546 Receive Degrees at Xavier Commencement 2016
New Orleans LA - 546 graduates will receive their degrees during Xavier University of
Louisiana’s 89th annual commencement May 07 at the XU Convocation Center.
McKinsey Social Initiative CEO Dr. Helene D. Gayle will deliver the keynote address and be
award an honorary degree. Also receiving honorary degrees during the ceremony will be
pathologist Dr. Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu, educator Dr. Gilda A. Barabino ’78, and
businessman Michael Rue.
Five graduates head this year’s group of 25 summa cum laude graduates with perfect 4.0
grade point averages, including: Allison Daniel, a pharmacy student from Harahan LA;
Rasaan Hollis, a business/finance major from Columbus OH; Kelly Giardina Johnson, a
pharmacy student from New Orleans; Tami Nguyen, a biology/premed major from Marrero
LA; and Johlee Schinetsky Odinet, a pharmacy student from Kenner LA.
Honor Graduates
Summa Cum Laude
Bachelor of Arts: Eric Craig Jr., Sherry Reddix, Victoria Watson
Bachelor of Science: Erin Ancar, Ashanti Anderson, Jeremiah Davis, Shikira Flounory,
Jasmine Geathers, Desire’ Guillory, Rasaan Hollis, Tami Nguyen, David Powell Jr., Keila
Pulliam Collins, Sherry Reddix, Betool Ridha, Leanna Rucker, Charity Sylvester, Dieplinh
Tran, Sydnie Turner
Doctor of Pharmacy: Allison Daniel, Rachel Hahn, Kelly Giardina Johnson, Ashlynn Mahoney,
Johlee Schinetsky Odinet, Jeffrey Quach
Magna Cum Laude
Bachelor of Arts: Simone Graham, Keshante Horton, Paul Joseph, Franziska Pirkl, Kaylan
Rogers
Bachelor of Science: Ayanna Banks, Briana Bell, Kandis Carter, Jodi Chatters, Jasmine
Douglas, Christopher Dunlock, Ajhia Ellis, Danielle Hodges, Briana Jarrett, Paul Joseph,
Anastasia LaBeaud, Brittany Landry, Tracy Mai, Kirk McCall III, Briaunna Minor, Gabrielle
Nguyen, Lyndsay Nguyen, Chinyere Okafor, Pauline Pham, Derriyan Price, Liautaud
Prophete, Brittany Russell, Kennedy St. Charles, Faith Stone, Lance Walker
Doctor of Pharmacy: Kyle Bourgeois, Marlene Dao, Rose Duchane, Rayya Hunter, Anna
Laviolette, Thuy-Ly Le, Manisha Paul, Amanda Vu, Ashley Walker, Benjamin Ward, Erica
Watson, Andrea White
Cum Laude
Bachelor of Arts: Jerome Brown Jr., A’Vanti Glenn, Jodi Hill, Alena Hills, Bianca Moore,
Kristen Patrick, Alana Peck, Nichelle Phelps, Brandon Rouzan, Alesha Smith
Bachelor of Science: Jean-Paul Assad, Nia Beasley, Jasmine Blunt, Jessica Chu, Kamaria
Coleman, Dahlia Daniel, Kendall Davis, Morgan Dillard, Minh Do, Lacey Douglas, Efehi
Edomwonyi, Jamilla Emerson, Asia Fernandes, Kathryn Ford, Chelsey Hoang, Jasmine
Hodges, Nia James, Debria Joe, DeMone Johnson, Shivang Joshi, Aubrey Kelly, Jazzolyn
Kelly, Treyvon Merritt, Launa Metz, Malcolm Mezue, Seaira-Myangel Miles, Nkiruka Mokolo,
Candice Moses, Misha Mullen, Kathy Nguyen, Tuan Nguyen, Angel Norwood, Sheila Okere,
Katie Peagler, Amanda Smith, Brandi Temple, Taylor Thornton, Victoria Tran, Alexis Vance,
Benjamin Vu, Tram-Anh-Monique Vu, Julius Wells III, Stormie Young, Sharene Zayed
