., educational administration; and Sherri Nussbaum, M.S., school psychology; Lauren S. Alexander, Diane Joe Clendenin, Jennifer Lane Davis, Amy Thompson, Robert Lance Thrasher and Brian Darrell Woodson, B.B.A., management.

Also, Lisa Kay Blount, Carma Jane Burke, Julie Marie Langston, Brooke Burton Phipps, Wanda Gail Skinner and Andrea Michelle Wheeler, B.B.A., accounting; Angela Dean, Jason Daniel Edwards and Cristina Nicole Franklin, B.B.A., marketing; John Mark Lundstedt, B.S., computer science; and Stephen Robb Rogers, B.S., computer information systems; April Alyene Alexander, Marcus A. Carter, Shirley Turner Dudley, Felicia Lashawn Edwards, Nicole Francis, Antony Hopson, Tamara Marshall, Kevin M. Powers, Kathleen Anne Rice, Carla Ann Roadcap, Elizabeth Hope Speed and Chunmei Zhu, B.S.N.

Also, Denise Troyanos Guerrero, B.A., Spanish; Jennifer Michele Audet, Clint

Preston Fisher and Kimberly White, B.S., political science; Brandi Nicole Boyd, B.S.,

history; Paige A. Caldwell and Theresa Anne Gray, B.S., mathematics; Adrienne Ellen

Graham, B.S., journalism; Christina Elizabeth White, B.S., criminal justice; Casi Layne Williams, B.A., psychology; and Kimberly L. Bowers, Emily Kidwell, Britni Phillips, Janna Jo Powell and Tara Pace Wilbanks, B.S.I.S.

Commencement remarks were given by Dr. Michael Bell, UT Tyler alumni and president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. President Rodney H. Mabry certified degree candidates. Presentation of degree candidates was by Dr. Richard Osburn, provost and vice president for academic affairs, and by the representatives of each of the university’s colleges.

One of 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler offers excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 5,300 high-ability students at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine.