East Georgia State College (EGSC) held its Spring Commencement Ceremony Friday, May 13, 2022, at 6 p.m. The ceremony was held in the gymnasium on the EGSC Swainsboro campus. Family and friends of the graduates and community members were all in attendance at the event.
Dr. David Chevalier, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, welcomed the graduates and their families to the ceremony. Ben Beverly, an EGSC Correll Scholar, sang “God Bless America” followed by EGSC student and acting president of the Student Government Association Lavert Graham who presented the Reflection.
The speaker for the ceremony was Dr. Alan Brasher, an English professor at EGSC. After earning his Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Montevallo in his home state of Alabama, Brasher and his wife Jacquie, a fellow U.M. English major, spent seven years in Columbia, South Carolina, where he completed a Master of Arts in American Literature and a Ph.D. in Colonial and Nineteenth Century American Literature. Since moving to Swainsboro to take a job with East Georgia College in 1997, he has won the University System of Georgia Teaching Excellence Award (2006), participated in the Governor’s Teaching Fellows Summer Symposium (2010), and led the committees that created the Faculty Association and Faculty Senate.
Below is the full list of EGSC Spring 2022 graduates:
Associate of Science
Bacon County: Robert Kirkland
Bulloch County: Anita Cerpovicz, David Edwards, Maci Nichols, MacKenzie Peterson, Madison Williams, Danielle Young
Cobb County: Maurice Gomez Bailey
Columbia County: Humberto Carrillo
Early County: John Taylor
Emanuel County: Emily Bailey, Alexa Caraway, George Donaldson, Christopher Durden, Monique Johnson, Curtis Mincey, Enphinity Sherrod
Fulton County: Donovan Bentley
Jefferson County: William Toulson
Jenkins County: Christopher Cranshaw
Johnson County: Leighann Copeland
Pierce County: Trevor Thoele
Tattnall County: Aaron Fox, Amy Hernandez
Ware County: Jett Justice
Associate of Arts
Aiken County: Ashley Teasley
Bacon County: Jakorya Batton
Bibb County: Kendra Williams
Bryan County: Hunter Groover, Joshua Pierre-Louis
Bulloch County: Mia Bell, Karolina Cerpovicz, Hannah Drury, Essence Jackson, Hilarie Jackson, R’Reial Jackson, Thaddeus Mackintosh, Adam Wentz, Helen Wiggins, McKenzi Wilkerson, Amber Williams, Xzavier Young
Burke County: Iyana Morgan, Melanie Purcell, Dana Wright
Candler County: Odalyz Canseco-Sanchez, Victoria Kennedy, Janya Smith
Chatham County: Selena Blake, Preston Crisp, Christina Fulcher, Keziah Jackson, Derek St. John-Badger
Clayton County: Keyonia Degrate, Jaylyn Jackson
Columbia County: Yasmine Chelbi, Brittany Coleman, Haley Fullen
DeKalb County: Jordian Ransom, Brison Rockcliffe
Dougherty County: Javian Johnson
Douglas County: James Richards
Duval County, FL.: Ty Jackson
Effingham County: Tyler Giovannini, Thomas Mallard, Takara Wallace
Emanuel County: Kaci Aldrich, Melissa Cartaya, Tyriuana Clark, Zera Edenfield, Jocelyn Franklin, Kadin Harper, Rose Lovett, Kolbie Motes, Megan Ray, Bethany Way, Matthew Williams
Evans County: Hallia Carl, Brittany Howard, Randal Murray
Fulton County: Davita Roebuck
Henry County: Madeline Cash
Jefferson County: Denetria Dixon, Anlee Evans, Christiane Hannah, Aaliyana Patterson
Jenkins County: Christopher Cranshaw, Cameron Sampson
Johnson County: Amanda Lee, Kylie Powell, MaKenzie Webb, Mary Winfrey
Lanier County: Caleb Acoff
Lincoln County: Raven Mickens
McDuffie County: Steven Parish
McIntosh County: Alexis McQuaig
Paulding County: Chyna Berry
Peach County: Ali Bowden
Pierce County: Sarah Snow
Richmond County: Shanaiya Arthur, Kennedy Badger, JohnniQua Bryant, Lauren Christy, Kwan Dozier, Audaciya Hill, Cornelius Myles, Georgya Sims, Timera Wright
Rockdale County: Skylar Jerome
Screven County: Kendall Adams
Tattnall County: Lakell McKinsey
Toombs County: Presley Craft, Logan Harvey, Falyn Holland, Cheyenne Scott, Destiney Williams
Treutlen County: Maddux Bedgood, Michael Milton, Charity Renfroe, Brittney Shivers, Shantel Tracy
Ware County: Sierra Taylor
Wilkes County: Jaylen Dunn
Wilkinson County: Mykia Austin
Bachelor of Arts
Columbia County: Thomas Willis
Oconee County: Glenn Wood
Walton County: Victor Meinert
Bachelor of Science
Bryan County: Tabatha Walsh
Bulloch County: Anita Cerpovicz
Cobb County: Eddie McQuaker
Dodge County: Sandra West
Emanuel County: Leslie Edwards, Monique Johnson, Maggie McBride
Henry County: Dimitria Roberts
Jeff Davis County: Stacia Bennett
Richmond County: Kathan Labran
Tattnall County: Chastity Hinson, Giavaun Young
Toombs County: Jessica Jones, Candace Newton
CHOICE Program
Emanuel County: Brandon Newkirt, Keiyona Reeves
Toombs County: Shaihee Butler