Doctor of Pharmacy: Oluwabunmi Abraham, Evelyn Ambush, Erreca Cato, Rachel Ezulike,
Dominique Fitch, Sabrina Hagar, Amarachi Ilokwu, Jaspreet Kaur, Elise King, Linh Ly,
Brittany Poirrier, Tram Quang
Graduate Degrees with honors
Master of Arts: Cassandra Chambers, Teisha Goudeau, Melanie Martin, Zwila Martinez,
Tanesha Sanchez, Jennifer Smith, Ashleigh Turner
Master of Arts in Teaching: Chinelo Ananaba, Frances Cibilich, Ashton LeBourgeois, Ranetra
McClendon
All Graduates
Bachelor of Arts
Sabrina Abrams, Rayonna Abrams, Bria Amons, Jessica Amos, Corey Arnold, Elorm Augustt,
Javian Baker, Vashni Balleste, Amiere Bertrand, Brandi Biagas, Anisha Blackwell, Taneva
Bowers, Jerome Brown Jr., Kerri Brown, Monetiaka Brown, Zyneria Byrd, Wayne Carriere
Jr., Sarah-Ann Charles, Kynisha Christmas, Ulissia Cole, Eric Craig Jr., Janell Craig, Stacy
Daniel, Horace Davis Jr., Jacob Deitz, Dwanna Ealy, Brea Edwards, Omotolani Etti, Ronise
Evans, Simone-Alyse Ewell, Orlando Floyd Jr., Diquan Forcell, Jacquelyn Ford, Myra Forkner,
Jasmine Francis, Patrick Gary Jr., Brittney Gibson, A’Vanti Glenn, Meshae Gordon, Carlisa
Graham, Simone Graham, Justin Grier, Terynek Grover, Kasefera Gunter, Breshea Harris,
Emoni Harvey, Ashlee Hill, Jodi Hill, Alena Hills, Laura Hollins, Keshante Horton, Carlyn
Hunt, Jasmine Hunter, Deavante Hutton, Jamonica Jackson, Shavondria Jackson, Kayla
Johnson, Melanie Jones, Reyale Jones, Victoria Jones, Paul Joseph, JaLissa Latson, Brittney
Lewis, Dominique McCaskill, Quinn Meads, Brie Merritt, Jirah Mickle, Corina Minnifield,
Bianca Moore, Thomas Nash II, Briyana Newby, Candice Noel, Kristen Patrick, Aleia
Pearson, Alana Peck, Nichelle Phelps, Franziska Pirkl, Lester Rainey III, Amel Ramzi, Sherry
Reddix, Kaylan Rogers, Iyesha Rosser, Brandon Rouzan, Gyasi Rowe, Brianna Rutherford,
Kaylen Sanchez, Kirsten Sanchez, Shelby Santiago, Willie Shuler III, Zachary Simmons,
Alesha Smith, Ronika Stewart, Justine Taylor, Amber Terry, Victoria Watson, Peyton
Williams, Sirdaria Williams, Khadijah Willis, John Wright III, Nadiya Wylie
Bachelor of Science
Rosalyn Aaron, Byron Adams Jr., Idrees Ahmad, Tristan Allen, Walter Allen, Erin Ancar,
Ashanti Anderson, Psyche Anderson, James Armstrong II, Jean-Paul Assad, Asia Baker,
Ayanna Banks, Yazmine Banks-Cole, Nia Beasley, Briana Bell, Kentra Bellard, Ivory Bibbins,
Tatiyana Blackshear, Jami Blouin, Jasmine Blunt, Ramee Bonds, Noel Bourne, Jade Brent,
Jessica Brooks, Lance Broussard Jr., Winston Bryant, Terrell Buckson Jr., Bria Carmichael,
Kandis Carter, Tiara Carter, Almore Cato II, Amari Chatters, Jodi Chatters, Jessica Chu,
Darielle Cobbs, Kamaria Coleman, Marquetta Cooley, Alexandria Craig, Charity Crain, Nancy
Crawford-Bertelmann, Dahlia Daniel, Jeremiah Davis, Kendall Davis, Morgan Dillard, Ann
Dinh, Dung Dinh, Minh Do, Kourtney Dortch, Jasmine Douglas, Lacey Douglas, Robert
Dubois, Christopher Dunlock, Efehi Edomwonyi, Ajhia Ellis, Jamilla Emerson, Jamese Epps,
Courtney Evans, Keiauna Evans, Extell Farve, Asia Fernandes, Kamari Fletcher, Shikira
