May 2025
Commencement
May 10, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
Columbus Convention and Trade Center – Columbus, Georgia
*Processional Mr. Andrew Harry Chair, Department of Fine Arts
Welcome ............................................................................................................................................... Dr. Stacy A. Bartlett Chief of Staff
Invocation...................................................................................................................................... Mr. Samuel W. Huxford Dean, College of Biblical Studies and Ministry
Scripture Reading Dr. Jim Donovan Professor of Education
Introduction of Special Music .......................................................................................................... Dr. Dedra Woolfolk Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Special Music................................... “He Never Failed Me Yet,” by Robert Ray........... Point University Ensemble
Introduction of Speaker Mr. André Kennebrew Chair, Board of Trustees
Commencement Address .................................................................................................................. Mr. Dean C. Collins President
Special Recognitions ..........................................................................................................................
Dr. Jon Ernstberger Chief Academic Officer Dr. Gregory K. Moffatt Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Presentation of Candidates for Degrees ........................................................................................ Dr. Jon Ernstberger Chief Academic Officer
Conferral of Degrees
Mr. Dean C. Collins President
*Prayer ........................................................................................................................................................ Mr. Jon Reynolds Director of Campus Ministry and Spiritual Formation
*Introduction of the Alma Mater ...................................................................................................... Ms. Jaunelle White Chief Student Development Officer and Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics
*Alma Mater ................................................. L. Motes, D. Glenn, M. Plank .............................. Point University Choir Hail to thee, our Alma Mater, cherished gold and blue. For teaching us to lead and serve, and to God’s Word be true. Lifting high the cross of Christ, our faithful legacy. From east to west our song shall be, “We are Point University.”
*Recessional Mr. Andrew Harry Chair, Department of Fine Arts
*Audience please stand
Candidates for Graduation
Associate of Science
Information Technology
Zachary James Bullock^ Benjamin Blake Cornell
Andy Fernandez
Victoria Marie Hayes^ Ian M. Lemus*
Accounting
Melinda P. Christian†
Logan A. Faile
Business Administration
Jayson G. Applington
Pamela Anne Tanseco Bautista^ Breah Beall*
Anthony Daniel Bossio^ Trey J. Brown
Arianne Camaraza†
Samantha Jane Carr
Precious B. Crosby*
Crystal Jean Douglas
Madison L. Drietz
Iran Jose Faria Inciarte
Kevon Franklin
Alanis Kay Guizar
Titus Lee Robert Hagan^
Jennifer Hercules de Alvarado
Kamron Hook
William Alan Hudson^
Colton P. Kahlhamer†
Gabrielle Arleyanne Kowalski†
Mackenzie Allyse Ladd^ Grace Lenge
Caleb James Libby
Jordi Meese
Accounting — Forensics and Fraud
Esther Liliana Alcacio Aguirre†
Jacob Michael Baker
Richard L. Maddeaux*
Molly A. Matthews†
Abby Paige Squires
Rachel Elizabeth Strock-Thoden^
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Josiah C. Nanda
Xavier Scott^
Jerome L. St. Fort^
Samuel L. Williams
Danny Yang
Associate of Arts
Ananda S. Melleby*
Jessica Owenby Monroe
