More than 350 East Central University Tigers are preparing for graduation on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 10 a.m. inside Kerr Activities Center.
ECU’s 2022 Distinguished Alumna Anita Holloway will be the keynote speaker. Holloway is an audit partner with Ernst & Young LLP, one of the four largest accounting firms in the world with offices in more than 150 countries. She is a licensed CPA in the states of Oklahoma, Texas, and Tennessee.
She graduated from ECU in 1992 with highest academic achievement and honors with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and a minor in mathematics. She was named the 1992 ECU School of Business Distinguished Graduate. During her entire time at ECU, she worked as a student employee for the East Central University Foundation.
Holloway believes strongly in giving back, a trait that she attributes to her parents, grandparents, and time at the ECU Foundation. Many of her philanthropic efforts have focused on education as she recognizes the impact it can have on a person’s life given her undergraduate education at ECU and courses at Northwestern University, Harvard University, OU, and INSEAD. In February 2020, Governor Kevin Stitt appointed Holloway to a seven-year term on the Board of Regents governing the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University, and Rogers State University. She serves on the Board of Advisors for each of the OU Price College of Business and the Price College Energy Institute and was a 2015 inductee into OU's Arthur B. Adams Society. She has endowed accounting scholarships at both ECU and OU and a law scholarship at OU.
Following is the full list of Fall 2022 degree candidates.
Fall 2022 Master’s Degrees (Oklahoma students)
ADA – Ashley Adamson, Mark Morgenthaler, Jayna Moore, Angela Summers, Justin Latham, Angela Lee, Jessica Stettler, and Joshua White
ALLEN – Darrel Armstrong
ALTUS – Reanna Anderson
BLANCHARD – Bailey Silk
BROKEN BOW – Rebecca Clark
CACHE – Justin Wilcox
CADDO – Ashley Williams
CALERA – Julie Dollar
CATOOSA – Trey Dubbert
CHANDLER – Haylley Harris
CHEROKEE NATION – Eugenia Shannon
CHICKASHA – Brett Nowlin, Jennifer Phillips, Erin Prince
CHOCTAW – Jessica Armstrong
COALGATE – Stephanie Wilson-Bellettini
COLLINSVILLE – DeNae Dandridge
DUNCAN – Sabrina Arredondo, Matthew Tillson
EARLSBORO – Amber Rosser, Whitney Clark
EDMOND – Mitchell Thomas, Lauren Ice, Lensi Luther
ENID – Taylor Opskar
EUFAULA – Julia Hawkins
GOODWELL – Shawn Joy
GRACEMONT – Jennifer Sanders
GUYMON – Kaela Collins
HARTSHORNE – Vanessa Murphy
HENRYETTA – John Johnson
HOLDENVILLE – Janna Davis
KREBS – Amy Oxner
LAWTON – Erica Traxler
LONE GROVE – Crystal Jones, Daniel Howard, Ryan Gaither
MARIETTA – Amber Boatright, Courtney Jackson
MAYSVILLE – Gabe Wilmot
MCALESTER – Ashlee Skidmore, Shelby Adkins, Sharon Fleming, Ashlee Johnson
MIAMI – Shantell Barbour
MIDWEST CITY – Corey Hawk
MOORELAND – Caleb Broce
MUSKOGEE – Latisha Sides
NORMAN – Jami Hagedorn, Blair Husted, Taryn Johnston, Ryan Blaine
OKLAHOMA CITY – Aaron Franklin, Bonnie Allen
OWASSO – Addison Sewell
POTEAU – Jessica Oldaker, Mallory Speaks
PRAGUE – John Taylor
PURCELL – Katie Shobert
ROSEDALE – Kelly Ridgway
SEMINOLE – Jayden Edwards, Ashley Noey
STONEWALL – Stacy Grimmett, Colby Herring
STRINGTOWN – Amanda Thompson
STUART – Jayson Williams
SULPHUR – Mallory Goodman, Kimberly Roberts, Nathan Smith, Emily Boutwell
TECUMSEH – Tiffany Wright
TISHOMINGO – Taylor Richardson
WAGONER – Shanequa Miles
WALTERS – Robin Burns
WARNER – Terin Sparrow
WASHINGTON – Emma Hardage, Dagan Wilcox
WAURIKA – Darci Merritt
WISTER – Marilyn Daggs-Simmans
YUKON – Jennifer Edwards
Fall 2022 Master’s Degrees (out-of-state students)
PEORIA, AZ – Richard Scrivens
AURORA, CO – Karson Avila
MAKAWAO, HI – Laila Popata
CINCINNATI, OH – Samuel Smith
JASPER, TN – John Romans
DALLAS, TX – Okoye Milledge
FORT WORTH, TX – Michelle Lane
LITTLE ELM, TX – Alexis Perez
MADISON, WI – Brandy Johnson
WASHINGTON, DC – Brandon Linney
GRAND BAHAMA, THE BAHAMAS – Carniqua Cooper
NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS – Clement Neely
ASCOT, ENGLAND – Chloe Wigington
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND – Jake Simpson