Flounory, Brion Flowers, Helen Ford, Kathryn Ford, Sean Foster, Deondra Fox, Kareeba
Gabriel, Ivory Garner, Destane Garrett, Whitney Gathright, Jasmine Geathers, Glenn Gilyot,
Dillon Glapion, Saleemah Glover, Nina Gougisha, Desire’ Guillory, Rudi Guity, David Ha,
Nyha Hagan, Chelsea Harrison, Arkeyia Haywood, Zarreon Haywood, Brittani Health,
Whitney Hinton, Chelsey Hoang, Danielle Hodges, Jasmine Hodges, Brittany Hollins, Rasaan
Hollis, Precious Ingram, Jamonica Jackson, Lena Jackson, MaryKatherine Jackson, Zahri
Jackson, Unique Jacob, Nia James, Briana Jarrett, Jessica Jefferson, Kendra Jenkins,
Jasmine Jennings, Debria Joe, Ashera Johnson, DeMone Johnson, Kamrin Johnson, Lucas
Johnson, Paige Johnson, Bre’Anna Jolliff, Ja’Lon Joseph, Paul Joseph, Shivang Joshi,
Brayden Kees, Aubrey Kelly, Jazzolynn Kelly, Neda Khoshkhoo, Storm Kimbrow, Jessica
King, Anastasia LaBeaud, Britany Landry, Bobby Leduff, Christina Leverett, Aujarimere
Lewis, Amanda Lloyd, Adrienne Long, Amira Loveland, Ernest Lumpkins Jr., Chelsey Magee,
Tracy Mai, Kirk McCall II, Jasmine McGary, Imani McGlen, Tyler McGlothen, Treyvon Merritt,
Launa Metz, Malcolm Mezue, Seaira-Myangel Miles, Kenra Mills, Briaunna Minor, Chelsea
Mitchell, Nkiruka Mokolo, Candice Moses, Misha Mullen, Jalisha Myles, David Nathan,
Breianna Neal, Stephanie Neloms, Harold Nero, Ashly Nguyen, Gabrielle Nguyen, Kathy
Nguyen, Lyndsay Nguyen, Tami Nguyen, Tuan Nguyen, Ryan Norton, Angel Norwood,
Ekuase Ogunbor, Chinyere Okafor, Sheila Okere, Maryana Patton, Katie Peagler, Tan’nell
Peoples, Arianna Perro, Brianna Perro, David Pham, Pauline Pham, Jordan Pierre, Melissia
Porter, David Powell Jr., Stephanie Powell, Courtney Prevost, Derriyan Price, Liautaud
Prophete, Kaila Pulliam Collins, Harshini Ratnayaka, Sherry Reddix, Carldesha Reed-Holden,
Jasmine Renard, Lerin Revader, Kellie Richardson, Betool Ridha, Xavier Rogers, Leanna
Rucker, Brittany Russell, Erin Seay, Brittany Self, Candice Selmon, Haley Severin, Atiya
Shahid, Maurice Shorter, Ahmad Siddiqui, Kera Simmons, Briana Simms, Kwenyounor Sleh,
Amanda Smith, Lauren Smith, Taylor Smith, Yasmine Smith, Nikita Soifer, Moyosoreoluwa
Sonola, Kacie Spradley, Kennedy St. Charles. Faith Stone, Charity Sylvester, Chelsea Tate,
Peyton Taylor, Brandi Temple, Jarvis Thibodeaux, Chelsea Thomas, Tierra Thomas, Ikia
Thompson, Lia Thompson, Taylor Thornton, Phan Tram, Dieplinh Tran, Khanh-An Tran, Lina
Tran, Linh Tran, Mai Tran, Michael Tran, Victoria Tran, Thuong Truong, Sydnie Turner,
Amber Turnipseed, Chiderah Ugbaja, Alexis Vance, Da’Shawn Verret, Andrea Vinning,
Benjamin Vu, Thomas Vu, Tram-Anh-Monique Vu, Lance Walker, Elizabeth Wandera, Ashli
Weber, Julius Wells III, Chilita White, Kaylon White, Terrioues White, Alexandria Williams,
Alexis Williams, Austin Williams, Cecily Williams, Ciarra Williams, Clarice Williams, Denzel
Williams, Kailey Williams, Kendall Williams, Khamonnee Wright, Tracy Wu, Stormie Young,
Sharene Zayed
Doctor of Pharmacy
Yasser Abdelaziz, Oluwabunmi Abraham, Nida Abuein, Modestus Alozie, Courtney Ambroise,