Tylayja Irene Moore
Jeimmy Naomy Ordonez Lopez*
Brendan M. Parks
Leilani Penaloza^
Christina N. Pool* Joshua D. Pool*
Aidan P. Prehoda^ Nicole Renee’ Rice†
Akeriah Meon Ridley*
Ruben Rodriguez Chavez
Kathryn L. Ross
Lydia N. Traver
Emma Faith Weatherbie†
Child Development
Jazzmine Brown^ Imani Dominique McCluskey
Christian Ministries
Julia Rose Anderson^
Abigail C. Howard^
Katrina B. Jackson*
Criminal Justice
Kirsten Marie Dawson^ Havilah G. Dorscht†
Christian B. Milam†
Bachelor of Science
Logan Webb^ Marcquell Williams*
Applied Ministry
Michael Dinie
Ashton Brooke Estes
Biblical Studies
Sage Thomas McWaters†
Medical Coding and Billing
Jennifer M. Gilliam†
Alexis Marie Morgan^ Akwaugo A. Okoro*
Alexandra Rae Prutsman†
General Studies
Arianne Camaraza†
Matthew B. Lee^ Herbie Richard Mann II†
Ava M. Renshaw*
Joshua J. Stanley^
Megan Marie Warfel*
Human Relations
Angelina A. Warner
Sarah Elizabeth White†
Management and Leadership
Deborah Lucia Caspers Briceno^ Brittney Sherell
Psychology
Gail Elizabeth Brewer* Esau Cisneros
Scott N. Coy^ Rebecca Lee†
John M. Panarello
Brenna Lee Patten†
Brittany N. Stanley
Biology
Zavion N. Anderson
Casidhe Morgan Boley
Biology — Preprofessional
Karina Alejandra Quiroz
Jordan Roberson
Business Administration
Spencer Ryan Arp
Jasmine Nicole Battle
Crystal Baumle
Griffin G. Braski
James R. Brinson
Kelly Butler^
Mirial Rodella Cannon
Morgan L. Carter†
Stephan Carter
Corina Jean Caskey
Juan Elijah Chambers*
Kayla Marie Chavez
Katherine Elizabeth Citrowski
Rebekah Clingen
Avery Cook
Tucker Crowson
Jacob W. Davidson
Ashlyn Grace Golden*
Mitchell Payne Gossett
Gustavo E. Hadad*
Lucy Harver^
Justice D. Hayes
Lizbeth Hernandez^
Corey Tanner Herold
Tyler Hewitt
Amanda Hill†
Noah Hollingsworth
Maggie M. Huffman
Meagan E. Jeszka
Macie Johnson
MaKayla M. Kabel†
Nathaniel M. Karvelas† Fayth Keefer
Stephanie Kendrick^
Brooke Klepke†
Christopher Mink
Garrett William Mullins
Danielle Marie Muniz*
Nathaniel D. Nanda
Simon Niksch^
Jacob T. Owens†
Asha Niamh Parker
Morgan Ella Pent
Isabella Rae Petrozza*
Dajuan Rawls
Naquita M. Roberts
Christopher Jordan Rodgers
Braden Scott Russell
Juliet Shelton
Joshua J. Spence*
Tanner Scott Spurgeon†
Kenton Steele^
Lydia Deanna Stockton
Francisco A. Tapia^
Cayden Ryan Tomlin^ Tyler Triplett*
Aaron Urbano†
Bryana Warford*
Brooke Karissa Wiseley†
Peyton Ciara Woody
Elijah Michael Woolf
Yuta Yoshikawa*
Frederick Anthony Young
Business Administration — Hospitality Leadership
Hugo Antonio Paredes Jasso†
Child and Youth Development
Cassidy Rose Harrell* Kacy Brynn Partridge†
Bailey Erin Turner
Louie Turner IV
Maria Camila Vanegas Roa
Shakira J. Wilson
Child Development
Lydia M. Arreola^
Samantha Marie Dinoto
Sophia Victoria Friesz†
Hannah Grace Haglund†
Mina O. Labib*
Ashley E. Mullins*
Stephanie D. Murphy
Adrianna Lane Paulk†
Victoria Renee Rodriguez
Lauren Smith
Tatum Olivia Smith
Christian Ministries
Tere Lamont Bowman
Alyson N. Chapman†
Joshua David Eberhart†
Kyron Addison Holmes
Willie Moore III
Communication
Ava Grace Clay†
Cooper Dane Hack
Abigail Olivia Hardwick†
Counseling and Human Services
Christyauna Janay Beasley
Ashley D. Bowden
Criminal Justice
Ethan A. Aler*
Dylan Chandler Combellick
McKensy Kate Cranford^
Dequan Antonio Dorsey
Jadakate Judkins
Kemorion D. Larkin
Daniel Oviedo-Robledo
Jarrod Posey
Arianna Silva
Vernon Dion Smith Jr.†
Samuel Antonio Vives Torres^
Shianna Unique Winston
Criminal Justice — Pre-Law
Josie Michelle Brown
Elementary Education
Lanee’ J. Edwards†
Janie Marie Kay Messer†
Exercise Science
Alison Baker
Nolwenn Blain^
Alfred Lekeith Braxton
Brooke L. Burkett†
Mitchell B. Crane* Isaac Jones
Ansley Nicole Miranda†
Shelby Reed Oldham*
Caylee Brooke Quarles^ Kelly Rowland† Collin Sargent