NO HOMETOWN PROVIDED – Jamie Booth, Rebeka Boone, Vanessa Davila, Jalen Reynolds, Gloria Strawn, Adedolapo Sobowale
Fall 2022 Bachelor’s Degrees (Oklahoma students)
ADA – Mary Dyer, Anderson Allen, George Benefield, Jaron Keith, Aanand Nepal, Christina Porter, Timothy Rhynes, Tatum Rich, Hayden Roehl, Tara Wright, Justice Dees, Hailey Ellis, Jersey Gregory, Brayden McClarty, Elizabeth McDowell, Cameron Miller, Trace Smith, Jacqus Brown, Sadee Crowder, Sydney Hutchings, Maggie Johnson, Dawsyn Lyon, Emily Rhyne, Theran Smith, William Speed, Adam Steele, Hanah West, RayAnn Wheat, Bidhan Subedi, Bhawana Shrestha, Adit Shrestha, Keshav Wagle, Indra Thapa
ALLEN – Gina Alcaida
ANTLERS – Kristen Sorrells
ARDMORE – Mckinzie Ray, Amber Ford, Anna Simmons, Douglas Cardy
ATOKA – Priscilla Henderson, Taylor Barrett, Alisha DeFrange
BOWLEGS – Daniel Reyna
BRISTOW – Marcella Eaton, Shelby Baker
BROKEN BOW – Mariana Escobar Chavez
CHOCTAW – Tige Mielke
COALGATE – Alyssia Tomlinson, Cliff Tomlinson, Bailey Williams
COMANCHE – Mide Cassaday
DAVIS – Briston Summers
DIBBLE – Montanna Morris
DUNCAN – Kayleigh Turner
EARLSBORO – Shianne Duncan
ELMORE CITY – Jace Wallace
EUFAULA – Madeline Funburg
HEALDTON – Morgan Fletcher
HOLDENVILLE – Carlee Cross, Talana Hailey
KIOWA – Emiley Cole
KONAWA – Ashley Fry
LEXINGTON – Elizabeth Bonner
LONE GROVE – Caitlen Martin, Taylor Mcintyre, Christopher Nichols
MACOMB – Roberta Denton
MADILL – Nallely Gilpin, Makayla Faulkner
MAUD – Kelly Odell
MAYSVILLE – Marissa McHugh
MCALESTER – Jamie Schoggins, Brooke Wilkins
MCCURTAIN – Daniel Restine
MEEKER – Kelli Dean
MILBURN – Brandon Blue
NEWALLA – Zachary Worth
NORMAN – Justin Duren, Charles McCurtain
OKLAHOMA CITY – Cathryn Wiley-Carson, Pawan Sharma, Courtney Stone
OKMULGEE – Timothy Hunt
PAOLI – Haleigh Ring
PAULS VALLEY – Estelle Lopez, Nicholas Smith, Anna Herd, Clifford McManus, Broderic Odom
PINK – Katelynn Corwine
RATTAN – Easton Birchfield
RINGLING – Tyson Hammons
ROFF – Jamie Elliott, Antaza Braun, Emerson Pope
RUSH SPRINGS – Kyle Foster
SEMINOLE – Laura Peffley, Kimberly Miller, Devon Williamson, Brittney Yeubanks, Madison Smith
SHAWNEE – Hailey Geren, Carrie Kite, Tiffany McGee, Joshua Napier, Anna Wilson
STONEWALL – Brooklyn Roundtree
STRATFORD – Niki Brown, Cody Greenwood
SULPHUR – Marli Kinney, Jennifer Castillo
TECUMSEH – Meghan Hallmark, Carly Scallorn
TISHOMINGO – Laney Daniels Rogers, Joshua Willis
TONKAWA – Gabriella Ochoa
TUPELO – Robert Chamberlain
WASHINGTON – Preston Milligan
WETUMKA – Elisha Scott, Ryan Winters
WEWOKA – Hanna Zeier, Jennifer Russell
WILBURTON – Hayleigh Drake
WISTER – Frankie Sisson
WYNNEWOOD – Karsten Mathis, Caylee Peters, Bo Thompson, Natalli Cregan
Fall 2022 Bachelor’s Degrees (out-of-state students)
PALMS, CA – Noel Figueroa
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Brandon Adams
ALBERT LEA, MI – Garrett Fisher
ST LOUIS, MO – Aloni Jordan
ALAMO, TX – Gilberto Palomo
DALLAS, TX – Jamal Brown, Watan Chaudhary, Cory Rogers
FORT WORTH, TX – Ryan Franklin
HOUSTON, TX – Romello Wilbert
IRVING, TX – Ajaya Shrestha, Kuldeep Gautam, Saurav Chaudhary, Bishnu Rijal, Sanish Shrestha
JARRELL, TX – Lisa Gonzalez
LAVON, TX – Bryan Terry
NEEDVILLE, TX – Samantha Dostal
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Parker Castanos
WHITEHOUSE, TX – Johnathan Housley
BANGLADESH – Sumaiya Afroze, ALM Salahuddin
NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS – Antonio Farrington, Kristen Curry
NEPAL – Uttam Subedi, Laxin Pariyar, Baishali Shrestha, Bishal Budhathoki, Unnati Bajracharya, Urusha Budhathoki, Prajwol Khatri, Karuna Shrestha, Salooni Upadhyaya, Devasis Shrestha, Lujah Shrestha, Ashok Dahal, Mukunda Neupane, Kishan Agrawal, Bijay Kc, Anupama Thapa, Chiran Rayamajhi, Sushan Tyata, Season Shrestha, Dikshya Mishra
PAKISTAN – Faiq Subhani
PUERTO RICO – Thalianette Garcia, Alejandra Delgado
NO HOMETOWN PROVIDED – Lloyd Aurion, Tyler Blanchard, Tre' Coldwell, Tyler Courtney, Madison Gentry, Isha Joshi, Brandy Marshall, Kaley Overstreet, Sudha Pradhan, Avijit Saha, Ridesh Silwal, Kristen Thomason, Hunter Blackstone, Nirmal Dahal, Rubina KC, Amrit Kunwar, Subin Manandhar