Evelyn Ambush, Sobia Arshad, Sheakena Augustine, Christian Bertot, Paul Boahene, Robert
Bostanian, Kyle Bourgeois, Bianca Brock, Leon Burgess, Toni Bynum, Erreca Cato, Mittal
Chaudhari, Spree Chisley, Allison Daniel, Marlene Dao, Taylor Davis, De’Shanae Dean, Evan
Dejoie, Ngoc Van Dinh, Rose Duchane, Sheryl Duruewuru, Rachel Ezulike, Dominique Fitch,
Rachael Flores, Tayler Foe, Samantha Gaffney, Erin Gardner, Monique Guidry, Sabrina
Hagar, Rachel Hahn, Briana Hampton, Andrell Harry, Ashley Henry, Rayya Hunter, Linh
Huynh, Thomas Huynh, Amarachi Ilokwu, Azreen Iqbal, Jasmine Irwin, Kayrah Jack, Tylyn
Jackson, Kelly Giardina Johnson, Matthew Johnson, Randall Johnson, Sean Johnson, David
Jones III, Courtney Joseph, Jaspreet Kaur, Reginald Kimble, Elise King, Lynda Koomson,
Niquel Laneair, Anna Laviolette, Brenda Le, Pierre Le, Thinh Le, Thuy-Ly Le, Injee Lim, Quy
Luong, Linh Ly, Ashlynn Mahoney, Ashlei McDonald, Amanda Minias, Tiffany Minick, Matthew
Morvant, Kinney Murphy Sr., Stephanie Necaise-Cooper, Tra-Vi Ngo, Cindy Nguyen, Hieu
Nguyen, Joe Nguyen, Lisa Nguyen, Melissa Nguyen, Minhvan Nguyen, Monica Nguyen, Paul
Nguyen, Son Nguyen, Steven Nguyen, Thanh-Tuyen Nguyen, Theresa Nguyen, Tiffany
Nguyen, Tony Nguyen, Trang Nguyen, Yen Mary Nguyen, Melanie Nicolay, Emmanuel
Nwobodo, Johlee Schinetsky Odinet, Manisha Paul, Casey Payne, Lauren Pedesclaux,
Candace Penner, Lauren Pertuis, Mai Pham, Amanda Phillips, Victoria Pickney, Brooke Pitre,
Brittany Poirrier, Brittany Poston, Jamal Pratt, Jeffrey Quach, Tram Quang, Darren Riley,
Teri Robinson, Raenell Roche, Ja’nae Sanders, Herbert Smith, Melissa Thornton, Bao Tran,
Chad Tran, Dan Vy Tran, Hanlinh Tran, Hong Tran, Laura Tran, Mai Tran, Natalie Tran, Peter
Tran, Sophia Tran, Kha Tsang, Mike Tu, Kevin Vo, Amanda Vu, Cindy Vu, Ashley Walker,
Benjamin Ward, Haroon Waseem, Erica Watson, Trenton Webb, Andrea White, Kendrick
Wilkins, Katerra Williams, Marlon Williams, Brianna Wilson, Jasmine Yates, Ashley Zanca
Master in Theology
Loren DeLeon, Matthew O’Donnell, Mary Will, Manuel Williams
Master of Arts
Michelle Allen, Keisha Black, Toni Breaux, Cassandra Chambers, Temetra Christian, Mark
Clayton II, Anita Coxen, Halima Dargan, Ryan DeRouselle, Brittany Ellis, Jarica Garner,
Teisa Goudeau, Dawn Greay, Andrea Heard, Dominique Johnson, Colette Jones, Vanencia
Lynch, Melanie Martin, Zwila Martinez, Devona Nicholas, Ezekiel Osunde, Kecia Poplus,
Hasaan Reeder, Chandra Rowan, Jordan Sanchez, Katedra Sanchez, Tanesha Sanchez,
Jennifer Smith, Ashleigh Turner, Desmond Venable, LaKeisha Weber, Catina Williams,
Shaiyotta Winters
Master of Arts in Teaching
Chinelo Ananaba, Carla Briggs, Talisha Bryan, Frances Cibilich, Tyler Colson, Marcus
Goodwin, Daisy Harrison, Anjanielle Henry, Joseph Hicks, Gwendolyn Jones, Ashton
LeBourgeois, Kristiaan Lewis, Katie Lucky-Heard, Alayna Maberry, Raneetra McClendon,
Brian McPherson, Mario Myles, Katerine Rosales, Meaghan Triplett, Verina Walker
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