Alejandro J. Schmidt Palacio
Brooke E. Stansel
Human Relations
Susan R. Moore
Information Technology — Information Systems Security
Hannah Rachel Backstrom
Elisabeth Maas^ Jonathon Maddox†
Ryan Anthony Moschetti
Sugey Elizabeth Ortega
Eduardo Quintanilla Amaya
Brent Rocha
Andrew Britton Turner
Jose J. Velez
Information Technology — Network Administration
Chadrick Calvin Davidson
Nicolai McConville
Management
Megan Bullock^
Herbert Busick
Aimee B. Canterbury^
Nathan J. Friesz^
Amber N. Germaine†
James Tanner Graf*
William Taylor Hardy
Jonathan Brody Hyatt
Caleb J. Klay
Stephen C. Weeks*
Marketing
Lyndsey G. Allen
Niesha Chanise Berry†
Abigail Ruth Cuneio*
Alexa Rosa Gonzalez
Katelyn Laine Holloway†
Jenna E. Jerrell†
Joshua Samuel Jones*
Faith C. Massey
David Andrew Phillips†
Ryan A. Smith†
Middle Grades Education
Sydney Rayann Gay^ Music
Jaquavion Tyrik Avery*
Rebekah LeeAnne Dell^
Brayden Shane Pearce†
Daniel C. Stith
Truitt C. Van Meter
Madelynn N’dea Williams
Organizational Leadership
Destiny LaShay Blanchard†
Joshua Lindvall†
Morgan Elizabeth Poe†
Paul Arron Potter
David Shoup†
Psychology
Vanessa Marie Aponte
Savanna Lynn Bryant
Katherine Grace Coppenbarger
Jada Ne’cole Culler
Hannah Katherine Dew
Ansley Elisabeth Dunlop^
Stephanie Alyss Earnest†
Sean Hogan†
Crystal Ingram*
Madelyn Grace Miles
Lee Anne Frances Parr
Adam Eugene Sanders
Levi Richard Sanders
Khlari J. South^
Katie Mae Nicholle Threatt
Louis Octave P. M. Van Camp†
Promise B. Williams
Secondary Education
Laynie-Grace Rebekah Benefield†
Alyssa Jillian Bennett†
Brett Thomas Campbell*
Hunter Calvin Meadows*
Tyler Clayton Wilson*
Sociology
James L. Bryant III
Special Education
Addyson Quinn Powers
University Studies
Silas R. Butler
Connor Leath Cochran
Youth and Family Ministries
Kelly Kaeser
Jacob Carlisle Kingsmill†
Bachelor of Business Administration
Accounting
Azsha Kashay Michael
Business Administration —
Logistics Management
Reagan Todd Shockey†
Financial Management
Rayden T. Hector
Samuel Rees
Dominik Wolf*
Management
Maxime Robert Beaulieu†
Benedetto DiGirolamo†
Giuliano Dolce*
Bachelor of Social Work
Kohnen Anthony Barry Jr.†
April R. Brown
Rachael A. Dinie*
Abigail R. Hetzler^
Michelle Woodruff Jemison
Marketing
Erick Manuel Cruz
Carson A. Curry*
Jaysen C. Dower
Peyton McKinney
Emma Mae Parker
Isaias Wilmer Zamudio-Facio
Jeremiah Abbott
Master of Business Administration
Jeffrey Wayne Allen
Giselle Alonso
Valerie Amoroso Al-Riyami
Krystal Apke
Joshua Allan Apke
Sydney Rae Arnold
Amy Elyssa Arroyo
Samantha Jo Ashe
Tara Lynn Bayles
Emma Beadle
Maggie May Benton
Jordan Jay Beute
Sabrina Dayle Boss
Elizabeth Bouchard
Chase Buckelew
Saide Canan
Jacqueline Cardona
Brooke L. Cheney
Jamesy Sterling Costen
Christle Nicole Cox
Everett Matthew Cox
Craig William Culp
Monroe James Henry Cunningham
Francesca G. Cuzzocrea
Rich Cyr
Levi David Demers
Joshua Lenard Dent
Steven Michael DeYoung
John L. Duvall
Allie Mae Edwards
Jake R. Elizondo
Maggie Marchbanks Escalante
Michael Evans
Victoria Dominique Fernandez
Matthew Bradford Gaylord
Bryan Ginsberg
Samantha Rae Gonzalez
Hadley S. Grimsley
Ashley Hancock
Kyra Sherell Hart
Kathryn Hawn
Edward Andrew Hayes
Mikayla Grace Henderson
Jeremy R. Hoffmann
Jacqualyn Hyatt
Benjamin Jason
Brady George Johnston
Elizabeth D. Jones
Daphne Lauren Jordan
Thomas Keller
Jonathan Greer Kendall
Jeffrey Edward Knapp
Jack Koenn
Bryce James Koshko
Austin J. Lashley
Jonathan Tyler Latham
Chazmere Trena Leeks
Jade Levitt
Kaitlynn A. Lewis
Janequa V. Lockhart-Carter
Abigail Mañon
Ashley Maynor
Renata McCarthy
Mary Katherine McClanahan
Sophia L.A. McCormack
Joseph Evan McManus
Chris Dennis Mizzell
Gabriel S. Moody
Petagaye T. Morris
Caroline Elizabeth Morrison
Lawrence Robert Mullis Jr.
Chandler Piland
Robert Preservati
Natalie Price
Adam Ridlehoover
Julianne Janae Robinson
Justin Dwayne Robinson
Jaquise L. Roy
Anna Alicia Sandoval
Josiah Sanzo
Joshua Scott
Nathan Jacob Sharrett
Keldric J. Shavers
Corey William Slater
Jeremiah David Smith
Mae Snyder
Cindy L. Sovine
Jenna Mae Spencer
Kathleen Spring
Tammy G. Stephens
Kelley James Strom
Melanie A. Taylor
Andrew Taylor
Thomas A. Van Alstine
Stephen Vaughn
Kiah Lena Ward
Nathan Timothy Wasserman
Martha Watkins
Hayley Weeks
Heather West
Katelyn Brooke Wiggins
Kiana Symon Ferguson Williams
Ka’Von Tyrell Williams
Daniel Wolf
Lane Woodbury
About the Commencement Speaker
Dean C. Collins is a 1979 graduate of Point University. Prior to joining the Point University administration in 2006, Collins had served as an advisor to the University and its trustees. In previous years, he served as part of the University’s adjunct faculty and as the interim vice president of student development.
Highlights of Collins’ tenure as president include its current record enrollment of more than 2,800 students, the 2008 launch of the University’s adult-degree program, the 2014 introduction of an online program and the 2016 launch of graduate programs. Collins and the board of trustees led the 2011 relocation and expansion of the college’s main residential campus from Atlanta to West Point to accommodate enrollment growth, expand the physical campus and broaden the University’s athletic offerings. In conjunction with the relocation, the school’s name was changed from Atlanta Christian College to Point University.
After graduating from Point, Collins earned a master’s degree in counselor education from Auburn University. In 1979, Collins founded Auburn Christian Fellowship at Auburn University, a nondenominational campus ministry that continues to thrive today. He also founded New Directions Counseling Center in metro Atlanta in 1989. He served as executive director over multiple locations and professionals offering a wide range of behavioral, family and marriage therapy in a Christian environment. In 1996, Collins began his tenure as vice president of human resources with CheckFree Corporation. He served there, overseeing human resources functions for 3,000 employees, until founding DC Consulting in 1999. As a consultant, he works with multiple Fortune 500 companies, providing coaching and guidance in the areas of executive leadership, organizational effectiveness and optimization of business relationships. Raised in Tampa, Florida, Collins now resides in Lanett, Alabama, with his wife, Penny Lane Collins. He has four children — Natalie (who graduated from Point in 2004), Ben, JoAnna and Sydney — and nine grandchildren.
About Point University
Founded in 1937 as Atlanta Christian College, Point University is preparing students to influence culture for Christ in all spheres of life. Point University’s purpose is to equip students to take their faith into the marketplace in new and culturally relevant ways — to erase the lines between who they are and what they do so that they see life and mission as one and the same.
Graduation Honors
Students who earn a grade point average of 3.500 through 3.699 are graduated cum laude, 3.700 through 3.899 are graduated magna cum laude, and 3.900 through 4.000 are graduated summa cum laude. Associate degree graduates receiving these honors are identified with silver tassels and silver honor cords. Bachelor's degree graduates receiving these honors are identified with gold tassels and gold honor cords. Blue honor cords indicate student-athletes who are graduating with honors. Red, white and blue cords indicate the student is a veteran. Red and green cords denote members of Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society, and silver and navy cords denote members of Omega Nu Lambda Honor Society for online students. Light brown cords indicate students who are part of the Elevate program.
The Hathcock Award is the highest honor Point University awards to a student graduating with a bachelor's degree. This recognition is based on academic achievement, character, and servant leadership.
Academic Dress
The academic dress worn by the Point University faculty today originated in the Middle Ages and was standardized in 1895. The gown indicates the level of the highest degree held: for bachelors, the black gown with flowing, pointed sleeves; for masters, the black gown with sleeves slit midway for the arms and the sleeve bottom closed flat with a semicircle cut in the side; for doctors, the flowing robe with sleeves closed at the wrist. Sleeve decorates are chevrons of velvet, most often black on black, but occasionally of another color, indicating the general field of study.
Most identification is noted by the hoods. Velvet edging indicates the subject matter in which the degree was earned. The lining of the hood is a precise code identifying the university of the degree’s origin.
If the highest degree was attained in the United Kingdom or Europe, academic gown and hood styles do not fit a standard pattern and are determined, rather, by the degree-granting university. Generally, these can be identified by an open front and a colored hood which designates the degree earned.
